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“How is she?” Yannis rushed forward, his eyes clouded with worry. Ever since he learned about Zinnia’s condition, his heart had been in his throat.

If he weren’t afraid of disturbing them by barging in, Yannis wouldn’t have been able to just wait outside.

“Thanks to your quick action, she’s stable now. You really don’t need to worry too much,” Nathan said, his voice heavy and hoarse.

Clearly, the fact that Zinnia found out so suddenly had made things complicated.

She had just woken up, silent, refusing to speak or even acknowledge him, just staring at him with red- rimmed eyes.

Honestly, Nathan would rather she lost her temper at him than just sit there staring in silence.

“Nathan, I’m so sorry. I failed to take good care of Zinnia last night,” Maisie said guiltily.

“Maisie, don’t blame yourself. What happened to Zinnia was just an accident.” Nathan forced a gentle smile.

“Nathan, may I go in to see Zinnia?” Maisie asked, her worried gaze drifting toward the room.

“Yes.” Nathan gave a nod. Maisie hurried into the room.

Yannis also wanted to follow her in, but Nathan called out to him, “Yannis, come with me for a moment.”

Yannis stopped in his tracks and, with no choice, followed Nathan to the side.

Yannis asked anxiously, “Nathan, how’s Zinnia doing? Is she stable?”

“I told Zinnia everything about my condition.” Nathan let out a sigh, an uncharacteristic worry clouding his usually composed features. “But after hearing it, she wouldn’t vent at me or make any fuss.

“Could you talk to her later? At least help her let her feelings out. Bottling everything up like this isn’t good for

her.”

Sometimes, Zinnia was easy to comfort, melting at the slightest coaxing. But when she dug in her heels, even Nathan felt helpless.

her emotions, no tears, no complaints. Watching her like this was truly

in Yannis‘ eyes

*****

Maisie asked softly as she stepped into the room. Zinnia lay curled under the covers,

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night, Maisie was

walked in, Zinnia saw the

forcing a smile. “Maisie, I’m fine. Really, you don’t have to worry about me. You should

eyes, ready to drift off again. The emotional

a sliver of hallway light spilled into the dim room. The room

the doorway and gently turned on the light.

a single bite

ducked her head and buried her face in the covers.

him.

her action, Yannis‘ smile froze. ‘She’s mad at me,‘

Yannis murmured tenderly. He carefully carried the soup toward her, but Zinnia stayed

set the bowl on the nightstand and sat down at

stirred. With a deliberate huff, she rolled over and pointedly turned her back to him. Yannis gently lifted the

as half of Zinnia’s head showed, she immediately ducked back down, burrowing even deeper under the covers. She was clearly giving

about Nathan’s

soup,”

Even through the blanket, Yannis could see the curve of her back, showing how angry

murmured. He lowered his gaze and, once again, tentatively reached out to

keep things from you again, alright? How

want–yell at me, hit me, whatever you need.” As he spoke,

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covers like that wasn’t

Zinnia’s face, flushed from being

by the exhaustion and worry etched deep in

sank her teeth into

gazing down at Zinnia. At least she’s letting her emotions out, though in this way, he

one too?” He even

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