When They Beg, I Rise!

When Caspian stood up for Lemira, Evelina's earlier words seemed especially hollow.

Whispers started circulating around.

"In our line of work, there's nothing worse than slaving over a script, only to have someone else's name slapped onto it."

"Yeah, why should our hard work be credited to someone else? That's just shameless."

Evelina, hearing the murmurs, felt her eyes well up, looking helplessly towards Asher on stage for support.

Asher, facing Caspian, said, "I definitely saw Evelina contributing to the script. You can't just exclude her like that."

"Asher, I get you want Evelina to shine, but the script is clearly Lemira's work. Evelina has nothing to do with it. Trying to force it just makes no sense," Caspian shot back, unapologetically exposing Asher's intentions.

tough spot and knowing Caspian had more credibility

Asher, "Listen, why don't you get Evelina to focus on improving her skills? There'll be other opportunities. But this script, this was all

passed by Lemira. Lemira, with a slight smirk, watched Asher go to

she wouldn't be

a couple of big hits recently, and there's been some drama between me and my sister over an audition tape that went

Caspian, had mixed feelings about his announcement. She knew his motives extended beyond the immediate situation, aiming to regain

Lemira understood this was a temporary alliance with

goal was to uncover why Evelina's father was still alive and the truth behind the

family, forcing those behind Evelina to act, which could lead her

he cautiously glanced at Lemira, who didn't rebut, much to his relief. Together, they stepped down, greeted by a crowd

Lemira praised, complained to Asher, "Asher, Caspian bringing Lemira to the party must mean

Caspian and Lemira, "You two, I need a word." Caspian stood his ground, "Asher,