Quinn lowered her gaze, her expression unreadable in the dim light. Her voice gave absolutely nothing away. "I just got here. Luna and Caleb are waiting for you for dinner."
With that, she turned and walked away.
No one noticed how hard her fingernails were digging into her palms, as if she were desperately suppressing a visceral reaction.
Miles, however, felt a wave of relief wash over him. He was quietly thankful she hadn't overheard his disastrous comparison.
...
"Luna, Caleb, you don't need to wait for me."
"Weird Uncle, Mommy and Daddy taught us to have good manners. This is your house. My sister and I are just guests here."
Caleb's polite but distant words felt like a knife twisting in Miles's chest.
With a single sentence, the boy had drawn a definitive line between them. They were merely visitors; he was the master of Regency Bay.
"Thank you for spending time with us these past few days, Weird Uncle."
Luna mimicked her brother, raising her juice glass with a sweet, soft smile. "Thank you, Weird Uncle."
Miles fought back the suffocating ache expanding in his chest. He wanted to ask them to stay a few more days, but he knew how unrealistic that was.
At the end of the day, they weren't his children. He had no right to force them to stay.
His voice carried a barely detectable hoarseness. "Caleb, Luna, this is your godmother's home. You should come visit Regency Bay often to play."
Luna fell silent. *My mommy's home is at Fairview Apartments, not here.*
Caleb didn't respond, merely glancing up at his mother.
Quinn gently stroked Caleb's head. "Let's eat."
Caleb could tell his mother wasn't happy living at Regency Bay. She only ever showed her genuine, carefree smile when they were back at Fairview Apartments.
Perhaps it was because the kids were leaving the next morning, or perhaps it was due to his father's phone call, but Miles felt a heavy blockage in his chest. The meal was suffocatingly tense.
The two little ones easily picked up on the shift in the atmosphere. Their mother and the Weird Uncle were no longer interacting the way they used to.
After dinner, Quinn took the kids for a stroll in the garden to digest. Seeing that no one was around, Luna lowered her sweet voice.
She answered softly, "Luna, your Daddy and I have always been..."
*Good friends.*
Before she could say the last two words, Miles's gentle voice drifted over.
"Caleb, Luna, I'm all done with work. Let's go play on the cloud slide."
The kids took off running toward him. Since they were leaving Regency Bay tomorrow, they wanted to play on the custom playground one last time tonight.
"We're coming, Weird Uncle~~"
Quinn followed a few steps behind them. "Slow down, you two. Don't trip."
"Don't worry, Godmother! The Weird Uncle won't let us fall!"
Quinn slowed her pace and stopped following them all the way.
It was fine. It was just one last night. After tomorrow, the three of them would probably never see each other again.

Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: She Walked Away With His Twins While He Begged the Ground She Walked On
Lol.. this guy is a complete fool , I dont know how he is the top predator , he rather believes Jade than Doctor's diagnosis 🙄 he is rich , if he didn't believe that particular doc ,he cud take her to another doctor. N he says he thinks of her as sis I mean no brother is this obsessed with his sis ,he does have a bio sis, he doesnt behave with her like that....
Whats wrong with grandparents in this kind of stories? They force the wife to stay even if she is miserable bcos they believe their grandson loves her but never tell how a married guy shud behave just enabling his behavior. 😏...
He can be friends with Jade with no boundaries but she cant be friends with Ethan? Such hypocrisy. So he does know the way he is being with Jade is wrong and still does it...
This guy brought the kid against her mom's wishes and he doesn't even respect her n when her kids are hurt she can't even fight? What gives him the right? He is just plain disgusting...
Why does he have authority over other kids? Why wud he send his assistant to bring the kids over against their mom's wishes? This guy is just stupid ,it's like a mad n stupid dog sitting on money n just doing whatever he feels like without an ounce of respect for others....
You are just a snob and holier than thou person....
His aristocratic upbringing stopped him from losing composure? Seriously , his aristocratic upbringing is not that great , he got no morals , only using underhanded tactics on a helpless individual . He got money ,so it's a viable sophistry when his heart is rotten. When the winter's family is in the wrong ,why is he scared of them attacking his wife and the winter's family doesn't even give him a shot n he still acts like a dog for them. Please don't make him the endgame for her....
It's for her own good . He is afraid of Arthur Quinn ? I mean what use is he as a husband when he's afraid of someone will ruin his wife's career n already had done once and he still doesn't have the guts to stand up for her? He can only show his power n abuse on innocent ones with no background like his wife? How disgusting is he? N he thinks he's above everyone and even when he looks down upon someone bcos she is a maid's daughter , when he is this spineless?...
Why only one episode uploading for the last 2 days?...
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....