Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

Chapter 503

Seeing Zinnia’s emotions gradually stabilize. Nathan closed his eyes briefly and let out a relieved sigh.

Zumia bucted her face in Nathan’s chest, tears streaming down her cheeks as she sobbed uncontrollably. unable to stop for what felt like ages.

Zinnia Nathan said softly, no matter what happened, let’s steady your emotions for now, okay?” Knowing she feh wronged, he rhythmically patted her back, coaxing her gently in a soft, comforting voice.

2mnia didn’t say a word. She merely nodded weakly, letting him know she’d heard. ‘Master’s already in trouble, Zinnia thought. I can’t afford to fall apart now!

Zinnia rested her head against Nathan’s chest, listening to the steady, reassuring beat of his heart as her tears quickly soaked through his shirt.

Nathan felt the dampness of her tears soaking into his skin, and a searing pain shot through his heart, aching and unbearable.

Nathan gently patted Zinnia’s back, his voice growing softer with every word. “Zinnia, I know you’ve been wronged. Tell me, who hurt you? Let me make them pay for you, alright?”

He kept soothing her, each pat more tender than the last. But out of Zinnia’s sight, a dangerous glint hardened in Nathan’s green eyes. Beneath all that gentleness, he was already plotting revenge on her behalf.

Nathan still had no idea what had upset Zinnia so much. ‘Who did this to her?‘ he wondered, the thought trailing off

Zinnia leaned against him, her eyelids swollen and red, sweat beading on her forehead from crying. After what felt like an eternity, she finally managed to steady her turbulent emotions.

“Tell Master what’s wrong, okay?” Only when Nathan was sure she had calmed down did he finally release her. He lowered his head to meet her swollen, red–rimmed eyes, his gaze impossibly tender.

The moment he spoke, Zinnia’s lips trembled, and she felt the tears welling up again. Her eyes burned with a stinging ache. Between sobs, Zinnia choked out, “I… Are you sick?”

In an instant, Nathan’s body went rigid. His pupils locked in place.

“You can’t lie to me anymore,” Zinnia stammered between sobs. “I… I found the herb residues you hid. Do you have a lung condition?” With tears blurring her vision, Zinnia looked up at him, her eyes brimming with worry and pain.

If his lung condition worsens, he’ll start coughing up blood, and only then would he need something to stop it, Zinnia thought anxiously.

‘Master has been sick all this time, and I never even knew, Zinnia thought, tears welling up uncontrollably in her eyes once again.

‘Even though he was clearly unwell himself, Zinnia thought, he still pretended nothing was wrong, taking care of me and staying by my side.

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completely drained, utterly exhausted, and he

out.

faint it was barely there. Nathan thought. To think it was me who made her cry like

faint, tender smile curving his lips. He reached up and

rimmed eyes, she pulled away from his hand, forcing herself to

your pulse,” Zinnia stammered,

hand and said softly, “I just took some medicine, so you won’t get an accurate pulse reading

you still keeping something from me? Just how bad is your condition, really?”

gaze to her

can’t I

couldn’t make sense of his pulse. At times, it was weak and floating; sometimes, it felt strong; and occasionally, she couldn’t detect it at

working, so the pulse

couldn’t get a clear

reassured herself. ‘With proper

now on, you absolutely have to take good care of yourself. Take your medicine properly, eat well, worry less, don’t overwork, and stop overthinking, okay?” Her eyes

Everything is under control,

me? I almost thought you were seriously ill. Why did you keep it from me? If I hadn’t found out, would you have just

him still grinning, Zinnia, exasperated, reached out and pressed her thumb against the corner of his mouth to wipe away that smile. ‘If I hadn’t discovered it, would he really have kept

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she wondered.

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tell you after your exams, but you

hiccupped between sobs, her voice trembling

from me, I should feel relieved.

lie to you, Zinnia,” Nathan said softly, making no move