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.

our major firewall issue. We can't just fire him

was amazed, "Didn't

Langston mentioned her

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

tech team lead, who hadn't solved the firewall issue for so long, how could he have suddenly fixed

didn't steal anything. I wrote

code was stolen, but where's

evidence, Lemira's

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

was mocking,

to the

"Yeah, the surveillance!"

came back with a gloomy face, "The lobby's surveillance is broken.

gleamed with triumph, knowing

"What do

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

smiled, her fake worry visible as she looked at Lucian, "Lucian, I know Lemmy wants to help you out, and we all appreciate her hard

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