Chapter 745
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At Lemira’s words, Evelina’s face turned an ugly shade of green with fury.
She absolutely refused to kneel.
Lemira reclined on the sofa, a slight smirk on her lips. “So? Not a bad deal, right?” But Evelina turned to Evander, seeking his support. “Evander, are you seeing this?” Lemira cut in coldly, “You’re going to have to kneel and pay respects to my mom and dad when you marry Evander anyway. Why not get it over with now?”
Lucian nodded in agreement. “Lemira’s right. You’ll have to do it eventually, so it doesn’t matter if it’s now.”
At this, Evelina burst into tears. “But I don’t want to kneel now!”
Lucian’s expression hardened. “Then forget about this dress. The other wedding gowns should be fine.”
Lemira glanced at the sales associate. “Take the dress back.”
“Wait!” Evelina cried, stopping the associate. She was shaking with anger. If she had to wear a generic rental dress tonight, she’d be an absolute laughingstock. Losing face here was nothing compared to being the butt of high society’s jokes this evening.
Gritting her teeth, Evelina forced out, “Fine, I’ll kneel!”
Watching Evelina head upstairs, Lemira picked up the dress and followed. When Evelina knelt, Lemira handed her the dress and said, “Remember, when you bow, do it with some real effort.”
Reluctantly, Evelina got down on her knees and bowed her head three times.
Seeing this, Lemira finally felt a rush of satisfaction—at least the woman who’d wronged her was now kneeling before her.
Evelina quickly scrambled to her feet and marched over to Lemira, holding out her hand. “I did what you asked. Give me the dress.”
Lemira looked her up and down with obvious scorn. “You really are willing to go to any lengths, aren’t you?”
Clearly, brand-name luxury meant more to Evelina than her pride.
Without hesitation, Lemira glanced at the dress in her hands and, relying on her own strength, tore it apart.
Evelina’s face turned beet red, her voice rising to a shriek. “Lemira, you said you’d give me the dress! You’re going back on your word!”
But Lemira had already ripped the dress to shreds.
She tossed the ruined gown at Evelina’s feet. “Here you go. I gave it to you. I never broke my promise.”
“But how am I supposed to wear this?” Evelina cried.
“I never said I’d give you a wearable dress. If you misunderstood me, that’s on you, not me.”
Lemira flashed a mocking smile and turned, walking downstairs with a spring in her step.
So this is what it feels like to be the villain. It’s actually pretty satisfying.
Evelina was so furious she couldn’t even cry. Who could have imagined Lemira would be so shameless?
Evander rushed to Evelina’s side, trying to shield her. He shouted at Lucian,
“Lucian, you saw that! Do you see what Lemira’s become?”
Lucian looked at Lemira, his gaze complicated. He hadn’t expected Lemira to break her word like that she really had changed.
He walked over. “Lemmy, how could you do this? Eve did exactly as you asked.”
If Evelina had done something like this,
coming from Lemira, it just felt wrong.
wouldn’t have been surprised. But
Lemira raised an eyebrow. “I gave her the dress, didn’t I?”
“Lemmy, how did you get like this? You can’t treat people this way!”
Lemira looked straight at Lucian.. “Isn’t this the version of me you always wanted to see? Arrogant, unreasonable, always picking on Evelina You never saw it before so I’m putting on a show for you now.”
Lucian was left speechless.
He lowered his voice. “Lemmy, I know this isn’t the real you. We
misunderstood you before. Yol
don’Phave to change because of us-it’s not worth it.”
It really wasn’t.
But Lemira only acted this way toward the Langston family.
She replied coolly, “If you all misunderstood me, then the one at fault isn’t me—it’s Evelina, isn’t it?”
Her tone was sharp and relentless.
Lucian couldn’t say a word in response. He slumped onto the sofa. “I can’t do anything about this. Really, I can’t.”
Seeing this, Evelina’s eyes, red from crying, filled with hatred for Lemira.
Evander hugged her tightly. “Eve, I promise I’ll make it up to you.”
“But what about the wedding tonight?” she asked.
“We’ll just have to make do for now.”
Evelina was seething. If she were willing to “make do,” she wouldn’t have just knelt on the floor!
Damn it, Evander was completely useless. The whole Langston family was trash.
She would make them pay-every last one of them.
The second payment she would receive today was even bigger than the first. Once she got her hands on it, she could finally leave the Langston family for good content
Thinking of this, Evelina had no choice but to swallow her anger.