My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0527

Valerie got out of bed, woken by the insistent hunger of her babies. Her head felt like a tangled mess. She was dizzy, confused, unable to make sense of what was happening. How had her marriage ended up hanging by a thread? And why did she keep seeing Peter?

Years ago, she had accepted that he was gone. She had never seen his body, but from that horrible night onward, she knew he was dead. She knew she shouldn’t torment herself like this, but the strange sensation had taken hold of her. It was suffocating, unrelenting. Maybe she shouldn’t have said anything, but if she couldn’t tell Marcus, who else could she confide in? Now, she realized it had been a mistake–he hadn’t taken it well.

‘Damn it!‘ Her stomach growled loudly.

The night before, she had eaten the soup Camille made, though it had tasted like nothing to her. Camille had insisted, and though her babies nearly made her rush to the bathroom, she reasoned with them, telling them they needed to eat something. It wasn’t pizza or sweets, so naturally, they had rejected it. But in the end, she managed to eat it. Valerie was almost certain one of her babies had inherited Marcus’s habits. She wasn’t a huge fan of pizza or tomato sauce, but now, being pregnant, she craved those things like never before.

she and Marcus had been arguing lately, but it wasn’t enough to consider

had tried calling his phone, but it went straight to voicemail. Knowing him, he was probably at Frederick’s house. That man had become Marcus’s family -his friend, his father. Even Valerie had seen him that way at times. Frederick always seemed to have the right words to

heart held out hope. She knew Peter was dead. But she was scared–what

Marcus always made sure there was cake–he had known her favorite since they were kids. Her husband was a good man. He and their little ones didn’t deserve to

further, Valerie knew she needed to take action. Years ago, she had a psychiatrist who helped her work through her childhood issues. If Peter and Caterina hadn’t insisted

Valerie had longed for the comforting words of her psychiatrist. But at that time, there was no money and no therapist. She had returned to her home country, so she did what anyone would do–cried, wiped her tears, and went to work. Bills wouldn’t pay themselves. Now, she could afford help, so as soon as she fed her babies, she planned to

had been the most affected by all of this. She planned to check on him in a bit. If the driver could take them, she didn’t see why they couldn’t leave the house. Since the accident, she hadn’t had a proper conversation with him. The night before, she had been exhausted, and the plan had been to sleep. But after the fight, everything had changed. Camille and Emma had been amazing, but she couldn’t leave all the responsibility to them. She needed to see her little

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