Sir Ares, Goodnight novel (Jay Ares and Rose)
Chapter 903

Zayne stood, the ache in his bones having him suck in a cold breath.

Folding his sleeves, he found his forearm littered with bruises and a long scratch, most likely from someone's fingernail.

Zayne stared suspiciously at Josephine. "Did you take it out of me when I was drunk?"

Josephine was a little guilty. "Don't accuse me of something I didn't do. You were the one who went into the bar and got beaten up by the boss for mooching. I was the good person who brought you back." "What about this scratch, then?" Zayne's gaze fell on Josephine's long nails.

Josephine stared at the long scratch with a secretive glance. She had no idea whether the shocking wound was left behind when she hit him last night, or when he rolled vigorously around the bed.

"I may have accidentally scratched you when I dragged you back," Josephine said.

Zayne scratched the back of his head. "You dragged me back? Why don't I remember anything?"

"You were wasted."

Remembering why he went to the bar to drink himself silly in the first place, Zayne's face turned sullen.

"Josephine, I lost Robbie."

There was no need to hide his feelings in front of her.

His hands went to grip his hair while heartbroken tears trickled from the corner of his eyes.

Josephine replied, "I know. You apologized 100 times to Sis Angeline, then 200 times to Jay, followed by another 300 times to Baby Robbie when you were drunk."

Zayne stared at her, stunned. "You've got to be exaggerating."

Josephine responded, "You spent the entire night apologizing. I was upset as well, but I know that you didn't mean it and that it was an accident. Rather than stewing here blaming yourself, wouldn't it be wiser to use your time and energy to find Robbie?"

Enheartened, Zayne broke out of his daze of selfblame.

"You're right. I have to get my act together. I have to find Baby Robbie."

Josephine's eyes glistened. Robbie was still so young. She dared not imagine what would happen if he was kidnapped.

In addition to Robbie, Josephine found herself worried for Zayne as well.

"Does my brother know about this?" Josephine felt that with how much Jay Ares loved his children, he would shred Zayne to pieces for having lost Robbie. Zayne nodded.

Surprise flashed over Josephine's alluring features." Did my brother not give you trouble?"

It was not like Jay to let Zayne go with all limbs still intact. Especially not the Jay Ares now whose ruthlessness surpassed the person he was from before.

Zayne's thoughts were everywhere, coupled with his lack of caution against Josephine, the words came out of his mouth before he even registered them. "I'm pretty sure your brother is in too much of a pinch to care about me right now."

Josephine's pupils contracted.

There was too much to unpack from Zayne's words.

To think that Jay Ares, a man who dealt with any difficulty with ease, was held back to the point that he could not help in the recovery of his missing child?

"Is my brother in some sort of distress?" Josephine asked shakily.

Unease filled her mind. Indeed, Jay was not the kind to turn ruthless for no reason.

Josephine's question threw Zayne off balance. Rooted in place, franticness flashed in his eyes.

"No-not at all."

To cover his own panic, Zayne emphasized hyperbolically. "He's the kind of person trouble evades, not the other way round. What could he possibly be distressed about?" The more he explained, the more it seemed like something was wrong.

Josephine's expression had already turned into one of incredulity.

Nervous, Zayne stood up. "I should go."