When They Beg, I Rise!

At that moment, Lemira sat in the car with Orion, her gaze drifting over the stream of vehicles around them. She couldn't help but worry aloud, "Lucian is definitely going to send people to look for me. He might even cause trouble for you at school." After all, this was Langston territory. This was precisely why she had been holding back, hoping to leave after the exam.

Lemira felt guilty for dragging Orion into her mess.

The man couldn't help but pat her head, "Don't worry, they won't find you. What you need to think about now is: where will you stay?"

Lemira sighed, "Guess I'll have to rent a place."

It's something she had thought about but never had the chance to act on. She almost wished Lucian had kicked her out earlier so she wouldn't have to worry about all it. "I know a place that's up for rent."

Lemira didn't ask any more questions and followed him to the apartment complex.

It's a nice place. As she stepped into the apartment, she couldn't help but comment on the interior, "This place must be expensive, right? I'm pretty broke at the moment!" "Money's not an issue. It belongs to a friend of mine. He's not living here anyway. You live here to help him house-sit. Technically, if we get down to it, he should be paying you."

Orion stood in front of the living room's floor-to-ceiling windows, lean and nonchalant.

couldn't help but laugh, "Is

"No, mine's next door."

aback, "That's quite

all, I'm the one who coaxed you into leaving." Lemira felt her cheeks warm up. Coaxed her? It's surprising to hear such words from someone who usually was cool and spoke so little. Orion, realizing his words might have been a bit much, quickly changed the subject, "Just stay here for now, don't worry about anything else." Lemira nodded, "Alright, but I still need to pay rent. I can sleep on the couch and won't mess up your friend's place or

"How

"Sure."

the neighboring apartment and found it was

study had two computers with pretty impressive

the homepage displaying a live game she had played earlier, with a twelve-hit combo. The title

all, in her previous life, she hadn't managed the twelve-hit combo in the playoff, nor had she ever

did you learn to pull off a

panicked. How was she supposed to explain? Could she really tell him it was something she learned in her

combo was challenging; many had tried to