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.

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

have someone she loved, if only there

closed her eyes simply because she didn’t want

her eyelids shut, a wave of exhaustion from being chased

even, soft breathing filled the car, and Orion, whose gaze had been fixed on a dense

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Xanthea curled up in the seat with her small figure. The sleeping girl seemed incredibly sweet and

he did

leaned in slowly, inch by inch towards the sleeping

who had finally found his