Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

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Yannis spoke in a calm, steady voice as he began to recount a long–buried memory from over a decade ago.

Zinnia listened to Yannis’s calm, measured words. Though his tone showed little emotion, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest. Her lips pressed tightly together, her throat constricting as if something was stuck there.

Unconsciously, waves of heartache began to spread through her.

“Yannis…” Even though he was the one telling the story, Zinnia’s voice was even more choked than his. Zinnia felt a pang of heartache.

Zinnia glanced at Yannis beside her. At some point, his once–straight back had slumped wearily against the chair, his former uprightness replaced by a trace of dejection and fatigue.

Yannis had never told anyone about the events from seventeen years ago. Very few people knew the full story.

Most people only knew that when Yannis was finally rescued, he was hovering between life and death, his fingers broken, nails torn out, his calf shattered, and his whole body drenched in blood.

Even without knowing the details, just the sight of him was enough to make their hearts ache for Yannis.

Just seeing him like that was heartbreaking. Let alone Yannis and Grace, who had to endure it all themselves.

James’s tears rolled silently from the corners of his eyes, soaking into the pillow.

“They all think I blame Dad for choosing those kids, but I never did. If it were me, I would’ve made the same choice. Those kids were the hope of dozens of families. Mom and I just weren’t that important in comparison.

“Mom told me not to blame him, and truth be told, I never have.

“But all these years, what’s haunted me is the fear that Dad blames me for not protecting Mom, for letting her sacrifice herself for me.

it had been me who died

child seemed to know no

Yannis couldn’t protect

he’d been drowning in regret. He hated himself for not being

haunted by memories of his younger self, blaming himself for not

the Perkins Manor, avoiding Devin, Layla, Raymond, and

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accusing looks in their eyes. He

himself. He hated how weak he’d been as a child, how he couldn’t protect

he honestly wished it had been him who died,

Zinnia said softly, “Grace would never want you to think that way. She gave everything to

around Yannis’s neck, gently guiding his head to rest on her shoulder. Just as he always did when she was upset, she softly patted his back in

always stronger than me. If she had given up on me, she could’ve found a way to survive. She could’ve held on until Dad came to save

she knew how to protect herself. If she wanted

last bit of life in his body, barely

eyes quietly reddened at

could have survived, but she

fighting chance,

knew you felt this way, he’d be devastated

when you woke up back then? Do

in a gentle, soothing tone, her hand patting Yannis’s back in

the hushed hospital room, their intertwined

voice was hoarse, his eyes dull and lifeless, like bottomless pits of

like a lost soul wandering alone

way around. Victor told me James is the one who’s scared you’d blame him. He couldn’t face you

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