Lemira stood there, her figure slender and her expression serene.


    "Yes!"


    "Alright, alright!"


    Without a second thought, ric yanked out Evelina''s IV and scooped her up, "We''re leaving, we''re not staying here to get treated."


    Evelina, silently wrapping her arms around ric''s neck, couldn''t help but feel a bit smug.


    As ric approached the door, he saw the pouring rain outside and realized his umbre wasughably small.


    He nced at Lemira''srge umbre and dered righteously, "Give me yours. You can manage with a small one."


    Lemira couldn''t help butugh, "Why should I?"


    "Eve''s sick because of you. It''s only right you give up the umbre."


    Orion, with a frosty look, stomped on the small umbre ric had kicked over, crushing it.


    "When she considered you brothers, you had the right to make any requests. But now that she doesn''t, what do you think you are?" Orion''s expression was icy.


    ric was fuming, "Lemira, do you have to make things difficult for everyone? Getting involved with some guy and causing trouble at home?"


    Lemira didn''t respond, simply walked over to ric, her eyes clear and determined. She opened the umbre, shielding the interior from the rain.


    ric was stern, "If youe to your senses now, it''s still not toote! That school doctor is bad news, he''s up to no good!"


    The next second, Lemira pped him. The p left ric stunned.


    Had it not been for the pain on his face, he might have thought he was dreaming. Holding Evelina, he couldn''t dodge, but he hadn''t expected Lemira to actually hit him! Seeing this, Evelina quickly spoke up, "Lemmy, how could you hit ric? If you don''t want to swap umbres, fine, but you can''t hit-ah!"This belongs to N?velDrama.Org.


    Lemira pped Evelina too. And then, silence fell.


    Her eyes showed a hint of red, her voice indifferent, "I did it, so what? You can criticize me, but not him!"


    Lemira, furious, turned to Orion, "Let''s go."


    Orion was surprised she''d defended him. He took the umbre from her, and together they walked into the downpour.


    It took ric a moment to snap out


    of it and he chased after them, rain pelting down on them. Evelina, already feeling under the weather for the cold, was now even more ufortable.  en


    She was annoyed. What was this dumbass thinking? She didn''t want to get wet!


    Trying to suppress her irritation, she feigned a cough, "ric, I feel dizzy and sick." ric then remembered he wasn''t alone. Reluctantly, he said, "Eve, I''ll take you back first." By then, Lemira and Orion were already far away.


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    Back in the car, Lemira noticed Orion''s shoulder was wet from the rain. He must have tilted the umbre towards her, getting himself wet in the process.


    Orion started the car, "That was brave of you."


    Lemira looked slightly ufortable, "I didn''t like what they were saying about you."


    "That angry?"


    She paused, "You''re my first friend, after all. I don''t want people talking about you like that."


    She didn''t care what ric thought of her. Because she simply didn''t care about him. But she couldn''t stand them talking about Orion. Orion, looking ahead, smiled slightly.


    Back at the apartment, Lemira''s


    phone was ringing off the hook, but


    when she saw it was Lucian calling, she muted it instead of picking up.


    Lucian, looking at the unanswered call helplessly, turned to ric, "She''s not picking up."


    "Lucian, I''ve always said she''s gone off the rails, and you''ve indulged her. Today she even dared to hit me and Eve."


    Lucian replied, "You''ve hit her before too, right? Now you''re even."


    "How can that be the same? I''m her brother! Besides, Eve didn''t provoke her, did she?"