A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 290

So, deep down, was Silas just using her as a stand–in for that other woman? Was that why he always got so emotional, so lost in the moment with her?

The thought crossed Calliope’s mind, and almost instinctively, she wanted to be more proactive, to make sure she occupied every part of his attention.

She couldn’t pinpoint when it happened, but somewhere along the line, her heart had started to open up to this man. It was hard to say exactly when she began to hope they could keep going on like this together.

She had already forgotten about Gideon, forgotten about the days before. It was Silas she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.

But there was still a sliver of unease in her heart. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to ask; she just didn’t have the

courage.

What if she asked, and he said she was only a stand–in? What would she do then? What if he told her she was only temporary, that he would eventually return to the woman in his heart? How would she handle that?

Fear of the unknown kept her from wanting to change anything. She was terrified that if she tried to change their current situation, it would all shatter like a fragile bubble.

was scared of losing Silas, something she’d never felt. She didn’t know when it started,

had become something else entirely. Calliope couldn’t imagine leaving him now,

wholeheartedly. He responded to her passion with equal

had arrived back home. Their passion had left their clothes slightly askew, a testament to their

charged atmosphere from the backseat. After parking the car, he discreetly

She wrapped her arms around his neck and looked at him earnestly and eagerly.

could read the longing in her eyes.

he shrugged off his jacket and

against Silas’s chest. He grasped her hand, his deep

temperature seemed to rise in response

before long, a

find Silas watching her. For once, he hadn’t risen before

her, gazing at her with

impossible to resist. Meeting his gaze was like getting caught

Calliope’s heart raced.

hair, his heart melting at the memory of her initiative the previous night. She was his woman, adorable in every way. Asleep, she resembled a sweet, tiny