A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

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.

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

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 on shares they thought were

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

tried to say something, but Fleur quickly 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 him. They were out

drawn to the glittering necklace

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

in his gut, making him even more

husband gave me this necklace.

had peeled for her,

have that amount of money, do you? Of course not, otherwise why would you buy those

emphasized its value repeatedly, Calista and Dahlia were nearly in stitches. They'd always thought Calliope was a force to be reckoned with, but now they found her

want it," Gideon muttered, lowering his head, feeling like he might burst from frustration and

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