My Beloved Has Risen from Death's Embrace novel Chapter 45

"Are you making fun of me?"

Orion shook his head, "Not at all."

"Yes, you were!" Sebastian caught him red-handed, while Xanthea playfully pinched his cheek, "And you, have you always been this cheeky?"

"What can I say? There isn't any other way to put it!"

Xanthea teased, "Is there a chance it was 'I performed ballet for the principal'?"

Sebastian looked puzzled, "But I can't ballet."

"It's not about whether you can dance or not." Xanthea furrowed her brows, "Just write it down!."

Xanthea snapped the workbook closed, "I think your English needs a bit more work. Let's start with something simpler, how about math?"

Sebastian nodded eagerly, "Oh, I love math, always scoring top marks!"

"Good." Xanthea smiled, relieved, "Let's solve a subtraction problem. 75 minus 16, set it up column-style. If 5 minus 6 doesn't work, what should you do?"

Sebastian scratched his head, looking confused.

Xanthea started to explain, "You need to borrow 1 from the 7, and that’s what we called ‘subtraction with borrowing’. You must have heard of it, right?"

Determined to prove herself, Xanthea pressed on to the next question, "You must have learned this in kindergarten, right? How long is the book in front of you"

Pointing to what should be the simplest question, she looked at Sebastian with hope. He confidently answered, "10 meters!"

Ten meters? Are you kidding me?

Xanthea nearly choked with frustration.

Now she understood why there were news stories about parents passing out while helping with homework. A couple more questions and she might be the one fainting.

The Thompson family's study, with its semi-open design, allowed the household staff to observe the trio's interactions. As laughter occasionally floated through the room, the servants exchanged surprised and delighted glances.