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.

a smile emerging, “You want to

Xanthea was shocked.

meaning? She just wanted to say she wasn’t always thinking about

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

to this woman, his eyes

and had never seen

who is she?” Queenie pouted, her eyes

Queenie’s mood, Xanthea reiterated to her what she

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 cars so easily. Who knows if it’s just her clothes that are

could finish, Leonard covered her mouth with his hand, his voice harsh, “Queenie, shut

are you

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

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