My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

Chapter 166

Xanthea immediately pulled out her phone and dialed Oliver’s number.

“Hello? Xan, about the shoot today with Director Smith, he-”

“Uncle!” Xanthea cut him off with an urgent voice. “Was the rights to ‘Realm of Illusions‘ transferred to you by Orion for free?”

Oliver paused for a few seconds before slowly responding. “You found it out?”

Xanthea’s pupils constricted momentarily.

It was true, then. The contract was real.

“Why, Uncle?”

I told you the other day; Mr. Lockwood really appreciated your performance. The mishap during the audition was just a misunderstanding, but you were too upset to listen or forgive him. So Mr. Lockwood proposed using the guise of a ‘high–value transfer to give ‘Realm of

deep down you still wanted that script. And honestly, if Mr. Lockwood had just handed ‘Realm of Illusions‘ over to you right then, would you have accepted

No, she wouldn’t have.

out, and the next

he’s been good to you, especially since that time on

I feel a weight has been lifted off my

always feel indebted to

Cedric with confusion, “If he intended to give me the script from the beginning,

forget what happened

off the track, crashing into a barrier and causing an explosion. It was such a commotion that everyone thought you were gone, that you had died.” His

At that moment.

“His world collapsed.”

an expression

back to the day she surfaced