Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

Chapter 307

The surveillance showed Betty standing at the end of the second–floor corridor, holding a vase, a deceptively sweet smile on her lips.

Soon, Zinnia appeared on the screen. Everyone in Class 19 kept their eyes glued to it. The moment Betty saw her, her smile visibly widened. That deceptively sweet grin sent chills down their spines; their hearts clenched with unease.

“Zinnia.” The mechanical, echoing voice sent chills through them, and the tone was eerily unsettling.

“What is it?” Zinnia replied, her voice flat yet gentle, still untouched by the troubles to come after just returning.

Betty delivered the vase with a smile. “Zinnia, this is Dad’s favorite vase. I don’t think you’ve ever seen one like this before. Would you like a closer look?”

Watching the scene unfold, everyone in Class 19 held their breath, hearts pounding, fearing that Betty might drop the vase and smash it.

Zinnia stared at the vase as Betty deliberately loosened her grip. Worried it might fall and break, Zinnia instinctively reached out to catch it.

But before her hand could even get close, with at least half an arm’s length still between them. The vase slipped from Betty’s fingers and shattered on the floor with a sharp crash.

The crash made everyone in Class 19 jump, a wave of unease washing over them.

“Zinnia! How could you break Dad’s favorite vase?” Betty asked in feigned panic.

Hearing Betty’s voice, everyone in Class 19 felt nothing but annoyance.

Betty’s shriek brought Donald and Maelis rushing over. Zinnia, facing this for the first time, was momentarily stunned. “It wasn’t me! You dropped it before I could even catch it.”

“Zinnia, I thought you liked Dad’s vase, so I wanted to show it to you. But how could you break Dad’s vase?” Betty cooed with faux gentleness, her tone dripping with feigned innocence.

Donald glared at Zinnia, his face darkening with anger.

to show it, but let go before I touched it. Why are you framing me?” Zinnia insisted, frowning, her voice growing firmer. She couldn’t understand why Betty

Maelis didn’t believe her. Maelis cast a disappointed glance at Zinnia, then turned to comfort Donald. They didn’t believe Betty

shrouded in bewildered solitude. No one

is Betty completely shameless?” Class 19 students erupted in

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55 vouchers.

it looked grainy. But that still

tab, and continued her search. With Zinnia providing

down completely. Betty was convinced Zinnia could never clear her name and the Shaw family

with a small knife

intercepted the maid on her way upstairs, took the bowl from her, dismissed the maid, and, shielding her movements, secretly spiked the

movements, Lydia zoomed in on every frame. With everyone scrutinizing the footage, Lydia forwarded it to everyone’s phones so see it

a small white packet,” Maisie exclaimed, holding up her phone and

the image on everyone’s phones enlarged at the same

causing some

Zinnia was away, Betty stealthily sprinkled the same powder outside Zinnia’s door in an attempt

grew gloomier with

after Zinnia took out the trash, Betty, with a look of disgust, immediately went to the garbage bin, pulled out the trash bag Zinnia had just discarded and fished

shreds one by one before stuffing the pieces

case was trickier. Lydia turned to Zinnia. “Zinnia, do you remember roughly

without an approximate timeframe for when the bolt went missing, it was

previous evidence was enough to clear Zinnia’s name, if they were going to strike back, they had to do it decisively, making sure every accusation landed

garden around eleven that day. Since Betty said she saw me, it must have been after eleven. Howard rode off at noon, so the time frame we’re looking at is between