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?”

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

knew that 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

No, she wouldn’t have.

out, and the next he tried to hand her ‘Realm of Illusions‘, she would

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

that the misunderstanding is cleared up, I

I’d always feel indebted

his words; she fixed her gaze on Cedric with confusion, “If he intended to give me the script from the beginning, why did he eliminate me

did you forget what happened

crashing into 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 of

At that moment.

“His world collapsed.”

such an expression on his

Xanthea’s mind quickly flashed back to the day she surfaced from the water, and saw Orion at the