When They Beg, I Rise!

Chapter 235

When Lemira asked the question, she instantly regretted it.

Orion paused, "Why do you ask?"

"Nothing."

Quickly, Lemira lowered her head, pretending to focus on her food.

Catching sight of Lemira's downcast look, Orion found himself blurting out before he could think better of it, "I don't have a girlfriend yet."

"You don't? But Thaddeus mentioned before that you were seeing someone."

Her heart tightened at once.

Orion's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, "Thaddeus talks nonsense. You believed him?"

He had planned to keep up the charade of having a girlfriend, but facing Lemira's persistent inquiries, he couldn't bear to lie to her any longer. Nor did he want to pretend with someone else, unable to bear seeing her look of disappointment. Orion remained an unperturbed facade, yet deep down, Orion's feelings had already started to tilt in her favor.

"So, you are not with her. You're single then."

Lemira's heart raced at the news. She had been wrestling with her feelings, thinking she had no right to confess if Orion was taken. But now, since he didn't have any girlfriend, the situation seemed different.

eyes, Orion felt a sharp

looked down,

his words, "Still trying, huh?

hope she felt was instantly snuffed out. She had

be so smitten with that girl, to keep

was he

each lost in their thoughts, not looking up to meet

ate, harboring a feeling she couldn't describe. Turned out this was how people felt when they had a crush, their mood

mood had shifted, she stood abruptly, "I need to use the

and once inside, she faced her reflection

her face with cold water, attempting to

watched Lemira

away, blaming himself for

words. This was something he indeed

Stocky to

handle.

what he only could do was

sat down,

pick

celebrate me moving to the new house, after