Loved You Once But He's My Forever

Chapter 536 I'm Giving You Back the Life I Owe You Bang!

In the distance, fireworks suddenly lit up the dark sky above the cemetery, their bright flashes cutting through the heavy, oppressive night. The contrast was almost surreal, as though the scene itself were an unsettling twist of fate.

Tears streamed down my face. As I looked down, I saw the raindrops pouring onto the bloodstained earth where Luke lay.

Luke had died in the relentless downpour.

By the time Carter arrived, I was still holding Luke's lifeless body, unable to stop

my sobs, gasping for breath through the overwhelming sorrow.

Wisteria's body lay farther away. Her eyes remained wide open, staring unblinkingly, as if her last moments had been spent fixated on my face, determined to remember me until the very end.

The maid, perhaps realizing her own fate was sealed, had fled after abandoning Wisteria. She ran down the mountain but was quickly caught by Carter as he made his way up.

Carter saw me from a distance, rushing toward me with urgency. "Chloe ... "

His tall, commanding frame, once impeccably dressed in a tailored suit, was now drenched by the rain, his hair tousled. He couldn't possibly know whether I was injured or just covered in Luke's blood, but he only saw me, trembling and soaked, in the middle of the devastation.

"Chloe, are you hurt?" His voice trembled as he kneeled before me, his hands reaching out to gently touch my face.

In that moment, I realized just what I was clinging to. My voice was thick with tears. "He took the death curse for me... but I'm fine."

Luke's blood had seeped into my wedding dress, but this time, the only difference was that I was still alive.

I held Luke's body close to me, his eyes shut tight, his lips curving into the faintest of smiles, as if he had found peace at last.

"Don't cry," Carter whispered softly. "It was his choice. He was in so much pain in life. Death was his release."

Carter swiftly removed his jacket and draped it over my shoulders, trying to shield me from the cold.

babies ... " I barely

the event earlier. I had Damian watching over them. Then I received the call from Luke. I'm sorry, I came too

Amber ... No, your mother's plan. If the children are safe,

with understanding.

who carefully moved Luke's

supposed to be our wedding day, but instead of heading toward a celebration, Carter was

the children. Her aim was never to hurt me-she only wanted to protect

lifted, Carter had no

you know

she first met my father ... the Tidal Coast. If she plans to leave,

voice trembled with emotion. As we sped down the road, I could feel his pain, just as

finally found his mother, but he had never reconnected with her because of what she

as it sped through the storm, raindrops battering against the windows, the wipers working desperately to clear

witnessed Luke's death. My body felt utterly drained, and

comfort, but I didn't even know where to begin. What could

eerie silence, our breaths rising and falling as quickly as the

reached the beach,

woman in a white dress. Her long hair framed her face, untouched by makeup, revealing a look of innocence in her eyes. She gazed at ustike a lost child, adrift in a world she

"You've come."

cautiously approached after noticing that there were no blood stains on her. "What are you

to the blood on my wedding dress. "It seems your death curse has passed,

done all this for Carter, I couldn't forget the pain she had

"You knew all along, didn't you?" "Yes," Carter replied, his voice steady. "I knew you were doing all this for me." "I knew I couldn't hide it from you, Carter. Come to

the thought crossed my mind, a trickle of black

quickened, his concern intensifying as

there in an instant, catching her before she could hit the ground.

whispered, clutching his shirt collar. "I'm sorry. I've failed you as a

hatred blinded me. I didn't understand how you felt. I wasn't there for you. I failed to