A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

"Exactly. You only get what you give, right?"

"No one's gonna bend over backwards for someone who treats them like dirt."

"Maybe at first, yeah, but if you keep giving and you get nothing back, sooner or later, you're gonna stop."

"People only keep trying if the other person is trying too, you know?"

"Honestly, I think Norton's the better catch. Can you imagine? A six-figure check? That's more than I'll see in my life!"

"The Jewell family couldn't scrape together that much if they sold their whole estate. Guess those brothers just don't measure up.”

"It's not even about money. If they just showed some real effort, even if they didn't have a dime, I bet Calliope would be happy. But they waste it all on that adopted girl, never on the real daughter. Why should she like them?"

"Yeah, I think she did the right thing this time. No point in giving endlessly for nothing."

out at the lake house? The whole time, all they cared about was Lisette. Half of us had to

Everyone knew what

at a loss for words. He couldn't argue, really. He'd never actually given Calliope anything

stopped Valerian sooner. Still, it stung seeing Calliope

your brother. Cut him

as ever. "When have you ever cut me any slack?" Ulysses

didn't hold back. They

pulled his car around and hopped

awesome! Seriously, thank

like it!" Calliope grinned. "If you're

Quentin, Julius, I've got gifts for you two as well. They're upstairs. Want to come grab

Valerian,

answer, cut

We can't just let