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.

In fact, her marrying Silas only seemed to elevate her

having the hardest time were Gideon's family. Not only had they lost Calliope, but they also

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

say something, but Fleur quickly shoved a piece of roast beef into

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

the beef, his eyes drawn to the glittering necklace around Calliope's

just cheap, maybe few or tens of bucks. He always said

comparison just simmered in his gut, making

me this

her, looking up and flaunting the necklace in Gideon's

money, do you? Of course not, otherwise why would you buy those one or two-figure

displaying her necklace, making sure he couldn't miss it. When she emphasized its value repeatedly, Calista and Dahlia were nearly in stitches. They'd always thought Calliope was a

don't want it," Gideon muttered, lowering his head, feeling like he might burst from frustration and unable to eat

have it. My

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