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Yannis shrugged it off casually, but Zinnia frowned in concern. “How could you be so careless? Is the cut on your hand big? Does it hurt?”

Yannis said, “It’s nothing serious, just a tiny cut and it doesn’t hurt at all. It’s probably healed already; your Master already took care of it.”

Yannis thought nothing of the minor cut on his hand. It had probably already healed at that moment.

Zinnia asked, “What brings you here? Weren’t you helping Master and the others prepare dinner?”

Zinnia also recognized the way Yannis’s hand was bandaged as Nathan’s technique but said nothing.

Yannis said, “Just came to remind you to get ready for dinner.” He glanced past her figure into the room.

The room was beautifully decorated in warm tones that perfectly matched her style. On the desk sat a vase of pink Cappuccino roses. According to Zinnia, Nathan would bring her fresh flowers every day, each time a different variety.

“Well, is it ready yet?” Zinnia peeked her head out eagerly. The living room was quiet. Clearly, it wasn’t ready

yet.

“Just a bit longer,” Yannis replied.

“Want to come in and wait?” Zinnia asked, glancing at him as she stepped aside to let him in.

The layout here is quite similar to their previous house. And she’s kept some of her little habits too. “Sit here, right here,” Zinnia said, guiding Yannis to a small loveseat positioned away from the desk.

“What mischief are you up to?” Yannis teased as he sat down, eyeing her suspiciously. He quickly noticed that she seemed to be keeping him away from the desk.

Zinnia retorted indignantly, “You’re the one up to no good, not me.” She thought, ‘Why does he always assume I’m up to something bad? Can’t he ever think I might be doing a good deed for once?‘

Yannis chuckled. “So, what ‘good deed‘ were you up to, then?”

“Not telling you.” Zinnia tossed her head playfully. She wasn’t about to spill the beans.

“Alright then,” Yannis conceded, knowing she had her little secrets and choosing not to pry further.

the Perkins residence?”

reasoned that, since he and James had cleared up their misunderstanding and it was a holiday,

returned to the Perkins residence at noon but came back that evening to join Nathan and Zinnia. This was their first New Year’s countdown together, and he didn’t want to

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her mind, Zinnia moved to sit beside him. propping her chin on one hand, a troubled

Yannis lowered

something from me,” Zinnia said, her voice tinged with unease. “And it’s something big.” Zinnia

her words, Yannis’s gaze sharpened slightly. “What makes you

have this gut feeling he’s hiding something big

he was about to leave, or when I was the one about to go. It’s like he wants me to

to leave me, he did the same thing. He cooked all my favorite foods for me. Honestly,

trusted her gut feeling. She thought, ‘Master is acting really

found nothing unusual, Zinnia thought, ‘But that’s

you think he’s hiding from me?” Zinnia asked, trusting his clever mind could help her puzzle it

gaze thoughtfully. “Why do you think he’d want to keep this from you?”

with her voice tinged with uncertainty. Zinnia absently twirled the tassel on

clever as Nathan. As long as he

the Moore family hidden from her for over a decade. If he hadn’t deliberately let something slip, Zinnia would

Technique, the Moon Scar Cream… Every single one pointed her toward the truth about who

had anticipated she would figure it out; in fact, he’d deliberately guided her

hurt you,” Yannis said gently. Honestly, Yannis couldn’t understand why Nathan still refused to tell her, even

full well that Nathan

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With Nathan and Jackson around, the younger two naturally became the

Yannis, let’s go.” Zinnia sprang to her feet. Zinnia thought to herself. ‘After all, no matter