A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 192 Gideon stood there, not saying a word, his eyes fixed on Calliope like he was trying to see through her. But Calliope couldn't care less about what Gideon thought.

"I'm not in the mood for drinks anymore. How about we head back?" Calliope suggested to Portia. "Sounds good to me. What a buzzkill," Portia replied, scrunching her nose in annoyance. She grabbed her purse, casting a deliberate glare Gideon's way.

Gideon frowned, his expression a mix of confusion and frustration as he watched Calliope. He wondered, 'What can Callie have that I don't know about? Is Portia trying to mess with me? Calliope isn't a woman of mystery. What kind of skills could she hide?'

The thought irked Gideon, but then he shook it off. They'd been friends for ages. There were no secrets between them.

That little stunt with hacking into the surveillance? Probably, it was just something she picked up somewhere, nothing too impressive.

Meanwhile, Lisette and her brothers had been waiting for the moment when Calliope would be carted off by the police. Surely, if she was taken away, she'd come begging them to testify on her behalf.

But to their surprise, Calliope had sorted everything out within minutes. The couple causing trouble got escorted away by the cops, and she walked out without a scratch. She'd even managed to access the surveillance footage from her phone.

and his group were left feeling a mix of disbelief and something else they couldn't quite put their

she picked that up," Lisette commented, a smile on her face but her

Ulysses scoffed, refusing to acknowledge any real talent in

know about it," Valerian added

Calliope waved goodbye to Portia and made

looks, surprised that Calliope was heading their

was stunned,

said, "Callie, are your regretting leaving the Jewell family already? No matter

out of the family. Sure, she might not know much and sometimes cause trouble

dare to

if she begged!"