My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Maximus was at home, going through his to-do list. He had to leave everything in order. As he had said a few days ago, he was going to accompany Paul to the Maldives, so he needed to review all the documents that required his attention.

His focus broke when someone knocked on the door. He was surprised to see his daughter, Serenity. At first glance, the image that came to mind was of a young Mary.

"Hey, Maximus! Am I interrupting?" Serenity asked, still standing at the entrance.

"Hey, sweetheart! No, no! Come in! Come in! I'm just going over some things I need to wrap up before my trip," Maximus said, getting up from his chair.

"You're going on a trip?" Serenity asked curiously.

"Yeah! I'm heading to the Maldives. Paul wants me to take him," Maximus said casually.

"Oh, I see. It's because of Nadia, isn't it?" Serenity said, raising an eyebrow.

"So her name is Nadia?" Maximus asked with a smile, walking toward his daughter.

"Yeah, he met her in the Maldives. To be honest, I didn't get a good vibe from her, but Paul seemed really interested," Serenity said as she stepped in and closed the study door.

want something to drink? Water, coffee, tea?" Maximus asked,

Maximus, I'm good. I just stopped by to visit and chat for a bit. I know we haven't talked much since we got back, but with everything-Peter, my mother, my father and then my pregnancy,

still getting to know each other. But I want you to know that even if we don't see each other all the time, I love you I love you with all my heart," Maximus said, holding her

Hey, I wanted to invite you and the guys to dinner..." Serenity said, taking a

What are we celebrating?" Maximus

hunch about the reason, though he wasn't sure how to react. Marcus definitely wouldn't be happy to see him, but if Serenity was inviting him, there wasn't much that man could do to stop

setting a date for the wedding, and I'd love for you to be there,"

still can't wrap my head around it-one, that you're my daughter, and two, that you and Alden are going to be

just fine. My dad, on the

to strangle him.

not very good at it," Serenity said, a little

way. But in my case, your husband is also my nephew, and that's... complicated, don't you think?" Maximus said with

seeing

purpose. My father just doesn't know how to

yet," Serenity said nervously.