My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0384

Chapter 0384

Serenity released her and nodded silently, her tearful eyes wide with anticipation.

Valerie took a deep breath and began. “I told you I fell hopelessly in love with Maximus Palmer, but things didn’t work out. After my suicide attempt, I was discharged from the hospital and went to his grandmother’s house. Peter stayed with me for a few days, but unexpectedly, one day Maximus showed up–and he didn’t leave. He gave me a week by his side–a week that felt like a dream.”

“That week was everything I had once hoped for. I thought could forgive him and start fresh, forget the pain, the humiliation. It crossed my mind. At first, I didn’t trust him, but by the end of the week, his presence was all I needed. It was exactly what I had dreamed of three years earlier.”

“Finally, what happens with any couple in love happened. That’s when you were conceived. Yes, my love, you were conceived with so much love. At least that’s how I see it, and I’m certain your father feels the same.”

psychiatric clinic for what they called ‘rehabilitation.‘ That’s where I discovered I was pregnant with you. The doctor in charge of my case didn’t put me on any medications and helped me close some chapters of

were expecting a child. That broke me inside. But I wasn’t going to allow myself to suffer for him again. Now I had you on the way. At first, I wanted to take

was pregnant. His reaction was understandable–first surprise, then disappointment. But what shocked me most was how

completely honest, when I lived with him as a very young woman, if my memory doesn’t fail me, there were several moments when we were on the verge of taking another step. But he always held back. Maybe he thought I was too young, or maybe

to decide. I said yes to him. He gave me an engagement ring. When I went to Galea recently, I found the jewelry box with the pieces he gave me during the four months we

transparent crystal box and handed it to Serenity, who held it carefully

a trinket we bought from a street vendor, but now I treasure it like it’s priceless,” Valerie

after you accepted Peter?” Serenity asked curiosity lighting her face.

It included some of the happiest moments of her life but also some of the saddest: the death of her

we talked about you. He and I decided that we would always say he was your father. It all sounded so perfect coming from his lips. Everything seemed so easy. Life with him was easy. We were a happy couple. He was everything I had ever wanted Maximus to be.