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?”

glittering with confusion.

to personally help her change into them? Was

I’ll do it

almost bumped into him. Stepping back several steps, flustered, she hastily untied her laces. Seeing

script we need to rehearse

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

“The original?”

“Yeah.”

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

excerpts the author posted on

puzzled. The online version on the blog? The one including the

won’t work, the script is different from the online version. We

lines, I don’t want to read it again.”

He had memorized the lines perfectly yesterday,

“You should still…”

off. “Plus, Xan, you’re looking for the essence of Maximus, not a parrot of lines, right?”

“Right.”