A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Julius gave his fans a wave and a quick, "Thanks, guys!"

Then he made a beeline straight for Calliope.

She looked up just in time to see Julius, looking ridiculously handsome, charging toward her like he was on some kind of mission.

Before she could react, he was right in front of her, scooping her up in a big bear hug, leaving her zero chance to protest.

Calliope: "!!!"

In that moment, she honestly wanted to judo-flip him right onto the pavement.

Because she could see that the crowd of fans hadn't gone anywhere.

With Julius pulling a stunt like this, she was probably about to become his rumored girlfriend, instantly earning herself a spot as public enemy number one.

Julius was seriously at the top of his game these days, like, full-on superstar status.

He'd just been on some reality show not long ago, and had somehow blown up on social media because his fortune-telling skills turned out to be freakishly accurate. No one saw it coming, but now he was everywhere.

But honestly? Calliope was actually kind of happy for him.

really did have a knack for that mystical stuff. He could read

arms, a wave of shocked squeals erupted from

"Who is that girl?!"

Julius hugging? Wait, is that

just said

gonna lose it! Did anyone get a look at her

Maybe

sister! No way she's

forth, while a few looked ready to rush over

and pulled her along, weaving through the crowd

just

a ball cap and a face mask,

sighed, exasperated. "Julius, you're going to get me

absolutely savage!" fo

mind I'll just announce it to the whole world: you're my favorite sister, my closest family. Nobody's allowed

squeezed her cheeks, totally unfazed. "I

hair. "Seriously, now that you've got a husband, have you forgotten about your

I'm here to pick you guys up, aren't I?" Calliope replied, smiling. "And the house is all ready. We'll all stay there

too?" Julius

you guys, right?" Calliope laughed. "Didn't you all say