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.

the passenger seat was covered with cartoon stickers: a cute sheep right next

After all, Yannis is the last person one would expect to

told herself, ‘Well, he’s not exactly young anymore. Of course, he’d have someone special by now.‘ Her mind was a jumble until

leaning close to her. She could see his long, thick

at the edge of his nostril. His thin lips were naturally

Yannis suddenly leaned in so close. She instinctively held

lively face. Deep restraint burned in his eyes as

pulled the seatbelt across

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

and an indescribable feeling welled up inside her. She tugged at the seatbelt and said, “Mr.

he had someone special, it wouldn’t feel right for me to sit here. Even if we had once been close, four years had changed everything, and

talk about someone special. He said, “Zinnia, all of these things

simmering in Zinnia’s

with amusement as he said, “Zinnia, you’re the only one who’s ever sat in my passenger

Yannis would buy her sticker sheets, and she’d stick them here and

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

car. Yannis often picked her up after work or school, and every time,

the car carried so many traces of her.

fragments Zinnia left behind that have kept Yannis going. Whenever he missed her, he just took this car out for a drive, letting every sticker and plush toy remind him of

close were we for him to let me mess around in

car worth millions, and those stickers, with all that glue, were stuck to the real leather interior. It couldn’t be easy to get them off, especially after

noticed some of the stickers had already started to yellow. Clearly, they’d

a lot. When you got bored in

always so considerate, not

here and there, decorating every little spot you could

you ran out of space, I’d have the car cleaned to make room

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

earnestly, “Zinnia, I don’t have a

Zinnia murmured. Although she didn’t know why Yannis felt the need to

Zinnia gazed out the window at the scenery slipping by and

sell you?”

buy me.” She thought, ‘Given my father’s status, no ordinary person would

been for you abroad?” Yannis asked

life. Seeing her this cheerful now, he felt reassured. He knew

been great. Dad and my brother have been good to me,”

These