When They Beg, I Rise!

Chapter 345

Lemira, clutching her trophy like it was the hottest gossip in town, couldn't hide the smirk that danced on her lips. "Oh, Alaric, looks like you've stepped in it now, haven't you? Asher isn't wrong, you know."

Alaric, in utter disbelief, shot back, "Lemira, you've seen the video too. You know it wasn't me who filmed it!"

"But Evelina had us believing you two were thick as thieves, right, Evelina? That was your story, wasn't it?"

Lemira's gaze shifted to Evelina, who was trying her best to blend into the wallpaper. Playing the innocent one wasn't going to be easy this time.

Evelina, cornered, stammered, "I-I didn't say that."

"Oh, so you're saying you did it all by yourself? So, we should just sue you and call it a day, right?"

"That's not what I meant!"

Evelina's pitch climbed as she protested, the very idea of jail sending shivers down her spine.

a rift with

don't want to go to jail, and you'd

do you really have to push people to

her cards with

"Oh, come on, Evelina, don't be scared. Remember, your dad did a solid for the Langston family. Asher always said we should treat you right as payback. So, how could we possibly let you go to jail, right?" Evelina was stunned. These words, often used

turned to Alaric, her tone icy, "Right,

had preached the same in the past, suddenly found himself at a loss for words. The past was catching up to him in the most

the lawsuit. Evelina's father did a

not entirely true,"

her voice cold.

that car crash. He got me out first and then went

parents, not just

three. He died for me.

owe Evelina too, Asher."

need you to remind us. That's why I've decided Alaric should take

my career is over. And it's all Evelina's