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.

life.

what I remembered and

was any of it real?

it was time to call

going to lose his mind. But I needed time. I needed every second I could get

the phone tightly as I heard

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Chapter 0624

“Father…‘

saying that word made me

I knew the kind of man he

he killed my mother.

he never confessed where he had hidden her

inside me. It ate away at me.

couldn’t

Not yet.

who would bring him to justice–Anthony Moriarty–was just a teenager

“Peter?”

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

of your mind,

Without me nothing can move forward. This meeting is important, but

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

or not? If it can’t be moved, fine–I won’t attend. But

be made.

can

“Peter!”

it going

But Catherine and Maximus are not going

I said, not giving a damn about his

started

my contact in Willowcombe. Celeste had to be recognized for her talent. I knew my friend would help her -hell, she might even