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After finalizing the last details of my fortune, I picked up the phone and called the one person who had the to change my life forever.

“Peter?”

“Marcus…”

“What’s going on? You don’t usually call me twice…”

“Well… technically, you called me earlier…” I said, trying to sound casual.

“What’s wrong?

“You know I consider you a brother, right?”

“Yeah… You usually bring it up when we’re drunk.”

“Marcus… There’s something I need to ask you.”

“Are you getting sentimental?”

“A little… What would you do if 1 died today?”

“What the hell, Peter? We’ve talked about this before, and we left it in the past. Remember?”

power

“I’m not talking about suicide. I mean if I had an accident my car failed, the brakes gave out, the tires blew out… Things that could happen.”

“Peter, what kind of question is that?”

“Just answer.”

affairs if anything ever happened

things have changed. I have a wife. And soon,

really following where

is pregnant, and suddenly, I started wondering… Marcus, I’m not alone anymore. Back when we talked about this, if someone killed me or I died in an ‘accident,‘ you were just supposed to take my body and bury me

to handle your burial. And two, you never have to worry about your wife or child. Everything you have would pass to them. I don’t know what kind of person your wife is, but she could be their legal

“But

up? What if they try to enforce their

they won’t fight for control. But if you chose me to handle everything, then I’ll

deep breath.

something you need to know.”

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Chapter 0025

it? There’s still something you haven’t

is pregnant… but the baby isn’t mine.” I

Silence.

going to ask, but he already had the

Have you thought about that? I doubt your brother will take it well if you hide something

one who pushed her to go along with

can’t deny Maximus his right to be a father. If he chooses to walk away from the responsibility, that’s different–then he’d have no claim over

family. And I… I did it by sleeping with every woman who crossed my path. But tell

scoffed. “I fell in love once. I got married once. I had the chance to be a father once. And life–those damn bastards–took it all away from me. I could never start over. That would be like betraying Valentina. And not just

you should

today. We’ve had this conversation countless

the kind of man

that’s when it

hated me- or at least resented me–because I

He had locked his heart away. And then, he met Mary. She had woken something in him, pulled him out

peace he

he did–was just a reaction to his

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