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Chapter 280 A Quiet Life

Author: Olivia GW
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-11 13:11:15

(Lydia)

There’s nothing better than spending a day with your kids. After being apart from Mabel and Miles for what felt like ages but were only a few days, it felt like I could finally breathe again.

The moment I got out of the car and they came running toward me, their little faces lighting up with joy, I felt like a part of me that had been missing fell back into place.

The rest of the day was a blur of laughter, macaroni and cheese, and reading The Little Prince at least three times. And honestly, I wouldn’t have had it any other way. Every page we turned, every bite of food shared, made me realize how much I had missed them.

For a while, it was like the outside world didn’t exist, like nothing else mattered except being with them. But there were other things, other people, who needed my attention.

Ruby, especially, needed my attention. She’d been staying over at Adam’s apartment, and though I was grateful to him for looking after her, I knew I should be seeking her out to find
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