Chapter 0922

“I think there’s something you need to know…”

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“Know what? That he’s dead? I know that! I’ve known for a long time! And believe me, there isn’t a single day I don’t pray for him. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of my son, that I don’t imagine how things should have been… But what good does it do to dwell on something that never was?”

Aria’s voice trembled with emotion. “It broke me to realize was too late. It broke me to realize I left him alone for years. I was never strong enough to fight for him… Not a day goes by that I don’t blame myself. If I had done more… If I had escaped… If I had confronted my father…”

She inhaled sharply, as if trying to steady herself, but her voice cracked as she continued.

“Maximus, believe me… Even though I never got to know him, never got to hold him, ‘my heart shattered the day Leonardo took me to his grave.”

Tears streamed down her face as she collapsed onto a nearby bench, her body trembling. The scene struck Maximus hard–it reminded him of how he had felt when he first heard that Peter was dead.

Kneeling in front of her, he gently took her hands.

“Aria, I know what I’m about to say will sound impossible. It took me a long time to believe it myself. Leonardo never accepted the truth, but… Peter, your son, my brother he’s not dead.”

Aria’s eyes widened in shock, fresh tears spilling over. She stared at him in disbelief, her body instinctively shaking her head in denial.

“You’re lying! What do you want from me? Why would you play with something like this, Maximus Palmer?” she cried, trying to stand up.

voice was steady. “Leonardo

hesitated, then slowly

me show you something,” he said, pulling out his phone and scrolling through his gallery. “Aria, my brother is alive. Not only that, he just became a father again He has two newborn daughters, an adult son, and a grandson

granddaughter. In a few months, his daughter–in–law

could this be real? How

had stolen her child from her. If he was capable of such cruelty, why

handing her the phone. “This

the phone in her trembling hands. The moment she laid eyes on the photo, she shot up from

fingers shook so violently that she dropped the

immediately picked it up, relieved to see it had landed in a flower pot, preventing any damage. He quickly pulled up more pictures and

believe what she was

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Chapter 0922

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Celeste, the mother of his twin daughters. They’re not married yet, but they plan to be, “Maximus explained. “Aria, your son my brother

to tell me where you were, but he

her gaze fixed

time,

Thoughts raced through her mind. Was this a trick? A

The people in them were too

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