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?"

going back after

the fruit platter,

on the couch, "Just don't do

know, I'll never go soft or

Lemira's gaze was unwavering.

of the exams went smoothly for her. After finishing the last

for so long, and

the classroom, Lemira was in high spirits, overhearing classmates,

at

Heard you

issues with your stationery

it

as long as the contents were fine, you shouldn't

concerned, "Lemmy, even if you did poorly,

at her, "Still did better than

stiffened, "Lemmy,

I did the exam better than you!" Lemira's words

so timid; though she'd become sharper in the last few months, she rarely

seemed even more