Chapter 118


    “What You gotta be kidding mal


    Upon hearing this, Oliver stopped dead in his tracks, especially after bearing 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 ph


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    Onion. “Mr. Lopez it’s me”


    “Mr. Lockwood?”


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


    Xanthes 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!


    1s Xan being mischievous again? Has she been causing any trouble?”


    Onion nced 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 Xane back? I need to talk to her about something.”


    “This attemoon”


    “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 intoughter, “Why would Mr. Lockwood be as mischievous as a child like you?”


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


    “By the way, I heard Benjamin invited you for dinner?”


    “Yeah”


    “He was also asking when you’ll be back, which restaurant and type of cuisine you prefer. Want to


    discuss it with him?”


    “No need, it’s too much hassle.” Xanthea nced at her bandaged arm, “Just not too spicy, let the


    Movie King decide the rest.”


    When the words “Movie King” fell, the hand Orion was using to wrap the bandage slightly paused.


    Oliver said, “Alight then, see you when you get back. And remember, no more mischief, don’t cause


    any trouble for Mr. Lockwood!”


    “Got it-”


    Xanthea unhappily hung up the phone. What did Uncle mean by that?


    It sounded as though only Orion was the one being serious, and she was just a mischievous little kid!


    “Movie King?”


    Onion raised his eyes, looking at her.


    When Xanthea met his unfathomable gaze,


    ze, 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


    dors! He’s decided to star in “Realm of Illusions as the lead. Ah!”


    Mid–sentence, Xanthea winced from pain in her arm and then red 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 majoreback, even a hint of going viral!