My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0233

Serenity lay on her bed, scrolling through her social media feed when a notification popped up–an email from Maximus Palmer. A sharp pang shot through her stomach, but it quickly dissolved into anger. That bastard actually dared to write to her? How could he? What gave him the nerve?

[Hello Serenity,

I’m sure by now you know the truth. I just want you to know that you are my niece, and I’m sorry if I ever saw you differently. I want you to know that I’d like to meet you and get to know you.

You are my late brother’s daughter. You’re a Palmer, and nothing would make us happier than for you to be part

of our family. You should know that we always searched for you, but we could never find you or your mother. You two are all we have left of Peter, and I don’t want to lose contact with you.

Best regards,

Maximus)

She wasn’t a little girl anymore, but she vividly remembered a stranger claiming to be her grandfather trying to take her away from

hold back–after all, her fiery temperament

[Maximus Palmer,

me again…

innocent, young woman who had no one and nothing. You stole the best of

I certainly don’t consider us family.

that

nothing, because you didn’t care about him when he was alive. Don’t pretend to care about me now. I already have

or you’ll keep receiving responses like this. I regret ever crossing paths with you. For a moment, I pitied you when I saw how lonely you looked, but now I see you brought that loneliness on yourself.

you so much as try to approach her again, I promise you’ll regret it. You’ll learn to

Bye.]

not pain. Though her mother sometimes showed her strong–willed side, she was almost always serene, kind, and nurturing. Valerie had raised her and her siblings with care, managed

that wretched