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?”

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 Illusions‘ back to you, and

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

No, she wouldn’t have.

told her she was out, and the next he tried to hand her ‘Realm of Illusions‘, she would have thought it was

actually understands you quite well, even better than I do, and I think he’s been good to you, especially since that time

I feel a weight has been lifted

I’d always feel indebted

on, but Xanthea couldn’t focus on 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

Nightshade, did you forget what

causing an explosion. It was such a commotion that everyone thought you were gone, that you had died.”

At that moment.

“His world collapsed.”

never seen such an

day she surfaced from the water, and