"You wouldn't dare!"
Quinn didn't back down an inch. "If Leo says one more insulting word to my children, watch me."
Jade hurriedly pulled her son behind Miles, playing the part of the terrified victim.
"Miles, I'm scared..."
Miles's jaw tightened, his expression darkening menacingly as he shielded Jade and her son behind him.
His brow furrowed, radiating an oppressive, commanding aura.
"Quinn, I will give you an explanation for this, but today is Grandma's birthday banquet. Can you please stop causing a scene?"
"Me? Causing a scene? Who's the one causing a scene here?"
Quinn's heart sank with utter disappointment. Her children had been called wild brats, ugly freaks, and now freeloaders?
No mother could tolerate that!
As the standoff continued, neither side was willing to back down.
Seeing people starting to gather, Jade quickly spoke up, her voice fragile and wronged. "Miles, Leo was wrong, and I'll make him apologize to Luna. But Leo is just a child. How can she hold such a grudge against a little boy?"
Luna didn't want to hear another insincere apology from Leo. She tugged at Quinn's hand, looking utterly miserable. "Godmother, let's go home. My brother and I don't want to play here anymore."
Caleb's heart ached for his mother; he hated seeing her suffer for their sake.
"Godmother, we're not freeloaders. If they don't welcome us, we'll go home. We'll never come back."
Seeing the siblings ready to leave, Miles felt a sudden emptiness in his chest. He quickly stepped forward to explain.
"Luna, Caleb, you were invited by me. No one thinks you're freeloaders. I'll have Leo sent away right now, so please don't leave."
"Grandma Evelyn is looking for you. Why don't you go play with her? I promise I'll handle this."
With that, he turned to the nearby servant, his voice sharp and authoritative. "Send Leo back to the Winter family. From now on, without my explicit permission, he is not allowed at the old estate, nor is he to set foot in Regency Bay!"
Leo burst into loud wails. "Daddy, no!"
Jade gave Mrs. Tibbs a discreet hand signal, motioning for her to go find Judith.

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The readers' comments on the novel: She Walked Away With His Twins While He Begged the Ground She Walked On
I would have accepted the jerk husband ending up with the heroine if he’s only powerful, intelligent but he’s so powerless and so stupid....
Can you make Ethan be the endgame? That Miles is a total jerk....