My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0893

That Peter's intense gaze... Wasn't directed at the woman behind her.

It was entirely, solely meant for her.

Peter stepped closer to Celeste and murmured,

"You look breathtaking. You're the most beautiful woman here tonight."

Celeste wanted to believe him. But deep down, she was certain that her beauty couldn't possibly compare to Katherine's.

Peter sensed something was off. Without hesitation, he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her forehead.

"You really look incredible," he whispered into her ear. "Believe me... if it weren't for this dinner, you and I would be anywhere else right now."

His voice, low and teasing, sent a small shiver down her spine.

Before Celeste could respond, Alden entered the room-bringing someone with him.

The moment Serenity saw the woman on his arm, a cold chill ran down her spine. Her hands became clammy, and she felt an inexplicable tension as her future mother-in-law's gaze landed on her.

There was no way around it—she had to face her.

Taking a deep breath, she stepped forward.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, ma'am," Serenity said, extending her hand. "I'm Serenity Bartz."

Katherine gave a small, poised smile. She reached out, took Serenity's hand- and pulled her in for a traditional double kiss on the cheeks.

"Lovely to meet you, Serenity," Katherine said warmly. "Alden has told me so much about you. I was so excited to finally meet you." Then, with a dramatic sigh, she added, "This son of mine... sometimes he forgets about his mother..."

Alden groaned. "Mom-"

Katherine ignored him. Her eyes flickered down to Serenity's belly, and with absolutely no hesitation, she placed her hands gently over it.

"And how is our little princess doing?"

"Now that we know she's healthy, we can finally relax," Serenity answered truthfully.

"I'm so glad," Katherine said with sincerity. "Finally, I get to be with all of you. I'm so happy our schedules aligned so we could meet."

Alden smiled. "Speaking of meeting people-Uncle Maximus, Laura?"

and Laura turned toward them,

Alden announced, "this is

to meet you, Madam Ivanoff," Maximus greeted

But in the background...

Peter froze.

moment he heard her name, his head turned toward the tall,

from

she was still

been kind to her. She had aged gracefully, still carrying that air of effortless beauty

from his past—the one with the wild,

of her was

of a smile crossed his lips as old memories surfaced-memories of another

Celeste saw it.

And she felt sick.

was brief,

The nostalgia.

The recognition.

right before her

Peter, her posture

Palmer," she

Katherine," Peter replied, extending his

Katherine ignored it.

him into a brief hug, and

felt her heart

in her body

to

Satherine said softly. "Afteret

years... I thought

you again."

first time in a long time...

he instinctively reached for Celeste-grabbing her wrist

said quickly. "This is my fiancée-Celeste. She's

Alden already introduced us. Celeste is a delightful

"How far along are you,

to keep

"Almost seven months."

once those little ones are out-say goodbye to sleep!" She chuckled. "They're