My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

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

Xanthea was shocked.

wanted to say she wasn’t always thinking

his gaze not linger on her but

woman beside him, enchanting like a siren, her every

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

long and had never seen him smile, especially

pouted, her

her what she had just told

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 cars so easily.

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

what are

angrily pushed him away, about to continue her rant, when she met Orion’s glare, venomous and terrifying as if he wanted to tear her apart, causing her

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