Chapter 1095

Peter watched little Ethan, who still wouldn't meet his eyes. During all the

goodbyes, Ethan had avoided coming near him—but now, the moment had come to do what was right.

"Ethan, come here..." Peter said, looking at the boy.

With his head down, Ethan slowly walked toward him. Peter crouched down to the boy's height the moment he got close.

"My little one, I want you to take good care of yourself and of your little sister. You're a wonderful boy, and you'll always be in my heart," Peter said, gently stroking the boy's cheeks.

"If you ever want to visit us, just call me and I'll send a plane for you. We'll only ever be one flight away," Peter added in a comforting tone.

Even though Peter didn't remember raising this boy, he could see the admiration and respect shining in Ethan's eyes.

The man he was now didn't know that Ethan had been watching him practically since the day he was born.

At first, Ethan had been excited to move away with John-but now, the reality of leaving his grandfather was sinking in hard.

"Grandpa... will you come visit us in Hesperia?" Ethan asked timidly.

"Of course! Just let me get things organized a little, and I promise we'll come

pulled the

feel something he

didn't want to ruin the moment-so he swallowed it down and pulled back a

loves you. It used to just be the four of us, remember?" Peter said, looking into Ethan's

"Yeah..." Ethan answered shyly.

girls outnumber us, so we have to stick together,"

didn't go unnoticed by Alden, who, hearing them, felt for a second

where the words had come from. Maybe it was a buried memory, or maybe just a strong

Peter said, squeezing the little

looked at the young woman standing before him— the one who, at one of the lowest

but now they're yours. Protect them, guide them. And you know, if you ever need advice on how to keep them in line, you can always ask Magnus,

well!"

advice than I could! Remember, in my mind, I'm still 25-and

are you getting better?" she asked, leaning in to whisper in his ear as

the ring, I was a hundred percent sure of what I

This little one's going to miss her favorite grandpa!" Serenity said,

miss you too. But it's time for everyone to go their own way," Celeste said, hugging Serenity tightly along with

still thinks he's

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255