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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.”

you told me I’m the only one authorized to handle your affairs if anything

changed. I have a wife.

really following where you’re

talked about this, if someone killed me or I died in an ‘accident,‘ you were just supposed to take my body and bury me near my mother. Back then, no one would’ve cared. But now …

stands–I’ll be the one 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 guardian until one of them is ready

“But

my family shows up? What if they try to enforce their

Leonardo’s son–there’s no way they won’t fight for control. But if you chose me to handle everything, then I’ll do whatever it takes to make sure your wishes are carried

a deep

you need to

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it? There’s still something you haven’t told me after all these

but the baby

Silence.

what he was going to ask,

the line, right? Have you thought about that? I doubt your brother will take

her to go along with this. And now

that she 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 the child. But you… you can’t take that right

your family. And I… I did it by sleeping with every woman who crossed my path. But tell me something … Have you ever thought about starting over?

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

you should

your sanity today. We’ve had this conversation countless times, and we always

kind of man who fell easily. If they ended up together, it was because

that’s when it hit me.

resented me–because I ruined

wanted to love again. He had locked his heart away. And then, he met

when I reappeared… I shattered the peace he

did–was just a reaction to his fear

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