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.

simple yet luxurious, but the passenger seat was covered with cartoon stickers: a cute sheep

all, Yannis is the last person one would expect to

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

could see his long, thick lashes and striking

a tiny red mole at the edge of

so close. She instinctively held her breath

Deep restraint burned in his eyes as

seatbelt across her, and

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

scanned the car’s interior again, and an indescribable feeling welled up inside her. She tugged at the seatbelt and said, “Mr.

‘If he had someone special, it wouldn’t feel right for me to sit here. Even if we had once been

as he listened to her talk about someone special. He said, “Zinnia, all

been simmering in Zinnia’s heart. She

he said, “Zinnia, you’re the only one who’s ever sat

her sticker sheets, and she’d

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

his car. Yannis often picked her up after work or school, and every time, she’d

never refused Zinnia, so the car carried so many traces of her. He had never had it cleaned. All these are proof of

it was these fragments Zinnia left behind that have kept Yannis going. Whenever he missed her, he just took

her eyes and asked, “Wait, I left these?” She thought, ‘Just how close were we

glue, were stuck to the real leather interior. It couldn’t be easy to get them off, especially after all

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

a lot. When you

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

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

out of space, I’d have the car cleaned to make room for you, and buy you

never had anyone clean those things up again.

said earnestly,

to emphasize that to her, the slight

gazed out the window at the scenery slipping by and asked, “So,

sell you?” Yannis

words. She replied, “I’m worth a fortune. Ordinary people wouldn’t dare buy me.” She thought, ‘Given my father’s status,

has life been for you abroad?” Yannis

this cheerful now, he felt reassured. He knew she

and my brother have been good

These