My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Alden had gone to find a room for Serenity. He knew this wasn't a hotel-it was a hospital-but sometimes, accommodations could be made for certain people. He figured it was worth a try.

Marcus was right. Serenity had endured a six-hour flight without any breaks, and it was already past midnight. She couldn't keep pushing herself like this.

Fortunately, the hospital staff provided a comfortable room for her. The moment Alden mentioned his last name, the staff seemed to understand that this wasn't just any request. With that taken care of, he headed to the cafeteria to find something for Serenity to eat.

What he didn't expect was to run into Valerie and Diana.

Taking a deep breath and silently praying to all the saints his mother had taught him about, he walked confidently toward their table.

Valerie immediately recognized him. The moment she saw him, she felt as if she had been punched in the chest. He was Peter. The only real difference was his pale skin and light-colored eyes. But his posture, his walk-everything about him screamed Peter. A younger, almost reincarnated version of him.

It was suffocating. No matter how hard she tried to keep her distance, it was as if fate kept forcing them closer together.

And what about Marcus? How was he going to handle all of this? Serenity was his everything. Valerie regretted how she had reacted earlier, but if she was honest, even she hadn't expected that kind of reaction from herself.

"Good evening, ladies," Alden greeted politely. "Mrs. Bartz, may I speak with you?"

Diana immediately recognized him as well. She stood up from the table and grabbed the two cups of coffee she had just ordered.

"Valerie, I'm going to check on Maximus and bring him some coffee. I'll see if Celeste needs anything too. Do you want me to take Marcus's coffee to him?"

"Oh, yes, please," Valerie said quickly.

look before glancing at Alden. The young man barely looked older than her, and yet here he was, standing before Valerie, looking nervous but

about what we talked about,

gestured for Alden

heard so much about Serenity's

Valerie had given Serenity earlier

talk to me about?" Valerie asked, her

Alden said, his voice steady. "I know we started off on the wrong foot. I've heard about you, but I

name is Alden Pietrovich Palmer. And, yes, I'm

a thin line, but

have a son who's almost six years old. As you probably know, he's

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ended because we were too young,

love my son. I adore him. But my ex-wife and I needed to separate. Today, she's happy in Spain, and I'm happy here with my son

took a deep breath before

handle things the right way. I know the way you found out wasn't

mature about it. But the truth is... I got

your daughter

her,

a life

her. I

all of Serenity's parents-aren't