Chapter 27

Gideon was feeling incredibly awkward.

Fleur was even more furious. "Oh, you two just love to run your mouths, don't you?"

"Yeah, we sure do," Dahlia grinned and uttered. "Fleur, if you're stingy with money, you'll never get a good daughter-in-law. Look, now your son's all alone, isn't he?"

"Their family didn't even like her to begin with! They didn't care about losing shares either!" Calista chimed in, poking at the situation with relish.

Just as Fleur was gearing up to unleash a verbal tirade, Eamon interrupted, "Alright, enough with the bickering. Let's eat."

At the dinner table, Eamon briefly mentioned Calliope and Silas's situation.

Everyone gathered around the table seemed pretty indifferent. Silas commanded a lot of respect, and no one dared to cross him.

them. In fact,

she seemed so desperate, and everyone looked down on her for it. The ones having the hardest time were Gideon's family. Not

pointless, and they knew they couldn't

shoved a piece of roast beef into his

had already pushed the subject of shares with Eamon a few times. Bringing it up again might just anger

beef, his eyes drawn to the

just cheap, maybe few or tens of bucks. He always said it was the thought that counted, and she'd always accepted them

in his gut, making him even more

this necklace. Isn't it

had peeled for her, looking up and

worth millions! You don't have that amount of money, do you? Of course not, otherwise why would you buy those one or two-figure necklaces? Do you like it? Even if you do, you can't wear

Gideon intentionally while displaying her necklace, making sure he couldn't miss it. When she emphasized its value repeatedly, Calista and Dahlia were nearly in stitches.

Gideon muttered, lowering his head, feeling like he might burst from frustration

you couldn't have it. My

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