My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

"Hey, Pretty Sister, let's go out and play. Fluffy doesn't want to stay indoors!"

After getting enough of the dog-chasing game, Sebastian was already brainstorming his next adventure. Xanthea gently squeezed his chubby little cheeks, morphing his mouth into a funny duck shape, "I think it's you who doesn't want to stay indoors, right?"

"Little devil, you're only four and a half. How come you have so much energy? When will you ever stop playing?"

"Just one more game, the last one, then then I stop!"

Sebastian held up a finger, and Xanthea raised an eyebrow in semi-belief, "Really? That's great"

"Uh-huh, on the flight yesterday. I saw a strawberry field, can we go pick strawberries, please?"

Xanthea sighed, "Can't you pick a less exhausting activity?"

"Come on, please You're the best, Pretty Sister"

Xanthea couldn't resist his pestering and agreed, "This is the last onel When we get back, you have to eat and rest obediently, got it?"

"Got it!"

The duo with baskets, along with their dog, headed to the strawberry field, Xanthea gently pinched a berry, checking its stems and leaves, and found they were all ripe. She was about to call the servants and gardeners to help with the picking, but th the old man trimming the branches said they were all installing the guardrail of the Raxing Lake.

She tiptoed to get a better view and indeed saw a group of workers around the lake, constructing a tall and sturdy guardrails.

"Why are they putting a guardrail around the lake?"

Raxing Lake was a highlight of the Xanthea Haven Estate, with its crystal clear water and colorful rocks, and a heart-shaped island in the middle. It looked like a flawless mirror during the day and reflected beautiful stays at night. Now, with those tall and dense guardrails, it ruins the aesthetic!

I'm not sure, it was Mr. Lockwood's o order. And when it's finished, there will only be one entrance, and hell have the key."Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

Xanthea: "777" Was he hiding treasure in the lake?

"Look, Pretty Sister! This strawberry I picked is huge!"

Sebastian ran over, boasting a strawberry almost the size of his palm. Xanthea weighed it, a good quarter pound at least.

"Wow, Seb, you're awesome! How about we compete to see who can fill their basket first?"

"Let's do it!"

An hour later, Xanthea, with a large basket on her back and two smaller ones in her hands, regretted the competition.

Had she known, she wouldn't have competed with him. With his small frame, some strawberries were enough to slow him down, and now she ended up carrying both the kid's and the dog's loads.

I can't wait to eat the strawberries!"

"Hurry up, Pretty Sister, Fluffy

Drenched in sweat and panting. Xanthea glared at his urging figure and gritted her teeth She decided, once Orion returned, she'd definitely going to make him discipline this little devill

Back at the villa, Xanthea was exhausted.

"You feed Fluffy the berries. I'm going to take a shower"

"Come here, Fluffy!"

Half an hour later, Xanthea came out of the bathroom to a silence unlike Sebastian's usual ruckus.

Well, so quiet, how mre it was!

She walked to the hall, she saw a total mess red strawberry juice everywhere, a child and a dog M sprawled out in the middle, with white Fluffy stained red, looking like a fluffy crime scene. She was so furious she almost roared.

She rolled up her sleeves, mady to give him a good scolding. But seeing Sebastian's Innocent sleeping face, which looked a bath Orion's, she finally held back.