My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

Chapter 279

She had long forgotten how she lost the knife back then or how it ended up in his hands. It couldn’t be due to a previous life, could it?

“Uh, this knife looks like it’s made of high–carbon steel, solid and sharp enough to cut through iron. You guys didn’t know that?”

“No.”

Nelson shook his head, his admiration for her growing once again, “Xan, you’re amazing! How can you tell the material of a knife with. just one glance?”

“Heh, it’s nothing really.”

Xanthea waved it off dismissively. The gleam in Orion’s dark eyes gradually faded, sinking into the night.

(OMG, Xan actually cares! Just admit you have feelings for Mr. Lockwood!]

[Look at Mr. Lockwood fillet a fish so swiftly and cleanly. Xan is lucky to have someone who can cook so well!]

[Tall, handsome, and can cook? Xan, you better not let this one go! If you don’t want him, I’ll take him!]

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guests couldn’t even borrow a knife, but the moment Xan couldn’t eat, Mr. Lockwood immediately took his

Lockwood’s knife looks old but well–kept, definitely cherished. Now he’s using it to clean fish for Xanthea–he’s so in

meticulously prepare the fish, Xanthea couldn’t resist sitting closer and asked tentatively, “Mr. Lockwood, your

“Custom–made.”

familiar with

it was made in Switzerland. Did you

was a gift.”

Nonsense!

she wouldn’t even let Samuel touch it, how could she have given it

a ‘N‘ on the handle, what does that stand for?”

and as Orion glanced up, Xanthea pretended to be cluelessly curious.

deepened, intense enough to make her uneasy.

was

stunned, for a moment feeling like he wasn’t talking about sunshine, but her.

his eyes were