Chapter 184


    “What do you want to watch, Xan


    “Anything’s fine“.


    As if granting a favor, Xanthea spared a piece of trout and ced it in his bowl. “Just nothing with


    Isabe in it. I can’t stand her


    Cant stand her?


    Orion nced at the woman on the TV screen. Noticing his gaze lingering. Xanthea quickly snatched


    the remote and switched the channel “You don’t know, the used to mimic me all the time when we were


    little. She wanted to do everything just like me, it was like having a shadow, which drove me absolutely


    nuts


    “Really?”


    “Yep!” Xanthea nodded vigorously, eager to assure him since Isabe was one of his talents. She even


    held up two fingers as a vow “Cross my heart if you had been my ssmate back at Crestwood


    Elementary, you would’ve known! Everyone there knew”


    He knew.


    Orion’s gaze dropped slightly, he never felt anyone could match her, not even one in ten thousand. A


    firefly’s glow could neverpete


    with the sun and the moon


    “Hey, this looks good, it’s a movie. Let’s watch this one!”


    Xanthea stopped at a film with a ssic Hollywood vibe and set down the remote.


    In the movie, the main characters were having dinner at a restaurant. Midway, the actress pulled out a


    gift box and slid it across the table to her co–star


    Such a coincidence? She was also nning to give a gift–it was perfect timing!


    Slyly, Xanthea pulled a small box from her pocket and, with a magician’s ir, circled it around Orion’s


    face before revealing it with a flourish “Ta–dal Onion, this is for you. Open it up and see!”


    “A gift?


    Opon eyed the elegant light brown box resting in her palm, feeling a surge of undefined emotions


    welling within him. “Why are you giving me a gift?


    “No reason, just felt like it. Come on, open it up, see if you like it.”


    “Alright”


    He lifted the lid and inside a pair of sparkling blue and pink crystal cufflinks caught the light, drawing his


    gaze w


    with anticipation


    Seeing him freeze, Xanthea quickly waved her hands, “Don’t get the wrong idea, these aren’t meant to


    be couple’s cufflinks, they’re just regr cufflinks”


    “This pair of hands?”


    “It symbolizes fnendship, you know, hand in hand!”


    “Friendship?”


    Orion paused, then slowly looked up; his deep eyes flickered with uncertainty.


    He knew he shouldn’t ask about it and shouldn’t even bring it up, but he couldn’t control the racing of


    his heart, hoping against hope for the answer he desired.


    “Xan, do you consider me a good friend?”


    “Of course!”


    e as a friend?”


    Xanthea saw a flicker of doubt in his eyes and frowned slightly. “What’s wrong? After all this time, don’t


    you think of me


    “No, it’s not that.” He lowered his gaze; his thickshes cast shadows on his cheeks. “Didn’t you used


    to hate me, Xan? if it weren’t for Realm of Elusions”


    “What? I never hated you! Sure, there were some misunderstandings, and I got mad, but I never hated


    you. You don’t think I started looking after you just because you handed over Realm of illusions to me,


    do you?”


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    n they were kids? Xanthea cut him off, eager to clear the air. Mid–centence, she suddenly


    remembered, was he talking about when She remembered back when they were kids, one time he had


    approached her carefully with a doll, trying to make peace, but she had. thrown it to the ground and


    stamped on it, proiming she hated him and would never be friends with such a crazy kid!