A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Everyone was even now. She was only sticking around at this point to annoy Lisette, nothing more.

And then there was the company. The company was originally started by her grandfather. Calliope just couldn't stand the thought of seeing his legacy fall into someone else's hands. Even if it didn't end up with her, it definitely shouldn't be Lisette's.

If the Jewell family turned out to be too clueless to hold onto it, Calliope wouldn't mind snatching it up herself.

...

That evening, when Calliope headed home, Monty and the others walked out right behind her.

Lisette offered to give them a ride, but no one was interested.

"Lisette, you go on ahead. We'll ride with Callie," Monty called out.

“There's quite a few of you. Won't it be crowded? I can split the group if you want," Lisette suggested, trying to sound helpful.

"Callie's SUV is huge. We'll fit just fine. And we can talk about the company on the way," Monty replied with a grin.

Callie's car sits pretty high off the ground. Isn't that going to be tough for him?" Lisette pressed, trying to get

with her. Calliope had suddenly become everyone's favorite, like the hottest pie at Thanksgiving dinner. "It's not a problem," Monty said, "Valerian and I can help lift him in. And Callie's got

Calliope had already started walking to her car, Horatio and Valerian right behind

jogged to catch up. "Hey, wait up!

if you want,"

"We're all going to the

the same!" Monty grinned. "It's

our real

in, thinking about the insanely expensive car Calliope was driving. No matter the past arguments, she was still. ridiculously generous. He was gaining a whole new respect for her, and

reply, just unlocked the car. They all

make up for old misunderstandings,

pretty reserved, but Valerian just thought she was being adorably shy. He figured she wanted to

up to the Jewell

got out, Calliope noticed a very familiar car parked next to

of cars, but he