My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0740

Valerie cried for several minutes. It was painful for her to admit that, all this time, she’d carried guilt–a guilt rooted in her past with Peter. He had been an honest man in the end, but Valerie’s heart was too wounded. She hadn’t been able to love him the way he wanted.

After his death, she lived with that guilt, a guilt tied to memories of a man who had done everything he could to make her happy. Even though Maximus hadn’t been the best person to her, Valerie clung to the familiarity he represented: mistreatment, indifference, and abandonment things she’d known since childhood.

Peter had shown her a different kind of life, but unfortunately, the ghosts of her past wouldn’t let her accept the future he had tried to offer when they were young.

“Valerie, I need to ask you something important,” said Dr. Hill after a few moments.

“Yes… Go ahead.”

“What does Marcus mean to you?”

“Why are you asking me that?”

“You’ve already told me about Maximus as the father of your daughter and your former love. You’ve shared your thoughts and feelings about Peter. But what about Marcus? What’s going on with him?”

“Marcus came into my life when I least expected it. Honestly, if someone had told me back then that he’d be the man I’d spend the rest of my life with, I would’ve thought it was a joke.”

“Why do you say that?”

different from Maximus and Peter. There were things about him that reminded me of Peter, but sometimes I think it was

you still haven’t answered my

I miss him so much right now. It hurts to be far from him. It hurts that the last time we spoke, we fought. I know he’s made an extraordinary effort to understand me, and

someone like me. He should find a good woman. I’m just a woman with problems. Since the day we met, he’s been taking care of me and Serenity. Sometimes I feel like life hasn’t been

think you’re being a bit

just telling the

really the truth?”

you

something. You just said Marcus is your

“What?”

never heard you say you’re

by little. I even know he was dating other women

ever asked him if he’s happy with you?”

moment before saying, “No…

to help you, to guide you to find answers to your questions. When I ask, it’s based on what you tell me. And in this case, I’m asking because I see a pattern

that’s not

“What isn’t?”

about