My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0746

“You’re right, Mary. We were young and immature. Well, I wasn’t that young, but immature? Definitely. Irrational? Completely. You became my obsession. I was always looking for a way to bring you closer to me. Maximus worked hard to give me that chance, but what I didn’t account for was how you felt.”

“What do you mean?”

“I knew Maximus would disappoint you eventually, but I didn’t expect the way he’d do it. I didn’t expect him to treat you

cruelly. You have no idea how much I regret not stepping In to stop it sooner.”

“It wasn’t your fault. That was my choice, and I had to deal with the consequences. Besides, it was so long ago that the memories have started to blur.”

“Did you love my brother?” Peter asked cautiously.

“Since I’ve been here, I’ve learned to distinguish one thing from another. I can tell you I felt something for him. I liked him; I was attracted to him. That attraction was dangerous. Maximus was the bad boy you sometimes can’t help but be drawn to. You know it won’t end well, but you cling to the hope that it will.

“I saw a life with him. I imagined a family with him, one I never had with my father. Without realizing it, I was searching for someone to fill the void my father left. At 18, I found that in Maximus.”

Maximus was like

the violence–it was

never like that with you when you lived with me. I always wanted you to feel free.”

guilt all these years. You always showed me the love you felt for me, to the point of accepting

should know it wasn’t an easy decision. At first, I hated my brother for that. Even in that, he was ahead of me–whether out of love or not, he’d already left his mark on you. Don’t think that choosing to be Serenity’s father was easy. I thought

of us in a way not everyone would. You gave us love, trust, and peace of mind. You gave us everything we needed to live.”

couldn’t make you love me, could

you, but not in the way you

happened if I hadn’t supposedly

want

“Yes!”

my whole heart. And being part of your family only made it

way you wanted–we would’ve had two choices: part ways, no matter how painful, and hold on to the good parts of what we had, or stay together and grow to hate

You would’ve suffered.

happen for a reason.” I didn’t understand that back then, but now I