She Walked Away With His Twins While He Begged the Ground She Walked On novel Chapter 20

"Mommy... did I say something wrong?"

Caleb's voice pulled Quinn back from her thoughts.

Every time she endured another round of abuse at the York estate, all she needed was to come back to Fairview Apartments and hold her babies.

In an instant, all the humiliation vanished, replaced by a deep, glowing warmth.

For these two perfect angels, every bit of suffering she endured was completely worth it.

"No, my sweet boy. Mommy isn't upset with you at all."

Yara was still at work.

After spending quality time with the twins, Quinn received a new translation gig. It was a Spanish document.

"Ms. Avery, when can you have this finished?"

Quinn checked the file. It was dozens of pages long and due by noon the next day.

Thankfully, only her palm was injured, not her fingers. She had to type it out on her laptop since speech-to-text always generated typos that required manual correction anyway.

The client said noon was too late; they needed it by 8:00 AM.

"Ms. Avery, I'll pay you double your usual rate for the rush job."

Quinn desperately needed the money. Between the nanny's salary and the twins' living expenses, the promise of double pay was enough to make her agree immediately.

"Alright, I'll make it work."

Knowing she had to pull an all-nighter, she decided to stay at the apartment instead of returning to Regency Bay.

Her phone, resting on the desk, suddenly began to ring. Seeing it was Jack calling from the villa, she ignored it.

She figured he'd give up, but the phone rang relentlessly.

Forced to pause her work, she walked to the other side of the room to answer.

The moment she picked up, Jack's voice came through. "Ms. Avery, Mr. York is home. He's asking why you aren't back yet. Please hurry home."

Miles was back?

Wasn't he out on a date with Jade?

Macy had just reposted Jade's social media feed, showing off pictures of their romantic candlelit dinner.

She figured Jade had intentionally asked Macy to share it, just to rub it in her face.

That was a disaster waiting to happen.

If Tristan showed up at the nursing home and couldn't find her, he'd know she was lying. The moment that got back to Miles, it would turn into a massive nightmare.

Quinn panicked. "No... no need! I can catch a ride. Don't bother Tristan."

After hanging up, she tiptoed back into the bedroom, pressed a soft kiss to each of her sleeping babies' cheeks, said goodbye to Mary, and rushed out.

By the time she finally arrived at Regency Bay, it was already 9:00 PM.

Jack greeted her. "You're back, Ms. Avery."

"Yeah. I'm heading up to my room."

"Stop right there."

Quinn was in a massive rush to get back to her translation work.

The commute had already eaten up an hour of her time, and she completely failed to notice Miles standing at the top of the stairs, staring her down.

Hearing his voice, she halted and frowned. "Miles, what do you want?"