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.

fact,

to Gideon, she seemed so desperate, and everyone looked down on her for it. The ones having the hardest time were Gideon's family. Not only had they lost Calliope, but they also missed out

they knew they couldn't fight Silas. They just had to

say something, but Fleur quickly shoved

already pushed the subject of shares with Eamon a few times. Bringing it up again might just anger him. They were out of

eyes drawn to the glittering

usually just cheap, maybe few or tens of bucks. He always said it was the thought

the comparison just simmered in his gut,

husband gave me this necklace. Isn't

munched on shrimp that Silas had peeled for her, looking up

of money, do you? Of course not, otherwise why would

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

his head, feeling like he might burst from frustration and unable to

you did, you couldn't have it. My husband gave it to

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