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.

all the gates. No one is allowed in

housekeeper. “Right

stunned by his

His voice?

suddenly secure the

was forcefully released, and the sound of the door slamming

for a moment, then started banging on

was wrong, I really do, and I promise it

that mad, just yell at me, or come out and hit

silence was the only

“Orion, Xan”

his soul leap out of his body, until he noticed the vibrant fruit skin, the green leaves, and Xanthes

going

back, I lay in a pool of strawberry

raising an eyebrow “Were you trying to