Sir Ares, Goodnight novel (Jay Ares and Rose)
Chapter 1882

She squeezed a bright smile at her brothers and said in a breezy manner, "I'm hungry. Let's go."

When they came downstairs, Baby Zetty sat on the dining chair silently. She did not greet her parents nor talk to her sisters. She merely picked up her cutleries and began stuffing herself with food. Angeline looked at her crestfallen daughter. She had never seen Baby Zetty so quiet, nor seen her gorging on food without a single care for her image before. That made Angeline sad and disheartened. When Baby Zetty was done with her food, she helped herself to a second serving and stuffed her mouth with more food as if her stomach was a bottomless pit that could never be satiated.

Everyone looked at her with a stunned gaze...

Was she using food to cope with grief and anger?

When Baby Zetty had helped herself to the fourth serving, Angeline was afraid that she would become sick from being too full and pressed her hands, saying earnestly, "Stop eating, Zetty. Overeating is not good for your health."

Baby Zetty looked at Mommy with a rueful gaze and put down her utensils silently.

Angeline glared bitterly at Jay, her beautiful and passionate eyes giving a clear message. She was seemingly resentful and angry at him.

Jay knew that Angeline felt sorry for their daughter, and if he could not solve Baby Zetty's relationship problems as soon as possible, then Angeline would keep being worried for a long time.

However, there was nothing much he could do either. Baby Zetty was his baby daughter while Finn was a child he had raised himself. Both of them were equally important to him. There was no way he was going to force Finn to accept Baby Zetty because that would be unfair to him and only make Baby Zetty unhappy.

Jay figured that the best way was to allow time to heal the wound in Baby Zetty's heart.

Jay summoned Baby Zetty to the study and had a long conversation with her.

Baby Zetty raised her head and looked at Jay with a puzzled gaze. "Daddy, do you think we still have a chance to be together?"

Jay looked at the longing in his daughter's eyes and felt his heart aching terribly.

"You still can't let him go, huh, Zetty?"

"Daddy, Brother Finn is really nice to me. He's only rejecting me now because I'm underaged. Isn't this like you and Mommy back when you were young?

You, too, had rejected Mommy once before when she confessed to you, didn't you?"

Jay said, "That's different. Zetty. Daddy rejected Mommy because Daddy loved her. Daddy wanted her to have a normal life. Besides, there was never a Tammy around Daddy to hurt Mommy." Baby Zetty's scrawny body trembled slightly.

"Maybe Brother Finn and Sis Tammy are just acting," Baby Zetty said, unwilling to give up.

Jay did not speak... He saw the tears in Baby Zetty's eyes. Obviously, Baby Zetty knew better than anyone that Tammy's presence was proof that Finn had shut himself off from her love.

"Zetty, how can I help you to make you feel better?" Jay looked at his pale daughter. She had loved someone with all her heart for so many years since she was little but realized that all her efforts had amounted to nothing in the end. One could imagine how huge of a blow she must have received from the impact.

Despite that, Baby Zetty was extremely strong. "Don't worry about me, Daddy. I'm fine. If Brother Finn doesn't like me, then I will not force him either. I will erase him from my mind slowly."

It was easier said than done. Baby Zetty's eyes turned pink in an instant. Her voice was extremely nasal, and she looked as though she was about to cry.

Jay said, "Zetty, you're a kind-hearted and considerate

girl who's willing to bear all the hardships alone. I'm proud of you."

Baby Zetty threw herself into Jay's arms and cried. "It's so hard, Daddy."

Jay patted her head, his eyes turning slightly moist as he became choked with sobs. "Baby Zetty, you should probably do something to cheer yourself up. You can spend as much money as you want. Daddy will support you as long as it makes you happy."

"Daddy, I think I'm sick. I don't feel so well."

"Don't be afraid. I'll take you to Great-grandmother Boye and ask her to treat you."

"Does Great-grandma know how to cure heartbreaks?"

Jay fell silent.

In his opinion, turning to Grandma Boye to treat heartbreaks was tantamount to turning to whatever doctor one could find when one was critically ill.