She Walked Away With His Twins While He Begged the Ground She Walked On novel Chapter 215

Quinn opened her purse, and the ringing grew louder.

She finally remembered. It was the smartwatch Miles had forced on her to give to Luna.

She had tossed it in her bag and completely forgotten about it.

"Mommy, you have another new smartwatch! Is that for me and Caleb?"

"No, this is..."

Quinn really didn't want to bring up Miles and ruin the perfect atmosphere.

But Luna instantly guessed it, her sweet voice piping up. "Did Weird Uncle give that to us?"

Quinn nodded. Seeing the caller ID flash *Godfather*, she had to fight the urge to roll her eyes.

Luna hadn't even agreed to be his goddaughter yet, and he was already saving his name like that? Talk about arrogant.

Without a second thought, she declined the call.

*Beep, beep, beep...*

Miles listened to the dead dial tone, the pleasant smile on his face freezing in place.

She hung up?

Was the little one busy?

He checked his watch. It was dinner time.

He decided against calling the watch again and dialed Quinn instead, wanting to see if she was eating with Luna.

Quinn's own phone started ringing. She didn't want to answer.

But realizing she had just declined the watch, ignoring him now would make it obvious she was the one hanging up on him.

She picked up her phone and stepped outside. "Miles, what do you want?"

"Quinn, are you with Luna right now?"

"No. I'm at the nursing home visiting my mother. Why?"

Hearing she was at the nursing home, Miles dropped the subject of Luna.

"I called to see if you dropped off the watch I got for Luna."

Quinn's eyes darted away guiltily. "I did. I brought it to her this morning. Why? Did she not answer?"

"Never mind."

Miles was about to hang up when he heard a voice through the receiver. "Ma'am, did your child drop this hair clip in the restroom?"

"Ms. Avery, your... your husband is back?"

Over the months, Quinn had bumped into Martha enough times to become somewhat friendly.

But Martha was an infamous gossip. More than once she had pried, demanding to know where Quinn's husband was.

Why was it only her and her sister taking care of the kids? Where was the father?

Back then, Quinn had no choice but to lie, claiming the father was working overseas and couldn't easily come back.

Martha had seemed half-convinced but still spent plenty of time spreading rumors about the occupants of Apartment 802 to anyone who would listen.

Quinn glanced awkwardly at Ethan. Just as she opened her mouth to explain, he beat her to it.

"Hello, ma'am. I'm Quinn's husband. I just got back into the country."

Martha looked him up and down approvingly. "Well, hello!"

"So you're Ms. Avery's husband! My, you're a handsome one. You two make a gorgeous couple."

"And you have such adorable kids."

Ethan replied with polite charm. "Thank you, ma'am."

Martha's gossip radar immediately fired up again. "So, what country were you in? What do you do for a living?"