Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

Chapter 591

Edward soon left.

Seeing that Yannis couldn’t take his eyes off Zinnia, Toby tactfully said, “Mr. Perkins, I should get back to the office. There’s some business I need to handle.”

Yannis replied, “Okay.”

Finally, only Yannis and Zinnia remained.

Now that she was alone with Yannis, Zinnia suddenly regretted staying behind. Feeling nervous, she fidgeted with her bag. Suddenly, she felt warmth on the back of her hand. Looking down, she saw that Yannis was holding her hand. Her heart skipped a beat.

Yannis said gently, “Let me carry the bag for you, Zinnia.” As he spoke, his fingers slid down and hooked onto her crocodile leather clutch.

Zinnia’s ears burned with embarrassment. She thought, ‘So I misunderstood after all. I thought he was going to hold my hand.‘ Yet, strangely enough, in that moment, she hadn’t even wanted to pull away.

“Thanks,” Zinnia said.

Yannis replied, “Zinnia, you’re being so distant with me.” He lowered his gaze, a shadow passing through his

eyes.

Although he knew she’d lost her memory and no longer remembered him, actually feeling her estrangement still made his heart ache.

Zinnia gazed at his dejected expression, her lips slightly parted as if to speak, yet no words came out. She had no memory of their past together and no idea what their relationship had been like; all she could do was maintain basic courtesy.

She never expected that her courtesy could hurt Yannis so much.

Yannis smiled and said, “It’s alright. Let’s go. I’ll show you around Jinston, Zinnia.”

Just having Zinnia here, alive and well, was a blessing Yannis never dared expect. All he truly wished for was that she would live, even if she no longer remembered him.

“Alright,” Zinnia replied. She lowered her gaze, trying to hide the remorse in her eyes.

Yannis led Zinnia to his car. He opened the car door, glanced back at her, and called softly, “Zinnia.”

Zinnia slid into the passenger seat.

Only then did Yannis walk around to the driver’s side and get in.

Zinnia surveyed the car’s interior.

decor was simple yet luxurious, but the passenger seat was covered with cartoon stickers: a cute sheep right next to SpongeBob and Patrick Star. Glow–in–the–dark

is the last person one would expect to decorate like this. She

course, he’d have someone special by now.‘ Her mind was a jumble until the crisp,

could see his long, thick lashes and striking

close distance did she spot a tiny red mole at the edge of his nostril. His thin

had no idea why Yannis suddenly leaned in so

on her bright, lively face. Deep restraint burned in his eyes as his Adam’s apple

seatbelt across

his face away did Zinnia relax. She glanced over at Yannis and spotted a pink diamond

interior again, and an indescribable feeling welled up inside her. She tugged at the seatbelt and said, “Mr. Perkins, if you have someone special, would it be inappropriate

right for me to sit here. Even if we had once been close, four years had changed everything, and

gentle smile as he listened to her talk about someone

that had been simmering in Zinnia’s heart. She genuinely hadn’t seen

the only one who’s ever

got bored during car rides, Yannis would buy her sticker sheets, and she’d stick them here and

way home, if she spotted a cute plush toy, she’d ask Yannis to

see those toys often, so she hung them up in his car. Yannis often picked her up after work or school, and every time, she’d see all the little things she’d left

many traces of her. He had never had it cleaned. All these are

that have kept Yannis going. Whenever he missed her, he just

I left these?” She thought, ‘Just how close were we for him to let me mess around in his

those stickers, with all that glue, were stuck to the real leather interior. It couldn’t

started to yellow. Clearly, they’d been there

drive you home a lot. When

the car, you were always so considerate, not wanting to disturb

sheet of stickers and put them here and there, decorating every little spot

cleaned to make room for you, and buy you new

left four years ago, I never had anyone clean those things up again. I couldn’t find you, so

Zinnia and said earnestly,

Zinnia murmured. Although she didn’t know why Yannis felt the need to emphasize that to her, the slight tightness in

window at the scenery slipping by and asked, “So, where

might sell you?”

by his words. She replied, “I’m worth a fortune. Ordinary people wouldn’t dare buy me.” She thought, ‘Given

for

life. Seeing her this cheerful now, he felt reassured. He knew she must have had a

and my brother

These