My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0536

My house had slowly begun to take shape. The garden was thriving, after weeks of care, and the last month and a half had been surprisingly peaceful. Thanks to the courses took during my recovery, I had secured a new ya recommendation from my art professor landed me a position at the Royce Ceramic and Redmond Print Museum. The work hours were reasonable in the mornings, but the evenings often left me exhausted. Still, I enjoyed the rhythm of this new season in my life. I even had time to continue painting, I worked Monday through Friday, leaving weekends for rest and spending time at home.

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I hadn’t bought anything for the babies yet. Superstition, perhaps but I feared jinxing things if I prepared too soon. For now, I was saving so I’d be ready when the time came.

to prepare early. I would wait until the last moment to avoid tempting fate. Having these two babies would be a new experience, and while ! knew I’d be raising them alone, I strangely welcomed my solitude. My neighbors had been kind, their children often

I woke up ravenous. I was making myself a sandwich with tomato sauce–one of my babies must be a tomato sauce enthusiast because it was all I could think

did nothing to disturb the peace and calm I now enjoyed. There were two possible reasons Peter hadn’t sought me out–or our children. Either he hadn’t returned home yet, or he simply didn’t want the responsibility. I was

me by 6: 00 a.m., their cramped quarters reminding me to visit the restroom more often than I liked. By now, I had already bathed, dressed, and

I wanted him to stay long enough for my children to meet him. Oddly, he seemed to sense everything happening around him. He had become my guardian, lying on my belly when I returned home from work, purring and warming me with

a car parked by the roadside. My breath hitched–it was a vehicle like the ones he used to drive. I knew immediately that it

in love with got out of the car. He wore sunglasses, the same kind that had once made him look so dashing when we were together. Those glasses that used to hide the eyes that could make me blush with a