She Walked Away With His Twins While He Begged the Ground She Walked On novel Chapter 535

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.

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"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.

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