Chapter 42


    “Help me! My uncle’s gonna clobber me!”


    She had just stepped into the foyer when Sebastian lunged into her arms, looking up just in time to lock


    eyes with a man wielding a golf club.


    For a second, both froze.


    Xan?


    What was she doing here?


    Orion? Here of all ces!


    Hold on!


    Xanthea was stunned, gazing down at Sebastian, who clung tightly to her legs, then back up at the


    astonished Orion. Suddenly, it clicked.


    Uncle?


    Mr. Lockwood?


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    The most handsome man in the universe?


    Could Orion be Sebastian’s uncle?


    No wonder she felt a sense of familiarity the moment she first saw Sebastian. Looking closer, there was


    indeed a resemnce in their features, although their auras were worlds apart, which is why she hadn’t


    made the connection. Sebastian wasn’t kidding when he sang his praises!


    “Orion? What a coincidence.”


    Xanthea was the first to recover, shing a smile that said fate works in mysterious ways. She pointed


    at the shiny golf club in his hand, “nning to use that for what exactly?”


    Her sudden appearance caught him off guard, his face still clouded with anger that hadn’t yet


    dissipated, mirrored by the menacing gleam of the titanium club.


    “He was about to-”


    Before Sebastian could finish, Orion cut him off, “It’s a gift for Seb.”


    He lowered his gaze and gently ced the golf club back in its box.


    When he looked up again, his stormy expression had cleared, reced by a serene rity, “Ms.


    Nightshade, what brings you here?”


    The Thompson family’s staff and butlers were dumbstruck.


    They had all braced for Orion’s thunderous wrath, assuming Sebastian was in for a


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    beating. Yet, the mood shifted in an instant from a tempest to calm skies. Who was this girl who could


    sway Orion’s emotions so effortlessly?


    Previously, even when Sebastian had made serious mistakes, not even his parents could prevent Orion


    from meting out discipline. Yet here was this girl, who needed only a nce to do so!


    Sebastian was also stunned; he had merely hoped the lovelydy would buy him some time, but she


    actually managed to make his uncle put down his weapon!


    She truly was his guardian angel!


    “I got lost ying outside today, and this lovelydy brought me back!”


    Sebastian’s grip on Xanthea’s leg tightened, as if clinging to a lifeline.


    A real angel then, descending upon each dark, forgotten corner to rescue those on the brink of despair.


    Orion’s gaze on her grew intense and searing, almost losing control as his soul seemed drawn to her.


    Just as he was about to lose himself, his eyes shifted slightly, resting on Sebastian’s small hands


    clutching her leg.


    Feeling that intense stare, Sebastian shivered.


    That gaze was terrifying!


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    It was like the fierce boss in a superhero show suggesting that if he kept holding onto the lovelydy,


    his fingers might just get chopped off!


    Why though? She wasn’t his to im!


    Xanthea noted his fierce look toward Sebastian, realizing that the poor kid might still be in for a rough


    time once she left.