My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Chapter 1089

Valerie was packing clothes into the suitcases, though she kept drifting off, thinking about the reason they'd come here in the first place.

At first, everything had seemed simple-quick even. Within a few months, they'd be back in Hesperia. But it had already been over a year.

Things hadn't gone as planned. The enemies they'd set out to face weren't the real ones. The people truly pulling the strings weren't who they thought they were.

No doubt, the past weighed heavily-but the present weighed even more.

One of those things was the peace she'd finally made with Maximus, or the forgiveness she'd found. Nothing could justify the violence he'd inflicted, nothing could excuse the beatings, the neglect, the lies, and everything that had happened.

She had come to a foreign country years ago, believing in love at first sight. Even if that wasn't exactly what happened, it had taught her a lot.

"My love?" Marcus's voice broke through her thoughts.

"Oh! What is it, sweetheart?" Valerie asked, turning toward the man calling her.

"I was asking if you want to go out to eat. Almost everything's packed, so we can't cook. And I think I speak for everyone when I say we're starving," Marcus said, rubbing his stomach.

"Oh, wow-I'm terrible," Valerie said, feeling guilty.

The whole family was helping with the move. Even Serenity, Alden, and Isabelle were there.

"Come on! Let's go eat. The kids already picked the place."

"Let me guess-pizza?"

another option?" Marcus said, grinning, knowing he was craving

their vast culinary universe," Valerie

when you smile?" Marcus said as he walked over and wrapped an arm around

but you always say I look beautiful,"

true. I'll never forget the woman I met on that

I forget?" Valerie said, thinking back to that moment in her youth, when she was

"Who would've thought, right?"

Valerie asked,

that... after more than 20 years, you and I would be here, packing up to move

years since we met

"I know! I know!"

I love you, right? You know that everything

me fall even more in love with

And I love you too. I'm so grateful you gave me the chance to make up for my

you. I love our life, tove each one of our kids, I love what we've built as a family. And now we've got a

into a new stage in life, and our family's growing. Can you imagine what it'll be like when John,

hope I live

gonna

really do. In the meantime, let's enjoy life just like this-together, peaceful,

Valerie said, looking

I love you, my Valerie Bartz," Marcus replied, hugging his beloved

minutes

the

so many moments