My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

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“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?”

any of it to affect you. My father is a ruthless 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

other through the good and the bad. But if you shut out the person you’re with, where’s the

father, Celeste. He’s

Celeste gasped. “What?”

still pregnant. Fate, it seemed, handed

He never revealed that Maximus wasn’t his son–his pride wouldn’t allow it. It was easier for him to orchestrate

her disbelief palpable. “L… I don’t even know what to say.

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. Back then, it was easy to make decisions because I didn’t remember the love I felt for my family. But now that

Celeste whispered, squeezing his

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

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how? Are they still unresolved?” Celeste asked, her concern deepening.

actions. Marcus and I have been on the run from Frank Levett Jr… Frank Sr., once an unrelenting judge, is now a pawn for his son. Frank Jr. even rescued his father from

would Frank Jr. want to