My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 0917

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“Granny Aria, can you fix Tia for me? I was playing with her, but I broke her,” a little girl said between sobs.

“Let’s see… what happened to Tia?” the older woman asked as she inspected the rag doll’s arm.

“She got stuck in a bush, and when I pulled her out, her hand fell off.”

“Hmm… I’ll see what I can do. This will require a very precise operation,” the woman said as she walked toward her pincushion.

Hearing this, the girl covered her face with a look of pure horror.

“Don’t worry, we’ll put something on her so it won’t hurt. You’ll see, she won’t feel a thing,” the woman reassured her, seeing her frightened expression.

Aria Fairchild had arrived in that town ten years ago, after spending a year battling a deep depression following the tragic death of her only son. The boy’s father had helped her for a while, but in the end, she couldn’t bear it any longer. She left everything behind and ran away to a small, picturesque village in Valeria.

The town, perched on a hill and constantly affected by erosion, had a tiny population. Its only connection to the outside world was a pedestrian bridge. If Leonardo Palmer ever searched for her, he would never find her. This place held no significance to anyone.

Aria had come here to let herself wither away–to wait for death to finally claim her. Yet, to her surprise, ten years had passed, and death still refused to take her.

its own charm: cobbled streets, ancient buildings, quaint stone houses, and picturesque plazas, all frozen in

She prayed for her son’s soul and begged for her own forgiveness. For forty–eight years, she had carried the burden of guilt.

that he had lied to her. It hurt even more that he left and never came back. But how could she hold it against him? He had his own family. She had only been a passing moment in his life. The truth was, she had fallen for him the moment she saw him. He was older, yes, but she didn’t care. The time they spent together in his home had been enough for

her forget how her mother suffered. That made her forget

old as her father. A man who was wealthy, yes, but as rich as he was, he was

society. Roman Fairchild had only one child. His

either. Leonardo Palmer could have been an ideal husband for Aria, but, according to her father, a common woman had seduced him first. Martina

smiled upon Roman when he crossed paths with a French aristocrat. The De Bourbon

bad

But what Roman hadn’t counted on was Leonardo Palmer and

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with the dashing twenty–seven–year–old

was a secret… until it wasn’t.

were

dreams of social ascension had slipped through his fingers. Aria had dishonored the

everything. He had given her everything. But it wasn’t enough.