Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

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As Zinnia slowly woke up, she heard Yannis shouting angrily, “Toby, who gave you the guts to hide this from

me?”

Zinnia’s body shook a little because she was scared. When she opened her eyes, she saw Yannis standing outside the office. His face was cold and serious, and his sharp eyes looked ruthless.

Toby stood outside, taking the blame. Five minutes before, after Yannis finished his meeting, Toby told him what happened. When Yannis heard Zinnia had been sprayed with a knockout drug, his face turned icy with

anger.

Even though the drug’s effects had worn off, his face stayed dark. Zinnia got out of bed, opened the door, and softly called out, “Yannis.”

Yannis said softly, “Zinnia, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? I already had Roderick check drug is gone, so you’ll be okay. Sorry I let you go through this.”

you,

and the

Yannis’s cold face quickly softened. He walked over to her, his eyes full of worry.

“Yannis, I’m fine now,” Zinnia said softly after sleeping most of the afternoon. She did feel much better, though a dull pain still stayed in her lower belly–just her usual monthly pain, nothing to do with the drug.

“Yannis, I was the one who told Toby not to tell you. Please don’t scold him,” Zinnia said softly. She had just heard Yannis scolding Toby. She had never seen Yannis this angry before.

Zinnia thought well of Toby. At that moment, Toby gave her a thankful look.

Yannis said, “I wasn’t scolding him.”

“Yannis, did you catch the person who went through your files? Did anything bad happen?” Zinnia asked worriedly. She knew if secrets of the company got into the wrong hands, the results could be very bad.

to find someone to watch over her. That woman only came into Yannis’s office because of

said, ‘Got her. Don’t worry, Zinnia. Everything’s okay now. I’m done here, so let’s

wave of tenderness. He reached out, his big, strong hand gently brushing her silky hair, giving it

staff and had asked people to keep watch, just waiting for

office for meetings was actually a planned move to give the move a chance to make a

he understood how

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underestimating what they

didn’t like women in his office, Lila never got to

55 vouchers.

he even made a special exception and let a female helper into his private

gave Lila a perfect chance to act. To Toby’s surprise, the

catch the mole. But surprisingly, Zinnia’s presence made it easier to find out

who had long wanted to work with the Perkins Group. But their deal didn’t match what Yannis wanted,

wouldn’t give up. They saw teaming up with the Perkins Group as their way to succeed, and maybe even a way to get close to Yannis. So Yosef tried bribing

off by the Shaw family about two weeks ago, after her family had trouble. The Shaws wanted to get the final quote from the Perkins

her, then she worked for him. The knockout spray she used on Zinnia was actually her self–defense spray. Since it was her first time doing

wasn’t really a threat, and the quote papers left in the office were just fake clues. Seeing them wouldn’t have mattered. In the end, Zinnia just got caught up in all this

*****

car as Yannis covered her with a blanket. Toby was driving them home, telling her what had happened. She asked softly, “So, what are you

“Fired,” Yannis said coldly.

road,” Yannis said sharply, stopping Toby from

said a

so this is already a pretty kind way to handle it. If it were any other company, she’d be blacklisted and never work

was just starting to

mercy.

to scare Zinnia or make her think he was too

really a kind person,”

she and Maisie had been reading, CEOs broke