Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

Chapter 228

Chapter 228

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After hanging up, Zinnia settled into her balcony swing chair with some medical textbooks. Her mentor always said even experts need refreshers.

New to Jinston, Zinnia had no friends. Her “real family” didn’t give a crap-their rejection stung worse than any stranger’s indifference.

She spent the afternoon reading and napping. When she woke up, it was dusk. As she opened her bedroom door to head downstairs, she heard raised voices below.

“Mom, when’s Zinnia waking up? Maybe she’s up but avoiding us. Let me check!” Maelis kept peeking upstairs. The Shaw family had waited all afternoon but still hadn’t seen Zinnia.

Betty frowned, “Mom, do you think Zinnia still hasn’t forgiven me?”

Then Betty turned to Sofia. “Grandma, let me go apologize to her. I was the one who messed up last time. I wanted to say sorry to Zinnia earlier, but I got sick and she left before I could,” she said, her pretty face full of regret.

“Zinnia’s the best kid. If she didn’t do it, she didn’t. She’s always honest. The people who framed her should be the ones apologizing,” Sofia said, glancing at Betty. Then she looked at Maelis and Howard, who were fidgeting on the couch like they couldn’t sit still.

“Yeah, Mom, I was wrong last time. But with Zinnia’s past, we jumped to conclusions. We’ll apologize to her properly this time,” Maelis said. She hadn’t seen Zinnia for days. She tried to visit yesterday, but Sofia refused her.

“If there’s a misunderstanding now, maybe there were misunderstandings before? Making one mistake doesn’t mean you can’t make another. Are you sure you’re always right?” Sofia sighed and shook her head. Maelis wasn’t the brightest.

Sofia then glanced sideways at Betty, who had come along.

about me,” Betty explained, freezing under Sofia’s stare

about Zinnia too. Last time Zinnia was sick, Mom tried to see her. But Betty

hospital, Zinnia had already checked herself out after making a scene,” Howard

jaw, thinking, ‘She really is a pain-still dead asleep

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anymore-do you need the whole family hovering over you?” Sofia said, shaking her head at

with a faint smirk. What a coincidence-Zinnia got sick, Howard went looking for her parents, and

our checkup, we went to see Zinnia right away. But she left

her act. She shot Howard a pleading look, silently begging him.

a baby. We’re smothering her…” His voice faded. It hit him-If they were this worried about Betty, what about Zinnia? No one had even thought about

Betty were the same age. If Betty’s not

warned a fever that high could cause brain damage. He’d gone looking for their parents but he hadn’t returned. Suddenly, guilt clawed

Zinnia. But now he felt like someone dropped a pebble in

all he felt.

everyone fussed over Betty. No one remembered Zinnia in the next room, passed out from fever. For the first time, Howard

doesn’t mean I love Zinnia less,” Maelis argued. “After Betty’s tests, I checked on Zinnia. I thought she was faking it-that’s what I’d heard. I never expected she was actually

tightened. When Howard mentioned Zinnia’s fever, she’d brushed it off. Only when Betty complained of a headache did she bother to check on Zinnia-after taking care of

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at Maelis and Howard, who were still defending Betty. A headache pulsed at her temples. The Shaw family was