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.

didn't really matter to them. In fact, her marrying Silas only seemed to elevate

down on her for it. The ones having the hardest time were Gideon's family. Not

this point, regretting was pointless, and they knew they couldn't fight Silas. They just had to swallow

but Fleur quickly shoved a piece of roast

pushed the subject of shares with Eamon a few times. Bringing it

eyes drawn

given her necklaces too, but they were usually just cheap, maybe few or tens of bucks. He always said it was the thought

the comparison just simmered in his gut, making him

this necklace. Isn't

had peeled for her,

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

he couldn't miss it. When she emphasized its value repeatedly, Calista and Dahlia

like he might burst

if you did, you couldn't have it. My

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