When They Beg I Rise (Lemira) novel Chapter 1022

"Her first time?" Gregory scoffed loudly. "You mean her hymenoplasty? Did you really think I couldn't run a background check? I own shares in the very clinic where she had the procedure done."

Amelia's face drained of color. How on earth had he found out?

Throughout the entire exchange, Sophia Sinclair stood off to the side, watching the scene unfold with deadened eyes. She made no move to help her mother.

Amelia scrambled up from the pavement and grabbed Sophia's arm. "Sophia! Think of something! You can't just stand there and let your mother go to prison!"

Sophia looked at her like a hollowed-out shell. She let out a dry, broken laugh. "Then look at me. See if there is a single inch of me left worth selling, and just take it."

Amelia slapped her hard across the face. "I don't care! Figure it out! I invested so much money in you. Everything I did was for you, and now it's your turn to pay me back!"

Sophia was so thoroughly broken she didn't even have the tears to cry. She had been humiliated in front of Lemira Langston. What was the point of even trying to salvage her life now? She had become the laughingstock of their entire social circle. The girl who was once the elite princess of high society was now just a woman bartering her body for scraps.

Gregory snapped his fingers. "Guards, drag these lunatics away. Make sure they stay out of sight so they don't ruin Ms. Langston's evening."

His security team immediately surrounded the two women.

Amelia glared venomously at Lemira. "You bitch! Did you orchestrate this? Wasn't stealing Orion Everhart enough for you? Now you're trying to steal my daughter's fiancé too? Have you no shame?"

Lemira found the accusation genuinely hilarious. She took a step forward, looking down at Amelia with pure pity. "Do you honestly think I would fight you for a washed-up old man? You and your daughter are the only ones desperate enough to want him."

"You little slut!"

Sophia, pushed past her breaking point, lunged forward, aiming her nails at Lemira's face.

Lemira sidestepped her effortlessly. "I told you before, your gloating wouldn't last long. See? It's only been a few hours, and karma has already come to collect."

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