My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

Chapter 147

“Come on, talk to me! I’m really worried about you, seriously worried. Just tell me where you are, I’ll come pick you up!”

“Xan! Xan? Xan?”

Though the call connected, no one spoke.

After a deathly long silence, Matthew seemed to sense something and paused for a few seconds, “Mr. Lockwood, is that you?”

The sound of fabric rustling and a girl’s faint whisper suddenly carried over.

Orion, in front of the glowing phone screen, madly kissed Xanthea’s pale, slender neck amidst his anxious

words of concern.

heard a moan too hard to bear, and his

that the person on the other end might be the powerful Crestwood tycoon, nor did he care about any potential retaliation; all he knew was that

Orion? What are you doing to Xan? Let her go! Right now! Taking

She’s my love, my fiancée, what you’re doing is criminal, I could sue you!” His threats were unheeded, his anxious pacing suddenly stopped, “Or, do you just like the challenge? Knowing full well Xan

came through, making Matthew’s

phone clattered to the ground.

shred of hope, which now shattered with the sound of the explosion. Why would Orion smash

at his disposal, why insist on stealing Xanthea? Matthew had to find

After a long while, he carried the girl in his arms towards

saw him leaving and quickly ran out, arms spread

“Orl.”

barely spoke when she

warning her

was so indulging towards