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Ridge stood by Nathalie’s crib staring at her fixedly for quite some time before finally blurting out two words, “So ugly.”
Rosemary immediately glared at him with sharp eyes saying, “You’re ugly! You’re ugly! She’s adorable!”
Ridge looked at Rosemary speechlessly; he really didn’t understand how she could say such blind things about someone who looked like an old man with wrinkles all over her face.
Aimee became sensitive when she heard what Ridge said; she immediately thought that maybe Ridge found Nathalie unattractive because she was just another girl in their family.
However before things could get worse, Eden spoke up saying, “You only think Mia looks good- looking among your siblings, right? What about your other brothers or sisters?”
Ridge nodded and said, “Mia’s always the prettiest one.”
Ben remained silent, wondering how to dissuade this little brat from pursuing his daughter.
It was a headache, truly a headache.
Eden spoke up, “Ridge, let me tell you something. When you were born, you wasn’t as pretty as she is now.”
Ridge shifted his gaze from Nathalie’s face to Eden’s and replied, “Uncle Eden, there’s no need for you to remind me every time.”
Over the years whenever a new sibling was born, Ridge would always comment on their ugliness and Eden would always remind him that when he was born, he wasn’t any better looking than they were.
Ridge never thought of himself as particularly handsome but just because he wasn’t good-looking, it didn’t mean others were ugly.
Eden loved teasing Ridge but as Ridge grew older, he suddenly realized that maybe he couldn’t compete with him anymore.
Nathalie was born weighing seven pounds and nine ounces, which was heavier than Ridge and
Rosemary combined.
And she did not disappoint, becoming the fattest among all the children.
Originally, she was already quite sturdy-looking, and to make matters worse, she ate a lot and her body was getting bigger and bigger.
This was making Aimee and Patrick extremely worried.
In theory, there was no obesity gene in the Hayden family, so how did Nathalie end up being so overweight?
It was really cute for a child to grow fat, especially the small arms, which were so fleshy and adorable.
However, it was okay to look like this when she was just a child. If she kept looking like this, then there will be big problems.
Originally, when buying delicious and fun things for children, everyone would bring all the children along.
Later on, everyone only bought toys for Nathalie and never bought her anything delicious to eat.
However, this did not prevent her from eating all the delicious food.
With so many brothers and sisters, she can sponge food from them wherever she went.
Ridge was the most speechless.
During the late stages of Aimee’s pregnancy, he was truly sincere in his hope that Nathalie wouldn’t end up like Rosemary.
However, he didn’t expect Nathalie to be such a chubby little girl.
Although Nathalie was still relatively quiet and not as active as Rosemary, if she wanted to eat something and people didn’t let her eat, she will become overbearing, even more than Rosemary.
In addition, Rosemary was a brainless fanatic who loved her sister so much, and will give whatever
Nathalie wanted.
When the two little overlords got together, all of their other siblings had to be obedient.
Aimee’s education policy was originally very useful.
But it didn’t have any effect at all.
Patrick was also completely helpless. He wanted a baby girl so much but he didn’t know who she resembled.
Fortunately, Nathalie was only bossy when it came to eating. For other things, she was quite casual.
As long as she was fed with enough food, she will have no temper at all, allowing other people to rub her face and pinch her face however they wanted.
In this way, when Nathalie was four years old, she was doing well in the kindergarten, but Patrick received a call from the kindergarten, saying that she had beaten someone whose head was bleeding.
This was simply unbelievable to Patrick.
Before letting Nathalie go to the kindergarten, he made it very clear to the principal and teachers of the kindergarten that Nathalie must be fed well, so that she will be very good in the kindergarten.
For such a long time, Nathalie had never lost her temper.
Now she beat someone, and Patrick couldn’t figure it out.
Aimee was on the operating table and had no idea what was happening.
Patrick rushed over and, after asking for the reason, was even more speechless.
Originally, Nathalie had a crush on a boy from the Apple Class. As someone who loved to eat, she was even willing to give her own food to him.
However, the boy didn’t appreciate it at all and even mocked Nathalie for being overweight.
Although Nathalie knew she was overweight, she didn’t see it as a problem. The most important thing to her was that she can share her favorite foods with that boy.
