My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0859

“Tell me more about us,” Peter said as he drove.

Celeste stared at him, momentarily stunned. But she understood–he was trying to connect the missing pieces of his memory.

So, she told him.

She talked about everything they had lived through in Valentia and Slovenia. The memories brought out a mix of emotions–love, tenderness, sadness, even anxiety.

“What’s wrong?” Peter asked when he noticed how her expression shifted from calm to withdrawn.

Celeste took a deep breath, letting out a sigh as if trying to release the knot in her throat. That knot had been sitting there ever since she left Peter’s house in Slovenia, when she had convinced herself she needed to walk

away.

“Nothing,” she answered curtly.

“Are you completely sure?” Peter raised an eyebrow, pulling the car over to the side of the road.

Then, without another word, he got out, walked around the car, and opened her door. He extended his hand, helping her step out.

It was obvious she was trying to hold it together. But her eyes were filled with unshed tears, a silent proof of the pain she had been carrying.

“Come here,” Peter said softly. “Tell me what’s wrong. I know you’re not saying everything you want to. I can see it in your eyes. And those tears? They’re saying more than your words ever could.”

from the moment you

shaky breath, trying to hold

could ever want. But other times … you were gone. Absent.

would’ve been better if we

I had decided–it was best for us

then, knowing that your life was at risk,

grow up without parents, Peter. And I don’t want

her tears, though they kept

have no idea how hard that was for me.

having children, living in a modest house with a garden and a small vegetable patch… Watching my kids

imagined my life turning

becoming a widow so young.

never imagined losing my first child.”

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felt something twist painfully inside him as she spoke.

she admitted, her voice breaking. “But your love hurts, Peter. It breaks me.

me, if you

that’s not even the most important

that now I have a new version of Peter. One I

don’t know how to react to you.

how to accept