Chapter 0829

“I was thinking we could grab some vanilla ice cream and sit somewhere to talk. Sound good?”

“Perfect.”

We stopped by an ice cream shop and bought a liter each.

As expected, she devoured hers.

I watched her for a moment before taking a deep breath.

“Mary… there’s something I want to talk to you about.”

She looked up, concerned. “What is it?”

“I know we’re getting married soon, and Serene will have my last name. But I’ve been thinking a lot about what I proposed to you….”

“What do you mean?”

“About being Serenity’s father.”

She froze, her face unreadable. “Are you… backing out?”

“No! How could you even think that?”

“Then why bring it up?”

I hesitated. “Because today, I had a terrible nightmare…”

“What did you dream?”

“That I died.”

She gasped. “What?!”

“Yeah… It felt so real. Everything about it–it was like living a normal day, but it ended with me dying. It left me with this awful feeling, Mary. That’s why I needed to talk to you.”

scaring me, Peter…”

than you

“Why?”

my responsibility. Do you really think I

was just a

But it

running a hand through my

all day. If I ever died. I’d want you to move on. I’d want you to keep living, to surround yourself with people who love you. I wouldn’t

grip tightening around

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live your life to the fullest. And now that we know we’re having a girl, we need to make sure that every

then

be honest. We can’t hide the trull

That would mean Maximus has to find out, and I don’t

our daughter is born, she needs to know who

were the one who didn’t want him

him the choice. If he wants nothing to do with her, that’s his decision. But he needs to have that

“I don’t know… Besides, Maximus is about to marry Alexia, and that woman hates me.”

I also know she’s pregnant with his child.”

stiffened at that.

to take responsibility for all his actions–whether he was conscious of

thinking… maybe we should move

Her eyes widened.

hadn’t expected that.

a house–a

Solaria–the place she had once dreamed of living with Albert.

serious?” she asked in

We could find a place nearby and settle there. It would be good for us. You’d be home. And Serene could grow up in a

I had lost my mind.

you’re really worrying me

exhaled, gazing at her

Hove you. I want you to always remember that. You’re still young and beautiful, and when Serenity is born, it might feel like your

tucking a curl behind her

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