A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 199 "What?" Horatio and the others turned their heads simultaneously toward Lisette.

Lisette's reaction was intense, looking like she knew something they didn't.

"I can't say!" Lisette blurted out, shaking her head vigorously at Horatio and the others, quickly sealing her lips shut.

"What do you know?" Zelda asked suspiciously. "Lisette, what did Calliope do? Spill it!"

"Yeah, Lisette, just tell us. If you don't, we're in the dark!" Valerian frowned with concern on his face.

Lisette shook her head. "I'd better not. It's just a hunch. Callie couldn't possibly be that kind of person. She wouldn't do such things!"

"What are you guessing at?" Ulysses asked, his brow furrowing even more. "You can tell us, Lisette. There's no outsiders here. Just say it."

After a moment of hesitation, Lisette finally spoke up cautiously, "It's really just a guess. I might be wrong. People might say that, but I think it's all rumors!"

be the judge of that. Just

Since high school, I noticed Callie hanging out with many older

too. They said Callie was being 'kept' by

matter what, Callie wouldn't stoop that low, would she? Our family isn't struggling for cash. She doesn't need to do

on their faces, she narrowed her eyes slightly. It seemed she might finally get

she had snapped a few

said. "Callie wouldn't be so reckless! If word got out, it'd be a

do anything!" Zelda said, her face darkening. "She's the kind of person who would. So, that fortune

others didn't look pleased

want anything she gave, all bought with filthy

can't be like that.

took some photos back then. I can't believe Callie

us see," Horatio said, his expression stern. Lisette

a different older man each time.