My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

Chapter 414

From his grip, Xanthea could feel, oh no, he was really scared, and worse, angry!

She quickly got to her feet and grabbed his hand with a look of guilty. “Orion, I’m so sorry, I had no idea it would scare you.”

The floor was not just splattered with strawberry juice but also scattered with fresh green leaves. She had thought he was clever enough to see right through her prank and just be momentarily stunned.

Her hand was brushed off, but she quickly grabbed it again. “I was wrong, I really was. Please, don’t be mad, okay?”

She looked up, unexpectedly meeting his icy, bone–chilling gaze and the thunderous anger barely contained in his furrowed brows. His expression scared her into silence.

“Ma’am, ma’am, are you t there?”

Suddenly, the housekeeper’s anxious voice echoed from the doorway.

He had been directing workers by the lake when he received a call from the young master, alerting him to a potential danger to the madam. He rushed over in a panic, and seeing the two of them safe, he was slightly relieved. But the atmosphere between them seemed off.

gates. No

“Right

his hoarse,

His voice?

why suddenly secure the estate?

her hand was forcefully released, and the sound of

moment, then started banging on his door. “Orion, Orion,

do, and I promise it won’t

or come out and hit me, but

was the

“Orion, Xan”

the door. The sight of what looked like “blood” everywhere nearly made his soul leap out of his body, until he noticed

going on here?”

turned, eyes full of guilt. “When he came back, I lay in a

incredulously raising an eyebrow “Were you trying to give him a