Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved novel Chapter 479

Chapter 479

Little did Zinnia know that a huge surprise was waiting for her.

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In the dead of night. An urgent phone call jolted Yannis from his slumber. “Yannis, Dad’s in the hospital.” Devin’s voice was grave and low. It was Devin, his tone heavy with concern.

Yannis bolted upright in bed, his mind buzzing in shock.

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“How is he?” Yannis and Zinnia hurried to the hospital together. They rushed to the VIP ward, where Devin and Layla waited anxiously outside. Inside, doctors were examining James.

Yannis peered anxiously through the glass at the bed, where doctors in white coats surrounded James.

“The doctors are still checking,” Layla said. Her gentle features clouded with worry. “But Dad is getting older. His body isn’t what it used to be.” Layla’s usual warmth was shadowed by anxiety, her eyes betraying her

concern.

Yannis’s jaw tightened, a flicker of barely concealed worry in his eyes.

“Zinnia.” Devin managed a strained smile as he and Layla greeted her.

“Devin, Layla,” Zinnia replied softly.

Zinnia was startled awake by a commotion in the living room in the middle of the night. When she stepped out, she found Yannis in an uncharacteristic panic. Upon learning that something had happened to James, she immediately decided to go with him.

Now that James‘ condition was stable, a weight lifted from Yannis‘ chest. “Are you cold? Should I have someone drive you home?” Yannis asked. He reached out to gently smooth Zinnia’s messy hair from her shoulders.

It was already late. Yannis hadn’t wanted to bring Zinnia along and have her go through all this, but she’d refused to stay home alone, insisting her medical skills might come in handy.

“I’m not cold,” Zinnia replied. Even though they’d left in a hurry, Yannis had still grabbed a down jacket from the sofa and wrapped it around her.

As they were talking, the ward door swung open. “How is he?” Layla asked anxiously as she hurried forward.

Yannis, his face tight with worry, unconsciously clenched his hand at his side as he looked past the doctors toward James lying inside.

He could see a pale, wrinkled face beneath an oxygen mask; more silver streaked James‘ hair than he remembered from their last meeting.

James was no longer young. Yannis was his late–life child, born when James was already forty. Now that Yannis was nearly twenty–four, James was in his sixties and had lived most of his years.

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In his youth, James had pushed himself relentlessly, accumulating both visible and hidden injuries–some permanent and irreversible. With age, all those aches and pains had become increasingly pronounced.

“The patient is stable for now,” the doctor said. “But at his age, all his organs are gradually deteriorating, and he’s carrying both old and underlying injuries. He needs complete rest, and must avoid anger and strong emotional fluctuations.

“Fortunately, we caught this episode in time, so there’s no immediate danger. Still, this ordeal has taken a toll on him, and his health won’t be what it was before. He’ll need to stay in the hospital for observation for a while.

“If something like this happens again,” the doctor added gravely. “The situation could become critical.” With that, the doctor left with the medical staff.

“Since he upset you last time, Dad regretted it. He often looks at Mom’s photo and wanted to find you today,” Devin said; his eyes filled with worry.

Ever since their last argument, when James drove Yannis away, Yannis hadn’t set foot in Perkins Manor. But then, he rarely went back even before that.

Whenever he did, it always ended with the two of them locking horns. The shadow of Grace hung between them, making their relationship painfully complicated and awkward.

It wasn’t hatred, but they could never regain the closeness they once had. It seemed no one was to blame. Yet, they couldn’t deny that they still cared for each other.

Though Yannis never went back, he never failed to send gifts to James every month. When James mentioned wanting snacks, Yannis arranged for them to be delivered like clockwork.

Yannis couldn’t help but worry about James, so a steady stream of supplements and nutritional products made their way to Perkins Manor without fail. He even asked Zinnia to specially prepare two bottles of herbal pills just for James‘ body.

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James truly cared about Yannis, even if he never said it out. Though he always told Yannis not to come home, he still had the staff at the Perkins Manor clean Yannis‘ room every day—just in case Yannis ever decided to return on a whim.

James also found all sorts of excuses to have money wired to Yannis. Although the two rarely saw each other, their concern for one another never faded.

But the rift between them ran too deep, and neither was willing to take the first step. So the years dragged on, until age finally caught up with James.

‘Age had finally humbled me,‘ James thought. Since he couldn’t wait for Yannis to come home, he decided he’d go find Yannis himself.

Normally, if there was a celebration for Yannis‘ birthday, James would start planning a month in advance. This year, he wanted to ask if Yannis would come back to the Perkins Manor for his birthday.

This was the excuse lames had spent ages coming up with. just to see Yannis. He’d already said he’d visit the

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next morning, and that night, he even dragged Victor into helping him choose an outfit.

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Lying awake, James kept repeating to himself, “Don’t say anything foolish this time.” Because of this, he ended up going to bed late. Then, in the dead of night, a sharp pain suddenly shot through his chest.

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