Unexpectedly, that boy directly knocked her favorite food on the ground, which made Nathalie angry.
It was okay to say that she was fat, and it was also okay not to like her or play with her.
But what went wrong with the delicious food?
Why did he have to spill delicious food?
After picking Nathalie up from kindergarten, Patrick noticed that she was sulking the whole way home.
She had never been so upset before and for her, having her food hurt was more painful than anything else.
Patrick was still in shock and didn’t know whether to be surprised that Nathalie had a crush on a boy or that she could be so aggressive.
They all said that Rosemary can be scary when she was angry, but even she wouldn’t get into fights outside. The problem was the little boy Nathalie fought with was very strong and he ended up getting hurt badly.
Fortunately, his parents were reasonable and after they paid compensation, they didn’t pursue any further action against Nathalie. Of course, no one dared to hold Hayden family responsible either.
However, this did not mean Patrick could accept Nathalie fighting with people. What puzzled him even more was how could his daughter have a crush on someone already?
Back at the Hayden Mansion, Patrick sat on the sofa while Nathalie sat across from him. She hadn’t heard him ask her anything along the way home and asked if he was mad at her.
He ignored her because he didn’t think what she did was right but also knew it wasn’t entirely her fault either.
Patrick said, “Nathalie, you’re growing up now and have some secrets.”
“I don’t have any secrets,” replied Nathalie confidently. “I tell everything to Mommy, you, brother and sister.”
“Then when did you start liking this boy? Why don’t I know?” asked Patrick curiously.
“Today,” said Nathalie firmly before frowning again as if something bothered her deeply. “But I don’t like him anymore because he’s bad.”
Thinking of all the delicious food that got wasted made Nathalie feel even worse about what happened earlier today. She pouted and said, “I gave him my favorite cake without eating any myself but he threw it all on the ground!”
The more Nathalie talked about it, the sadder she became until tears started streaming down her face.
Patrick felt sorry for his daughter who looked so heartbroken.
He asked, “So you’re feeling worse because your cake is gone?”
Nathalie nodded pitifully then looked up at Patrick asking hopefully, “Daddy, could I have two cakes please? My heart hurts so much. I need something sweet to make me feel better.”
Patrick really didn’t know what else he can say or do at the moment.
He could see that Nathalie didn’t like that boy much. At most, she just thought he was good-looking.
However, if he messed with her cake, that was really going too far.
Patrick said, “Go wash your face clean. I will take you to buy the cakes.”
Nathalie immediately jumped off the sofa and ran to Patrick for a kiss.
Snot and tears smeared Patrick’s face, and Nathalie said with a smile, “Daddy, you’re the best. I love you the most.”
Patrick was speechless.
Her love was just too heavy, and he really can’t bear some of it.
Getting up to wash his face, Patrick took Nathalie to buy cakes, of course, also to pick up Aimee from work.
As soon as Aimee got in the car, she saw two cake boxes beside Nathalie’s legs and looked at Patrick in surprise, “Did you buy them for her?”
Patrick and Aimee had started implementing Nathalie’s weight loss plan. She was really overweight, twice the weight of other children her age. Although her health results were still good, it was hard to say what will happen if she continued to be so overweight in the future.
However, Patrick bought Nathalie two cakes without Aimee noticing. “Nathalie had a bad day today,”
Patrick said. “This is a comfort for her.”
After getting into the car with Aimee, Nathalie put both cakes in her lap. She knew that her dad always listened to her mom and if she didn’t allow Nathalie to eat them, even if they were bought by dad himself, she wouldn’t be able to eat them.
Seeing how protective Nathalie was of the cakes made Aimee even more curious. “What happened?
Who bullied her?”
Patrick didn’t know how to answer this question at first because no one bullied Nathalie; it was actually quite the opposite.
He explained everything to Aimee and tried his best to make her understand his feelings about it all.
Aimee was completely shocked by this news because she had been observing Rosemary recently and thought that Rosemary would be the first child with a crush on someone – not Ridge since he already had eyes for Mia.
But now she realized that it was actually Nathalie who had fallen for someone first – something that seemed impossible in Aimee’s mind since she thought of Nathalie as just a little girl who loved food and couldn’t possibly like anyone yet.
