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“Yannis, why did you make so much food? Is someone coming over?” Zinnia stared at the dozen or so dishes on

the table, eyes wide.

Yannis suddenly making this much food made her feel like she was about to eat her last supper.

“No, just the two of us. | figured you've been working hard lately, so | made a little extra,” Yannis explained.

“Zinnia, you don't like it? Then next tI'll make less.”

He glanced at the table, nearly full. His eyes dropped a little as Jackson's call from earlier cto mind.

Jackson had said, if nothing went wrong, he and Nathan would be back around February. That was only about

thirty days away now.

The news had caught Yannis off guard. His twith Zinnia felt way too short-it passed in a blink.

Yannis was sure that once Nathan returned, Zinnia wouldn't stay here anymore. Thinking about how little time

they had left, he just wanted to cook her everything she liked.

“No, | like it when you make a lot,” Zinnia said quickly, shaking her head. Yannis rarely cooked this much, and

now she didn’t even know where to start.

“Con, eat,” Yannis said, placing a knife and fork in front of her.

Zinnia sat down and started with the smoked ribs. Her eyes curved into a smile. “So good,” she said.

“Try sshrimp.” Yannis placed one on her plate.

“Okay. But don’t just feed me-eat something too.” She had just finished one when he put another shrimp on her

plate.

Today Yannis made Cajun shrimp. Zinnia remembered he'd made three different flavors of shrimp alone.

“Okay. What else do you want? Want sfish stew?” Yannis asked. “But no more than three shrimp for you.”

Yannis barely touched his own plate. As soon as Zinnia finished something, he gave her something else.

“Yannis, why does it feel like you're feedingmy last meal?” Zinnia asked suspiciously.

When he served her a bowl of gumbo, she reached out and held his wrist, looking at him with sincere eyes.

Before Yannis could say anything, she asked, “Yannis, is something wrong?”

She felt something was off today. He was too quiet. Normally, whenever she got home, he’d talk nonstop and ask

her about her day. But today, he hadn't said much at all.

“I'm fine. Don’t overthink it,” Yannis said, looking up and meeting her worried eyes.

Then he looked away again, not ready to tell her Nathan would be back soon. Selfishly, he wanted to keep it to

himself a little longer.

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Besides, Jackson had only said maybe around February. If he told her now and it didn’t happen, she’d just end up

disappointed.

“Yannis, are you really okay? If you need help, you have to tell me.” Zinnia still felt something was off about him.

He looked like he had a lot on his mind.

“Zinnia, your master might be coming back soon.” Yannis pinched his fork slightly, then finally told her the truth.

Zinnia's eyes were so clear and full of trust-it made Yannis feel like his own thoughts were selfish and low. He

knew how much she wanted Nathan to cback.

“Really? How do you know?” She jumped up from her seat, not even thinking about the food anymore. She

dropped her fork and grabbed Yannis’s hands, eyes full of hope.

It had been three months since Zinnia last heard from Nathan. Now, hearing from Yannis that Nathan might be

coming back soon, she could barely contain her excitement. She felt like running outside just to let it out.

“You're not joking, right? How do you know? Do you have any other news about my master? Did you talk to

him?” Zinnia held onto Yannis’s hands and shook them hard.

“Tell me, please.” She looked like she was about to grab his shoulders and shake him next.

Yannis looked up at her smiling face. Her eyes sparkled, and the tiredness on her face had completely faded. It

hit him like a sharp pain-just hearing Nathan's nmade her this happy. He had never seen her smile like that

before.

“It’s true. | don’t know the exact day, just that it'll be around Christmas,” he said. “As for how | know... | can’t tell

you just yet. Once everything's taken care of, | promise I'll tell you, okay?”

He looked into her eyes, swallowing the bitterness in his throat. His voice cout low and raspy.

He couldn't keep it from her. Nathan meant too much to her. She had already been through so much lately.

Yannis wanted to give her sgood news. And now she really was happy. When Nathan actually returned,

she'd be even happier.

But according to Jackson, things were still messy overseas. Sof the underground groups Nathan had taken

down still had survivors. That info cstraight from Antoine and his son.

Right now, it was safest for Nathan not to contact anyone in Laystoland-especially not Zinnia. She was the one

he cared about most. If something happened to her, Nathan would lose it.

So even if it hurt like hell, Nathan had to keep his distance. Even the tiniest risk wasn’t worth it. Anyone could

see how much he loved her.

“Okay.” Zinnia was a little disappointed she couldn't know more, but she quickly cheered up again.

It didn’t matter. Nathan was coming back soon. February was only thirty-something days away-it would fly by.

But before that, she had to fix Yannis’s insomnia.

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“Happy? Super happy.” Zinnia beamed, her eyes curving like crescent moons, full of excitement. Her eyes

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“Yeah, we know him,” Yannis said with a grin.

He wasn’t scared of Nathan coming back. He was just scared that when Nathan did, Zinnia wouldn't have a place

for him in her heart anymore.

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