After dinner, Marcus and Valerie took Emma to a hotel where they had reserved a room for her. The house didn’t have furniture yet. Marcus was eager to go shopping with Valerie to furnish their new home. For that first night, though, they planned to sleep on the floor. Being in their new home, even w
Valerie woke up to find Marcus’s side of the bed empty. She grabbed her husband’s shirt from the floor, slipping it on, and went to look for him. When she reached the kitchen, she noticed the door to the garden was open. There, sitting at the small table in one of the chairs, was Marcus.“My love, w
Maximus returned home quietly, but Alexia was already waiting for him in the living room.“Where are you coming from?” Alexia asked, her tone laced with anger.“I had a business meeting in the city, and then I went out for dinner,” Maximus replied indifferently.“Oh, dinner? Was it with some little
As soon as Maximus returned to his bedroom and was finally beginning to drift off to sleep, the sound of his phone abruptly pulled him from his dreams.“Hello?”“Mr. Palmer, it’s Joseph. I found what you asked for. I’m sending over everything I could dig up about Marcus Bartz.”“Got it. But couldn’t
[After Albert Preston's death]After hanging up with his father, Peter got into his car and headed home. Earlier that day, he had visited Valeria but had decided not to bring Mary along, worried the trip would feel too long for her. They had visited her gynecologist, where he learned the wonderful n
In Coravela, Hesperia, Marcus had just gone to bed after experiencing a severe anxiety attack. It was almost 4 a.m., and Frederick had to take him for a walk along the beach to help him calm down. Just as Marcus was beginning to drift into an uneasy sleep, the light from his phone caught his attenti
[Back to the present]Marcus Bartz stood at the base of the towering Palmer Group building, his sharp gaze taking in its impressive height.“All the things we’ve endured because of this damned place,” Marcus muttered to Frederick, who stood by his side.Frederick, ever loyal, nodded solemnly and rep
Maximus had been notified of Marcus Bartz’s arrival. The last time they had seen each other, they had nearly come to blows, stopped only by Matthew’s intervention. Today, Marcus’s appearance was calculated—dressed entirely in black, exuding an air of power and menace. But hearing of his arrival made
Marcus left the Palmer Group building, feeling great as he walked through that huge glass door. At last, he would begin his revenge against all those who had done wrong to him or his beloved Valerie. At last, he would get justice for Peter. He got into his truck and remembered that fateful day when
The atmosphere in Peter's home was suffocatingly tense. The Palmer family was determined to bury him in Florentia, but Peter’s final wish was to be laid to rest at the Flavian Cemetery, where his mother was buried. Marcus was equally determined to honor that wish, even if it meant revealing his true
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