My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

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He continued, his voice heavy with regret. “I was in a coma for five years. The person who helped me wasn’t anyone known to my family. If Frank had found out I was alive, he would have had me killed. I had no choice.

“Theodore Bennett saved me and gave me back my life. But that salvation came at a cost–it meant sacrificing us. By the time I could walk again, I searched for you. I found you… but eight years had passed. You weren’t single anymore.”

Peter’s gaze softened as he recounted the memory. “I still remember that day. I couldn’t walk properly yet and was sitting in an elegant Mercedes. You were at a park near Serenity’s school. You and she were playing together, laughing like children. Your bodyguards were watching from a distance. You looked so happy… so beautiful. But to me, you were a stranger. I didn’t remember you.”

His voice trembled as he concluded. “Mary, I lost my memory for 20 years. I’m only now starting to recover it. God, you don’t know how hard this is for me. Back then, you were just a face in the crowd, and it was easy to decide to let you go. Now I regret it. I should have opened that car door. I should have walked over to you. But I didn’t. And now it’s too late, Mary. It’s too late.”

“Why do you insist that it’s too late?”

“Mary…” Peter began, his voice heavy with emotion. “You’re married. You’re Marcus Bartz’s wife–my best friend’s wife. Marcus is my brother, the man who put food on my table when my father sent me to Galea. I could never hurt him, not him. It’s strange, but I love you, and I always will. But what we had… it was never meant to be.”

“Peter… Why does it feel like you’re saying goodbye?”

“Because I am,” Peter said, his voice breaking, tears glistening in his eyes. “I’m leaving, Mary. I can’t stay in the same place knowing you’re here, knowing I might run into you at any moment. Maybe in another life, my dear Mary–maybe in another life, we could be together. But not in this one.”

Valerie’s breath hitched as she clutched his arm, her voice trembling with desperation. “I’ve only just found out you’re alive, and now you’re leaving? Don’t do this. Please, Peter, don’t!”

has passed. What we had in Galea was beautiful, but it’s gone. Remember this, Mary–it’s not the same to compare our four months together with the 15 years of marriage you’ve shared with Marcus. He’s the man of your life. I was with you

the same people anymore. I’m

Valerie asked, her voice almost a

pause. “I do. I’ve recently started seeing someone. She’s a good woman, and I

to cry.

to face reality. It’s not just you and me anymore. You have a family–Serenity, Jonathan, and soon, two more little ones. Your life

shakily and continued, “I know everything I’m saying sounds absurd, but that’s how it is. From now on, I want you to remember me knowing that

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spoke the words, but his heart ached

Valerie, pulling her into an embrace, apart, he kissed her a kiss they had owed each other, a fi

didn’t give Valerie a chance to follow him. He knew

into a truck and driving off into the

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run away, to escape the pain. Yet, he stood still,