My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

Chapter 173

Tll handle it myself.”

Orion glanced down a fleeting shadow passed under his eyes as he took the thermometer from her hand and placed it under his left

Xanthea had been puzzled by his intense reaction just moments ago, but now, seeing his actions and expression, she suddenly understood

He didn’t want her to see the iris tattoo on his right chest, or the gnarly, terrifying burn scars beneath it.

But she was just trying to check his temperature, not strip him bare. His guardedness made it seem like he thought she was some kind of hooligan!

“Then take it out in 10 minutes and read it.”

“Sure, thanks, Xan”

casually called her Xan, it sent a shiver through Xanthea’s body

the fever, it added an irresistibly rich, sexy timbre. Hearing her nickname in such a tone

revive the dead. But why did he use Xan,

of fever reducing pills from the medicine kit. “Because you’re going to hate me soon. If you’ve got a fever, you’ll need to take these pills. If you refuse, I’ll just have to force them

threatened him. She expected him to resist vehemently, but instead, he smiled

full of confusion.

stared at him in shock. Just like that? Cedric had said that no matter who tried, Orion would never take his medicine. Was he tricking her?

“Really?

“Really.”

the girl who had rushed in to check his temperature, fetch medicine, and even took time off from her film set to cook soup for him for hours. With his Adam’s apple bobbing, he couldn’t help asking, “Xan, you’re not mad

and a wave of guilt surged within her. “I stopped being mad at you a long time ago, and about the Realm of Illusions copyrights, my uncle already told me everything. You transferred them to me for free. Orion, why didn’t you tell me?”

gazed at him with burning eyes, full of confusion.

That he had given Realm of Illusions‘ to Oli hea