My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0617

ady know all of this, Mom!”

“No, you don’t know everything… Leonardo isn’t your father!”

“What?! Say that again!”

“You heard me. Leonardo isn’t your father. I have to be honest: at first, I thought you might be his. But I did a test before you were born and found out you were Maximus’s son. If Leonardo had known, he’d have killed you. I thought he’d never develop feelings for you, but carrying you in my womb made me love you. I wanted to protect you at all costs. I paid the doctor who ran the paternity test when you were born, which is why Leonardo never doubted you were his son. But the truth is, you’re Maximus s child.

“I wanted to tell you so many times, but I didn’t have the courage. Especially not when I saw how Frank and Leonardo were grooming you to become the proud Palmer who would lead Palmer Group. I never understood why Maximus wasn’t seen as the head of the family. Peter was clearly out of the picture, so Leonardo was searching for someone to take over the business. That person was going to be you. But in the end, look at us–you and I ended

here together…”

up

you let me grow

Leonardo is. Otherwise, you’d never have distanced yourself from him. I never wanted to tell you that bastard abused me… It’s something I struggled to

have told me… That bastard deserves to

know you’re capable of many things, but it’s not

here, living in Switzerland, just biding

that

do you

“Peter…”

this again. Peter is dead. He’s been dead for years…

He’s the one who kept me in that house! He’s the one paying for my care! I’m sure he knew

but the

sure. Peter is out there, looking for something, and it’s not a peaceful life.”

one will find you. And I swear, what

that you won’t let me fall into Frank’s or Leonardo’s hands. I’d rather be dead than