My Beloved Has Risen from Death's Embrace novel Chapter 7

Xanthea asked, "So, are you gonna listen to me or not?"

"Of course! Your word is law to me, Xanthea!"

The door suddenly swung open, and Ethan entered with a stern face, looking at the joyful siblings, "Xan, you woke up today and only hugged Samuel. Now here you are whispering secrets with him. Don’t you care about me anymore?"

Xanthea burst into laughter at the obvious jealousy on Ethan’s face and quickly ran over to pull him close, "Ethan, we were just planning a surprise for you!"

"What surprise?"

"We’re all going to the gem betting event the day after tomorrow!"

"Isn’t that supposed to be a surprise just for you?"

Late at night, laughter echoed from the second floor of the mansion. Miranda looked towards the brightly lit study, her grip tightening on her cellphone.

From her first day in this family, she was told that Samuel's study was off-limits to everyone. Listening to the sounds from inside now, it seemed it was just off-limits to her alone.

In the Nightshade family, she was always just an adopted daughter, an outsider. Without any real support, she figured it was only a matter of time before she'd be pushed out.

"Miranda, are you still there?"

The voice on the phone snapped her back to reality, "Matt, I’m here; sorry, what were you saying?"

"I was asking, did you notice anything off about Xan today?"