Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 603

Three days later.

Cloudcrest City, Westbrook Old Town. A cozy guesthouse.

Out in the garden, where all kinds of lush green plants and bright flowers flourished, Lucky lay sprawled on the ground, tongue lolling. Sunlight warmed his face, and he squinted contentedly, utterly relaxed.

Little Nina, clutching a child's makeup kit in one hand and a tiny powder puff in the other, was busy giving Lucky a makeover with impressive seriousness for

someone her age.

A few feet away, little Mario sat quietly on a wooden bench, head bowed in concentration, twisting and turning his Rubik's Cube.

From the kitchen drifted the comforting aroma of home-cooked food.

James was busy preparing lunch.

Just then, Lorna pushed open the vintage wooden gate at the edge of the yard, glanced around the sun-dappled garden, and then closed the door behind her, sliding the latch into place.

The creak of the gate caught Mario's attention. He looked up.

Lorna walked over and ruffled his hair. "Still working on your Rubik's Cube?"

"Yeah!" Mario's eyes sparkled as he looked up at her. "I can solve all six sides now my fastest time is two minutes."

him, and Stewart who had taught him how

how good you were getting, he'd

stared at her. "Ms. Riley, have you talked

replied, her tone light and cheerful. "He says business is going really well. Maybe he'll even make enough to come home soon and spend more time

Lorna pressed

fooled. Ms. Riley was just trying to make him

his dad wasn't overseas on business. He'd become a star in the sky-gone

Mario's face, Lorna sighed softly. "You have

down at the puzzle. "What about

for a

sharp-perhaps even more so because he'd never had a mother by his side, making him especially sensitive to the moods of the adults around

she hadn't expected him

realized something

gently, "Your mom is away on a work trip.

is with her.

okay."

his chest, but there was nothing he could do. He'd already lost his dad; he didn't want to lose

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