She Walked Away With His Twins While He Begged the Ground She Walked On novel Chapter 144

"Thank you, Gail."

Quinn carried Luna over to a nearby bench and gently slipped off her little jacket.

Seeing the slight swelling on her small arm made Quinn's heart twist in agony.

"I'm okay, Quinn... it doesn't hurt..."

Sensing her mother's deep worry, Luna quickly tried to comfort her.

Quinn felt a lump form in her throat. "Luna, if it hurts, just tell me."

"It's cold, but I can handle it. Hehe..."

Luna offered a brave, crescent-eyed smile. Her arm clearly stung, but she swallowed the pain because she didn't want her mother to worry.

Having sent Jade and Leo off, Miles walked over to them.

He gestured for Hunter to present the brand-new smartwatch he had prepared. "Luna, this is the newest model. Uncle got it just for you. Will you please stop being mad at me?"

Luna looked up at him, the usual bright joy completely absent from her eyes.

Remembering what Yara had told her, she unclasped the battered, secondhand watch from her own wrist.

"Weird Uncle, this is the watch you gave me last time. I'm giving it back to you."

When Miles saw the device, his dark pupils contracted slightly in confusion. How was it this damaged?

Was the quality really that terrible?

No, wait. Why did it look like it had been heavily used for years?

He picked up the watch and examined it closely. Once he confirmed it was undeniably a cheap secondhand model, a glacial hostility gathered in his eyes as he shot a glare at Quinn.

Feeling the sudden chill in his stare, Quinn instantly understood exactly what was going through his head.

She didn't feel heartbroken; she only felt a suffocating wave of dull despair.

It was the heavy, suffocating injustice of being falsely accused with absolutely no way to clear her name.

A mocking sneer, laced with the bitter realization that she should have expected this, ghosted across her lips. "What, you think I swapped out the smartwatch you gave Luna?"

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