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?”

heavy. “First, because I caused the investigation that exposed these ugly truths about my family. Second, because I didn’t want 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 mistake, I know, but at

a couple. Couples support each other through the good and the bad. But if you shut out the person you’re with,

“You don’t know my father, Celeste. He’s a true monster. Do you know he had an affair with

Celeste gasped. “What?”

and got pregnant. At 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

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 to orchestrate everything in the shadows, using Lucius as his pawn.”

don’t even know what to

“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. Back then, it was easy to

Celeste whispered, squeezing his hand.

you to worry,” Peter continued. “These are family issues, and they’ll

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

the fallout of our own actions. Marcus and I have been on the run from Frank Levett Jr… Frank Sr., once an unrelenting

Frank Jr. want to hurt you?”