Chapter 134
Chapter 134
After that, she kept doing infuriating things. Just when their anger would subside and their attitude softened a bit, she’d always stir up some new from that ruined her image all over again,
How uncanny it all was. Now with the whole truth laid bare, every single incident had been carefully orchestrated by Betty.
Re–examining past events now, Howard realized with a pang that none of them had ever actually heard Zinnia tell Betty to leave. Every accusation had come secondhand through Betty’s retellings.
Zinnia was never present when Betty made those claims. None of them ever bothered to ask for her side. They simply took Betty’s word as truth.
Never once had they realized just how deeply their prejudice had wounded Zinnia.
Sofia had warned them before–if a misunderstanding could happen once, it could happen again. But they all brushed it off. Now, with the painful truth laid bare before their eyes, it stung like a slap to the face.
After seeing the footage, Howard no longer believed a word Betty said. It was all her doing.
The thought that Betty had actually loosened the screws on his car sent a chill down Howard’s spine.
Betty knew how much Howard loved his car, and how dangerous his races were.
But she still did it, just to frame Zinnia. She tampered with his car and went through it, leaving him bloodied and battered in the crash.
The sister he had cherished for over a decade tried to kill him, while the one he’d constantly mistreated was secretly sending him medicine.
Last time, when Howard found out that Zinnia had made Chamomile tea for Timothy and herbal tea for Yosef, the more he thought about it, the angrier he got. ‘Why did both of them get special treatment, but not me?‘ he thought.
He tentatively asked Lucy if Zinnia had ever given him anything. He was stunned to learn that the ointment he’d received for his injuries had actually been sent by Zinnia.
Thanks to that ointment, the wounds on his forehead, arms, and legs healed remarkably fast, without leaving a single scar.
At that moment, he was feeling frustrated and playing a game. When, Lucy came in to drop off the ointment, he only heard her say it was from some sister in the family, but he didn’t catch which one it was.
He just instinctively thought it was Betty, never even considering that he might have misunderstood.
After that incident, his relationship with Zinnia froze over completely. He convinced himself Zinnia wasn’t worth caring for.
Time and again, he lashed out at her, always shielding Betty, never once realizing he might have been the wrong one.
Realizing his mistake and how harshly he’d treated Zinnia, Howard felt sharp pangs of remorse twisting in his chest.
He spent the whole day trying to come to terms with what Betty had done. The more he thought about Zinnia, the more his heart ached.
Howard thought bitterly, ‘What have I done to Zinnia?‘
Realizing his mistake, Howard immediately went to the Lynn residence to find Zinnia, only to learn from Sofia that Zinnia had already moved out.
After Sofia found out what had happened at school, she practically threw Howard out of the house. Luckily, before leaving, he managed to get Zinnia’s current address and rushed straight over.
He’d been waiting here for ages, and finally, there she was.
“Yeah,” Zinnia replied flatly, barely looking at him.
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Howard said, “Zinnia, have you had dinner yet? Let me take you out to eat, okay?”
Zinnia’s responses were terse, and Howard knew full well she’d rather not see him. Yet he couldn’t bring himself to leave. He longed to stay with her t little longer.
“Don’t bother, Howard. What exactly do you want from me? If you’re just here to apologize, you’ve said your piece, now leave,” Zinnia said.
Zinnia had assumed he would leave after saying his piece, but to her surprise, he just stood there,
“Zinnia, I am wrong.” A rare vulnerability flickered across Howard’s handsome face. “Please… Will you give me a chance to make it up to you?”
