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?”

bit her lip in awkwardness, “T–The other night, you’d fallen asleep, and I was just trying to pull up your covers. Then, accidentally, a chip fell there, and I was just trying to pick it up before you got the wrong idea, but then you woke up just as I

“Oh?”

curled slightly, his elongated tone clearly skeptical, “And

“What?”

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

eaten that chip would have been like indirectly

stop instantly, her eyes filled with concern, “Are you alright? Are

he was still unwell, having just rescued her from a fall from a horse and getting used as

tease in his eyes, “You didn’t hurt me, but it’s

she looked perched atop him, her face a mix of embarrassment and annoyance. She was so stunning it made him desire to do something cruel; he wanted to

feared he

on Xanthea that since falling off the horse, she had been straddling

up soon, I might have

scarlet, and she awkwardly tried to stand up. But just as she got up, her calf muscle gave way, and she fell down again, this time landing right