A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 777

Portia glanced up, her eyes flashing with annoyance and a touch of concern for Mavis.

Uriah looked like he'd just bitten into a slice of burnt toast. His face soured

instantly.

"I'm her mentor. Of course she should listen to me. Why would I ever hurt her?" he snapped.

Portia arched an eyebrow. "Aren't you hurting her, though? We all know Norton's a good guy-solid character, no red flags, loaded, good-looking, gentle as a lamb. What's not to like?"

She leaned in, smirking. "Or is it that you, Mr. Stewart, say you don't care about our Mavis, but deep down, you're head over heels? Is that why you can't stand to see anyone else making a move on her?"

"If that's the case, you're way out of line as a mentor, aren't you?" she teased. "You like her, but you won't make it official!"

Uriah's jaw clenched. "I do not like her like that! She's my apprentice, that's it. I'm just looking out for her. Since when do mentors fall for their apprentices?"

a look. "Oh, really? Then why

Nerf darts, and Uriah's expression went

quiet, the cheerful clinking of

nervous. She quickly tried to change the subject. "Portia, let's just eat, okay? You

message. She'd said enough; one more jab and Uriah

before everything goes cold. There's nothing

conversation slowly picked up again, more about weekend plans and less about

Mavis-offering her

He shouldn't overthink it. Mavis

of dinner went smoothly enough,

to notice that Monty and his crew hadn't joined

they left the dining room together, only to find Monty and the others

agreed to this meeting, she was clearly doing it under protest. She'd never go back to being broke.

soon as they saw Calliope, Monty rushed over. "Callie,

you give her just