When They Beg, I Rise!

Evelina tried to sound casual, "Lucian, Lemmy skipping out on coming home for exams, if Asher finds out, it's going to be a disaster!" "Enough!"

Lucian's tone was icy, "As long as you keep quiet, I keep quiet, Asher won't find out."

Evelina looked a bit awkward, "Of...course."

Damn it, without Lemira at the Langston's, she couldn't play her tricks.

---

Lemira returned to the apartment.

Thaddeus was fuming, "What's with people? They have to apologize now? Force you to accept it?"

Initially, Thaddeus just thought the Langston brothers were a bit biased. Today, he realized it wasn't just bias; it was outright blindness! Lemira handed Thaddeus a glass of water, "Don't be mad, I'm not even upset."

"How can you not be upset?"

"I'm used to it, it's always been this way," Lemira's expression was serene as she spoke.

Thaddeus clutched his chest, "Damn, I can't take it. I'm going to the balcony for a smoke to cool off."

Orion came out with a fruit platter, his slender fingers clearly defined. He set the platter in front of her, "Eat up, vitamins are good for the brain." Lemira blinked, "Why are you insulting me?"

on going back after

he heard that. Lemira took the fruit platter,

couch, "Just

know, I'll never go soft or

Lemira's gaze was unwavering.

After finishing the last one,

held on for so long, and it was

out of the classroom, Lemira was in high spirits,

at

for you? Heard

issues with your stationery

exam, it

as long as the contents were

concerned, "Lemmy, even if you did poorly,

glanced at her, "Still did better than you

"Lemmy, don't

the exam

was usually so timid; though she'd become sharper

seemed