A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

"Why are you here?"

Gideon stormed into the office, his face flushed with anger as he locked eyes with Calista.

Silas, sitting calmly behind his desk, met Gideon's furious gaze without flinching.

Gideon rarely visited the main office and even less frequently set foot in Silas's domain. Yet here was Calista, comfortably settled in Silas's office, stirring a tempest of anxiety within him.

The unsettling thought clawed at Gideon: Calista was here to replace him. Silas was offering him the opportunity to step into his shoes.

"Uncle Silas invited me," Calista replied coolly, glancing at Gideon. "He thought I should learn a few things from him. There's some stuff about my studies I need to discuss with him too."

"What's your angle, Calista?" Gideon narrowed his eyes. "Don't tell me you're eyeing the Baker Group?"

"And if I am?" Calista shot back as he glanced at Gideon nonchalantly. "You've got your sights set on the Baker Group too, haven't you? Someone has to take over eventually, and I don't see why it can't be me. I know I have what it takes."

Despite his youth, Calista exuded a shrewd ambition that Gideon had never noticed before, leaving him incredulous.

Baker Group is supposed to be mine to inherit! I should be the one managing it. Calista, you're just a student, do you think

be a student now, and indeed, I haven't become that

eyes widened

"Listen, Gideon," Calista continued

both wanted to take the reins, but

you doing this on purpose because you're mad at me?

Let me make it clear, I do what I want. I choose who I want. If you think you can call the shots, you're sorely

raking his hands through his hair. "You used

I thought you were exceptional. I chose you because I believed you could make Callie happy. But you squandered that opportunity and you've got no

forget, I do hold a grudge. Your

and I'm holding you

Gideon's heart trembled, his

fixed

you can't