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?”

too upset to listen or forgive him. So Mr. Lockwood proposed using the guise of a ‘high–value transfer to give ‘Realm of Illusions‘ back to you, and

at me for deceiving you, sweetie. I knew that deep down you still wanted that script. And honestly, if Mr. Lockwood had just handed ‘Realm of

No, she wouldn’t have.

blinded by anger. If one second he had told her she was out, and the next he tried to

you quite well, even better than I do, and I think he’s been good to you,

now that the misunderstanding is cleared up, I feel a weight has been lifted off

always feel indebted to

his words; she fixed her gaze on Cedric with confusion, “If he intended

Nightshade, did you forget what happened that

a barrier and causing an explosion. It was such a commotion that everyone thought you were gone, that you had died.” His voice grew intense, “Only Mr. Lockwood didn’t think twice before running into the flames, but when he got there, all he saw was ashes, not even a trace

At that moment.

“His world collapsed.”

an expression on his

flashed back to the day she surfaced from the water, and saw Orion