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.

“I

meat dishes today!” Zinnia’s

would think I starve you.” If it weren’t for her doctor’s orders, he’d make

Zinnia bounced up from the bed.

window, the last light of sunset was filtering in after

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careful. If you fall, I’m not catching you,” Yannis called out with mock sternness as he

to her bed.

looking down and not seeing her

changing her shoes. “Wait here. I’ll get them,” he said, turning to leave. “Don’t step on the

down

With Zinnia’s frail health,

of the bed, he placed them at her feet. “Alright

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

fossilized boomer,” Yannis

since she’d spouted some internet slang that left him completely baffled, he’d made his assistant compile a list of trending online terms–no way was he letting her pull some cryptic Gen–Z vanishing act

sorted,” he said, heading for the door. “I’ll

still in the dress she’d worn to the party,

of the room. He had only meant to check if Zinnia was awake, never expecting to end up

a full afternoon’s nap, Zinnia found herself

most of her anger. Not fighting back would have eaten

only landed because she was totally caught off guard. If Maelis had faced Zinnia head–on and had a real fight, Zinnia might’ve given her

Shaw family were just fundamentally incompatible. She’d disliked them. from the start.

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

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day, Zinnia went

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