My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

Chapter 45

“Are you making fun of me?”

Orion shook his head, “Not at all.”

“Yes, you were!” Sebastian caught him red-handed, while Xanthea playfully pinched his cheek, “And you, have you always been this cheeky?”

“What can I say? There isn’t any other way to put it!”

Xanthea teased, “Is there a chance it was ‘I performed ballet for the principal”?”

Sebastian looked puzzled, “But I can’t ballet.”

“It’s not about whether you can dance or not.” Xanthea furrowed her brows, “Just write it down!.”

needs a bit more work. Let’s

eagerly, “Oh, I love

problem. 75 minus 16, set it up column-style. If

scratched his

to explain, “You need to borrow 1 from the 7, and that’s what we called

finish, Sebastian interrupted, puzzled, “Why borrow

5 is less than

if 7 doesn’t want to

she stared at him like he was being deliberately obtuse, “Today, it has to lend whether it

echoed from above, sounding like mockery. Just

wondered if Sebastian really was Orion’s nephew. They say nephews are supposed to resemble their uncles, but other

Orion was a once-in-a-century genius, and Sebastian was certainly a

Xanthea pressed on to the next question,