My Love Until the Last Goodbye (Mary and Maximus) novel Chapter 882

[Meanwhile in the UAE]

"Mr. Theodore Bennett, we have prepared your will exactly as you requested. It will only take effect upon your passing, as per your instructions," said a mysterious lawyer.

"Very good. He will be protected for life, right?"

"That’s correct."

"Does he know who I am?"

"No, sir… He only knows that someone has funded his education. But he insists on meeting you. If you’d like, we can arrange a meeting without his mother present…"

"I’m sure she wouldn’t remember me anyway…"

"You think so?"

"The boy is her spitting image…"

"I don’t want to show up and disrupt his life. Whatever happened back then is in the past. I just want to make sure he’s safe and that he never lacks anything. If she never had the courage to tell me anything, she must have had her reasons, don’t you think?"

"Perhaps… but I can see the inner struggle you're going through. That’s why I’m offering you the chance to meet him—not as who you truly are, but as the man you are to all the children you care for."

"Funny… I used to make fun of Peter, and now I’ve ended up worse than him."

Life had unexpectedly smiled upon him. In doing so, it had led him to find someone he never imagined he would. Though that story would tell itself one day—when he was gone. Because when that time came, all of his wealth would pass into the hands of that young man with black eyes and hair as dark as the night.

"Mr. Bennett, is there anything else I can assist you with?"

"No, no. Leave me alone. I want to rest and think about what you said."

"Very well, sir. Just remember… no one is ever too old to be a father."

That word stirred something deep inside Theodore. It unsettled him in ways he wasn’t ready to admit. After all, he had never imagined himself creating life… when all he had done for most of his own was take it.