Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

Chapter 255

Chapter 255

Betty’s face twisted in fury as she watched the video go live. Her nails dug into her palms, and her face turned ghostly pale.

She thought, ‘It is over. Completely over. How could Isaac release the video and audio? Isn’t he afraid of how Donald and Maelis would react?

‘Releasing the audio is a double-edged sword. It hurts me, but it hurts Isaac too. Now, the Shaw family’s private matters are out in the open for everyone to see.

‘People are already criticizing the Shaw family for bringing Zinnia back, and Isaac’s actions have completely trashed the family’s reputation. All this, just to protect Zinnia. Isaac goes all out for her.’

Betty had never expected the video to surface. She had been so focused on keeping the Shaw family on her side that she hadn’t considered the possibility.

Donald and Maelis hadn’t even thought about checking the surveillance footage back then. And Betty assumed the matter was buried. After all, her parents trusted her the most.

Betty hadn’t even thought about destroying the evidence, and now it had become the very thing that ruined her.

No, the truth was, Betty never saw Zinnia as a threat. Zinnia wasn’t even worthy of being her opponent. Betty thought fighting with someone like Zinnia was beneath her. It would only lower her status.

In Betty’s opinion, Zinnia was just a clueless country bumpkin. She was awkward, ignorant, and completely out of place. She couldn’t even hold a proper conversation, let alone win anyone over. So Betty saw Zinnia as nothing. She never took

Zinnia seriously.

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Betty never expected she would be destroyed because of Zinnia.

The video and audio recordings had nailed Betty’s reputation to the wall. Those who had tried to defend her were now too afraid to speak up. Online, the tide had turned, and everyone was expressing sympathy for Zinnia.

At Evershine High, most students came from wealthy and influential families. The last thing anyone tolerated was

who overstepped their place or acted like an impostor. Betty’s

whether the initial mix-up was intentional or not, the fact that Betty

piercing stares around her. She clenched her teeth, barely holding back the urge to explode. She thought, ‘Everything I have built is

know how to appreciate kindness, then there is no need to give her any face. With her level of scheming, it took me three

have bullied her to the brink,

to back down, Isaac immediately reached out to Jackson. Jackson offered

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even said: [Don’t hold back. If Betty still doesn’t get it

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thought, ‘I sent Zinnia to school, hoping she could enjoy her studies and have a happy school life. If anyone dares to stir up trouble, then don’t blame me for not

to the Shaw family. He thought, ‘If the Shaw family wants to turn a blind eye to Betty’s true colors and keep blindly

video, the Shaw family fell into heavy silence.

hand trembling as she reached out, as if she could touch Zinnia sitting by the

to attend the banquet. At the time, Maelis

Zinnia’s lonely figure in the video, Maelis felt guilty.

I have tried harder to comfort

continued, Maelis’s eyes widened in shock: She saw the hand that dragged Zinnia into the water,

‘Zinnia wouldn’t have fallen in on her own. Why? Why would

It felt as though her heart

ignore Zinnia, Maelis shot to her feet, her heart pounding with panic. She wanted to dive in herself, to pull Zinnia out.

be so blind? Zinnia is

face sent a wave of terror crashing over Maelis. She covered her mouth, struggling to suppress the sobs

unfolding on the screen. At that moment, she forgot she was merely watching a recording. It felt as though she were right there,

and cough violently, Maelis wished she could take Zinnia’s place. She wanted to pat Zinnia’s back, to hold her close, and to

Howard and the others left, Maelis felt her heart being torn apart, aching with each beat, and her face