She Walked Away With His Twins While He Begged the Ground She Walked On novel Chapter 537

Hearing him say he hadn't forgotten, Jade looked up with a perfectly measured, gentle smile.

However, there was one thing still nagging at her. She couldn't figure out why Judith wasn't answering her calls or replying to her messages.

She had casually asked Macy about it, and Macy had just brushed it off, saying her mother was still recovering from a cold and told Jade not to overthink it.

"Miles, is Judith still sick with that cold?"

A cold?

Since when was his mother sick?

Ever since Grandma Evelyn's birthday gala, his mother had been acting completely out of character.

She had been calling him constantly over the past few days, interrogating him about Leo.

It was driving him insane. He had told her a million times: he and Jade were just friends.

His mother outright refused to believe him, claiming that anyone with eyes could see his relationship with Jade went far beyond standard friendship.

"Should we head over to the main estate this afternoon to visit her?"

Miles's eyes dropped back down to the documents, his tone indifferent. "No need. I have things to do, Jade. Go back to work."

Jade assumed he was just tired from a lack of sleep. Seeing his weary expression, she didn't push her luck by lingering in his office.

Smiling sweetly, she said, "Alright, I'll head out then."

...

When Miles returned to Regency Bay, Jack hurried over to inform him that his mother had arrived.

Judith was sitting rigidly in the living room. Her tea had gone completely untouched. Right now, she couldn't care less why Quinn hadn't come out to 'pay her respects.'

Seeing his mother's ghastly complexion, Miles asked in concern, "Mom, are you feeling any better?"

With her dreams of having a precious grandson completely shattered, Judith hadn't been able to eat or sleep for days.

Even her usual haughty, wealthy-matron aura had wilted. The dark circles under her eyes were prominent, and she hadn't had the energy to visit the spa for her maintenance routines.

"I'm fine. Let's go upstairs. I need to speak with you."

Once the study door clicked shut, Judith looked at him, desperately clinging to her last shred of hope. She still couldn't fathom that the boy she had doted on for so long wasn't actually her grandson.

Her voice trembled with unshed tears as she clutched her chest. "Miles, I need you to tell me the absolute truth. Don't worry about what your grandmother thinks right now. Is Leo your son or not?"

Judith was convinced he had lied to avoid angering Grandma Evelyn, opting to say whatever would pacify the old matriarch in the moment.

"Mom, the whole thing was just a misunderstanding."

Miles pulled some tissues from the box on the coffee table and handed them to her, trying to soothe her.

"If I had known the truth would shatter you this much... I would have just kept hiding it."

Judith's eyes widened in horror. She couldn't believe what she was hearing.

Her son was willing to keep up this monstrous lie just to spare her feelings?

Her chest heaved violently with rage. "Miles, how could you be so foolish?"

"I don't care how close you are with Jade, you cannot claim a child who doesn't share your blood as your own flesh and blood!"

Miles remained silent. He took a few steps away and slid open the glass doors leading to the balcony.

Judith's eyes were red rimmed. She didn't speak, but her face was etched with fury and blistering blame.

After a long while, she murmured, "Why didn't you just tell Macy and me the truth from the start?"

Miles had promised Jade he would temporarily play the role of Leo's father, so he had deliberately avoided clarifying the situation to his mother and sister.