My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

Chapter 227

“Orion, why didn’t you give me a call before dropping by?”

“Why?” Orion glared at her with a shadow of displeasure in his eyes. “Did I interrupt something important by coming unannounced?”

“No.”

Having encountered him unexpectedly last night at the elevator while saying goodbye to Benjamin, Xanthea immediately sensed the odd tone in his voice. Remembering how she and Benjamin were holding a coffee mug just as Orion walked in, she hastily waved her hands to explain.

“Benjamin and I were just discussing the script. Don’t get us wrong. It’s just your words could easily be misunderstood, don’t you know that?”

“Isn’t what I said true?”

Orion stepped closer, his tall frame imposing, which forced Xanthea to instinctively step back.

“It is true, but to those unaware.”

“Or is it that Xan wants to hide something?”

His eyes narrowed slightly, catching the guilty spark in Xanthea’s eyes. She immediately widened her eyes, trying to defend herself, “Who? Me? How can I want to hide anything?”

so close to her? His proximity disrupted her thoughts, filling her mind with a buzzing noise that made it

are you

close, startling Xanthea so much that she knocked over the

“crash,” the mug tumbled to the floor, shattering

looked down at the broken mug. Her mind was still in a haze, as she saw Orion bending

“Hey!”

worry, and she quickly bent down, grabbing his hand, “What are you doing? There’s broken glass

spoke, the man paused

looked up at her, his

the broken mug, only that he might get

is broken.”

broken, we’ll just buy a new one. But if you’re

caught herself before almost saying “I’d be worried,” and stumbled over

“Alright.”

her hand back. His eyes were full of tender affections. “I’ll buy

making Xanthea think of what happened last night. How he had tied her to

heart pounded and her

going on?