Chapter 125

Xanthea raised an eyebrow indifferently, “Oh, and then what?”

Why was Orion telling her all this? She wasn’t his assistant.

“If you’re hungry, you could…” He glanced at Leonard, then turned to Cedric, “ask Cedric to prepare dinner early. Let him know if you need anything.”

Leonard, caught by the swift shift of gaze, widened his eyes in astonishment. No way, was Orion actually starting to guard against him?

Well, years of brotherhood lost to a single embrace with his darling!

“I’m not very hungry, I can wait a couple of hours.”

Xanthea thought, “Did I eat too messily the last couple of times we dined together? Did he think I was always ready to chow down? Please, I just had a particular fondness for his cooking skills!”

Her casual reply hit Orion’s ears but painted an entirely different picture.

eyes narrowed slightly, a hint of a smile emerging, “You want to wait to eat with

Xanthea was shocked.

meaning? She just wanted to say

see his gaze not linger on her but burn intensely towards the woman next

the stunningly beautiful woman beside him, enchanting like a siren, her every smile and gesture

else would Orion talk so tenderly to this woman, his eyes

long and had never seen

she?” Queenie pouted, her eyes

Queenie’s mood, Xanthea reiterated to her what

eyes, burning with jealousy, shifted to outright scorn, “Oh, a stray you picked up from the streets? No wonder she looks all scruffy! Ori, you better be careful not to be fooled by such women who jump into men’s

harsh, “Queenie, shut up! Who taught you to talk to guests

are you

about to continue her rant, when she met Orion’s glare, venomous and terrifying as

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