Chapter 0562

Chapter 0562

“Now that I know I’m going to be a father again, I want you to understand that I won’t let these problems reach us,” Peter said, his tone resolute. “I’ve told you all this because my actions triggered a cascade of events, and I think you deserve to know the truth.”

Celeste looked at him, her eyes a mixture of concern and defiance. “I appreciate your honesty, Peter, but you already know where I stand. I don’t want your father–or anyone else coming here to take my children from me just because they’re yours.”

“He won’t,” Peter assured her. “He’s in prison now. Frank Levett–the son of the man who ordered my assassination–put him there. My father had been stealing from our company for years, using Frank Levett Sr. as his accomplice. When Maximus ran the company, my father tried to siphon funds and entrusted that monster with a power of attorney over the Palmer assets.

“When Frank Sr. handed control over to his son, Frank Jr. used every loophole to claim the company. Maximus, disgusted with everything, refused to fight for it. Neither Alden nor I want anything to do with that cursed business. Marcus, for reasons I still don’t fully understand, also chose not to contest it.”

Celeste’s brow furrowed as she processed this. “So all of this happened while you were traveling back and forth to Slovenia? Why didn’t you tell me?”

man, Celeste. I can’t imagine what he might have done if he’d found out about you. I couldn’t forgive myself if you had been hurt, so I thought hiding you was the safest option. It was a mistake, I know, but at the time, it

the good and the bad. But if you shut out the person you’re with,

the back of his neck. “You don’t know my father, Celeste. He’s a true monster. Do you know he had an affair with my brother’s wife?”

Celeste gasped. “What?”

pregnant. Fate, it seemed, handed him a gift–the child was his. That

came out, and my father retook control of the company. He never revealed that Maximus wasn’t his son–his pride wouldn’t allow it. It was easier for him

even know what to say. This is so much to take in.

stuck in a limbo of survival. Back then, it

whispered, squeezing his

don’t want you to worry,” Peter continued. “These are family issues, and they’ll be

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still unresolved?” Celeste

Jr… Frank Sr., once an unrelenting judge, is now a pawn for his son. Frank Jr. even

would Frank Jr. want to

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