A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Valerian was fuming, his jaw clenched as he shot back, "Don't look down on me like I'm some nobody. Do you have any idea how much money I actually have? Sure, maybe I don't make a fortune at the office, but does that mean I can't have other sources of income?"

He gave a sarcastic little laugh. "What do you even know?"

Calliope just stared for a moment, lost for words. She really wasn't trying to insult him. She'd only meant to give a friendly heads-up. It wasn't in her nature to judge people by their paycheck.

But Valerian wasn't listening. And honestly, she was too tired to argue. If she pushed any further, he'd probably think she was out to get him.

Julius glanced at Valerian, a sly smile tugging at his lips. "Thinking of buying your little sister the same thing we just picked out for ours? Hate to break it to you, but you might not be able to swing it."

With that, Julius turned away from him. "So, everyone made up their minds?" "Yep," Quentin and Norton both nodded.

"Miss, can you box up everything in this display for us? Except for these two pieces. Oh, and we'll take everything over there, too."

Julius gestured at the sparkling glass cases full of jewelry, talking to the sales associate as if he was ordering appetizers at a diner. He was practically buying out the whole store.

The sales clerk's eyes went wide, her jaw nearly dropping. "I'm sorry, you said— what?"

looked at Julius like she wasn't

again. Everything except these two, and those two over there, pack up the rest

"Oh-oh! Of course!"

hadn't expected to meet a high roller like this today. Once the shock wore off, she rushed to grab her coworkers, and together they

back against the counter, watching Valerian and his group with amusement as their faces went through

the others would each buy a single necklace. He was ready to max out his credit

guys weren't just generous, they were on

barely afford three necklaces if he stretched his budget. The thought of buying out the

question Ever

their money, it wouldn't come close. He didn't know if they were doing

either way, he'd

Julius asked casually. "A few more friends might want to buy

None of these are limited edition. We

turned an even darker

buy the same one as us, right? I. just checked for you.