A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

"I'll be staying here for a while, and Silas will, too," Calliope announced, glancing around the living room at her brothers.

"You guys don't mind if Silas crashes here, right?" she asked, her tone hopeful.

"He really wants to get to know you all a bit better," she added. "And I figured it'd be good for everyone."

Quentin, Norton, and Julius exchanged subtle glances. Truth be told, they were more than a little curious about Silas, maybe even a bit suspicious. They hadn't paid much attention to Calliope's ex, Gideon, back in the day. They'd just assumed Callie had good taste, and she'd always been fiercely protective of him. So, no one had really put Gideon through the brotherly wringer.

Turned out, that was a mistake. Gideon's disaster of a wedding had left everyone furious.

So, yeah, this time, they wanted to properly vet Silas. Get a sense of whether he was genuinely good for Callie or not. If he wasn't, they'd make sure Calliope knew.

"Of course," Quentin replied immediately, flashing a reassuring grin. "Let him stay. Family under one roof, it's the best way to get comfortable with each other."

"Yeah, we'd like to get to know him, too," Norton chimed in, nodding.

mind if we... test him a bit?" Julius asked, half-joking but half- serious, giving her

want Calliope to be upset if her brothers put Silas through some gentle

off. "Silas said you guys

her brothers wouldn't go

dinner tonight?" Quentin suggested. "Is he eating here with

the Baker family's old house," Calliope explained. “But tomorrow night, Christmas

looks like it's just us for dinner

brothers understood Calliope had carved out time specifically for them, and as long as she was staying at the house,

were her in-laws now; it was only right to spend some time with them,

a while, they decided to hit the grocery store for a massive shop. With three handsome brothers in tow, and Julius being

to snap photos, clearly

loaded up on snacks, steaks,

long after, Silas showed up to pick up Calliope for dinner at the Bakers' place, their big