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“Alright,” Yannis replied.

Zinnia paused at her bedroom door. She turned back to glance at Yannis, worry clear in her eyes as she spoke, “If you can’t sleep, just come to me, okay?”

Yannis said, “Alright, Zinnia, you should get some rest, too. Good night.” He stood still, watching her quietly. As he met her worried gaze, a faint smile curved his lips, and the usual lazy amusement in his eyes softened just a little.

“Good night,” Zinnia said softly.

As Zinnia disappeared into her room, the smile slowly faded from Yannis‘ face. He headed straight to his study. Lately, he’d been quite busy, and with Zinnia at home, he’d instructed Toby to deliver all documents to the house.

Yannis figured that until Zinnia finished her exams, about seventy percent of his work would have to be done this way: He couldn’t bear to leave Zinnia alone. He booted up his laptop and told Toby to set up a meeting,

As the video conference ended, Yannis said calmly, “Alright, thank you all for working overtime today. You’ll get double pay.”

The exhausted team instantly perked up at the mention of double overtime pay. They exclaimed, “Thanks, Mr. Perkins!” Then they gradually logged off the video call one by one.

Yannis’s expression stayed cool and detached as he checked the time. It was midnight already. Then it struck him: he’d forgotten something important.

Toby lingered, gazing at Yannis across the screen. The cool white light overhead accentuated Yannis’s chiseled features. Toby thought, ‘No wonder he’s the reason all the women in the company show up to work so motivated.’

Toby spoke up, “Mr. Perkins, you’ve been going to bed early every day lately. It’s been ages since you stayed up this late. Is your insomnia acting up again? Should I call a doctor for you? Are you feeling alright?”

Toby first met Yannis when they were roommates abroad, and they became something like friends. It wasn’t until Yannis recruited Toby to work together back home that Toby realized Yannis came from a truly distinguished family.

Yannis was a bona fide aristocrat, like someone who had a throne waiting for him at home.

At the mention of going to bed early, Yannis suddenly remembered what he’d forgotten. He said to Toby, “Logging off now. Triple pay for you.” Then he abruptly stood up and left the room.

room, Yannis caught the faint medicinal aroma lingering in the air. He went to the kitchen and

he didn’t want to drink it, he couldn’t bring himself to

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was bathed in the cool–toned light of the living room. His head bowed slightly, radiating an indescribable sense

touching his lips as he sipped the broth in

it was hot. In the past, Yannis would never have touched it. But now,

of the

where the light was out

to finish his medicine. Having lived for so many years, only Zinnia could ever make

faint smile flickered in Yannis’s otherwise calm eyes. Rubbing his stiff neck, he

Zinnia’s newly renovated space, his remained unchanged. It was still that simple monochrome palette. Yannis unbuttoned his shirt as he stepped into the

but he didn’t bother to fix it. He flopped straight onto the bed,

awake. Even though his nerves were screaming for rest, he didn’t feel

silence felt strange now. There was no longer Zinnia’s soft, awkward voice always trying to find something

but after just a few early nights with Zinnia around, he couldn’t seem

was now rebelling, and a wave of inexplicable restlessness washed over him. Zinnia’s repeated reminders to go to

them open again the very next moment. Waves of crimson flooded his mind. His hand atop the quilt clenched tightly, veins

eyes flicker, long lashes trembling. He reached under

scent had faded. With Zinnia keeping an eye on his sleep these days, Yannis hadn’t needed to rely on it to

herbal scent, so much like Zinnia’s own fragrance, filled his senses. Breathing it in,

then gradually