When They Beg I Rise (Lemira) novel Chapter 1065

Orion walked straight toward her. "Why don't you just ask me directly?"

Hearing the voice behind her, Lemira turned to see Orion approaching, his gaze dark and unreadable.

A sudden wave of awkwardness washed over her.

Taking the hint, Matthew quickly said, "I'm going to the restroom."

He wasn't about to stick around and be the third wheel in this situation.

Lemira looked up at the towering man in front of her. "So, why did you retire back then?"

"You know who I am now?"

Hearing her question, Orion easily deduced that she had found out about his past with the Reapers.

Lemira nodded. "Yeah, I just recently found out you're the legendary player. Your famous twelve-hit combo was..."

She abruptly stopped mid-sentence.

She had almost let it slip.

This wasn't her past life.

Orion pressed, "What about my twelve-hit combo?"

Lemira hesitated before answering, "Nothing. It's just a very difficult move to master."

Back then, even with him personally coaching her step-by-step, it had taken her an eternity to learn, earning her plenty of his exasperated sighs.

But in the end, he never gave up on her.

Remembering everything he had silently done for her in her past life, a complicated tide of emotions surged in her chest.

She let out a quiet sigh. Humans were strange creatures, constantly shifting and evolving.

Just a little while ago, she had been nursing a grudge against him.

Orion looked down at her. "Why the sigh?"

"I was just remembering how grueling it was to practice that combo. Is it a crime to sigh?"

She looked back at him. "Michel told me you retired because of a car crash. Is that true?"

Orion thought back for a moment. "More or less. My father was involved in an accident, and I couldn't just keep playing games to escape my responsibilities."

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