When They Beg I Rise (Lemira) novel Chapter 326

Asher looked at the director, his voice tinged with frustration, “The whole mess was orchestrated by Lemira. I had no clue about it. We're not going to just sit down and accept disqualification.”

The director was momentarily stunned, his gaze flickering towards Lemira.

Lemira, with a smug chuckle, turned towards Evelina, who was trying her best to hide behind Asher, “Oh, there’s something I’d love to show you all.”

Evelina’s face went pale in an instant.

She wasn’t sure if this gamble would pay off.

Just moments before, she had received a message from her father: [Lemira doesn’t have a backup of the surveillance footage]

So, Evelina took a leap of faith.

After all, how much worse could it get?

She bet that Lemira couldn’t produce the surveillance footage!

Asher scoffed, “You’re thinking of pulling up the bar’s surveillance tape, aren’t you, Lemira? I don’t want to see it!”

“I do.”

Alaric’s gaze was fixed on Lemira, curious about the surveillance footage that Lucian had mentioned.

Was it really as Lucian said, that Evelina sprayed something on Lemira?

Even without the footage, witnessing Evelina’s lie firsthand was enough for Alaric. He had his answer.

He should have believed Lucian from the start.

Asher shot Alaric a glare, “Don’t look at it. It’s not worth it.”

Seeing Asher’s protective stance, Evelina’s heart fluttered with silent triumph. Her gamble had paid off.

Even if Lemira actually had the backup, Asher wouldn’t side with her.

Speaking in a timid voice, Evelina pleaded, “Asher, everything I did that night at the bar was because Susanna forced me. It wasn’t intentional.”

“I believe you,” he said, turning towards Lemira. “You’ve got no leverage now. Let’s see what you can do about it.”

Evelina felt a surge of relief. Lemira couldn’t touch her now.

“Who says I don’t?”

Lemira pulled out her phone, tapping on a video.

It perfectly captured Evelina sitting in front of a computer, snapping photos with her phone.

It even recorded the conversation between Alaric and Evelina when he discovered her!

Lemira paused when she heard Alaric urging Evelina to apologize.

But in the end, Evelina had convinced him!

Lemira had won.

The director spoke up, “Mr. Langston, do you have anything else to say?”

Asher’s face was taut, “I have nothing to say.”

The mounting evidence made the Langston Group’s previous defenses seem like a bad joke.

The more they spoke, the more they erred.

“Lemira, so you had everything planned from the start, scheming against your own family?”

Lemira’s response was calm and measured, “You were the one who threatened me first.”

She hadn’t intended for things to go this way.

It was the Langstons who pushed her to it.

Adding, “Besides, you’re not my family. You don’t deserve to be!”

Asher, infuriated, raised his hand to strike Lemira.

Without missing a beat, Lemira caught his wrist.

She twisted, and with a fluid motion, sent him over her shoulder with a judo throw.