Reborn From Ashes novel Chapter 173

"It's his business whether he eats or not, but whether we offer it or not is ours," Julia said earnestly, expressing her thoughts.

Her words left Lily with a peculiar feeling, as that made sense. The two had no choice but to return to their seats.

Hayden remained seated quietly, ignoring the food placed beside him.

"Are you sure you won't eat? Do you think sitting here without eating makes you noble and principled? Not eating will only make you a bigger target for their ridicule," Anna said softly as she approached, attempting to persuade him.

She hated seeing Hayden sitting there awkwardly, looking like some sort of clown.

"Does everyone in the Sterling family love meddling so much?" Hayden looked up slowly, his expression unkind with a flash of anger in his eyes.

He couldn't help it. All he wanted was to sit quietly and wait, but the Sterling family members kept approaching him one after another, pretending to care about him.

This kind of hypocrisy infuriated him the most.

"You—" Anna froze, completely unprepared for such a response. "I've wasted my kindness on you. You've truly disappointed me!" she snapped before turning away angrily and returning to her seat.

Hayden sighed in relief, thinking no one else would bother him now.

Meanwhile, David was surrounded by people. Many guests came over to toast him, hoping to make a connection.

However, his assistants carefully verified whether each family head's status was worthy of approaching him.

On the side, Francis kept accompanying him, as if he was groveling.

"Your son has great potential for the future. I'm sure he'll surprise everyone someday!" David said politely, smiling faintly.