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?"

Julius like she

grinned. "Didn't catch that? No problem, I'll say it again. Everything except these two, and those

"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

his group with

a single necklace. He was ready to max out his credit card just to keep

expected this. These guys weren't just generous, they were on

could barely afford three necklaces if he stretched his budget. The thought of buying out the entire boutique? That was out

question Ever

wouldn't come close. He didn't know if they were

either way, he'd

these in the back?" Julius asked casually. "A

these are limited edition. We have plenty in stock," the

turned an even darker

you said you wanted to buy the same one as us,