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”

sent a shiver through Xanthea’s body

a D note, and now slightly hoarse from the fever, it added an irresistibly rich, sexy timbre. Hearing her nickname in such a tone was

the dead. But why did he use Xan, just like her family did?

out a box of fever reducing pills from the medicine kit. “Because you’re going to hate me soon. If you’ve

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

was full

shock. Just like that? Cedric had said that no matter

“Really?

“Really.”

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

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,

with burning

him to tell her that he had eliminated her from the set because he was concerned about her safety. That he had given Realm of Illusions‘ to Oli hea Media because he recognized her talent, not because he was trying to sell