When They Beg, I Rise!

Lucian was feeling frustrated. He had gone out of his way to make things special, all to win over Lemira.

But Evelina had stolen the spotlight, leaving him feeling sour. Sure, it's a misunderstanding, but that didn't ease the sting.

Why did Evelina always have to show up and mess things up whenever he tried to mend fences with Lemon?

Evelina's eyes were red as she said to Lemira, looking aggrieved, "Lemmy, I swear it wasn't on purpose. I thought you were keeping your identity a secret to get a real feel for the internship."

Lemira's lips curled into a cold smirk. It seemed the innocent act was quick on its feet. No wonder she had been outmaneuvered in her past life.

But when Ethan saw Evelina crying, he jumped to her defense, "Mr. Langston, I don't think this is Ms. Sterling's fault. I mean, Ms. Langston could've disclosed her identity herself and yet she didn't. It's not fair to blame Ms. Sterling." He thought he looked pretty heroic, standing up for justice. Maybe Evelina would even fall for him now.

Lucian glanced over coldly, "You are the guy who wanted to hit my sister at the office yesterday? I've been looking for you!"

Ethan's face went through a palette of colors, "She hit me first yesterday."

"That's because you started with those nasty comments. Consider yourself unemployed."

Ethan panicked immediately. That's not how he imagined things going. He turned to Evelina in desperation.

interjected, "Lucian, he just fixed our major firewall

amazed, "Didn't

explained, "Ms. Langston mentioned her code was

that Ms. Langston had been involved from the start, indicating

firewall issue for so long, how could he have suddenly fixed

"I didn't steal anything. I

added, "Yeah, Lemmy said her code was stolen,

Lemira's words were

looked at Lemira, skeptical, "Lemmy, are you sure

was

to the manager, "Check

"Yeah, the surveillance!"

"The lobby's surveillance is broken. We've lost the past few days'

with triumph,

concern, saying, "What do we do

all smug, "No evidence, who can prove it? You can't smear me just because you're Ms.

visible as she looked at Lucian, "Lucian, I know Lemmy wants to help you out, and we all appreciate her hard work. But it's not right to claim someone else's hard work as your

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