Chapter 0690

“Peter… I… I don’t know what to say… I’m sorry! Please forgive me! I was a selfish bastard… I never thought about you, never thought about how you felt…” Maximus said, his voice breaking.

“Maximus, that was years ago–25 years, to be exact. There’s no point worrying about something that happened so long ago.”

“I feel guilty, brother, for everything I caused you because of my damn arrogance. If I hadn’t crossed paths with Mary, you might have lived your story with her. Now, all you can do is watch her story with Marcus from the sidelines.”

“Stop with the nonsense and melodrama, Maximus. I’ve told you I’ll always love Mary, but that chapter of my life -while it’ll always be there and never really go away–is over. Now, I have someone else to think about.”

“Celeste…?”

“Yes… It’s been years since I’ve felt this way. Have you ever looked at someone and just known it’s them? Like, something in them tells you that you don’t need to look at anyone else?”

“Yes…”

“Diana, right?”

“Yes…”

and yeah, there are bad days when I doubt everything–when I even doubt my sanity–but

why are you still so insistent

I guess in my head, I still feel like I need to protect her, especially now that Marcus’s in prison…”

of that… Are you going to

to… But no. Honestly, I didn’t expect Frank to throw him in there. But I think Moriarty can get him out. In fact, I’d bet that if we leave Marcus there until Moriarty comes into power, he’ll not only get him out but

Who is this Anthony Moriarty?”

the Bartzs, but they distanced themselves from the family because of their

Moriarty returned to Valentia. That brings us to Anthony Moriarty, Vincent’s son. He’s a lawyer

be realistic, Maximus. Neither you, nor I, and especially not Marcus, will ever be able to finally punish Frank

some effort, you might come out of it okay. But Marcus and I? We’d spend our last

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