My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

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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.”

the only one authorized to handle your affairs if anything ever happened

We’ve talked about that a lot. But now, things have changed. I have

where you’re going with this…”

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

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

“But

if my family shows up? What if they try

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 out.”

deep breath.

something you need to

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Chapter 0025

you haven’t told me after all these

the baby isn’t mine.” I

Silence.

going to ask, but he

problems down the line, right? Have you thought about that? I

it to Mary. I was the one who convinced her. I was the one who pushed her to go along with this. And now I regret it–because I know this is going to bring a whole lot of trouble in the

her. She has to understand 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 away from him.

You channel your pain by hunting down the people who killed 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? Falling in love again?

fell in love once. I got married once. I had the chance to be a father once. And life–those damn bastards–took

you should rethink

me question your sanity today. We’ve had this conversation countless times, and we always agreed–love, for me, is dead

happened overnight. Marcus wasn’t the kind of man who fell easily. If they ended up together, it

when it

me- or at least resented me–because I

had locked his heart away. And then, he met Mary. She had woken

when I reappeared… I shattered the peace he had built over twenty

anger, his actions–everything he did–was just a reaction to his fear