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.

going to be

wanted to ride 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 muscles. She

around and realized Calliope had already started walking to her car, Horatio and

jogged to catch up. "Hey, wait up! Don't

if

all going to

Monty grinned. "It's more fun with

Callie's our real

chimed in, thinking about the insanely expensive car Calliope was driving. No matter the past arguments, she

car. They all

old misunderstandings, was

she was being adorably shy. He figured she wanted to apologize for all the

up to the Jewell

they got out, Calliope noticed a very familiar

of cars, but he drove this one