A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 818

"But he got jealous when he saw Norton being nice to you. He totally did! And he's still denying he likes you?" Calliope asked, sitting at the edge of the bed and watching Mavis closely.

Mavis shook her head, her voice quiet. "He was mad, yeah. But he's rejected me a few times before. He just doesn't like me."

"No way,” Portia said, waving a hand in disbelief. "He's so into you, it's obvious. He's been jealous more than once!"

Mavis snorted. "No, he doesn't like me. He just sees me as his apprentice. That's all."

She tried to sound cheerful, but her smile didn't quite reach her eyes. "I'm done overthinking it. I'm not expecting anything from him anymore. He's my mentor, my boss... I shouldn't have feelings for him. Guys like him always end up in some arranged marriage, anyway."

She drew a steadying breath. "I already told him I won't bring it up again, and I won't let myself feel anything more for him. If he doesn't care for me, then I'm done."

She was determined to put on a good show, pretending she didn't care, even if she still did.

exchanged a glance, then both

You've still got

if Uriah doesn't see what's right in front of him, there are tons

them a small, grateful

inside, she felt tired, just done with hoping for something that wasn't going to happen. She was determined: she was over

wasn't around for the next few days, but the group still managed

day, Mavis started to

to Capitalton. The holidays were over, and

hadn't even been home for a full day before she got the message from Lance: Hudson was

been giving Hudson all kinds of medication, hoping to buy him more time, maybe even find a way to save him. But his condition was just

the phone, Lance sounded eerily calm, almost like a different

these last few months, because Hudson wanted to spend his final days here and be buried here,

headquarters, planning to wrap up her work and finally leave for good. She was about to take