Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

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Second, Zinnia swiped a necklace Maelis loved, wrecked it, and then totally framed Betty for it.

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Zinnia was jealous of how nice Timothy was to Betty. So, she slipped laxatives into the soup for Timothy, which

had him glued to the toilet all day. Then she set Betty up to look guilty.

Fourth, Howard had this huge racing competition coming up. Zinnia snuck into his garage while he was sleeping

and loosened a bolt on his car, nearly getting him killed in a crash. When confronted, she played dumb and tried

to throw Betty under the bus.

Fifth, while Yosef was away negotiating a crucial bidding contract, Zinnia allegedly snuck in and secretly tore it

up, causing him to lose the bid. Furious, he confronted her, but she flat-out denied it and once again pinned the

blon Betty.

Points six through nine were just more stories about Zinnia supposedly setting Betty up.

Tenth, not long ago, because Zinnia didn’t get her cake at the birthday party, she tricked Betty into going to the

pool to set her up. But Betty saw right through her schand turned the tables on her before Zinnia could

make a move.

The post made Betty out to be a poor, innocent victim who finally got gutsy enough to stand up for herself.

Zinnia, on the other hand, was painted as nothing but a scheming troublemaker and the black sheep of the

family.

The comments section was going crazy. [Damn, Zinnia’s not nearly as sweet as she acts. Look at all this crazy

stuff she’s been doing. She’s actually insane.]

[Betty's put up with Zinnia’s bullying for so long. Of course she’d fight back eventually. If it were me, I'd totally

do the sthing.]

[Betty was probably just looking out for Zinnia. But seriously, why was Zinnia even by the pool? She was totally

baiting Betty into doing something.]

[Con, everyone knows the Shaw family spoils Betty rotten. Last time, there was only one birthday cake just

for Betty.

[I bet Zinnia was green with envy and tried to set her up. Betty probably saw right through Zinnia’s little game,

tried to play along, and then ended up walking right into Zinnia’s trap anyway.

[Seriously, are people really this gullible? Just one short video and everyone gets misled. Besides, Betty's been

framed a million times, so what's the big deal if she fights back once?]

[Gotta admit, Zinnia’'s quite the schemer. That strategic retreat of hers really worked. She’s successfully won the

Lynn family’s sympathy. What can | say? She’s a master manipulator.]

[OMG, I'm literally gonna scream. | can’t believe Zinnia’s actually like this. And here | was feeling sorry for her

before.]

[Am | the only one who thinks something's off? Last time, everyone was ganging up on Zinnia, and we ended up

eating our words. Now it's happening again-like someone's out to ruin her.

[What if it’s just another misunderstanding? If so, we'll really have egg on our faces.] But this comment got

buried among thousands of others.

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Facebook was now flooded with Team Betty supporters trashing Zinnia. Truth didn’t matter anymore-some

bought it, sdidn’t. But the mob had decided Zinnia was public enemy number one.

But Zinnia was totally clueless about all this . She was in the restroom. She heard muffled whimpers and

faint, ragged gasps echoing from one of the stalls. It sounded exactly like Lydia. Zinnia’s grip tightened on her

cream jar.

The moment Zinnia stepped in, the sounds instantly cut off. Whoever was in the stall had clearly heard her.

Zinnia decided to play dumb. She opened and closed an empty stall door, then, after a brief pause, opened it

again, deliberately making snoise.

A toilet automatically flushed in a nearby stall, followed by quick footsteps. Moments later, the stall door creaked

open. Zinnia quickly ducked behind the main restroom door, just outside the entrance.

The restroom on their floor was usually deserted, only ever used by a handful of girls from their class, which

worked perfectly for her plan.

Zinnia watched as Lydia swept the long hair from her neck, then unbuttoned her shirt, revealing a neck covered

in angry red marks. As she did, the sleeve she'd just unbuttoned slid down her wrist, exposing a mass of raw,

purplish bruises.

Lydia twisted open her cream jar and was about to dab son her neck while looking in the mirror. She winced

from the pain. Zinnia’s eyes went wide.

“Lydia...” Zinnia couldn't just stand there anymore and stepped out.

“Z-Zinnia..."” Lydia stammered, startled by Zinnia’s sudden appearance. With a flustered motion, she swept her

hair forward from behind her shoulders, trying to hide the marks on her neck.

“I saw it. There's no need to hide,” Zinnia said, pressing her lips together, her voice thick with worry.

Lydia looked into Zinnia’s worried eyes and gave up with a sigh. “You've known something was off withfor a

while, haven't you?”

Lydia looked at Zinnia, who was already opening her own cream jar and gently dabbing cream onto Lydia’s

neck.

“Yesterday, when you sentthat voice message explaining the homework, | could tell your voice sounded off,”

Zinnia admitted. “Then this morning, when you showed up at school, | smelled medicine on you.”

Lydia just stared at her, frozen. She couldn't believe Zinnia had picked up on it that quickly, or that early.

Zinnia asked, “Who did this to you?”

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