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?”

There were things about him that reminded me of Peter, but sometimes I think it was more about his

haven’t answered my question.”

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 I don’t know how

the day we met, he’s been taking care of me and Serenity. Sometimes I feel

don’t you think you’re being a bit

just telling the

really the

do you

Marcus is your life, but

“What?”

say you’re

met him, I wasn’t ready for anyone. What we have how happened little by little. I even know he

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

silent for a moment before saying, “No…

I ask, it’s based on what you

not true!”

“What isn’t?”

saying about sabotaging thyself…”