My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

hapter 156

“Sorry.”

Xanthea felt a deep pang of guilt upon hearing his words, “I know I can’t get you an identical one, but I can compensate you triple the original price, or if you like another designer’s work, I could arrange a custom order.”

Leonard laughed, “Xan, do you think I care about the money, or do you think it was really about the dress? I was just looking for an excuse to become friends with you. Stay for breakfast and consider it your way of making it up to me, okay?”

Cedric chimed in, encouraging her, “Ms. Nightshade, please stay. There’s quite a distance from the freeway, and with the morning rush hour, it’s gonna be packed. Why not have breakfast before you leave?”

“Xan!”

While they were talking, Matthew sent out a message, and soon, his phone rang, “It’s your mom calling.”

“Mom?”

she could speak, she was met with a

without telling anyone and your phone off the whole time.

night to

“Alone?”

eyebrows slightly, her gaze inadvertently sweeping over Orion downstairs,

just as drunk as you. You two are just like

went silent, not expecting to be

phone was broken;

this. Come home now. Hearing you spend a night alone in a strange city,

“Okay, I understand.”

to decline the breakfast invitation when she noticed the

so warm and welcoming, eating her like an honored guest and

seemed rude to refuse their kind invitation

Marlowe?” At the doorway, a