Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 649

The sun blazed overhead, its heat intense, while a gentle summer breeze played across the faces of two young children.

Briony wore a soft beige sundress and a floppy bucket hat, a protective mask covering the lower half of her face.

She took a few steps forward, crouched down, and opened her arms wide, ready to welcome her two children-

James, seeing this, set Little Nina gently on the ground.

Little Nina and her brother, Mario, charged towards Briony with all the speed their little legs could muster.

Standing beside Briony, Stewart watched the two bundles of energy barrel toward their mother. Worried they might knock her over, he stepped forward and intercepted them just in time.

The kids couldn't stop themselves and crashed right into Stewart, each grabbing onto one of his long legs.

"Whoa!"

"Ow!"

Both children looked up in surprise.

Stewart glanced down at them, his narrow eyes softening, a faint smile tugging at his lips.

a while, Little Nina,

their hair with both

at him, frozen

after a few seconds, Little

"Daddy!"

face lit up with delight as she bounced on her toes, arms outstretched. "Daddy, pick me up! I want

bent down and scooped his daughter into his arms, his voice full of warmth. "Did you miss

squealed, planting a

looked down at Mario, tousling

blinked, still hugging Stewart's leg, quiet

much bigger than for his sister. To him, it was as if his dad had gone away to become a star in the sky, and now, suddenly, he was back-no longer a distant star, but right

feelings swirled in

still crouched nearby, noticed her son's

a gentle embrace, stroking his soft cheek, and whispered in his ear, "Daddy never turned into a star. He's always been just fine. He's made enough money now, so every winter, he'll be home to build snowmen with us,

this, Mario turned to

holding his daughter, crouched down to meet

tenderness. "Do you

lower lip trembled. All the emotions he'd been holding back

his father's shoulder.

ache pricked Stewart's

Maybe it was because he was the older brother, or maybe