A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

People all around started whispering and pointing. But honestly, nobody had seen exactly what happened. No one realized that it was this woman who picked a fight with Calliope in the first place.

Since they hadn't seen anything, everyone just assumed Calliope was bullying

her.

After all, the woman on the floor looked like a total mess-her dress soaked in wine, hair stuck to her cheeks, slumped against the side of the table. She'd taken a nasty fall, too, and there was a thin line of blood trickling down her arm from where some glass had cut her.

People are always quick to feel sorry for the underdog. And right now, she looked every bit the damsel in distress.

The woman started sobbing, her voice trembling, "Why would you do this to me? You already stole my boyfriend-how could you be so cruel?"

The woman could sense the crowd's sympathy shifting toward her, so she upped the waterworks, her tears streaming down her cheeks. She was twisting the truth, plain and simple.

Calliope rolled her eyes. "I stole your boyfriend, huh? Yeah, I pushed you. But as for stealing your boyfriend? Do you even have a boyfriend?"

Calliope was honestly baffled.

Who was this chick? She and Silas were married. When had Silas ever had anything to do with her?

She couldn't imagine Silas falling for someone like this. He wasn't an idiot like Gideon, who couldn't spot trouble if it bit him.

"No! You totally stole my boyfriend!" the woman insisted, her voice rising. "Silas, are you seeing this? She's bullying me! She threw wine on me and shoved me on purpose!"

at Silas for

round of applause-she

She shot Silas a look, then asked the

He's my man!" the woman snapped, practically stamping her foot. "Silas, do something! She hurt

out her bleeding arm

with a frown.

you hear that?"

to Silas. "Your man

you

glancing from the O making a scene."

5M :

grinned wickedly. "Not only did I steal him, but I kissed

his tie and yanked him

eyes went wide in

them gawked, jaws practically

"Whoa, that's intense!"

is she? She's gorgeous and seriously

Mr. Myers's date? Did he bring her tonight? Don't tell me she's his

Myers was

Phoebe's always chasing after him, but he

families are just business