Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

Chapter 274

Chapter 274

Maelis was gone. She couldn’t make a choice, so she silently gave up on Zinnia.

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Knowing this truth made Zinnia feel a dull ache in her heart. Even though she saw it coming, it still hurt when the moment

arrived.

She thought, ‘I’ve been abandoned again. My Master doesn’t want me, and my so-called family doesn’t want me either.”

After work, Jackson finished up at the company and went home. He didn’t see Zinnia in the living room; instead, he saw Sofia sighing heavily next to Henry.

Jackson asked what was wrong, his face growing serious. He composed himself before going upstairs. “Zinnia, are you in there? Can I come in?”

“Sure, come on in.” A muffled reply came from inside the room. Hearing the tone, Jackson’s heart tightened just a little. He gently turned the doorknob and pushed the door open.

The room was warm and tidy. Soft white curtains fluttered lightly in the breeze, but no one was inside.

Jackson scanned the room and noticed Zinnia sitting on the rocking chair by the balcony, swinging their legs slowly-back

turned to him.

A soft smile touched Jackson’s lips as he held out a stick of cotton candy dotted with tiny blue flowers.

Footsteps approached from behind. Zinnia turned around and saw him standing there. She smiled faintly. “Jackson.” On the small desk beside her lay an open workbook, barely touched.

Outside, thick, fiery clouds blazed across the sky, painting everything red and gold-a dramatic backdrop for Zinnia’s small figure sitting all alone, quiet and still.

The sunset was bold and brilliant, but beneath its glow sat someone so tiny and solitary, utterly alone with no one behind

her.

At that moment, Jackson felt his heart twist painfully-as if something inside him had been squeezed tight.

small stool facing Zinnia. He held out the cotton candy to her, his

with warmth.

cotton candy, Jackson?” Zinnia’s eyes sparkled as she looked

to make it,” Jackson replied with

admired the beautiful cotton candy, hesitant to take a

light blue, with a yellow center that had eyes and a smiling mouth. It was sprinkled with

Zinnia’s head-a supersized cotton

at it.

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it, we can ask the chef to make another one later,” Jackson

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small bite of the cotton candy in her hand. The sweet flavor spread

took a bigger bite, her small face getting buried in the fluffy cotton candy, ending up with

the cotton candy mess. His voice carried a hidden smile. “How did you manage to turn into a

out a handkerchief, dampened it with some water from the table,

face

cotton candy is very sweet,” Zinnia said, sitting still as Jackson cleaned her

to warm her heart-she really

it, I’ll

nodded and took another small bite. Then

you feeling sad? Would you like to talk about it with me?” Jackson put the handkerchief aside and gently held Zinnia’s hand that kept bringing more

a tiny bit.” She paused for a moment, then raised her other hand and pinched her thumb and finger together,

with the Shaw family, Zinnia did have some hopes

up in a small town with her Master, she saw other kids with

her about her

them.

Her Master found her in a roadside garbage

For Zinnia, he was her

the Shaw family and learned she had parents after all. Deep down,