Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

Chapter 532

Chapter 532

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After waiting until midnight, still preoccupied, Zinnia called out to Nathan, Fiona, and Quincey, “Guys, I’m heading back to my room first.” Then she scurried upstairs.

Once in her room, Zinnia took out her phone. Checking the time, she found it was exactly midnight. She opened WhatsApp and tapped on her second pinned contact.

Zinnia opened the chat window. Their previous messages were sporadic. She tapped the video call button, and almost instantly, Yannis picked up, clearly still awake and perhaps waiting for her.

Yannis’s face appeared on the screen. With a gentle smile, he said, “Merry Christmas, Zinnia.”

Zinnia said, “Happy birthday, Yannis!”

Zinnia and Yannis‘ voices overlapped as they spoke simultaneously. At each other’s wishes, their eyes crinkled with shared delight.

Yannis’s eyes crinkled with joy. “Thanks for the birthday wishes, Zinnia,” he said, his voice practically overflowing with happiness as a broad grin spread across his face.

“Where are you?” Zinnia asked, studying his background through the screen. He was still awake. Usually, at a time like this, people would stay around the fireplace with family, but his surroundings seemed oddly quiet and empty.

‘His birthday falls on Christmas Day. Most people would still be awake at midnight, so he’s probably already gotten plenty of birthday wishes. Am I really the first to say it?‘ Zinnia thought.

With that in mind, Zinnia lowered her eyes slightly. Then she asked softly, “Yannis, are you in your room?”

Yannis panned his phone to show Zinnia around his room. The Perkins manor was decorated in a traditional style, with all the furniture crafted from rich rosewood.

Zinnia glanced around his room, finding he was alone, so she asked hesitantly, “You didn’t gather around the fireplace with James and the others, did you?”

Yannis’s eyes crinkled with tenderness as he smiled. “No, I haven’t. I’ve been waiting for your birthday wishes, Zinnia. I wanted to hear from you first.”

Yannis had slipped back to his room deliberately. If he had stayed downstairs with James and the others, he would’ve been flooded with

know I’d call

Yannis said

call. “But what if I wasn’t the first one to wish you a happy birthday?”

trusts me that much?‘ Zinnia wondered. ‘I wasn’t even

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face, Vannis smiled and said, “I told them

response. “You’re so bossy

Zinnia,” Yannis said, not the

the stroke of midnight. Otherwise, they’d have been racing to be the very

coming first, if she gets caught up in his affairs again, maybe she won’t have time for

case.

to gifts, he received a lot of them Still, the

earlier, she’d made him swear not to open it ahead of time. True to his word, Yannis had resisted every temptation

his birthday, Yannis looked at Zinnia with eager anticipation. “Can I open

The gift was

she’d prepared his birthday present ahead of time. With everything piling up now, she probably wouldn’t have been

I’ll open it,” Yannis said softly. With Zinnia’s permission, he picked up the small sandalwood box he’d left on the nightstand. It was no

his phone across from him, adjusting the angle so Zinnia

box to reveal an exquisitely crafted beaded bracelet. A delicate, soothing herbal fragrance wafted out,

him. “If you like it, you can wear it. But if it’s

polished and strung the beads together with great

wore this bracelet regularly, it would help clear his mind, nourish his internal organs, and greatly benefit

bracelet. Polishing and stringing the herbal beads was painstaking work. Many would shatter at the first attempt to drill a hole through

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