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.

while, Little

ruffled their hair with both hands, his touch gentle

stared up at him,

a few seconds, Little Nina

"Daddy!"

lit up with delight as she bounced on her toes,

bent down and scooped his daughter into his arms, his voice full of

Nina squealed, planting a kiss on his

melted at the gesture. He looked down at Mario, tousling

still hugging Stewart's

as if his dad had gone away to become a star

many questions and feelings swirled in his

crouched nearby, noticed

into 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

turned

still holding his daughter, crouched down to meet his son's gaze.

"Do you want a hug

lower lip trembled. All the emotions he'd been

father's

ache pricked Stewart's

always struggled to express his feelings. Maybe it was because he