When They Beg, I Rise!

Orion hung up the call and immediately dialed Thaddeus, "Is Asher the one the Waverlies have picked for their son-in-law?"

"To be honest, I have no clue. The Waverlies are keeping it under wraps, saying they want to wait until their daughter and her fiancé have developed some feelings before making it public."

After explaining, Thaddeus added, "Where did you hear it was Asher? That seems a bit far-fetched." Orion recounted the press conference Lemira had called earlier that day.

This left Thaddeus in silence: "How did Matthew find out? I had no idea."

"I'm curious about that too. I'll ask him about it later."

"On the Waverlies' end, I'll see what my uncle knows."

Thaddeus hadn't expected such a coincidence.

Orion tried calling Matthew after hanging up, but got no response.

So, he texted Matthew, asking how he knew about Asher's engagement to the Waverlies' daughter. Matthew had just arrived at school with Lemira.

Worried about exposing his brother's identity, he hadn't dared to answer the call.

When Lemira and Matthew showed up at the team's base, everyone was stunned and then burst into

screams.

thought they'd see their idol at school one

the youngest esports prodigy, had a massive

could reply to his brother, Lemira had him seated and started his coaching session. While coaching,

"Order everyone a cup of coffee

press conference go smoothly? I didn't

smoothly, because

expression, Lemira quickly reassured, "Don't worry about me. You better

their training. Can't let star-gazing get in the

left, Lemira's

anxious, but he seemed particularly worried

invested a lot

phone rang. It was

didn't answer

and she

I heard you were planning a press conference today, aiming to

found it odd; he didn't seem

"Yes, but the conference didn't happen. However, I plan to

me.'

be able to testify about the will for you.

into