A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

She honestly couldn't wrap her head around it-Calliope actually had the guts to kiss Silas in front of everyone. Did she have a death wish or something?

"What's the problem with kissing my own husband?" Calliope shot back, rolling her eyes at the woman's outrage. "Not only do I kiss him, I sleep with him, too."

She let out a sharp, mocking laugh. "Or have you never slept with your own husband? Is he even your husband then?"

"What?!" The woman's eyes went wide, staring at Silas like she'd just seen a ghost.

"Silas, tell me this isn't true! She has to be dreaming, right? There's no way you'd sleep with her. She's making it up. She must be out of her mind. You couldn't have slept with her!"

She looked genuinely bewildered. In her mind, Silas was untouchable-no

woman could ever get close to him. Sure, she'd been chasing him for years, but never succeeded. So she figured that was just how it was. He was her ultimate goal, and she always believed that, one day, he'd be hers.

But now, the ground was slipping out from under her.

What was this woman even saying? Silas, the guy everyone called “the unattainable", had actually been claimed by this woman?

those years waiting, hoping, and it turned out he belonged to someone

desperately wanted Silas to

watching, buzzing with curiosity, especially since most

his arm wrapped protectively around her waist. He glanced at Phoebe, his tone steady. "She's my wife.

wife?" Phoebe's voice cracked, and

course I mean her," Silas said. "She's the most

cool stare. "Ms. Turner before I was married,

a married man.

my wife. So I'd appreciate it if you'd show some respect. Stop claiming you have anything to do with me. Stop trying to come between me and my wife.

face set in a stern expression. The warning in his

to Calliope, then back again.

she be your wife? You never told

mind, Silas was the

marry. He

imagined he'd end up