The Mind-Reading Mate Why Is the Lycan King So Obsessed With Me novel Chapter 487

Chapter 487: A Father’s Gentle Love (II)

"Do you like it?" he asked carefully.

Back then, Rose was used to wearing dresses that were patched here and there. Most of her clothes were old and worn. So when Zarius bought her such a beautiful dress, she felt like she was dreaming.

It looked too pretty, too clean, and too perfect.

She stood in front of the mirror for a long time, staring at her own reflection. She couldn’t believe that the girl in the mirror was really her.

"I-I like it," she said softly, a small smile appearing on her lips.

But inside the mirror, she didn’t see a confident girl. She saw a shy little girl who looked nervous and scared. She was afraid that if she showed her happiness too much, Zarius might get angry, or worse... hit her.

"Really?" Zarius asked.

He knelt beside her and gently pulled her closer. Then he slowly turned her around a few times, carefully checking every part of the dress.

When her back faced him, he paused. "I tied this ribbon really badly," he muttered. The knot at the back was messy and uneven.

"It still looks pretty," Rose said softly.

She slowly twirled in place, her dress spreading out a little as she moved. She seemed to forget everything else, focused only on how it felt to wear something so nice.

Every time she turned, her long bangs fell over her face, covering her eyes and cheeks. She had to blink and tilt her head just to see clearly, but she didn’t seem to mind.

Zarius smiled a little. "Then... how about I trim your hair?" he asked gently. "Just a little."

Rose blinked, then nodded again. "Alright," she answered in a tiny voice.

Everything he did for her in that lifetime was actually exactly the same as what he did for her in her current life. The only difference was that he wasn’t her biological father in that lifetime, and yet he still treated her with gentleness and full of love.

Zarius’s house was usually very simple. He didn’t store much food. Most of the time, he hunted, cooked it, and ate it on the same day.

But after Rose came to live with him, everything changed. Slowly, the house filled with food; meat, vegetables, wheat, and even spices.

He tried hard to cook at least two meals every day, even though he wasn’t very good at it.

In the first few weeks, Rose only watched him in silence. She sat quietly at the dining table, swinging her small legs, while Zarius struggled in the kitchen.

Sometimes, smoke filled the room. Sometimes, something burned. Sometimes, he panicked and rushed to open all the windows.

For some reason, his poor cooking skills made the little girl smile wider every day.

After a month, the little girl finally gathered her courage to approach him while he was cooking. She tugged at the edge of his clothes. "Um..." she whispered.

He turned around at once. "What is it, Rose?"

"C-Can you... not put carrots?" she asked nervously. "I... I don’t really like them..."

Her voice was so small that it almost disappeared, but this was the first time she had ever asked him for anything.

Before this, she always accepted whatever he gave her, no matter what it was.

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