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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.

you back to the Perkins

since he and James had cleared up their misunderstanding and it was a holiday, James would surely want him

replied. He had returned to the Perkins residence at noon but came back that evening to join Nathan and Zinnia. This was their first New Year’s

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Zinnia moved to sit beside him. propping her

Yannis lowered his

something from me,” Zinnia said, her voice tinged with unease.

slightly. “What makes

been acting strange lately,” she said. “I just have this gut feeling

my favorite dishes, just like before, when he was about to leave, or when I was the one about to go. It’s like he wants me to try everything as if he’s afraid I’ll never get to eat

he did the same thing. He cooked all my favorite foods for me. Honestly, I’m really scared that one day I’ll wake

‘Master is acting really weird. No, seriously, something is extremely

unusual, Zinnia thought, ‘But that’s exactly what worries me most. When everything seems perfectly normal, that’s the biggest red flag of

asked, trusting his clever mind

you think he’d want to keep

important from me,” she said, with her voice

she wondered. She wasn’t as clever as Nathan. As long as he wanted to keep something from her, Zinnia

the Moore family hidden from her

Moore family’s wooden token, the Moore residence, the Flowing Technique, the Moon Scar Cream… Every

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

it. Your Master would never hurt you,” Yannis said gently. Honestly, Yannis couldn’t understand why

Master would never hurt me,” Zinnia said, knowing full well that Nathan was

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come out for dinner now,” Nathan called out. With Nathan and Jackson around,

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