My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

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Back then, Cedric didn’t understand why Orion was so enamored with Xanthea, utterly captivated by her.

Today, having witnessed their intimate, flirtatious exchanges, seemingly oblivious to the world around them, Cedric finally got it.

Although Cedric had been by Orion’s side for years, he’d never seen Orion like this.

With Xanthea, Orion seemed alive, vibrant and splendid, joking, feeling jealous, getting angry, and even doing some domineering yet childish things. He truly behaved like a twenty–year–old young man hopelessly in love.

It was not like the usual decisive, fearsome chairman of Twin Towers, nor the cold, workaholic head of the Lockwood Group, who usually exuded a maturity and chill beyond his peers.

of Orion that seemed so unlike him, yet perhaps it was his most genuine and joyful self. So often, it

have someone she loved, if only

simply because she didn’t want to see

the seat, or the pain in her arm slowly fading, as soon as her eyelids shut, a wave of exhaustion from being chased by fans

the car, and Orion, whose gaze had been fixed on a dense contract, finally shifted, resting

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fierce demeanor she had earlier, Xanthea curled up in the seat with her small figure. The sleeping girl seemed incredibly sweet and docile, like a sleeping beauty from the fairytale, unrealistically

so, he

by inch towards the sleeping

was like an addict, starved for days, who had