Please Come Back, My Love novel Chapter 237

Chapter 237

Then she set down her own glass and moved to sit beside me.

“After I brought you back to London,” she began, her voice low and controlled, “I had investigators look into your past. I needed to understand what had happened to my sister-to you.”

She paused, seeming to choose her words carefully.

“Most of what I learned was about your ex-husband. Julian Sterling.”

My heart hammered against my ribs.

“Tell me.”

“He didn’t treat you well, Elena. From what I could piece together, your three-year marriage was… hidden. A secret. You were his wife in name only, kept

separate from his public life like something shameful.”

Celeste’s hand found mine, her grip firm and grounding.

“There was another woman-Victoria, I believe-who seemed to occupy the space you should have held. And from what the investigators found, he was

involved somehow in you losing your first pregnancy.”

The words landed like physical blows.

I thought of the way Julian had looked at me today, that desperate hunger in his eyes, and tried to reconcile it with the picture Celeste was painting.

“But what about Alexander?” I heard myself ask.

“Did I know him before? Was I really… were we really together?”

Celeste’s expression shifted, became guarded.

“I don’t know the full details of your relationship with Alexander. I know he’s Julian’s uncle-though apparently a half-brother to Julian’s grandfather, today’s revelations are to be believed.”

She shook her head slightly.

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“What I do know is that he saved you. When everyone else had given up, when Julian had presumably moved on, Alexander pulled you from that river and gave you a second chance.”

“But was it real?” The question burst from me, raw and desperate.

“This life we’ve built-is any of it real, or am I living in some elaborate fiction he constructed?”

“Elena.” Celeste squeezed my hand, her voice taking on a firmer edge.

“Does it matter? Look at what you have now-a beautiful daughter, a man who adores you, a peaceful life free from whatever hell you escaped. Maybe you don’t need to know every detail of what came before.”

Chapter 237

wanted to believe her.

But something in me rebelled against the idea, some stubborn core that refused to be satisfied with comfortable lies.

‘I can’t,” I whispered.

“There’s something… Alexander’s kindness, his devotion it feels like it’s layered over something else. Sometimes when he looks at me, there’s this sadness in his eyes, this grief that doesn’t match what he’s telling me about our relationship.”

Celeste was quiet for a moment, her gaze distant.

When she spoke again, her voice had softened.

‘I’ll be honest with you, Elena. Right now, I think Alexander is good for you. He’s been patient and caring, everything you’ve needed. But-

She paused, seeming to weigh her next words carefully.

“If I ever discover he’s hurting you, if this arrangement becomes harmful rather than healing, I’ll stand with you. No matter what. You’re my sister, and I’l protect you from anyone who threatens your wellbeing. Even Alexander,”

The fierceness in her voice startled me.

I studied her face, seeing for the first time the steel beneath her polished exterior.

Whatever else might be uncertain, Celeste’s loyalty felt solid, real.

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