Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

Chapter 545

Perhaps truly exhausted, Yannis held Zinnia tightly in his arms for what seemed like ages, refusing to let go.

Feeling his exhaustion, Zinnia wraps her arms around Yannis’s back and gently pats it, as if to comfort him.

Yannis chuckled at her gesture. “Are you trying to comfort me like a child, Zinnia?”

Zinnia blinked playfully. “Well, can’t I?”

Yannis’s chest rose and fell lightly. “Of course, you can,” he said, his tone clearly laced with laughter.

After a brief hug, Yannis let go of Zinnia and grabbed some eggs from the fridge.

“You’re the birthday boy. Should you really be the one cooking today?” Zinnia hesitated, feeling a bit conflicted. It didn’t seem right to have him cook on his birthday. She offered, “If you’d rather not, I can do it instead.”

But Yannis wouldn’t let her go out and call Nathan, either.

Yannis looked down at her with a playful smile in his eyes. “Can you cook, Zinnia?”

Yannis and Nathan had never even let Zinnia near the stove before. ‘Could she really cook?‘ Yannis wondered.

“Well, I can warm milk and cook eggs,” Zinnia said.

In fact, Zinnia couldn’t really cook. Her respiratory system was too sensitive to handle kitchen fumes, so she rarely even stepped into the kitchen. But she did know how to warm milk. She had a milk warmer at home, and she could cook eggs, too.

Zinnia had learned to cook eggs during her time with the Shaw family. Betty never allowed Lucy to prepare extra meals for her, and with the family subsisting on meager vegetable dishes every day, Zinnia often went hungry.

Later, Lucy showed Zinnia how to cook eggs so she could secretly make herself a little treat. It was easy. She just needed to crack the eggs, whisk them together, and then fry them in a pan.

But after Jackson brought her back to the Lynn family, and later when she started living with Yannis, Zinnia hadn’t cooked eggs in ages.

Look how amazing you are, Zinnia. You can cook eggs now!” Yannis said, his clear voice ringing with undisguised pride and a smile in his eyes.

Zinnia, never one for modesty, gave a proud little huff. “Well, I’m super awesome It’s just that you never let me in the kitchen. Otherwise, I would’ve learned to cook well by now.”

“Alright, you’re the best, Zinnia. But you really don’t need to learn how to cook. With us and the chef at home, all you have to do is enjoy being fed,” Yannis said, rullling her hair affectionately.

needed to learn how to

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whip up some risotto cake,” Yannis said as he

from dinner in the kitchen, Yannis decided to whip

as Yannis

was ready in no time. Carrying two steaming plates of risotto cake, Yannis walked out

room, Nathan and Jackson had both regained

composure.

cake, Nathan stood up and said, “Hey, you two just got here.

you tell me,

cheeks in protest. ‘The atmosphere outside was already so tense. How could I just go out and interrupt? Besides, I

the two plates of risotto cake on the dining table and walked over. “Nathan, we’re family. There’s no need to be so formal between us,” he said. “I saw some leftover rice in the

risotto cake.”

here.” His gaze lingered on the bracelet on Yannis’s wrist

glanced at Jackson, who was still sulking on the couch. “Alright,

softened when he

two staying tonight?” Zinnia asked

asked, “Got a spare room

a spare

nodded nonchalantly. “If there’s a spare room, we’ll stay here. If not, we can just crash here in the

and Yannis were dead set on staying here for the

got basic toiletries here. If you need anything else, tomorrow is market day. Zinnia can take you to town to get

toiletries. These two were a bit particular about their comforts. Luckily, tomorrow was market day. They could head into town and pick

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some clean blankets,” Zinnia called out as she trotted down the stairs, her

and Yannis instinctively reached out. As they stood close together, their