My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

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Chapter 200

Xanthea froze, her gaze dropping down as she realized her hand was inside his dark shirt, boldly caressing the firm muscles beneath, while her other hand had wandered to his lower abdomen, inching toward the

noticeable bulge.

She quickly withdrew her hand, her face flushing with panic and a tinge of embarrassment, “Now you’re still in the mood for jokes? I’m just worried about you, that’s all! It’s not like I was trying to take advantage. of you or anything!”

Worried about him? She cared about him.

Even though he knew it was just concern for a friend, the realization still made his heart skip a beat.

“And what about the other night?”

her lip in awkwardness, “T–The other night, you’d fallen asleep, and I was just trying to pull up your covers. Then, accidentally,

“Oh?”

curled slightly, his elongated tone clearly

“What?”

moment to catch the implication of his words. Realizing what he meant, her fists pounded on his chest like raindrops, “Orion, you jerk, how dare you tease me! After it fell there, how could I possibly eat

would have

stop instantly, her eyes filled with concern, “Are you alright? Are you still sick? Did I hurt

he was still unwell, having just rescued her from a fall from a horse and getting used as a human cushion. And now she’d been hitting him; she hoped she

didn’t hurt me, but

him, her face a mix of embarrassment and annoyance. She was so stunning it made him desire to do

this continued, he feared he might lose

him? It dawned on Xanthea that since falling off the horse, she had

get up soon, I might

just as she got up, her calf muscle gave way, and she fell