A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

"Gideon, what on earth happened to you? Who did this to you?" Yvette's brows knit together as she walked over to Gideon.

Gideon was still stewing about what had happened the night before, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he got.

He shot Yvette a glare. "Why are you even here? Came to gloat, did you?"

"Oh, come on, Gideon. Don't be like that. You're my husband. Of course I care if you're hurt,” Yvette shot back, folding her arms. “I just wanted to see if you were okay. I was worried, alright?"

She paused, eyeing the bruises on his face. "So... who messed you up like this?" Yvette already had a hunch, but she wanted to hear it from him. Otherwise, it was all just gossip.

"It's all because of you!" Gideon snapped, the vein in his neck twitching.

wouldn't be a mess. He wouldn't be lying on this couch, covered in

Honestly, sometimes Gideon was just too much.

you hadn't come after me, I'd have married Callie, just like Uncle Silas wanted. He used to love me, you know! And Callie did too. You

eyes widened. "Wait-you're telling me Silas did this to you? What about your mom? The doctor said she..." Yvette trailed off, unable to finish the sentence, but the gossip was too juicy

Gideon suddenly broke down, sobbing in the

of him crying-snot and tears everywhere was enough to make Yvette wrinkle her nose in disgust. The once-dashing

mom's fine. The doctor just told her to stop messing around with

some other

not, Silas was behind it. But honestly, what kind of man treats a woman her age like that? Then again, this was Silas they

kind of impressive. If she'd married someone like

lying there useless and completely