A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 322

Gideon was practically frozen at the doorway. He peered through the door and saw what was happening inside.

Calliope sat in the boss's chair while Franco stood beside her, looking respectful and attentive.

Honestly, seeing her like this, handling business, she really did look like a boss. Her presence was just so commanding.

And their conversation just a moment ago...

The rent alone was that much? What was going on?

Gideon squinted his eyes. Was Calliope really that wealthy? Did she own not only

this club but a bunch of other shops and businesses too?

He could hardly wrap his head around it. As he walked away from the door, he was in a complete daze.

Was he dreaming? He pinched his leg hard, trying to snap out of it.

Franco mentioned had nothing to do with Silas either. So, were all these things actually

mess. And wasn't Calliope considered the black sheep of the Jewell family? Nobody in the Jewell family liked her. Yet, she

stumbled into the auction room and sank into a seat in the corner. Images of Calliope signing those papers kept flashing in his mind. She seemed like a completely different

What was going on?

fists tightly, his veins bulging, and after a while,

up to Calliope, grab her,

he knew he

confront her like that.

Calliope wouldn't tell him anything. She had

and

Gideon narrowed his

recalled something. Calliope gave him birthday presents each year, and they were always extravagant. Back then,

her or give her money. Where did she get the money to buy him such

he missed something? Had he been so focused on the

face grew more troubled, and his heart was racing with anxiety. He remembered Silas's words, saying Calliope was far more capable than he imagined. Was that why Silas was willing to marry her? Despite the ridicule and gossip, he wanted to marry Calliope because he already