My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

Leonard rubbed his arm, giving Orion a flirtatious look as if forgetting all past hurt, "Hey Orion, take it easy, yeah? It's getting chilly out here. You might catch a cold outside."

"Get lost"

"Get lost? Where am I supposed to go?"

Xanthea leaned on the table, her eyes misty.

, the tip of her nose reddening, and let out a hiccup like a tipsy kitten, curiously looking up at the mention of "get lost."

Orion took off his jacket and wrapped her up tightly, scooping her up in his arms, "Babe, we're heading home."

"Home? No way, I don't want to go back!"

"It's too late, and it's cold outside."

"But I don't want to." She hooked her arms around his neck, her lips pouting slightly, her amber eyes shimmering with pitiful pleas and seductive charm, "Ori, can't we just hang out a bit longer, please?"

"What do you wanna do?"

His voice unintentionally grew husky.

Once drunk, she turned into a melting candy, a bewitching demon, making him completely defenseless.

"I wanna," Xanthea's gaze was captivating as she traced her delicate fingers along the contours of his handsome face, drifting down, over the pronounced Adam's apple, to the firm chest, until he grasped her hand tightly.

the stone table, disregarding everything.

The wild beast of desire was unleashed from its cage. Just as he was about to press her onto th Xanthea suddenly shouted, "Look at the stars!"

"What?"

"I wanna see the stars!"

After saying that, she pushed him away and happily ran towards the lake, "There are so many stars fallen into the water!"

"Xannie!"

Orion's eyes narrowed as he caught up and pulled her into his embrace.NôvelDrama.Org owns © this.

Xanthea, suddenly enveloped by his chest, was confused, "Ori, I wanna see the stars-"

"No!" Orion said sharply, each word as if squeezed out through clenched teeth, "Tomorrow, I'll have the lake filled in."

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Xanthea paused, realizing he was scolding her, and started to cry like a child, "Ori is mean, scolding me and not letting me see the stars!

Onion was angry. Angry that she liked playing in the water, and every time she was near the lake, she encountered danger. Yet, hearing her cry, his heart softened.

"Alright, it won't be filled.

"Be good, don't cry anymore. The stars are in the sky. I will take you to see them, okay?"

"Okay!"

Xanthea immediately stopped crying and hugged him tightly prion then e

realized, she hadn't shed a single tear

"Little fox, you were pretending just now?"

That doesn't matter. You've promised to show me the stars!"

"Okay" He affectionately rubbed her nose, "I show Xannie the stars."

They sat under the pavilion, looking up at the twinkling stars, which m Seemed to be speaking volumes in the breezy, peaceful night casting a romantic glow on the two figures,

Aa Xanthes looked at them, her memories of being slightly paym staged to blur jumping out in a ja

*On, I just remembered. Long, long ago I also watched the stars with a little boy?

Onon slowly turned his face, suffering counted the stars with his showed him where the Pegasus was, are the Cessional