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.

she wanted to show it, but let go before I touched it. Why are you framing me?” Zinnia insisted, frowning,

glance at Zinnia, then turned to comfort Donald. They didn’t

away, leaving Zinnia shrouded in bewildered solitude. No one cared about hearing her explanation. They were convinced she was the one at

completely shameless?” Class 19 students erupted in fury

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footage wasn’t continuous, stitched–together clips from multiple cameras, so it looked grainy. But that still

the video, closed the tab, and continued her search. With Zinnia

and the Shaw family would never believe her. She grew careless in her later schemes, which

necklace with a small knife while going

poisoned Timothy’s soup. She intercepted the maid on her way upstairs, took the bowl from her, dismissed the maid, and, shielding her movements, secretly spiked the

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

Lydia! Zoom in here. I see she’s holding a small white packet,” Maisie exclaimed, holding up her

her laptop screen, and the image on everyone’s

trembled, causing some powder to spill

certain that Betty had poisoned the soup. Later, while Zinnia was away, Betty stealthily

grew gloomier with

disgust, immediately went to the garbage bin,

by one before stuffing the pieces

“Zinnia, do you remember

timeframe for when the bolt went missing, it was tricky to track down

was enough to clear Zinnia’s name, if they were going to strike back, they had to do it decisively, making

she saw me, it must have been after eleven. Howard rode off at noon, so the time frame we’re looking at is between eleven