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?”

were too upset to listen or forgive him. So Mr. Lockwood proposed

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

No, she wouldn’t have.

If one second he had told her she was out, and the next he tried to hand her ‘Realm of Illusions‘, she

see Mr. Lockwood actually understands you quite well, even better than I do, and I think he’s been good to you, especially since that time on The Masked Singer. Maybe it’s

cleared up, I feel a weight has been lifted off my

always feel

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

did you forget

suddenly malfunctioned and veered 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 voice grew intense, “Only Mr. Lockwood didn’t think

At that moment.

“His world collapsed.”

such an

day she surfaced from the water,