My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0323

Laura turned her anger on Alexia. “Mom, you’re the worst person I’ve ever known. You’ve never cared for us. Your don’t deserve a man like my father risking his freedom for you. And you,” she said, glaring at Lucius and Leonardo, “you’re just as guilty. You sat there and enjoyed watching someone else’s suffering. It disgusts me. I love you, Lucius, but I can’t condone what you’ve become.

She hugged her father tightly, grounding him as his rage gave way to shock and sorrow.

Valerie’s POV

Valerie felt the weight of everything crashing down. The truth was out, and it was tearing everyone apart. She cursed herself silently. She should have been honest with Marcus from the start, but his eagerness to raise Serenity as his own had made her think she could leave the past buried.

Now it was all unraveling. Instead of achieving justice for the pain the Palmers had caused, they were causing even more harm, threatening to break apart her family.

for Marcus’s hand, but he pushed her away. The rejection stung deeply, leaving her feeling utterly wretched. All

demand to repeat the DNA test, snapped. She bared her claws and vehemently refused, reminding everyone what a pack of trash they were as a family. She stormed toward her daughter, who looked utterly shattered, but what she didn’t expect was Serenity’s reaction. Her daughter raised her voice, defied her, and refused to leave with her. “How could this

first time in many, many years, Valerie felt a sharp, familiar pain–the same pain she’d experienced long ago on her honeymoon with Maximus in Santorini. She had returned to their hotel room only to find Alexia asleep In the same bed as Maximus. The betrayal had been obvious, and

like they were closing in on her, suffocating her. If her family refused to leave, then she would. She didn’t need to endure this. She didn’t need anything from either of these families. If Marcus had

and the driver asked where to. Valerie hesitated. She could go home, but the thought of facing. her two elderly aunts who doted on her or her

place–Villa Aurelia, a serene spot with gardens and a lake. All she wanted was some peace. She didn’t want to explain anything to anyone. She just wanted to

alone.

was being let in before the park closed. She slipped away from the guided tour and found her way to the edge of the lake, where she sat down and cried. She cried as openly and as loudly as she had the day she arrived in Hesperia after Peter’s death. The

twenty years, but the feeling was the same. She felt alone, adrift, and once again, it was her fault for not knowing how to set

daughter–it sounded so good, so right, but that was when you were still here…” she whispered through her tears. “You have no idea how much

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