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?”

voice 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 the time, it felt

through the good and the bad. But if

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

Celeste gasped. “What?”

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, Lucius, was supposed to inherit everything. But after my supposed death, Maximus was declared the sole heir. My

after the truth came out, and my father retook control of the company. He never revealed that Maximus wasn’t his son–his pride

Peter, her disbelief palpable. “L… I don’t even know what to say. This is so much

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

Celeste whispered, squeezing his

to worry,” Peter continued. “These are family issues, and

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still unresolved?” Celeste asked, her

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

want to