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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.

the faint medicinal aroma lingering in the air. He went to the kitchen

Though he didn’t want to drink it,

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he was bathed in the cool–toned light of the living room.

rim touching his lips as he sipped the broth in small increments,

past, Yannis would never have touched it. But

the city, was bathed

light was out now. He

earnestly admonished him to finish his medicine. Having lived for so many years, only Zinnia could

otherwise calm eyes. Rubbing his stiff neck, he placed the bowl in the dishwasher before

still that simple monochrome

he didn’t bother to

was wide awake. Even though his nerves were screaming for rest, he didn’t feel the slightest urge to

was no longer Zinnia’s soft, awkward voice always trying to find something to say

those sleepless nights before, but after just a few early nights with Zinnia around, he couldn’t seem to adjust to this

long used to late nights, was now rebelling, and a wave of inexplicable restlessness

open again the very next moment. Waves of crimson flooded his mind. His hand

usually calm eyes flicker, long lashes

while since he last used the herbal pouch. The scent had faded. With Zinnia keeping an eye on his sleep these days, Yannis hadn’t needed to rely on

Its delicate herbal scent, so much like Zinnia’s own fragrance, filled his senses. Breathing it in, it was as if

eyes again. Pale at first, then gradually deepening into thick,