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…”

there are bad days when I doubt everything–when I even doubt my sanity–but ever since I met her, I haven’t wanted to stay away from

so insistent on protecting Mary?”

head, I still feel like I need to protect her, especially now that

of that… Are you going to leave Marcus in

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,

Who is this Anthony Moriarty?”

the family because of their connection to our family and our hidden dealings. That cost them everything. Our family essentially buried them commercially. For a long time, they lived abroad because they couldn’t succeed

left the country, Vincent Moriarty returned to Valentia. That brings us to Anthony Moriarty, Vincent’s son. He’s

able to finally

around us will come to light. In your case, you’ll just get splashed, and with some effort, you might come out of it okay. But Marcus and I? We’d

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