A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 315

Calliope stared into Dante’s eyes, searching for anything that would give her a clue about who he was or why he seemed to know her. But she found nothing. It was like trying to read a book in a language she had never seen.

After pondering for a while, something clicked in her mind.

“Did I help someone you know? A relative, maybe? Is that why you recognize me?” she asked, almost reflexively. It wasn’t a far–fetched idea. Calliope often helped people without expecting anything in return when she was a doctor. Sometimes, they’d return years later, grateful and ready to repay her kindness in unexpected ways.

She once treated a cancer patient, extending her life for a bit longer. Though the woman eventually passed away, her grown child returned years later to express gratitude.

Maybe Dante was another case like that, she thought. It seemed plausible as she waited for his reply.

But Dante shook his head slowly. “No.”

“No?” Calliope asked, perplexed. “If that’s not it, why did you say you helped the Jewell family because of me? Why does it have to be me to assist them? Do we have some other connection?”

you,” she said, trying to figure it

in Dante’s eyes, and one slipped down his cheek. Seeing him cry tugged at Calliope’s heartstrings.

I know you?” she ventured tentatively.

at her for what felt like an eternity before gently patting

for growing up well,” he whispered, his touch as soft as a whisper, as if he was afraid to press

hard.

me as a child?” Calliope asked,

C

her? What was his story? Should she remember him? But there was nothing, no memory of him at all.

pleaded, her curiosity

head again. “I’m not

worthy.? What does that even mean?” Calliope was on the verge of frustration,

mystery.

retreating into his room, leaving Calliope standing