Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

Chapter 541

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After the snake bit Nathan, Giselle opened the bottle, letting the small snake slither down her wrist and slip

back inside.

Giselle looked at Nathan and said, “Make sure you come see me once a week, alright?”

“Here, let me wipe that for you,” Zinnia said softly as she carefully dabbed the cold sweat from Nathan’s forehead with a tissue.

“Alright,” Nathan replied gently. “I’m fine. Don’t worry about me.” When his gaze met Zinnia’s, his eyes were impossibly tender.

Giselle looked at Zinnia and Nathan, sighed, and said, “Go back and get some proper rest.”

Giselle took a red pendant from her small bag and gently hung it around Zinnia’s neck. “Zinnia, keep this with you at all times. Think of it as a Christmas blessing from me. Promise me you’ll never, ever lose it.”

“Thank you, Giselle,” Zinnia said.

Zinnia didn’t understand why Giselle had given her the pendant, but she glanced down at the pendant. hanging around her neck.

When Nathan saw the pendant that Giselle took out, his fist clenched tightly.

He thought, ‘Back when I left, Giselle also gave me a red pendant because I was facing a great trial. But now Zinnia has received one, too.’

“Giselle…” Nathan looked up at her urgently, his voice tight with concern.

“Nathan.” Giselle lowered her eyes, suddenly looking weary. “Everyone has their own trials. Each soul must walk its own path.”

Simon dashed out of the kitchen, carrying a bag filled with fried cheese and steaming mussels. “Zinnia. Here, take these. They’re fresh out of the pot and absolutely delicious.”

Giselle watched as Zinnia and Nathan walked away slowly, leaning on each other for support, with their backs to her. She let out a heavy sigh, her gaze lingering on their departing figures.

those around you,” Giselle said, her

that, Nathan’s

A single tear rolled down her cheek. ‘Why must their paths be

Nathan as they left Giselle’s courtyard. Noticing his unbroken silence, she asked

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voice, Nathan was pulled back from his thoughts. His grip tightened unconsciously on Zinnia’s shoulders. “Zinnia,” he said urgently, “you must keep the pendant Giselle gave you with you at all times. Promise me that you must never,

his uncomfortably tight grip, but seeing the unusual intensity in Nathan’s eyes, she obediently agreed,

said, gazing at her with deep seriousness. After a brief pause, he added sternly, “And

touched the pendant around her neck and nodded earnestly. “Okay,

shake off

courtyard, only to find that Quincey and Fiona

made their way upstairs. “Nathan, why

for a while,” Nathan said weakly. Inside him, the two poisons were locked in a relentless battle. Though this had temporarily halted his physical decline, the struggle was draining him to the

right next to Zinnia’s.

filled with a faint, pleasant scent

a warm yellow duvet that Zinnia had put on

boring.” With a flourish, she rolled it up and tossed it aside, replacing it with the warm–colored

said the warm color palette looked cozy and inviting, and Nathan just let her do as she pleased. A plush doll sat on the little sofa, and Zinnia’s beading supplies were scattered across the coffee

clear glass window was covered with smiley faces and sunflowers that Zinnia had drawn in colorful markers. All of them were adorably goofy. The bookshelf was still dotted with the stickers she’d put up, Nathan had never bothered to

which

there were barely any traces of his presence. Instead,

looking at?” Nathan asked softly, following her gaze around the

It’s practically mine now,” Zinnia remarked

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had been quite a while since she last came into

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they returned from Jinston, Zinnia hadn’t set foot in Nathan’s room again. She used to come and go as she

smiled. When Zinnia was little, she would follow him everywhere like a shadow, always clinging to him. Before she turned seven, they practically shared the same room, and there was even a

breeze or a hint of a chill would leave