Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

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Simon squatted in front of Zinnia, holding the freshly cooked jambalaya and handing it out. “Zinnia, what’s wrong?” he asked.

“Oh, nothing.” Zinnia replied, sitting on a tree stump.

In front of her was a wooden tray piled with all kinds of treats, like cookies, candies, pistachios, and nuts. There were also homemade fried snacks like fried cheese and plantains. All of these were brought from home and shared with her by the kids.

Sunny lay curled at Zinnia’s feet, happily gnawing on the roasted corn the kids had made just for him.

Simon was now getting jambalaya for Zinnia. Kids in this small town like him had mastered all sorts of practical skills from a young age and were remarkably dexterous with their hands.

Yesterday, the kids said they’d make jambalaya today. They wasted no time. By the next day, some had gathered ingredients while others cooked. Now, they really made something to eat.

“But I feel like you haven’t been happy since you came back this year,” Simon remarked.

“Is it that obvious?” Zinnia asked, surprised that even Simon had noticed.

She thought, ‘I thought I’d been acting pretty normal these past couple of days, but if even Simon could tell something’s off, then Nathan and the others must have noticed it even more when I was really down.‘

“Zinnia, my grandma says everything will get better,” Simon said. His little face was utterly serious as he handed her the steaming jambalaya.

“Really?” Zinnia froze.

Giselle, the small town’s revered geomancer, was already eighty years old.

The townspeople all hold Giselle in high regard. Whether it was building a house or consulting her about geomancy, they would always turn to her for help. Still, Zinnia and her friends never really bought into any of that.

But now, at the thought of Giselle, a spark of hope suddenly lit up in Zinnia’s eyes. ‘Could Giselle have a way to help Nathan?‘ she wondered.

‘Damn it. If only I hadn’t promised to play with them,‘ Zinnia thought, itching to rush home and drag Nathan along to see Giselle. ‘Why didn’t we think of asking her for help before?‘

“Giselle says everything will be alright,” Simon told Zinnia earnestly. He didn’t really understand what his grandma meant, but to him, her words were the absolute truth, so he faithfully repeated them to Zinnia.

Simon gently patted Zinnia’s hand and said softly, “Don’t be sad, Zinnia.”

She reached to pinch his chubby cheeks and teased, “You little rascal. You’re

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a research institute and rarely at home, Simon was raised by his grandma Giselle in the small town, making him more sensible and

a big boy now. No more cheek–pinching like before,” Simon protested with all seriousness as she held his face, yet

or not, you’re still just six years old. And don’t forget I saved you,” Zinnia teased with

comforting words, Zinnia’s mood managed to lighten, if

two years old and still wobbly on his feet, he managed to sneak

for his age. One day snuck out and wandered around the yard. Before he knew it, he had strayed to the edge.

yard was six and a half feet off the ground. A fall from that height would

by Giselle’s house, she suddenly looked up and saw chubby little

landed hard on her bottom with a thud, yet she still cradled Simon securely

and sprained a tendon, needing three whole months to recover. Nathan and the others were so worried

sweetly calling her “Zinnia” at every opportunity. Whenever Zinnia was home, Simon

months ago, when the Shaw family took Zinnia away, Simon was absolutely devastated. He cried

together in a mock bow. “Yes, thank you for saving

help but laugh at Simon’s antics. She picked

to see Giselle. Even if it’s a long shot, it’s worth a try. Maybe she’ll have another way,

of the morning playing outside, Zinnia finally

got home, she found Nathan and the others sitting

words trailed off abruptly when she spotted

back,” Nathan said, leisurely arranging his cards. As he saw her return, a gentle

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his eyes

Zinnia scooted over and settled

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Nathan asked gently,

across the table and shook her head. “Nothing.” she said,

Nathan didn’t

Nathan looked down