Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

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“You accessed the Shaw family’s surveillance footage today. Won’t you get in trouble with that?” Zinnia asked, looking at her worriedly.

“No,” Lydia replied, “the surveillance footage I retrieved had already been deleted by them. I recovered it from the recycle bin. It wasn’t hacked by the Shaw family’s system.”

Lydia wasn’t the type to implicate herself. She always made sure every angle was covered before acting.

“Wow, Lydia, you’re amazing!” Zinnia’s eyes sparkled with admiration. Her classmate really was something special.

“If you’d like, I can teach you,” Lydia said to Zinnia, her voice softening with unusual tenderness.

The trio couldn’t help but notice Lydia’s double standards.

“Hey, Lydia, why do I get the feeling you like Zinnia way more than the rest of us?” Ethan tilted his head and asked teasingly.

Lydia calmly retorted, “Are you as adorable as she is?”

“Whoa, that’s a low blow! No personal attacks. Seriously, who could ever compete with a face like Zinnia’s?” Ethan sputtered, momentarily stunned.

He glanced at Zinnia’s exquisitely sculpted face, a beauty so perfect it seemed almost unreal.

Perhaps flattered by the compliment, Zinnia curved her lips. Ethan felt his ears grow hot and quickly averted his gaze.

“Zinnia!” That afternoon, just as Zinnia was about to enter her apartment complex after school, a voice suddenly called out to her.

Zinnia turned and saw Howard standing there. Instinctively, she took a step back.

Even though it had only been a few days since their last meeting, Howard already seemed to have aged several years. A newly developed air of weariness and defeat clung to him.

Howard stood at a distance, his expression complex as he gazed at her.

“Zinnia,” as he watched her retreat, Howard’s chest tightened with remorse. ‘It was all a misunderstanding. She was the one truly wronged,’ he realized.

Zinnia pressed her lips together tightly, refusing to speak to him, her fingers clutching her backpack straps.

“I heard you moved out of the Lynn residence,” Howard said as he stepped closer, his eyes filled with concern.

He was actually a bit at a loss as to how to approach her.

They had barely spent any time together, to begin with, and after that incident where Betty nearly got him

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hadn’t seen

to the hospital last time, they hadn’t seen each other for a whole

Zinnia said flatly, visibly reluctant

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had no idea it was all Betty’s doing. We were wrong to blame you, Zinnia.

and felt at a loss as

was the first in the family to meet Zinnia. He and Maelis were the ones who had gone to bring her

initially worried that her return would threaten Betty’s position in the family. But when

gaze kept drifting

and adorable, speaking in a soft, unhurried way, like a timid little snail slowly peeking out. When she called him Howard in that clear, sweet voice, it

felt as if his heart had been gently

moment, Howard thought to himself, Zinnia seems pretty sweet. Maybe looking out for her

to leave. This instantly made the whole family

sooner had she returned than she tried to kick someone out. What a spoiled, headstrong girl,’ Howard

softened a bit, she’d always stir up

Now with the whole truth laid bare, every single incident had been

with a pang that none of them had ever actually heard Zinnia tell Betty to leave. Every accusation

None of them ever bothered to ask for her side. They simply took Betty’s word

had they realized just how deeply their prejudice

warned them before–if a misunderstanding could happen once, it could happen again. But they all brushed it off. Now, with the painful truth laid bare before their eyes, it stung like

Howard no longer believed a word Betty

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that Betty had actually loosened the screws on his car sent a

his car, and how dangerous his races

Zinnia. She tampered with his car and went through it, leaving him bloodied

a decade tried to kill him, while the one he’d constantly mistreated wast

the more

was stunned to learn that the ointment. he’d received for his injuries had actually been sent

that ointment, the wounds on his forehead, arms, and

the ointment, he only heard her say it was from some sister in the family, but he didn’t

instinctively thought it was Betty, never