When They Beg, I Rise!

Chapter 210

When Alaric heard the conversation, he recalled instantly the time when he pressured Lemira into the match, a wave of guilt washing over him.

He was relieved Lemira hadn't been affected; otherwise, her grades would have suffered.

"Didn't the Langstons raise her? To cut ties over some grievances, who does that like her?"

"Lemira, come down here and explain. How have the Langstons wronged you?"

Asher felt like he was the center of a joke, an embarrassment he had never experienced in this circle. All these were brought by Lemira.

Lemira descended from the stage, her gaze expressly icy, "Yesterday, did you reject a call from Orvin University's admissions, telling them I wouldn't attend?" Asher's face changed, at a loss for words.

"Did you demand I stay local, to attend the same school as the Langston's adopted daughter who didn't even make it to the community college?" Lemira pressed on. The crowd was in shock.

"Lemira as a top scorer going to Orvin University is an envious achievement. To think the Langstons would turn away."

her, I'd rent out a restaurant for three days straight to celebrate. If even the hobos didn't

Langstons prefer a failure over their own

these murmurs, Asher exploded in exasperation, "It's not like

at a community college with someone mediocre? That's your idea of what's best

trying to defuse the tension, "Asher didn't mean it. Don't take it

me to skip classes for a video game tournament, relying on me to win the

guilt, "Sorry, it's all on me. I should've never pressured you.

apologies, but I'm done with the Langstons. Make

the venue, determined to cut all ties with

wraps. We can't

some squabble with us. Teenagers,

anxious, "Asher, why turn away Orvin University's offer? Lemira's the top scorer. Our

lost for words,

not willing to

something wrong, "For her

what if