My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0460

Chapter 0460

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The drive wasn’t particularly long or short. They arrived at Celeste’s building, and once again, Peter accompanied her to her apartment door. She turned to him, hesitating for a moment before asking:

“Would you like to come in?”

Peter looked at her, a soft smile forming on his lips. “Would you mind making me some coffee?”

She raised an eyebrow, curious at his request. “Did you like it?”

“I did. I’ve discovered that’s how I like my coffee.”

“Come in, then. Take a seat while I make it,” Celeste said with a smile.

and rubbed against his

slipped out before she could stop them. Realizing what she’d said,

mean, that’s not what I meant! I meant it differently.”

filled the apartment, and Peter was momentarily lost in a memory–a house near the beach, warth coffee, and a simpler time. Celeste, her apartment, and even her cat reminded him of something he couldn’t quite place. Memories had been elusive for years, but now they trickled in,

you okay?” Celeste asked, her voice tinged with

out of it. “I was just distracted

about me. You don’t know me, not really, so I

had no idea that Peter had already looked into her past. Whatever she

knew.

widow. My husband died in a car accident ten years ago. When he died, I thought my life was over. I was pregnant, but the shock caused me to go into premature labor, and I lost the baby. My husband didn’t die immediately. I clung to the hope that he would survive, but without the resources to keep him alive, I had to disconnect him a month after the

I’ve been paying it back for years. I lost my house, I lost everything. The only thing I have left is my cat–well, my husband’s cat, really. Spike

to your world. Everything here is mine, but it’s not

cat

have now. I had years of depression, but when I moved to Seaforth, I decided to start over. Life hasn’t been cruel to me.

letting someone into

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