My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

Chapter 231

Xanthea stepped into the front door and saw her sneakers. She headed straight to 3001 after her work and had completely forgotten to change into slippers. Just as she was about to turn around, Orion pulled out a pair of fluffy pink Hello Kitty slippers from the shoe cabinet.

“Xan, try these on and see if they fit.”

Were these specifically bought for her? How did he know she liked Hello Kitty?

As an adult, wearing something with Hello Kitty might seem childish, so she only bought such designs for her more private clothing, like her underwear, which no one except family would know about. How could he have known..

Xanthea froze, suddenly remembering the Hello Kitty underwear that had mysteriously ended up on his balcony a few days ago. Orion looked up, interrupting her thoughts. “Don’t you like them?”

She shook her head quickly, then nodded. “I, I like them.” What was she thinking? That was a creepy! Orion was not that kind of person. “Good to hear.”

He then knelt on one knee, reaching for her shoelaces.

Huh?!

Xanthea shivered in surprise, pulling her foot back.

“What’s the matter?”

widened, her eyes glittering with confusion. He–how come he was asking her what was the matter?

for her in his shoe cabinet, but to personally help her change into them? Was he always this hospitable, or was

do

abruptly she almost bumped into him. Stepping back several steps, flustered, she hastily untied her laces. Seeing that he didn’t get up but instead kept his gaze fixed on her feet, as if peeping at something, her toes couldn’t help

over the script we need to rehearse today, you can take a look first.”

flipped through it briefly, then closed it. “No need, I’ve already read

“The original?”

“Yeah.”

one more question, even though it felt redundant. “The edited

includes excerpts the author

online version on the blog? The one including the intimate plots between Maximus and Phoenix!

the online version. We should stick to

I don’t want to read it again.”

baffled. Why not read it again? He had memorized the lines perfectly yesterday, it didn’t

“You should still…”

persuade him, but he cut her off. “Plus, Xan, you’re looking for the essence of Maximus, not a parrot of

“Right.”