Chapter 163
“Zinnia, don’t listen to Maelis and the others. That’s my house. It has nothing to do with them. Just wait for me, okay? I’ll be back really soon, I promise
“I’ve already called Yannis, and I’ll be home in no time,” Jackson said, his heart pounding with panic as he listened to Zinnia.
“Thank you for taking care of me, Jackson,” Zinnia murmured, her voice barely above a whisper.
“Zinnia, don’t you want me as your brother anymore?” Jackson blurted out, his voice trembling with panic. His heart felt as if it were being torn apart.
He had worked so hard to break down the walls between him and Zinnia. He never wanted her to be this distant from him again.
After a brief pause, Zinnia replied, “Jackson, I’m just moving out. I’m not abandoning you.” Jackson had always been so good to her that she couldn’t bring herself to say anything hurtful.
“So, Zinnia, will you wait for me to come back? I’ll be home soon,” Jackson said in a gentle voice, his panic eased a little by her words.
Zinnia pressed her lips together, her gaze lingering on the neatly packed luggage. Without another word, she ended the call. Dragging her suitcase behind her, she took nothing but what she’d originally brought with her. With quiet determination, she headed for the door.
She transferred the money she got back from the Shaw family to a spare card and left it in the entryway for Jackson to see when he got home. it was meant to cover her living expenses during her stay with the Lynn family.
Yannis called her, but Zinnia didn’t answer. As she reached the exit of the residential complex and tried to scan her face to leave, she was stopped by
security.
The security guard said, “Mr. Lynn and Mr. Perkins have instructed that you can’t leave for now. Mr. Perkins asked you to wait for him, he’ll be back shortly.”
After failing to reach Zinnia despite multiple attempts, Yannis had no choice but to call the building security instead.
Zinnia frowned. She didn’t want to see Yannis. She knew he was just following Jackson’s orders to keep her from leaving. But she understood that if the guards didn’t let her out, there was no way she could get past them.
She thought, ‘No point making things hard for people just doing their jobs. Forget it, I can leave after I’ve explained things to them.”
Zinnia’s mind was a complete mess. She truly had no idea how to handle her relationship with Jackson. With a sigh, she sat down on the edge of the flowerbed, feeling lost.
Seeing that Zinnia wasn’t putting up a fight to leave, the security guard relaxed.
Zinnia had barely sat down when she received a call from Sofia and Henry, who told her they were already on their way.
Over the phone, Zinnia could hear them hurrying out, and in the background, Sofia’s furious shouts directed at Maelis and the tou
Just then, a voice called, “Zinnia!”
Zinnia looked up to see Yannis striding toward her.
Seeing that Zinnia hadn’t left and seemed unharmed, Yannis finally let out a relieved breath.
Seeing the anger on Yannis’s face, Zinnia hesitated for a moment. She stood up and murmured, “Yannis.”
e Shaw brothers.
Yannis glanced at the suitcase beside her and asked, “You have severed ties with the Shaw family, and now you’re leaving me behind, too?”
Zinnia couldn’t bring herself to meet Yannis’s eyes. Those gentle, smiling eyes she was so used to now looked anything but warm. She said, “We were never really that close to begin with.”
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Yannis gritted his teeth, so frustrated he could spit blood at her response. He said, “Zinnia, after all I’ve done for you; this is how you repay me? You’re to ungrateful. Come on, we’re going back.”
