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.

just fixed our major firewall issue. We

"Didn't Lemmy

manager quickly explained, "Ms. Langston mentioned her code was

project and that Ms. Langston had

hadn't solved the firewall issue for so long, how could

"I didn't steal anything.

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

Lemira's words

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

gaze was mocking,

the manager,

"Yeah, the surveillance!"

a gloomy face, "The lobby's surveillance is broken. We've lost

with triumph, knowing this

feigned concern, saying, "What do we

can prove it? You can't smear

fake worry 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

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