My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0202

After the heated argument between Marcus and Maximus, Frederick managed to calm the two men down. In the end, Marcus needed to speak with his wife and convince her to tell Serenity the truth. Maximus reluctantly agreed, though the decision left a bitter taste in his mouth. Frederick had hit the nail on the head–neither Maximus nor Marcus were the right people to have that conversation with Serenity.

Frederick and Marcus headed toward Regina’s house in tense silence. Marcus’s thoughts wandered, lost in a memory triggered by Frederick’s earlier attempt to mediate A smile crept across his face. ‘When my wife gets angry, a few demons come out,‘ he thought. To Frederick, it was a few; to Marcus, it had been full–blown hell. He chuckled, remembering a time when Valerie had been furious–and the worst part was, she hadn’t even been his wife yet.

[Hesperia, nearly 17 years earlier]

friend and boss, Marcus. Frederick knew Marcus well–he didn’t like dealing with unfamiliar people. Valerie wasn’t exactly well–known to Marcus either, but she was the only option available. She was

in her first year of university. The fact that the CEO accepted her as a temporary assistant piqued everyone’s curiosity, though they avoided asking too

make room for the food. She was starving after what felt like an endless day, and there

like any other, except Marcus couldn’t help but feel uneasy around Valerie lately. Just seeing her made his skin prickle and his stomach tighten. Something had shifted in the past few days. He

CEO, she and her colleagues would occasionally chat about how good he smelled. They had all guessed his cologne had a citrusy scent. Now that she worked closely with him, she had discovered the truth: Marcus wore Prada Luna Rossa. She’d looked it up and found it was a blend of lavender, orange, mint, and other notes. The scent lingered in the office and in the hallways he passed, intoxicating and

suit jacket and vest. He loosened his tie and unbuttoned the top of his shirt, rolling up his sleeves. He glanced at Valerie, who was still busy with the table. He couldn’t deny it anymore–she was starting to captivate him. But she was off–limits. She was his friend’s partner and the mother of his

in their thoughts when a knock on the door snapped them back to