Loved You Once But He's My Forever

Chapter 578 He's Back

Anna never imagined that man would bring trouble to Chloe again.

After the pain and hardships that Chloe had been through and now pregnant on top of it all, Anna had temporarily moved in to take care of her.

Though Chloe's past was sorrowful, seeing Carter treat her with such tender care made Anna feel that perhaps the worst had finally passed.

Whenever she saw Carter gently tending to Chloe, her thoughts always drifted to him.

People said he was lost at sea, but Anna never believed it. Deep down, she always felt it was just a ruse the Carlyns had set up for revenge.

Yet, as the days went by with no news, Carter could not even find any trace of him. Amber had vanished too.

Anna's anxiety grew. The downfall of both the Sanders and the Carlyns was all thanks to the Commander's wife. That woman was cunning enough to have placed some of the Carlyns in her trap long before any of them saw it coming. Anna couldn't stop thinking if Taylor was really dead or lost in the ocean.

The longer he stayed gone, the more uneasy Anna became.

That man had been by her side for twenty years-longer than anyone from the Sanders. How could she not miss him?

Outside, the rain poured down in torrents. Anna walked into it without quite knowing why.

She remembered how the weather had changed so suddenly on the island once. She was at the mountain's peak, visiting the Carlyns' graves, when a fierce storm rolled in.

She was terrified when thunder roared and the wind howled.

That was when Taylor had appeared like a guardian from the sky. He took off his coat, draped it over her head, and carried her home.

Now, she wasn't afraid of walking through the storm. Not anymore.

All she could think about was the day they parted-how Taylor had only asked for a hug.

He'd cared for me all those years. A hug was all he wanted.

Why couldn't I give him that? If he's really gone, would that be his greatest regret? Soaked to the bone, Anna heartbrokenly collapsed to her knees.

Back when she was still with Taylor, all she ever dreamed of was freedom-to be reunited with her family, to live her own life.

And now, that dream had come true. Chloe had a second chance. Her family was safe. She could do what she loved.

in this new

but there was still plenty of money left. Her father had sold off some properties

could she do with

if she should buy clothes and handbags like

it on fancy

things never mattered to her. Taylor had given her everything since she

been custom-designed with the

was to see her family again. And now that she had, she had

couldn't survive in this

like the air-silent,

she whispered, "weren't you always afraid I'd get sick in the rain? Then come out and see

"Are you really dead?

If I got sick, would I be able to see

illness was the price of seeing him again, she would gladly

day. thought you were just trying to control me in another way. I thought we'd see each other again soon I didn't know that would be the

covered her face as her cheeks were soaked. No one

rain or her tears.

trembled as she

words, "If I'd

I'd see you, I never would've treated you that way. The truth is I never hated you-not teven once I was always

always been someone very important to

I want to see you again. Please come out, just once. I regret everything.

head, shielding her from the wind and rain. Anna's eyes lit up with hope as she turned

It was Chloe.

"Chloe ..."

a hug. Anna's eyes were filled with despair before she

her sleep, she kept murmuring one name

him over and over.

the day they parted at the dock. Taylor

go. You're free

Anna

"Taylor!"

She jolted awake.

by the bed, but

told her that she had fallen