A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

"Dad!"

Lisette's voice was sharp as she pointed at the shiny new nameplate on the office door, her words catching in her throat.

"Yeah?" Monty replied, barely glancing up from his coffee. "That's right. The board signed off. All the execs are on board too."

Monty shrugged, like this was all normal. "Everyone's happy with Callie running things. She's got the shares and the support. What's the problem? Didn't I tell you? She's in charge now, but your job's safe. You just focus on your own work." Lisette stared at him, confused and a little stunned.

He wasn't even suspicious of Calliope? He just accepted it, just like that?

She'd only been out of the loop for a couple of days, and already there was a new boss? Had everyone lost their minds?

Lisette's mind was a whirlpool of emotions, so tangled she couldn't even get a sentence out.

She stood there in silence for what felt like forever, and when she finally managed to breathe again, she realized getting angry now was pointless.

Calliope wasn't just ambitious, she was cunning.

her time, find another

as hell wasn't

her

deceptively sweet. "Lisette,

you need some time to... process

deep breath. "Just tell me. Whatever it is,

her people were left? How much had she lost during those few days away? Was Calliope really that sharp? Did she know

at this." Calliope handed her a folder, her expression

even bother hiding her annoyance. "Calliope, why did you fire

you're friends or not, she was caught stealing from the company. I can't

you don't believe me, have Franco show you the surveillance footage. There's

voice turned cold. "And Lisette, skimming off the top isn't allowed either. Take a look at

paled

through the documents. Calliopez

let on

a lot more than she Her brow furrowed as she opened the folder, and