A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Only Lisette had truly stuck by him, from the very beginning, never once hinting that she'd give up on him.

Valerian looked at Lisette, his heart aching for her. "Lisette, what if she really gives you a hard time? What will you do then?"

He frowned. "Maybe I should go talk to her. Set things straight!"

"Don't!" Lisette quickly grabbed his arm, stopping him from leaving.

"If you confront her, she won't listen. I'll be fine, really. At worst, she'll just pile on more work. She's not going to hurt me or anything. She's not about to hire someone to kidnap me or make my life a living hell, right?"

"A little extra work is nothing. If it helps the company, why not? If it means Horatio can walk again, and Callie stops making things difficult for you guys... isn't that worth it? I'd rather take the hit myself than have everyone suffer."

Lisette smiled, her voice light. "Don't worry about me, really!"

"Lisette, I'm sorry," Horatio said, looking at her, guilt written all over his face. "We haven't done a great job protecting you."

chimed in, "we'll figure out a way to win the company back. Everything

about the company!" Lisette shook her head. "I just want our family to be happy. That's all I

get back to work. Don't let me keep you all. While Callie's around, let's just keep some distance, okay?

looking as thoughtful and mature

her years," Monty said, shaking his head in

we're out to get her, or that we owe her something. For a while, we tried to make it up to her, even

let out a long sigh. "I'm always on edge, worried Callie might refuse to treat

more, everyone left Horatio's office. They knew they still needed Calliope's help, so they tried to make amends with her, even if it felta little forced. They brought her some food, but it was obvious they

cold attitude didn't help. Compared to Lisette's warmth and

you have to be like this with us?" he

in her

lost it. "Did you