My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0824

“I just remembered I have something urgent to go over with Marcus. I can’t put it off–it’s about the meeting. I completely forgot. I’ll talk to my father and the doctor to reschedule our appointment. Just give me until noon, okay? This is really important.”

Before she could respond, I turned toward my study. But something made me glance back at her.

“Mary… Do you want to come with me to Valeria? If we leave at a good time, we’ll get there early for the meeting.”

“But, Peter… You hate driving at night.”

“We wouldn’t come back tonight. We’d stay at the apartment in Valeria.”

“Oh! That sounds good. We could also buy some things for the baby.”

“Exactly. Let me make a few calls, and then I’ll join you for breakfast. Everything smells amazing. By the way… where’s your loud and crazy friend?”

“Aurora?”

“Yeah.”

“She’s in the back garden. And please, don’t bother her. Remember what happened last time? You were the one who ended up losing ”

“Mmm…” 1 hummed, not responding because–truthfully I didn’t remember what the hell she was talking about.

I headed to my study and called the gynecologist first. Thank God, there was an open slot at exactly 12:00 PM. That gave me just enough time to put my plan in motion.

This time, I wouldn’t leave Mary alone. I already knew how this day ended, and I refused to let her go through it alone.

I had to admit something, though-

Twice now, I had tried to kiss her. And both times, something inside me stopped me.

It felt wrong

Like I’d be committing a crime.

Why?

Because of Celeste.

was my life.

what I

any of

was time to

his mind. But I needed time. I needed every second I could get

phone tightly as I heard his familiar voice.

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Chapter 0624

“Father…‘

made

kind of man he was.

he killed

never confessed where he had hidden her body.

me. It ate away

couldn’t

Not yet.

to justice–Anthony Moriarty–was just a teenager right now. And I had no

“Peter?”

it to the meeting–at least not until later tonight. Can you move it to 6 or 7 PM?”

you out of

Marcus’s shares. Without me nothing can move forward. This meeting is

am I going to do with you? This is the first meeting where

will you help me or not? If it can’t be moved, fine–I won’t

be made.

can

“Peter!”

it going to

But Catherine and Maximus are not going to be happy.”

I said, not giving a damn about his

started drafting emails.

Willowcombe. Celeste had to be recognized for her talent. I knew my friend would help her -hell, she might even learn a lot from