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Chapter 249
Chapter 249
Maelis, her voice quivering with rage, shouted, “You bastard. Do you really think you’re in charge of the Lynn family now? Henry and Sofia are still here! His defiant words made her whole body tremble.
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Maelis also resented Jackson deeply. She thought, ‘If he hadn’t pulled his investments from the Shaw family, would we have fallen into such a dire, besieged state?‘
Henry’s aged, stern voice cut through the crowd. “So what if Jackson heads the Lynn family? Maelis, you’re the outsider here.”
Everyone turned to see Henry and Sofia arriving, their expressions stern. Right behind them came Yosef and Donald, both wearing solemn looks.
They were at a business reception when, out of nowhere, someone rushed in to report a commotion in the back garden–Maelis was making a scene with Maisie from the Jenkins family. Donald couldn’t help but curse inwardly, ‘What an idiot!
“Zinnia, does it hurt? Let me put some ointment on you.” Maisie rushed to her side. Her heart ached at the sight of Zinnia’s red and swollen face.
Maelis, whose anger had been simmering for far too long, stapped Zinnia hard across the face. Immediately, Zinnia’s cheeks swelled up, turning red and already showing signs of bruising; a truly horrifying sight.
Maisie barely had time to unscrew the ointment cap before Yannis abruptly snatched it from her hands.
“Zinnia, this might sting a bit. Try to bear it,” Yannis said, his expression cold, his eyes frosted with suppressed emotion. He unscrewed the ointment tube and, as gently as he could, applied the ointment to her face.
As the cool ointment touched her burning cheek, Zinnia winced. She had never been hurt this badly in her life.
Seeing Zinnia frown, Yannis pressed his lips into a hard line. His fury towards Maelis burned white–hot. He crouched beside her and forced himself to soften his voice. “Zinnia, let me call a doctor to check you out, okay?”
He kept his tone extra gentle, remembering how she’d just been knocked to the ground.
“No need,” Zinnia murmured weakly, refusing to budge. She couldn’t possibly leave now–Jackson and the others had already seen the swelling on her face, their expressions darkening with shock and anger.
Yannis turned to Charlie as he approached, his voice tight with worry and guilt. “Charlie, check her over. She just had a bad fall.”
Charlie’s expression grew solemn as he listened. “Zinnia, where are you injured?”
Zinnia thought, ‘I fell on my bottom. There’s no way I can say that out loud.‘ Her cheeks burning with embarrassment.
“She fell and landed on her butt. I’m not sure if her coccyx is injured. Could you quickly give her a check? Later, I’ll take her for an X–ray just to be on the safe side,” Yannis said, his voice thick with worry.
As she walked, Yannis didn’t miss the pained look that flitted across her brow. Since it was obvious that she didn’t want to move at the moment, he had no option but to leave her alone.
“Zinnia, let me take a look,” Charlie said, his fingers gently pressing on her tailbone. “Does it hurt?”
Zinnia replied shyly, “It’s not hurt here.”
Yannis gently let down her hair to hide the swelling. As more people gathered to watch, Zinnia stole a glance at him and bit her lip, burying her injured cheek deeper into her hair. She thought, ‘This is so embarrassing.‘
“I’m sorry. I should have protected you,” Yannis murmured. As he gazed down at her, his eyes were so filled with emotion that they seemed bottomless. Veins stood out on his hand as he tightly gripped the ointment, hardly able to hold back his self–reproach.
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Chapter 249
“It’s not your fault,” Zinnia murmured, her head bowed. “None of this was your fault. You don’t need to apologize”
“Mom, how could you hit her so hard?” Timothy stared at Maelis in disbelief, his eyes fixed on Zinnia’s badly swollen cheek. Just then, Sofa and the others walked over and happened to hear his accusatory words.
“What the hell kind of mother are you? If you’ve gone mad, go get yourself treated!” Sofia shaky a and seeing Zinnia’s swollen face, she turned pale and yelled at Maelis, trembling with rage.
and angry, was held up by Henry. Hearing about the fight
In her youth, Sofia was a force to be reckoned with. However, as she got older, her temper gradually became milder. Even so, today Maelis’s actions made her extremely angry—this daughter of hers was truly unrepentant and seemingly beyond redemption.
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