Chapter 146

In the grand hall of the mansion.

“Leo!”

Queenie rushed in from outside, breathless. Spotting Leonard emerging from the study but without Orion in sight, she urgently asked, “Where’s Ori? Where is he?”

“What do you need him for?”

Leonard sipped his red wine leisurely, a hiss escaping his lips in appreciation.

It was a vintage treasure indeed, rich and full–bodied from just a sip, intoxicatingly so. Earlier, Xanthea had downed a whole glass and was likely to be fast asleep shortly.

Leonard had hoped to use the wine to create an opportunity for Orion tonight, but it seemed his plan had backfired.

“I need to talk to him urgently, stop asking and just tell me!”

“He just stepped out, went down the west corridor to find Xan.”

Queenie turned

see Xan, why are you in

corridor, looking around desperately until she

“Ori.”

with joy as

It wasn’t just him.

figure, desperately struggling but unable to escape his overpowering

he might consume her alive, losing all his usual aloofness and polished

moment, he seemed like a completely different person, crazed

recognized the fiery red hem of the fox dress and covered her

the rumors were

girlfriend. Yet, what broke Queenie’s heart wasn’t this realization but the scene before

be a cold, arranged marriage, or a decorative vase set aside to appease the elders and silence the

as him wouldn’t really fall in love, let

about someone.

girl in his arms, even if forcefully, he

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