Chapter 0923

Seeing Arla go from disbelief to outright desperation stirred something deep inside Maximus. He hadn’t lived through the same pain as she had, but he understood uncertainty–he was living it himself, not knowing where his own eldest son was.

“We can leave now. My car is parked on the other side of the bridge. Just say the word, and we’ll go.” He tried to keep his voice steady, calm..

But inside, his nerves were a tangled mess.

The more he thought about it, the more he realized–Peter didn’t even know that he and Maximus weren’t full brothers. Had he even considered that? In all the rush of filing Aria alive, he had never stopped to think about how Peter would react to this revelation.

He’d have to explain it all on the way. He didn’t want Aria to be caught off guard.

Aria stood up and walked briskly toward the reception desk

“Danielle! Danielle!” Her voice trembled with emotion. “I have to leave! I have to go to Valeria! I have to–my son! My son! He’s alive! Do you hear me? He’s alive!”

Danielle froze. “Aria… wait… what? You have a son? And he’s alive? I don’t understand any of this.”

Aria had always been fiercely private about that part of her past. She had never spoken about her child. Never even whispered a word. She had always feared that saying it out loud would somehow erase what little memory she had

left of him.

Danielle shook her head, trying to process. “Aria… you can’t just trust this man! We don’t know who he is or what he really wants!”

he hadn’t considered

sounds wonderful, but how can you trust someone so easily?” Danielle was growing more

it’s him!” Aria’s hands fumbled as she

Let me call the neighbor to watch the hotel, and we’re going together. You are

Aria

coming with us.” Danielle’s

couldn’t let Aria leave on her own. And there was no way she was leaving Ellie

to every saint she could think of, entrusted the hotel to the neighbor, and joined the

them toward his car. Danielle and

a car that screamed wealth, power.

“Oh, dear God… Please don’t let this be a

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like this. Do you really want to

But I’ve lived my whole life without my son. If there’s even the slightest chance that I can see him, have to take it. Please…

“I’m not letting you go alone.

weakly. “Thank

her told her

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