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

wanted to give her a round of applause-she sure knew how to put on

a look, then asked the

the woman snapped, practically stamping her foot. "Silas,

someone had helped her up, and she stuck out

over with a frown. "Don't

that?"

to Silas. "Your man

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wickedly. "Not only did I steal him, but

Silas by his tie and yanked him toward her. Without another word, she kissed

went wide

around them gawked, jaws

"Whoa, that's intense!"

she? She's gorgeous and

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

Mr. Myers was

chasing after him, but he never gives her the time of

heard their families are just