When They Beg, I Rise!

Orion's slender fingers were wrapped around his smartphone.

It took him a while to reply, "I'm here to support her growth, help her climb out of her rough patches, until she can live freely on her own."

Thaddeus, always one to add a bit of spice, chimed in, "Till she grows up, starts dating, gets married, and has kids?"

Orion's brows furrowed slightly, "Something like that."

After her parents passed away, and with her brothers being less than reliable, she had faced a tough journey alone.

Orion swiftly changed the subject, "Got tickets for this afternoon's game?"

"The wild card match? You're interested too? I thought your brother made it straight to the finals!"

"Cut the chatter. There's another matter to sort out before the game."

Orion looked up at the sky, thinking he'd be there for her until she no longer needed him. If only her parents were still around, things wouldn't have been this hard.

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to

banners, including those for SkyBlaze. Even

the efforts of Caspian's company, Evelina had become a somewhat famous influencer and streamer. Young, sweet-talking, and playing the innocent card had won her fans

face, Lemira entered the

thought. In her past life, she had

competition was fierce. The team

his skills, often lost his cool, disrupting

stage, their fans

calm as ever in her seat, noticed Alaric and Evelina leading their team, dressed in unified team jerseys, looking like a family unit. However, she could tell Alaric was

He hadn't expected Lucian and Caspian to bail at the

Caspian had emergency issues at their companies.

you know? We've trained together for so long, and they just

we've trained together. We'll coordinate and won't lose,"