A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

As soon as Calliope heard her phone buzzing nonstop, she fished it out of her purse. Every single message was from Gideon.

She couldn't help but roll her eyes. Glancing over in Gideon's direction, she wondered what the heck was wrong with him.

Honestly, she'd never realized just how nuts Gideon could be.

Without another thought, Calliope blocked his number.

Gideon, meanwhile, frowned when his texts suddenly wouldn't go through. He shot a look toward Calliope, convinced that her blocking him meant she still cared. In some twisted way, that made perfect sense to him.

Of course, Calliope had no idea that Gideon's mind worked in such a bizarre way.

Just then, Calista came over, needing to talk to Calliope about something, so he pulled her outside for a quick chat.

After a few minutes, Calista's eyes lit up, like he'd just solved a riddle.

that makes

and motioned for Calliope to

right on cue, Gideon

inside, will you? I need a word

look thrilled about leaving Calliope alone with him.

reassured him. "I'll be okay.

to Calliope. "Aunt

"Got it," Calliope nodded.

then did Calista leave, but not without shooting Gideon a warning glare. Gideon, sitting in his wheelchair, gazed up at Calliope. "Callie, you still care about me, don't you? Blocking my number is

he'd grown a second head. "Who told you blocking someone

as well as your leg?"

you a heads-up. Don't

chance something's wrong. I can't say for sure what, not yet,

Gideon and his family, but