Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

Chapter 502

Chapter 502

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After spending three days at the Jenkins residence, Zinnia returned to Cloud Harbor that afternoon. Zinnia

unlocked the door with her fingerprint, and the house was eerily quiet. “Master?”

Zinnia slipped off her shoes as she stepped inside. She had told Nathan she’d be back tomorrow. But for some

reason, she just felt this sudden urge to return.

Zinnia dropped her small backpack on the couch. Feeling a bit thirsty, Zinnia headed into the kitchen and

opened the fridge to get swater. Fresh milk was kept in the refrigerator. She took out a bottle.

The milk was ice-cold, so she placed it on the countertop. She tiptoed to search the upper cabinets for the milk

warmer. Since she hadn't been hfor a few days, Nathan must have put things away.

Nathan was the one who organized everything, and since Zinnia rarely cinto the kitchen, she had no idea

where anything was. She crouched down and started opening the cabinets one by one.

As Zinnia opened a newly opened cabinet, a faint medicinal scent drifted out. She froze mid-movement, with her

hand paused in the air.

She moved aside a pot blocking the front, then reached in to feel around. Soon, her fingers closed around a

bundle wrapped in brown parchment paper, which she pulled out. The subtle herbal aroma spread as the air

circulated.

Without even opening it, Zinnia could already tell what herbs were inside. These herbs were typically used to

treat hemoptysis, persistent blood-tinged sputum, progressive hoarseness, and even loss of voice.

Zinnia’s chest tightened, her white-knuckled grip on the herbal pouch betraying her anxiety. Her fingers

trembled as she slowly unwrapped the packet.

Zinnia didn’t dare consider the possibility that something was wrong with Nathan's health. What should have

taken only a few seconds stretched into a full minute before she finally managed to open the herbal pouch.

As the herbal pouch opened, the medicinal scent intensified. Nathan had specially treated paper to mask the

smell. When properly sealed, no ordinary person would notice it. But Zinnia’s sense of smell was unusually

acute.

Zinnia stared at the damp herbal dregs in her palm. She rubbed them between her fingers, gauging the

moisture. “They must have been brewed this morning. Master didn’t have tto dispose of them,’ she thought.

Zinnia’s throat tightened, and she instinctively pressed a hand to her aching chest. She thought, ‘He really is

sick.”

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She folded the herbal pouch and put it back. She wiped the corners of her eyes. Then she stood up. Leaving the

kitchen, Zinnia abruptly turned and headed for Nathan's room.

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She had already checked the study earlier, no sign of Nathan. Unless he'd gone out, his room was the only place

left. Zinnia knocked gently on the door. “Master, are you there?

She called again, her voice softer now, “Master?” There was still no response from inside. Zinnia’s eyes brimmed

with growing concern.

She pushed against the door, and when Nathan still didn’t answer, she swung it open herself.

The room was dead silent, the curtains drawn, leaving the bedroom in darkness. A sliver of light from the living

room crept in. Zinnia could make out a figure lying on the bed, beneath a thin blanket.

The light happened to fall across his face, revealing Nathan's refined features. Exhaustion must have claimed

him and he didn’t stir at all.

Zinnia stepped into the room, where she could hear only the faint sound of breathing. She tiptoed to the bedside

and sat down on the floor; her eyes fixed on Nathan's hand resting outside the blanket.

Instinctively, she wanted to reach out and hold it. Her hand slowly reached out, inching closer,

“Zinnia.” Nathan groggily opened his eyes, startled to see a head peeking over his side. He instinctively

withdrew the hand he had left outside the blanket.

“Master.” Zinnia hadn't expected him to wake up just then. She reached for his hand, but he withdrew it too

quickly, leaving her fingers grasping empty air.

“You're back this afternoon?” Nathan asked, his voice still thick with sleep. “I thought you weren't coming back

until tomorrow.” He pretended not to notice the hesitant look on her face as he propped himself up in bed, clad

in soft black silk pajamas.

The pajamas hugged his slender frame, accentuating his defined collarbones. Disheveled hair fell across his

forehead, and his handsface, still clouded with sleep, held a refined, slightly dazed allure.

Nathan looked down at the young girl by his bedside, his green, glistening eyes pooled with concern.

“I just suddenly wanted to cback.” Zinnia’s voice was still hoarse.

Nathan looked at her with concern. “What's wrong? Did something upset you?” He instantly caught the unusual

tone in her voice. He grabbed the curtain remote from the nightstand and pressed it.

The curtains slid open, letting in floods of light, though the day outside was gray and overcast, with barely any

sunlight.

Nathan leaned down again, his worried gaze lingering on her.

Zinnia pressed her lips together, silent. ‘Should | ask if he’s sick? Why didn’t he tell me? How serious is it? ‘The

questions tumbled in her mind, but she didn’t know what to say.

Zinnia’s throat felt tight as if stuffed with cotton. She opened her mouth several times, but the words just

wouldn't come. Overcwith worry, her eyes instantly brimmed with tears.

Nathan knelt down in front of her, his voice gentle and full of concern. “Zinnia, what's wrong? Tell me, please.”

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“Zaronia, who's wrong) Besse tellNathan pleaded He gently traded Zam'’s face in his hands, forgetting,

hosen heartache 1 entire being was consumed by her emotions.

Zinnis had been holding back her emotions, but seeing the deep worry in Nathari’s eyes, the damn finally brike.

Tears streamed down her face in an unstoppable flow.

Hey throat burned with painful tightness as if blocked by an invisible weight. She wanted to speak, for the words

truck in her constricted throat.

Don’t cry. Zinnia. What's wrong? Please tellwhat's bothering you? The moment Zinnia burst into tears,

Nathan was utterly at a low.

Zinnia rarely cried. In the over ten years Nathan had raised her, she'd only been prone to tears as a child, as she

grew older, she becless emotionally responsive.

She had cried so few times that one could count them on one hand. For her to break down like this meant

something truly unbearable must have happened,

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Zinnia, I'm here, Nathan said gently.

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“M-Master, Zinnia choked out, a painful tightness in her chest as the instinctively grabbed Nathan's collar Her

body shook with violent sobs, and her face drained of all color

“Zinnia, look at me. Noticing her distress, Nathan's heart lurched. He released her and studied Zinnia’s ashen

face, then applied firm pressure to a point on her back.

He quickly retrieved a white pill bottle

from his drawer, shook out a tablet

and pressed {t hetyéeha Yirtnia s lips.

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Fnfia, Swallow it. Now, Nathan

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Zinnia’s throat burned with pain, every swallow a cruel struggle. But meeting Nathan's worried gaze, she forced

herself to swallow anyway.

“Zinnia, look at me. Don’t think about anything else and just focus on me. Clear your mind, Nathan said gendy.

Nathan gripped her shoulders firmly, making her meet his gaze.

Zinnia’s chest heaved with choking sobs, but at his words, she forced herself to lock eyes with Nathan.

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