Chapter 997

[Serenity’s Room]

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“Try to calm down, Serenity. It’s not good for you to cry, baby. I know you’re emotional, but you need to relax. It’s over now. If you feel like talking to Maximus, do it tomorrow.

“Maximus is a good man, and I know he understands that your parents didn’t act out of malice. They were just worried. Imagine, I even talked to my dad, and he himself let out a few curses at his own brother.”

“Alden… It’s just that I felt bad for him. He’s going through a rough time right now, and the whole point of seeing him today was to try and help him feel better. But instead, just made him feel worse,” Serenity said, thinking about what Maximus had told her that afternoon.

“What’s going on with my uncle? Whatever it is, it’s his problem. It’s not something you should carry on your shoulders.”

“I know we don’t keep secrets from each other, so I’ll tell you… Maximus was feeling restless today. He called me because he wanted to talk. I guess I was the only person who wasn’t around him, and he felt comfortable enough to open up.”

“What is it?”

“Well… he told me something delicate. It’s about Paul.”

“What about Paul? Is this about that girl from the Maldives?”

“No… He confessed to me that Paul isn’t his son. He’s not my brother, at least not by blood,” Serenity said, finally letting go of the weight she’d been carrying.

“What? How does he know?”

out of everyone, Paul wasn’t a match.

Why now? What

what I understood, Maximus had just met with Paul’s real father, and apparently, the man wants to meet his son. Maximus, on the other hand, is convinced the guy wants to take Paul to France. The man is from there–his

heard

he is. He’s practically French nobility…

idea, but it probably happened the

man? Women have been trying to trap him for years, and none of them ever succeeded. It’s crazy to think she had a child with him.”

with just a snap of his fingers, that man could take Paul away. And like you said, he’s practically royalty…”

Maximus plan to

set a date yet. And they have no idea what they’re going to tell him. Maximus said he’s going to discuss it with Laura and Lucius as well,”

Wasn’t he

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as he held her from behind in bed

But I won’t let your brother

that he came

“You’re his sister…!”

touch. He knows exactly what he did, and he’s not looking to reconnect.

didn’t allow it back then, and I sure as

husband’s beautiful eyes. She knew every word

and over again–he had always protected them. She knew without a doubt

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