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Chapter 401

Chapter 401

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“Yannis, I got it. No dating, I promise. Can we have dinner now?” Zinnia said flatly, her expression blank. She’d endured Yannis‘ half–hour lecture on dating dangers. She marveled at how convincingly he’d warned against romance–despite zero personal experience.

He listed every dating disaster: ruined grades, swindled money, heartbroken sobs. He even shared a horrific

story.

A woman trapped in a nightmare marriage. Her husband starved her. She foraged for wild plants while perpetually pregnant, trailing screaming children. Later, her body became a commodity–kidneys harvested, organs ripped out. Her corpse was wrapped in a mat and tossed to wolves.

Zinnia shuddered. She had to admit, Yannis‘ warnings had left quite an impression–not that she’d ever even considered dating before, but after his terrifying tale today, she was genuinely spooked.

Just the thought of dating gave her a splitting headache. ‘No dating, absolutely not! If I date, I’ll lose my kidneys,‘ she warned herself.

“Zinnia, I’m not banning dating,” Yannis said. “It’s just that you’re still young and could easily get tricked. What if someone really swept you away?”

He glanced at her determined eyes. In Maisie’s words, she looked as steadfast as a soldier. It seemed she’d really taken his words to heart. He finally relaxed a little.

“Okay, no dating,” Zinnia vowed.

Relieved she wasn’t annoyed, Yannis cleared his throat and added, “If you like someone, bring him to me. If he’s decent, I won’t stop you. But right now, your top priority is your studies.

“In college, you’ll have great options. Let’s just forget about those high school punks,” he said, while thinking to himself, ‘Having a girl in family really does come with endless worries.”

Raising a girl was nothing like raising a boy. People had to worry about every little thing, and always feared some guy might lead her astray.

Jackson entrusted Zinnia to him. ‘If she really runs off with someone, Jackson will skin me alive. For my own safety, I’d better keep a close eye on her, he thought.

“Okay,” Zinnia replied obediently.

warmly, “I made buffalo wings and BBQ

dishes today!” Zinnia’s

starve you.” If it weren’t for

bed. “Ribs get tough and

of sunset was filtering in after

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you fall, I’m not catching you,” Yannis called out with mock

to her bed.

Zinnia asked, looking down and not

carried her straight in without changing her shoes. “Wait here. I’ll get them,” he

been about to step down anyway, but

carpeted, the living area wasn’t. With Zinnia’s frail health, walking

her slippers. Seeing Zinnia sitting patiently on the edge of the bed, he placed them

feel warm. “Yannis, you actually keep up with the trends now?” she exclaimed, sliding her feet into the slippers

fossilized boomer,”

baffled, he’d made his assistant compile a list of trending online terms–no way was he letting her

heading for the door. “I’ll go dish up the

the

turned and walked out of the room. He had only meant to check if Zinnia was awake, never expecting to

full afternoon’s nap,

her, and she slapped back–that settled most of her anger. Not fighting back would have eaten

totally caught off guard. If Maelis had faced Zinnia head–on and had a real fight, Zinnia might’ve given her some

sighed. Maybe she and the Shaw family were just fundamentally incompatible. She’d disliked them. from the start. Even if they lived under the same

that, if Maelis tried to hit her again, she wouldn’t hold

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Zinnia went

Fri, Oct 3