My Love Until the Last Goodbye (Mary and Maximus) novel Chapter 954

Peter listened to his mother and knew exactly what she meant. It wasn’t that he wanted to throw everything away and go chasing after Valerie. In fact, if he was being honest with himself, he didn’t even remember who she was. But he couldn’t deny the strange feeling that had settled inside him—one he didn’t want to acknowledge.

His mother, without him having to say a word, had understood him completely. She had seen straight into his heart and knew exactly what he was struggling with.

“Thanks for listening to me, Mom. I know I must not be easy to deal with, huh?” Peter said, sounding a little embarrassed.

“Son, I’m no expert in love. But one thing I do understand is that heart of yours. I know this isn’t easy for you, and even if you won’t admit it, I can tell how easily you could get confused. Look at your past—you had so many relationships, and I think at some point, you just wanted stability. You wanted to live a peaceful life, to have the kind of life you never got to experience before.

"Celeste is a good woman. That’s obvious. She loves you and accepts you as you are. Otherwise, with all these changes you’ve been going through, she would have left you a long time ago.”

“…She did,” Peter admitted, looking down.

Aria raised an eyebrow. “I imagine she left at a time when you two were just starting out, am I wrong?”

“No, you are wrong. She left because she thought I was cheating on her… with Valerie. And all of that happened when she found out she was pregnant with my daughters,” Peter confessed, ashamed.

“And did you? Did you cheat on her?” Aria asked, a little worried.

“That’s something I’ll never really know. Now that Valerie has told me parts of the story, I’ve tried to remember that part… but I can’t say for sure,” Peter admitted, visibly uncomfortable.

“Son… do you see now? There are a lot of people around you who would be affected by this. No matter what happened in the past, Celeste is here. Your daughters are here. Your life and your family are still here. Valerie has her own family. She’s happy where she is, and you’re happy where you are.

"Don’t stir up waters that don’t need stirring—especially not now, when your son is about to marry her daughter.”

“It’s ironic, isn’t it?” Peter said, looking at his mother.

“What is?” Aria asked, not immediately catching the detail.

“My son and her daughter are getting married… when she and I never could,” he said, feeling conflicted.

“That’s life,” Aria said with a small smile. “Maybe you two were never meant to stay together. But life gave you another chance—through a different generation.