Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

Chapter 311

“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

to the hospital last

out of it,” Zinnia said flatly, visibly reluctant to engage

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it was all Betty’s doing. We were wrong to blame you, Zinnia. I’m

and felt at a loss as

meet Zinnia. He and Maelis were the ones who had

came to Zinnia, Howard had initially worried that her return would threaten Betty’s position in the family. But when he actually met her, he was struck by how powerful blood

kept drifting towards

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

if his heart had been gently stuck with cotton

pretty sweet. Maybe looking out for her

to leave.

had she returned than she tried to kick someone out. What a

infuriating things. Just when their anger would subside and their attitude softened a bit, she’d always

laid bare, every

that none of them had ever actually heard

never present when Betty made those claims. None of them ever

just how deeply their prejudice

happen again. But they all brushed it off. Now, with the painful truth laid bare before their eyes, it stung

Howard no longer believed a word Betty

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loosened the screws on his car sent

loved his car, and how dangerous his

did it, just to frame Zinnia. She tampered with his car and went through it, leaving him bloodied and battered in

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

Zinnia had made Chamomile tea for Timothy and herbal tea for Yosef, the more he thought

He was stunned to learn that the ointment. he’d received

on his forehead, arms, and legs healed remarkably

in to drop off the ointment, he only heard

thought it was Betty, never even considering that he might