Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

Chapter 211

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Chapter 211

“But Zinnia just got back…” Maelis frowned, her voice trailing off.

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‘Since Zinnia arrived, our house has turned into a war zone-there are fights all the time. The boys barely come home anymore. But how can we kick her out right after finding her?’ she thought.

Donald, Maelis’ husband, chimed in, “Timothy’s got a point. Zinnia picked up some seriously bad habits out in the countryside. She’s constantly fighting with Betty. If we send her away, the house might get some peace. You’ll finally get a break.

“I know you want to keep her close after finding her. But she won’t change overnight. While she’s here, neither you nor Betty can relax. If she moves out, we’ll give her more pocket money and visit often. Some space might help her see reason.

“We rushed this whole thing. Zinnia’s never really spent time with Betty, and now she’s feeling jealous. Forcing them to live together is just asking for trouble. Let them live separately for now. Once Zinnia works through her issues, we can bring her back home.”

Donald looked worriedly at Maelis’s exhausted face-she’d been up all night watching over Betty. Just thinking about Zinnia made his head throb.

‘How did we even mix up the two kids back then? If Zinnia had grown up with us, she wouldn’t be this much trouble,’ he thought.

“But…” Maelis hesitated.

“It’s okay, Mom,” Betty said softly. “Zinnia just got home, and you should focus on her now. The family’s taken care of me for years. It’s totally normal for her to feel uncomfortable about you still being nice to me.”

“Zinnia’s young and doesn’t mean to cause trouble-her bullying isn’t serious. Thanks for looking out for me, Mom. I’ll apologize when she gets here. I probably shouldn’t have taken her place in the family. It’s my fault.”

that hospital mix-up happened. Zinnia’s the one with attitude problems, not you. School is starting soon, and we’ll send her to Cloudcrest Heights. She loves to sleep in, and

it was the hospital staff who had

baby during that hospital mix-up. We didn’t handle Zinnia right, letting her get away with harassing you. Don’t worry—I’ll make her apologize when she gets here.

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she was tiny and loved her deeply. Zinnia was the one who’d caused trouble, so Zinnia

bother. I’ll go.” Zinnia’s soft, calm voice cut through

silent. Everyone turned toward the doorway. Howard stood there looking torn,

as Donald began discussing sending Zinnia away. Howard frowned, standing by the door-she’d only been back with

waited until Yosef said something reasonable, ready to interrupt. But then Yosef started backing Donald’s plan. When Howard

She was completely blank,

Howard’s chest. He couldn’t explain it, but he had a feeling that Zinnia had already seen this coming.

here,” Maelis said, a wave of guilt

her face pale and

stepped closer to Zinnia, trying to take her hand and talk to her

at Zinnia. His tone was cold and distant, nothing like the

really bad habits in the countryside. Pushing Betty into the pool? Do you even realize that if anything had happened to her, you’d be facing attempted murder

weary smile. “Timothy, it’s fine.

even glance at Betty, her eyes fixed coldly on Timothy. “I didn’t push her,” she said

looked around the hospital room, taking in the faces of her family-her mother who wanted to send her away, her frustrated father, her aloof oldest brother Yosef, Timothy-the second brother who could barely

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