A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

The words "her real brothers aren't even big shots," hit Valerian and Ulysses like a punch to the gut.

Back then, they had no idea that Calliope's other brothers were actually that impressive.

Now, knowing the truth, the whole thing left a pretty bitter taste in their mouths.

They were supposed to be her real brothers, weren't they? But it was like she didn't care about them at all.

They'd always assumed that Calliope would try to win them over, that she'd come around and realize her mistake. But nope, she just turned around and found herself some even "better" brothers.

And as much as they hated to admit it, it was obvious: Quentin and the others really were more impressive than they were.

Ulysses had already been fuming back at the airport. He knew just how powerful Julius actually was not just a celebrity, but someone with a whole business empire behind him. There were rumors about Julius being this mysterious bigwig, not just a Hollywood A-lister but also a serious player in the business world.

And now? The blow just kept coming. Because apparently, Norton was even more famous.

So yeah, that oldest brother probably wasn't some average Joe either. Turns out, Calliope didn't really need to come crawling back to them. She had all these other “brothers” in her life. They weren't the only ones anymore. She could toss them aside without a second thought.

Before, they'd thought they were the only ones who mattered to her, that she should care about pleasing them, especially when they weren't happy with her. They'd always say she'd never find better brothers than them.

she really had found better brothers. And honestly, they were the ones who were nothing special. With all those better brothers

didn't have

roared to life, and Norton

face. As long as her brothers

And now he was the butt of office jokes,

had enough and marched right

to that guy? How is that even appropriate? He's not

Valerian, barely able to

brother?"

ask you this: Did you ever get me a Christmas present?" "When you got Lisette that fancy gift card at Christmas, what did you get me?" "Do you even know

stuffs my stocking with six-figure checks every year.

me a six-figure Christmas gift, I'd get you a car,

her, totally floored. "No way! He's not even your real brother Why would he give you that kind of money?

just couldn't believe

show you my bank

cash he gave me was more than enough to buy that