Chapter 118
Chapter 118
Gradually, their guilt faded and was replaced by resentment even hearing her name gave them a headache. When she finally stormed out in ang at th entire Shaw household was plunged into gloom.
When she was home, no one seemed happy, but even after she left, the gloom lingered. Not long ago, Howard even got into a fight with Maelis
Before Zinnia returned, the house had always been harmonious, but now everything has changed–Maelis is constantly worried, Betty gets bullied from time to time, and the brothers are caught in the middle, not knowing what to do.
Even Betty has changed. Yosef wasn’t stupid. After what happened today, it dawned on him that the conflict between Zinnia and Betty was far more serious than they’d thought–this was no simple quarrel, but an irreconcilable feud.
Yet, when he learned that the food for him was from Zinnia, he realized she had been quietly looking out for them all along. Maybe she did care about the family after all.
Yosef began to see that Zinnia wasn’t all bad–there were just too many misunderstandings between them, too tangled to unravel in a short time!
That’s why he wanted to talk things through properly with to rely on.
rt out this mess once and for all. After all, in this world, family is all they really have
henic, but she quickly composed herself. “Oh, that? I must’ve lost my mind before.
Zinnia’s expression stiffened for a moment when Yosef brought up
“Now I’m thinking straight and realized that you’re simply not worth the effort,” she said, her tone sharp. After spending time with Maisie, Zinnia had grown much sharper–tongued.
“Zinnia,” Yosef asked, “are you still mad? When the teacher asked you to contact your guardian today, why did you call Yannis instead?” Yosef felt Zinnia was so stubborn. Her refusal to communicate was as frustrating as talking to a wall.
He wanted to have a real conversation with her, but she just shut him down with a few words. Her attitude left him speechless.
He thought, ‘Does she really think they aren’t worth her effort? Have they disappointed her that much? Especially after what happened today–she’d rather turn to an outsider than them.‘
“You’re not worth my anger. Who I choose to call is none of your business–you’re not my family. The day I was born, I was strangled until I stopped breathing. Your real sister died that day. I owe your family nothing.
“You didn’t raise me, so don’t try to bind me with blood. Master is the only one I consider family–he saved me. If not for him, I’d never have come back. The Shaw family is nothing for me.
I regret it.” Too weary to keep arguing, Zinnia tossed out these words and
“If Betty wants to stay, let her. But if she dares lay a finger on me again, ello
strode into the private room.
Haven’t even had a few quiet days before Yosef showed up. She thought, ‘I don’t owe them a thing. Back then, when I was switched at birth, someone strangled me unconscious and dumped me in a dumpster.
‘It was Master who risked everything to save me. As far as I’m concerned, Master is my only family.‘
Yosef was still shocked what Zinnia claimed as he watched her walk into the private room. His heart lurched violently, and a suffocating lump rose in his
throat.
Yosef had always assumed that after Zinnia was switched, she’d just had a tough life–he never expected to hear such a horrific account from her own lips: that she’d been strangled unconscious the/moment she was born.
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What kind of monster could do that to a baby? If what Zinnia said was true, she owed them nothing–on the contrary it was they who owed her, for bringing her into this world only to fail her so completely, nearly letting her die.
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