When They Beg, I Rise!

Alaric realized what he had done. "Get out of the way!" he yelled in panic.

Lemira's face was stoic and her eyes inscrutable.

The screech of tires announced the car's halt beside Lemira. As the window rolled down, Orion's sculpted features came into view. His voice was calm, "Get in!"

A slight smile played on Lemira's lips - she had known it was him.

She bent to enter the car, as Alaric's voice echoed from outside, "Lemira, you can't go with him!"

Turning her head, Lemira saw Alaric running towards the car. She responded by rolling up the window, cutting off the outside world.

Alaric chased them for a while but eventually stopped, panting and frustrated. He punched the ground in dismay, wondering how things had turned out this way. He regretted leaving Lemira behind at that moment.

Alaric couldn't stop getting panic as he recalled Lemira's gaze; how should he do?

He unconsciously chose Evelina just now, but it didn't mean he didn't care about Lemira. Instead, it was Evelina who ran over to save him, and he couldn't just ignore it. For someone as smart as Lemira, he thought she should be able to understand. However, Alaric wasn't so sure.

with that school doctor." Alaric straightened up, "Lemira is being led astray

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letting the wind in without saying a word. Orion drove in silence, taking

a glance at him, "Are you mad?" She had noticed his upset expression

in the elevator mirror, remarked, "You've improved, at least you knew to call

the school gate confessed to me, and I ended up spraying him with a fire extinguisher. He was from Orvin, not someone easy to mess with. In the midst of the conflict, Alaric

arranged for so

join. But now, if she didn't hold herself to

"Who confessed to you?"

the heartthrob from the private school next

one you had a crush

him!" Lemira laughed off the

elevator stopped, she walked out first. Watching her back, Orion

it a

followed her at a leisurely pace, his brows furrowed unwittingly, seemingly pondering over