The Unwanted Girl Is Their Princess novel Chapter 174

Chapter 174

Yelena hid the sadness in her eyes as she gave him the iPad. Following his orders, she had been watching Zinnia’s daily life all this time.

Nathan’s fingers clenched around the iPad, his eyes fixed on the screen. The cough kept coming, and a bitter taste rose in his mouth. His grip on the iPad got tighter. With slow, heavy steps, he moved to the office chair and sat down.

Yelena, feeling worried, quickly poured him some water.

His pale, sickly face turned a little red from coughing, tugging at her heart.

‘If only he was an angel from heaven,‘ Yelena thought. She just couldn’t understand why someone so kind had to be sick all the time.

“You can leave now,” Nathan said, ignoring the water, his eyes still on the paused screen. His eyes immediately went to the delicate figure sitting straight in the middle of the screen.

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Yelena could see that all his focus was on the screen, not paying attention to anything else around him. A flicker of disappointment crossed her face, but she stepped back and gently closed the office door behind her.

Nathan looked at the person on the screen longingly, his pale fingers softly tracing her bright eyes and happy, confident smile.

“It looks like even when I’m not there, my little girl is still taking good care of herself,” he whispered.

A faint smile appeared on his lips as he leaned back in the chair, his cough slowly easing. He looked at the tiny figure on his phone screen, showing a hint of longing.

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‘Zinnia, you seem happy in Jinston. They are treating you well. That makes me feel better,‘ Nathan thought. A wave of sadness filled his gentle eyes, so deep it hurt his heart so much.

Nathan closed his eyes, trying to hold back the pain inside him. If he had a choice, he would never have left Zinnia in their care.

‘I can’t stay with her forever. Zinnia needs to learn to depend less on me. She needs new people in her life–only then can I finally let her go,‘ he thought with a heavy heart.

Nathan watched the video over and over all night, trying to calm the longing in his heart. “Just wait a little longer, Zinnia,” he whispered to himself. “Once I fix everything, I will come and give you a life that’s free and happy.”

For some reason, Zinnia suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest and stopped in her tracks. “What’s wrong, Zinnia?” Maisie asked, looking at her with

concern.

“It’s nothing. Let’s go,” Zinnia said, rubbing her chest where the sudden discomfort had hit. Hearing Maisie’s worried voice, she shook her head.

“Yannis. Over here.” Maisie waved happily when she saw Yannis walking toward them. Zinnia looked up too.

A warm smile appeared on Yannis’s face, his caring eyes fixed on them as he held two sticks of cotton candy. Zinnia’s eyes saw the candy and thought they looked pretty.

“Zinnia, you are so beautiful. No phone could ever show how pretty you really are,” Yannis whispered, his tone lazy and spoiled.

He looked at Zinnia, standing under the colorful lights of the amusement park. The hairpins in her hair swayed gently as she walked, her cosplay costume making her look lively and cheerful.

With a pretty lamp in her hand, she looked like a delicate little doll come to life. Yannis thought, ‘I want to hold her in my hands forever, to love and protect her always.‘

Yannis’s compliments always made Zinnia’s cheeks turn red. Even though she was used to his sweet words, every time she heard them, her face would still flush with warmth.

Chapter 174

“Sweet talk,” Zinnia said, lifting her head to look at him,

“Are you really Yannis? Did you get possessed or something?” Maisie said, eyes wide with surprise.

‘This smooth–talker can’t be my cousin!’ she thought. She knew Yannis was kind to Zinnia, but she’d never seen him like this.

‘Sure, he spoils his girl, but now he can’t even take his eyes off her. If Zinnia wasn’t still a teenager, I’d start to think he’s got other plans! Maisie thought

“Want me to find a brain doctor for you? I’ll pay,” Yannis joked, barely looking her way.

Maisie thought, ‘No thanks. Okay, that’s definitely my cousin. That’s the tone I know. Just a moment ago, he was acting weird.

‘I still can’t believe those sweet words actually came out of his mouth. Usually, he never compliments girls; if he doesn’t make the girls trying to get close to him cry, that’s already nice.‘

“Here you go,” Yannis said, giving one candy to Zinnia and one to Maisie.

“But you usually don’t let me eat too much sugar,” Zinnia said, looking at the cotton candy, then at him with confusion.

“It’s a treat for you being happy today,” Yannis said, smiling warmly.

Zinnia tilted her head up at him, her eyes shining mischievously. “So if being happy gets me candy, and I’m happy every day, does that mean you’ll stop banning my sugar?”

She didn’t think just being happy could get her a treat. A warm, fuzzy feeling grew inside her. She had just taken the first sweet bite of cotton candy, leaving a little bit of sweetness behind.

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