My Love Until the Last Goodbye (Mary and Maximus) novel Chapter 811

"Dad!"

"I’m just saying!"

"Dad, he’s a good man. And I love him. That’s all you need to understand. Please."

"Serene… It’s just hard for me to accept that you’re married, that you’re pregnant, that you just introduced me to the man who’s taking you away from me…"

"Daddy… I will always be your daughter. I will always love you. You are my father."

"And I love you too," Marcus whispered, tightening his embrace. "You’re my little girl. The same one who used to scribble all over my expensive office walls with oil markers. The same one who used to leave her tiny, soup-covered handprints on my white shirts.

I wouldn’t change a single moment I’ve spent with you and your mother. I wouldn’t trade a second of our lives together."

"Dad… You will always be my dad. Never forget that."

Marcus wiped his eyes quickly before clearing his throat. "Alright then… Have you thought of a name?"

"Mmm… Honestly, no. I was so worried about telling you that I didn’t even have time to think about names."

"How about Marcus?" Marcus suggested with a smirk.

"Dad! If I do that, you know Alden will want to name him Peter—either as a first or middle name!"

"No! Absolutely not!"

"I’m just saying… it’s a possibility."

"And if it’s a girl? Have you thought of a name for her?"

Serenity had thought about that. In fact, she knew the baby was a girl. And honestly, she was relieved—it saved them from a potential war over boy names.

But she didn’t want to reveal that just yet. She and Alden had agreed to keep it a surprise for a little longer.

Now that she thought about it, though… they hadn’t actually discussed any names for a girl.

"Mmm… I haven’t really thought about it, but I like Samantha."

"Samantha Bartz Palmer," Marcus said, testing out the name.

"Dad, my husband’s last name goes first," Serenity reminded him.