A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

"Is it my fault, or is it Calliope who's the problem?" Zelda fumed, her voice rising. "Can't you see she's doing it on purpose, targeting Lisette?"

"Don't you know Callie's backed by the Baker family and Silas?" Monty replied, scratching his head. He had hoped to use this opportunity to get in Silas's good graces.

Well, so much for that plan. Not only did he fail to improve their relationship, but he might have severed it completely.

With Silas making such remarks, the Jewell Group was likely in for a rough ride. The company was already struggling, and if people feared offending Silas and chose not to collaborate with the Jewell family, what future did they have?

"Silas is just infatuated with her for now. He'll drop her soon enough," Zelda retorted, rolling her eyes. "Why are you so worked up?"

"Callie is still your daughter," Monty said, frowning.

"But she nearly killed me. Since she returned home, chaos has followed. If it weren't for Lisette, I'd have faced so many more disasters!

Calliope, it was a difficult labor. After bringing her home, it was like opening Pandora's box. She's a curse, I'm telling you.

for Calliope, but Calliope had brought nothing but

Lisette saved the day, and Zelda grew more attached to her. Lisette

decided to act as though she'd

adopted daughter, she wasn't

Monty furrowed his brow.

riddance. It's not like she was ever fond of us. I refuse to

goes under, I'm here. I'm getting more popular by the day," Ulysses smirked.

thought she was a cowardly, useless mess, nothing compared to the

at

earlier buzz. Although they tried to keep the