My Beloved Has Risen from Death's Embrace novel Chapter 263

"Bang!"

"Bang—!"

The sound of gunfire intermittently echoed across the shooting range, as deafening as Xanthea's own pounding heart.

She watched as the other five members of her team holstered their guns, her fear palpable as she repeatedly slapped Orion's hand. "Orion, Orion, you can let go now!"

"No way." The man who had been so sure of himself moments ago suddenly backtracked. "Xan, don't you want to..."

Xanthea, seethed, stepped on his foot hard. "I don't! Don't even think about it, you jerk!"

Orion chuckled helplessly, releasing her as the other five trainees turned to look. "I was just going to ask if you're thirsty?"

Xanthea shook her head, her face flushed. "I'm not. Not one bit. It's only you who's always thirsty."

"Alright."

Orion turned and walked towards the edge of the range.

Xanthea frowned in confusion. Was he heading towards the instructors' lounge? They were in the middle of filming—wait a minute!

Did he just imply the shooting was over?!

Her face, already flushed, seemed to boil with embarrassment.

This man full of nonsense was simply too much; he actually did that to her in front of so many people... and then told Nelson to calm down. She thinks he is the one who needs to calm down!

"Boss!"

In the lounge, Cedric stood up as Orion entered. "Louise called from overseas, urging a meeting at Rose Manor no later than the day after tomorrow to sign the contract in person."

"Got it."

"And another thing, Jacob mentioned that there's a new lead in Realm of Illusions explosion case involving Ms. Nightshade. He's close to wrapping up the investigation and handing it over to the police. Also, he stumbled upon something unexpected while tracking a suspect."

Orion looked up. "What did he find?"

Jonathan explained, "According to the rules, since there's only one bullet hole on Xanthea's target, we can only count it as one round."

A second of silence was followed by roaring laughter, led by Olivia.

"This might be the case of counting your chickens before they hatch?"

"That's what happens when you get too cocky!"

"Looks like Martin's the champ, and Xan, you're down to 1 point like the rest of us."

"Xan, no hard feelings. Even though I took first place, you're always number one in my heart."

Xanthea was flabbergasted—was this the price of showing off?

"The rules are rigid, but can't we be a bit flexible?"

The director shook his head. In reality TV, it's not about fairness but entertainment. Judging by the uproarious laughter in the comments, it seemed this episode was a success.