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

or acted like an impostor. Betty’s actions

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

thought, ‘Everything I have built is destroyed the moment Zinnia set foot here. It is all your fault, Zinnia.

give her any face. With her level of scheming, it took me three tries to completely pin her down. How could Zinnia ever stand a chance against

Shaw family, Betty would have bullied her to the brink, Isaac logged out of the campus forum and casually

Isaac immediately reached out

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she could enjoy her studies and have a happy school life. If anyone dares

the Shaw family wants to turn a blind eye to Betty’s true colors and keep blindly protecting her, it is fine. But

family fell into heavy silence. A

stared at the screen, her hand trembling as she reached out,

time, Maelis had felt annoyed because she had put all her effort into preparing

figure in the video, Maelis felt guilty.

tried harder to comfort

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

fallen in on her own. Why? Why would Betty do

the water, Maelis’s breath hitched painfully. It felt as

her heart

so blind?

Maelis saw a servant rescue Zinnia. Zinnia’s pale face sent a wave of terror crashing over Maelis. She covered her mouth, struggling to suppress the

tears might shatter the fragile reality unfolding on the screen. At that moment, she forgot she was merely watching a recording.

Zinnia’s place. She wanted to pat Zinnia’s back, to hold her close, and to comfort her. But Maelis wasn’t there

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