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.

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

person one would expect to decorate like this. She pressed her lips together. Her fingers

herself, ‘Well, he’s not exactly young anymore. Of course, he’d have someone special by now.‘ Her mind was a jumble until the crisp, minty fragrance drifted to her nose, making her

out of her thoughts and found Yannis leaning close to her. She could see his long, thick lashes and striking eyes. As her gaze traveled down, she noticed his straight

at the edge of his nostril. His thin lips were naturally rosy. She thought,

idea why Yannis suddenly leaned in so close. She instinctively held her breath and whispered, “Mr.

bright, lively face. Deep restraint burned in his eyes as his Adam’s apple bobbed. “Let me fasten

with his arm, carefully pulled the seatbelt across her, and buckled

face away did Zinnia relax. She glanced over at

the seatbelt and said, “Mr. Perkins, if you have someone special, would it be inappropriate for me to

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

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

abruptly stalled the emotions that had been simmering in

voice was warm with amusement as he said, “Zinnia, you’re the only one who’s ever sat in my passenger seat.” He had this

rides, Yannis would buy her sticker sheets, and she’d stick them here and there inside the

way home, if she spotted a cute plush toy,

those toys often, so she hung them up in his car. Yannis often picked her

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

it was these 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

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

was a sports 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

to

up and drive you home a lot. When

in the car, you were always so considerate, not wanting

put them here and there, decorating every little spot you

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

those things up again. I couldn’t find you, so I treasured every

looked at Zinnia and said earnestly,

Yannis felt the need to emphasize

pulled away, Zinnia gazed out the window at the

might sell you?”

replied, “I’m worth a fortune. Ordinary people wouldn’t dare buy me.” She

been for you abroad?” Yannis asked

Yannis had heard Zinnia sound so vibrant and full of life. Seeing her this

it’s been great. Dad and my brother have been good to me,” Zinnia

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