A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 269

Calliope was calm and collected the entire time, effortlessly securing her victory.

Uriah had initially sat down, intending to help Calliope, but to his surprise, she needed no assistance. She was incredibly skilled, leaving him utterly defeated.

Uriah looked at Calliope with a complex expression. He had assumed he knew her well enough through Mavis. But now, he realized he didn’t know her at all. How could she be so adept at everything she tried?

He sighed inwardly, reminded of her husband, Silas. It was no wonder the two hit it off. They were both full of surprises.

“Did I win?” Calliope glanced over at Yara, her expression Innocent despite her overwhelming victory. She looked more like she was the one who had been wronged rather than the one who had just crushed her opponents.

“You did win…” Yara replied, her emotions equally tangled. “The painting is yours.”

“And my watch, too,” Uriah added reluctantly, pushing his stake toward Calliope.

begrudging look. He couldn’t help but

But I’m not Ms. Jewell anymore.”

Hawthorne

playing?” Calliope asked Yara.

how to play poker?” Yara suggested, still in disbelief that she had lost to Calliope. As a protégé of a gambling

unfazed. “Sure,

eager to see

Calliope win earlier?”

she truly that good?”

chance against her. She practically won

closed.”

the Jewell family known for calling her a jinx? With luck like that, she seems more like a good luck

charm.”