Chapter 0669

“So many things have happened, Maximus. There are times when I feel like I can’t go on….”

“I know you still haven’t healed from the ghosts of your past, from your childhood, your adolescence. I know there are wounds that are still open from your father, even from me, but you have to make an effort to free yourself from all of it. You must do it for them, for those who need you more than you realize…”

“Do you remember the first time we were together?”

“Maximus, that was a long time ago, and I don’t want to go into details…”

“But I do, Mary! I never had the chance to tell you, but… That night, while you were sleeping, I said something I couldn’t fulfill. I still remember playing with your blonde hair, seeing how beautiful you looked asleep, and I couldn’t believe you were there with me, in my arms… Without thinking, I remember what I said: ‘I promise to love you. Only until I have to say goodbye.‘ When I said it, I was thinking that when we were old, we would have to say goodbye… I saw a future with you that night…‘

“Stop t

You had Alexia!”

you? Why I wanted to marry you? Why didn’t I choose another woman? One who would be willing to sign a contract and leave me when Catherine died, one who could do whatever she

ended up hurting you so much

to you.

to protect you, but it was too late… I never found you! Then I found out why, but now, in this moment, I think it was for the best. You and I, we

almost cheated on me with that young man your age? You didn’t see it, but I cried, I cried bitterly because

“Maximus…L…”

you to feel guilty or to come back to me. I’m telling you this because I want you to think about something. We all, absolutely all of us, have a past. We have things we don’t tell, we carry that huge weight on our backs alone. No one knows

wasn’t in your present. And even so, when I saw you again, I knew there’s a part of you that I carry inside. At some point, when you

her chin and slowly leahed in dangerously close to her face. Ata moment she didn’t expect, he planted a kiss on her forehead, and with his hand,

it! This is

got up from the bed, smiled, and said, “I have to go, but

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