My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0561

Chapter 0561

“Celeste, the investigation I conducted uncovered something that shattered both Maximus and me. We always thought our parents‘ marriage was perfect–Maximus idolized it and wanted to emulate it in his own life. But behind closed doors, it was a different story.

“My father abused my mother, both physically and emotionally. She suffered through his infidelities, but everything escalated when he discovered that Maximus wasn’t his biological son.”

Celeste’s breath caught. “Maximus… the brother you’ve told me so much about… isn’t biologically related to you?” “No,” Peter said quietly. “But he is still my brother. I told him the same thing–this changes nothing between us. None of it was our fault. The guilt we carry is for not realizing what my mother endured behind those closed doors. “My father initially loved her, but coming from different worlds, his affection didn’t last. He grew distant and cruel. My mother found solace in an old love–a man she had known before marrying my father–and that’s how she became pregnant with Maximus.”

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turned violent, and one

“I can’t imagine the pain your

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rest with our family. He used some flimsy excuse, but the truth was, he could never forgive her infidelity.

her death, my grandmother Catherine found out about everything. In her old age, she changed her will, naming my father as the sole heir. She left it up to him to decide how to distribute the fortune. Her decisions, though, created even more problems.”

with bitterness. “The company was founded by three families–the Palmers, the Bartzs, and the Prestons. My grandmother tried to honor those roots, but she failed to finalize key legal steps. She intended to return shares to Marcus Bartz’s family, but a clause from Marcus’s grandfather nullified the transfer. Marcus had to give back what he thought was rightfully

intended to donate properties to her, but again, nothing was made legally binding. This was during the time when Mary’s grandfather and I were presumed dead–at

think? I want our children to live a normal life, far away from this.