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.

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

Zinnia, then turned to comfort Donald. They didn’t believe Betty would

Betty steered Donald away, leaving Zinnia shrouded in bewildered solitude. No one cared about hearing her explanation. They were

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it looked grainy. But that still made everyone boil

say a word. She saved the video, closed the tab, and continued her search. With Zinnia providing the precise timeline, locating the footage wasn’t particularly

completely. Betty was convinced Zinnia could never clear her name and the Shaw family would never believe her. She grew careless in her later schemes, which made it much

necklace with a small knife while

upstairs, took the bowl from her, dismissed the

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

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

zooming in on her laptop screen, and the image on everyone’s phones enlarged at the

clutching a small white packet in her hand. Her fingers trembled, causing some powder

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

grew gloomier with

disgust, immediately went to the garbage bin,

into tiny shreds one by one before stuffing the pieces back into

was trickier. Lydia turned to Zinnia. “Zinnia, do

knew his motorcycle broke down that day, but without an approximate timeframe for when

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

saw me, it must have been after eleven. Howard rode off at noon,