A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 797

Calliope and her friends made their way to the charity auction in no time.

Meanwhile, after some hushed debate, Monty's family decided to show up as well.

After Calliope and her group spent some time mingling and making small talk with the other guests, they were more than a little surprised to bump into Monty and his whole clan.

The moment Portia spotted them, she couldn't help but roll her eyes and mutter to Calliope, "Callie, when are you going to tell them the truth? They're like a bad penny. No matter what, they always turn up!"

"It's honestly getting out of hand," added Mavis, barely bothering to hide her annoyance.

The whole Jewell family had been trailing them all evening, and Zelda, in particular, had said some truly outrageous things, enough to make anyone's blood boil.

Thank God Callie wasn't actually her biological daughter. If she were, with that kind of attitude, Zelda would have driven even her own child insane.

Looks like he didn't bother sharing with the rest of the family,

to treat her a little differently now, but not Valerian, and certainly not

wouldn't care even if they knew the truth. In their minds, as long as someone was

were part of their orbit, that was

again. “That's exactly why

even if Calliope wasn't actually their daughter, she'd still lived under their roof, been raised by their family, so she should work herself to

should be more like Lisette-obedient, grateful, and forever indebted. She'd probably always be asking, Why is Lisette so well-behaved, and why can't

if the Jewells ever found out you weren't really their blood, they'd just double-down on trying to squeeze you for everything you're worth," Portia scoffed, wrinkling her nose. "If anything,

logic is that?" Mavis muttered,

a nonchalant shrug. The Jewells were a

not to waste any more time thinking about them, Calliope wandered off to chat with a few other

few