A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 772

He was completely frazzled, practically losing his mind.

Now that they'd finally found Calliope, everyone instinctively let out a sigh of relief. They all knew Calliope was the one who could untangle this mess.

But now, no one was sure what her attitude would be.

"I'm on vacation," Calliope said, glancing up at Monty. "As for why I gave up the shares, well, you already handed them over to me. I just want to cash out. Is that a problem? I mean, I'm just selling what's mine, right?"

“But shouldn't you have talked it over with us first?" Monty said, exasperated. "What are we supposed to do if you just go behind our backs like this?"

"You guys never talked things over with me before, did you?" Calliope shot him a look.

She'd been put through hell by the Jewell family. If the real Calliope had been physically weaker, if she hadn't had brothers to protect her, who knows what would've happened to her?

The thought left a bitter taste in Calliope's mouth. She'd already died once. If the former Calliope had cared about her family as much as she did, she would've ended up just as broken.

Monty was at a loss for words.

it normal for

longer, her tone sharp. "Those shares were a gift from us. Even if you wanted to sell them,

about us? Or about the company? Calliope, why do you never consider

was obvious Zelda was furious, convinced Calliope was being

a cool sideways

ever

called me a jinx, didn't you?" Calliope looked seriously at Zelda. Well, here I am, just as you wished,

was unwavering. "A jinx only brings misfortune. Isn't that

speechless. Sure, she'd said those things, but did she ever actually want to bring trouble into her own

at Calliope,

but the shares are gone. If you want them back, you'll have

The buyer's not even interested," Monty

on the Jewell family? Do you still

Calliope replied, turning to

just the

coming for you, too."