My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

Chapter 96

“We heard about the explosion at your audition, and it scared us half to death! How could we even think of doing anything else? Let me see if you got hurt anywhere.”

Susanna chimed in, “Yeah, Xan, are you feeling alright?”

“Oh, I’m fine!” Xanthea spread her arms and spun around a few times. “Look, my arms, legs, head–all accounted for, not a single

scratch!”

“Don’t joke about this!”

Ethan tapped her on the head lightly, and Xanthea pretended to yelp in pain. Just then, they heard a gasp from the door.

Curious, Xanthea looked over to see Matthew bending over, clutching his shaky left leg, a pained expression on his face.

“Matt, what happened to you?”

“Miss, Mr. Martinez heard about the danger you faced on set and rushed over here in a panic. While running upstairs, he accidentally bumped into the banister and broke a solid oak spindle, Must’ve hurt a lot!”

to force a smile. “I’m fine,

his worried gaze, and for a moment she couldn’t tell if

certainly improved since his past

get that leg looked

his head, “No need,

goodness it was just a scare.” Christopher sighed in relief. “Dinner’s ready, let’s not gather here

they were going downstairs, they happened

THE

dropped her bag, ready to excitedly share her successful audition, only to notice everyone focused on Xanthea, surrounding her with words of warmth and

family, there’s only one beloved daughter. Even if she hadn’t scraped even a bit, that was a million times more

she so lucky? Why hadn’t she

“Sist

she saw Miranda standing at the entrance

Xanthea’s voice, Miranda quickly adjusted her

about you? How did the

passed the first round, the callback is

did? Congratulations!” Xanthea smiled, “From your expression just now, I

must have wished