My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

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.”

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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?”

is a ruthless man, Celeste. I can’t imagine what he might have done if he’d found out

the good and

Celeste. He’s a true monster. Do you know he had an affair with my brother’s wife?”

Celeste gasped. “What?”

first, she didn’t know whether the child was Maximus’s or my father’s. My father forced her to get a DNA test while she was still pregnant. Fate, it seemed, handed him a gift–the child was his. That child,

retook control of the company. He never revealed that Maximus wasn’t his son–his pride wouldn’t allow it.

palpable. “L… I don’t even know what to say. This is so much to take in.

her hand, his grip firm yet gentle. “Celeste, I know I haven’t been honest with you. I’ve done things in the past that I’m not proud of. I was consumed by anger and bitterness, watching everyone move on while I was stuck in a limbo of survival.

squeezing

“These are

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unresolved?” Celeste asked, her concern

Jr… Frank Sr.,

Frank Jr. want