My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

The Lockwood Group’s board members were household names in the world of affluence, each having made a mark on the national rich list. They also had control over the leading entertainment empire, Starlight Media, and were credited with catapulting celebrities like Isabella into the limelight. They were the epitome of both wealth and power..

Poor Xanthea was in a tough spot. Even with her solid connections in the entertainment industry, she was no match for them.

“Really? Then tell him to hurry up and get down here; I’m running out of patience.”

Xanthea calmly screwed the cap back on her makeup remover, her audacious words sending a shock wave through the room.

Judy had played her trump card, yet Xanthea dared to speak so boldly. She truly was as fearless as a young calf unaware of tigers. Did she even realize the magnitude of facing the Lockwood Group’s board? © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Judy’s backer was a board member of the Group? As the realization sank in, Isabella grasped the gravity of the situation.

At this point, the Lockwood Group’s influence was so significant they could single–handedly control Crestwood, let alone a small entertainment sector. Even the well–established Nightshade family couldn’t compete. If this escalated, Xanthea could lose everything.

“Xanthea, this is a set for filming a music video, not a place for causing trouble. Since you started the altercation with Judy, you need to apologize to her now,” Isabella said as she approached, arms crossed, and turned to Judy. “Judy, she apologizes, and we let this go for today, okay?”

“Why should I?” Judy began, but Isabella cut her off with a nod towards a camera above the makeup room. Judy turned and froze.

There were cameras here?

Had they captured her cursing and her embarrassing moment with the makeup remover? If that footage got out…

Judy glared venomously at Xanthea, teeth clenched, “Fine, as long as she apologizes.”

Isabella nodded, satisfied Judy would agree. After all, Judy was an industry insider and needed to maintain her reputation. If the video leaked online, her public image would be ruined, and her bare– faced appearance was indeed pitiful.

Isabella stepping in to defuse the situation puzzled everyone in the makeup room. Why would she help Xanthea after being infuriated by her just moments ago? It was bizarre, almost as if her feelings for Xanthea were a mix of love and hate.

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ella’s intervention odd but didn’t dwell on it. Sitting on the sofa, she smirked at Judy, “You want an apology? Fine, but you’ll have kneel to hear it.”

Judy was enraged, “You!”

Isabella, seeing Xanthea cross her legs and sit back leisurely like a queen in court, warned, “Xanthea, don’t always be so arrogant. The Lockwood Group isn’t something you can provoke.”

Before Isabella could finish, the elevator at the end of the VIP corridor opened directly across from the kicked–open door of the makeup room. A group of neatly dressed businessmen in suits, all members of the Lockwood Group’s board, stepped out.

Seeing her opportunity, Judy rushed towards one of the mén, crying dramatically, “Honey, I’ve been bullied. You have to stand up for

me!

Xanthea watched the scene unfold with a bit of disdain.

This man, with his white hair and old enough to be Judy’s grandfather, was really her husband and not her father–in–law?

“Judy?”

really

Michael was taken aback by the woman who threw herself at him. After a closer look at the disheveled, frantic woman, he recognized her as Judy.