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.

his most genuine and joyful self. So often, it seemed Orion couldn’t control himself, falling deeper

only Xanthea didn’t have someone she loved, if only there

eyes simply because

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

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

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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,

he did exactly

in slowly, inch by

like an addict, starved for days, who had finally found his poison, greedily lapping