A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

"With your background, it'd really be best if you just cooperated with us. Don't worry. We're not looking to shortchange you or anything."

Calliope just shrugged. "Sorry, can't help you there. Maybe you guys should be the ones cooperating for a change. Or better yet, how about you just get lost?"

"Honestly, if you had any real skills, you wouldn't even be here talking to me. Shouldn't you be dealing with Silas instead? You're too scared to go after him, so you come here first. That just proves you're not up for the challenge, doesn't it?"

"You-!" Oliver snapped, her words hitting him right where it hurt.

Sure, he was satisfied with Silas these days. But trying to convince Silas wasn't easy, especially now that Silas had grown into someone you couldn't just push around.

So Oliver wanted to keep things simple: get Calliope out of the picture, let Blythe get close to Silas, and everything would fall into place.

After all, Blythe was on his side. Plus, Blythe genuinely cared about Silas, and she'd made it clear she'd choose him. The two of them had hit it off right away.

Who could've guessed Calliope would be so damn stubborn?

to her, but

was also foolish for picking a fight with them. She was just a regular woman, nothing

think Silas will always protect you, but that only works if he's actually in love with you. What if he's

before you did. They have history together! There's something real

do you really think he'll still have your back? You're just dead weight to him, he

had a woman in his heart, someone who

Blythe and Silas had something, but it couldn't have

"Wow. You really don't know your son at all. And you think he's going to inherit everything

grabbing

Never did a thing for him. Why would he

family's waiting for me. We're having a big Christmas Eve dinner. You've wasted enough of my time, and

so stubborn?" Oliver snapped, his face reddening in anger. "Do you really want to force our hand? Because we're not just coming after you. We'll go after your family, too. Aren't you scared?