My Beloved Has Risen from Death's Embrace novel Chapter 118

“What?! You gotta be kidding me!”

Upon hearing this, Oliver stopped dead in his tracks, especially after hearing her faintly pained breathing, he became even more convinced that she was not joking.

“Who’s kidnapped you? Where are you now? Xan, don’t you scare your uncle like this!”

Xanthea’s ears almost rang with the barrage of anxious questions from Oliver. Just as she was about to move the phone away from her ear, it was suddenly snatched by Orion.

“Hey! Orion, why are you taking my phone!”

Orion: “Mr. Lopez, it’s me.”

“Mr. Lockwood?”

Hearing Orion’s voice, Oliver’s anxiety immediately subsided, “If it’s you, then I’m relieved.”

Xanthea overheard and was baffled. Why on earth would her uncle feel reassured knowing the kidnapper was Orion? If anything, that should make him even more nervous! He is the most dangerous, even more dangerous than ordinary kidnappers!

“Is Xan being mischievous again? Has she been causing any trouble?”

Orion glanced at Xanthea, who was making faces at him, and couldn’t help but smile, “Not at all, she’s been good.”

Xanthea rolled her eyes. She was always good; she didn’t need him vouching for her goodness!

“That’s good. When can Xan come back? I need to talk to her about something.”

“This afternoon.”

“Give me the phone!”

She snatched the phone back, sounding utterly wronged, “Mr. Lopez, whose uncle are you really, mine or Orion’s? How can you trust him so much, aren’t you afraid he might actually kidnap me?”

Oliver burst into laughter, “Why would Mr. Lockwood be as mischievous as a child like you?”

Hmph, he just doesn’t know him well enough!

Orion raised his eyes, looking at her.

When Xanthea met his unfathomable gaze, she momentarily paused, then thought he was surprised that a low-budget web series like “Realm of Illusions” could secure a legendary figure like Benjamin, and immediately felt proud.

“Yeah, you heard right. The one and only Benjamin—Movie King himself, with 50 million followers on Twitter, winner of countless best actor awards, and a box office phenomenon exceeding five billion dollars! He’s decided to star in ‘Realm of Illusions’ as the lead. Ah!”

Mid-sentence, Xanthea winced from pain in her arm and then glared at him, “Can you be a bit gentler, please?”

“It seems Ms. Nightshade got too excited, pulling at your wound.”

“Of course, I’m excited! ‘Realm of Illusions’ was promising to start with, and now with Benjamin, a titan of talent and looks, joining the cast, it’s just icing on the cake. Ah!”

She grabbed Orion’s hand, which was bandaging her wound, “You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you?”

His earlier efforts to remove a thorn had been so delicate, yet now he was being careless with the bandage—it was obvious he was miffed—miffed that he’d undersold a small-time show that was now showing signs of a major comeback, even a hint of going viral!