Chapter 73

Her figure slender, her expression defiant.

"Wright, alright!" Without a second thought, Alaric yanked Evelina's IV and scooped her up. "We're leaving. We're not staying here to be treated."

Evelina silently wrapped her arms around Alaric's neck, feeling a bit smoggy.

As Alaric approached the door, he saw the pouring rain outside and realized his umbrella was laughably small. He glanced at Lemira's larger umbrella and declared righteously, "Give me yours. You can manage with a small one."

Lemira couldn't help but laugh. "Why should I? Evelina's sick because of you. It's only fair you give up the umbrella."

Orion, with a frosty look, stomped on the small umbrella Alaric had kicked over, crushing it. "When we considered you brothers, you had the right to make any requests. But now that she doesn't… what do you think?" Orion's expression was icy.

Alaric 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 walking over to Alaric. Her eyes were clear and determined as she opened the umbrella, shielding them from the rain.

Alaric was stern. "If you come to your senses now, it's still not too late! That school doctor is bad news; he's up to no good!"

The next second, Lemira slapped him. The slap left Alaric 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 Alaric? If you don't want to swap umbrellas, fine, but you can't hit—"

Lemira slapped Evelina too. Then, silence fell. Her eyes showed a hint of red; her voice was 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 umbrella from her, and together they walked into the downpour.

It took Alaric a moment to snap out of it before he chased after them, rain pelting down. Evelina, already feeling under the weather from the cold, was now even more uncomfortable. She was annoyed. What was this dumbass thinking? She didn't want to get wet!

Trying to suppress her irritation, she feigned a cough. "Alaric, I feel dizzy and sick."

Alaric 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.

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

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

Lemira looked slightly uncomfortable. "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 Alaric 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 Alaric. "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?"