Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

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

two meat dishes today!” Zinnia’s eyes

hearing you would think I starve you.” If it weren’t for her

Zinnia bounced up from the bed. “Ribs

last light of sunset was filtering

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I’m not catching you,” Yannis called

to her bed.

slippers?” Zinnia asked, looking down and not seeing her

had carried her straight in without changing her shoes. “Wait here. I’ll get

to step down anyway, but he

her bedroom was carpeted, the living area wasn’t. With Zinnia’s frail health, walking barefoot on those chilly tiles might

of the bed, he placed them at her feet. “Alright then, Your Highness,” he said with amusement, “your

with the

not some fossilized boomer,”

baffled, he’d made his assistant compile a list

yourself sorted,” he said, heading for the door. “I’ll go dish up the

the dress she’d worn to the party,

and walked out of the room. He had only meant to check if Zinnia

afternoon’s nap, Zinnia found herself

slapped back–that settled most of her anger. Not fighting back

head–on and had a real

Shaw family were just fundamentally incompatible. She’d disliked them. from the start. Even if they lived under the same roof for a while, some things just weren’t meant to

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

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Zinnia went to

Fri, Oct 3