A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 826

"And remember to take care of yourself, okay? You promised Hudson, and I'll be keeping an eye on you for him!"

Lance grinned, nodding. "Alright, alright, I got it. I'll look after myself."

After breakfast, Lance insisted Calliope go get on with her day. He'd handle the clean-up. Seeing he wouldn't budge, Calliope just shrugged, grabbed her keys, and headed to the Jewell Group offices.

Word had already spread at the company. Now that everyone knew she wasn't really a Jewell by blood, people were losing their minds.

Lisette and her crew wouldn't leave her alone, blowing up her phone, and dragging her through the mud both at work and all over the internet.

They accused her of pretending to be the Jewell family's daughter, conning them out of a fortune, and making up stories about being mistreated.

Zelda, ever the drama queen, even went so far as to gather a bunch of reporters and put on a show-crying in front of the cameras about how her real daughter was missing, and how the girl she'd thought was her child turned out to be a fraud.

"No wonder," Zelda sobbed, "No wonder Calliope always seemed so distant. I always sensed something was off. Turns out, she was never really my daughter at all! She's just an imposter. I guess that's why I never warmed up to her."

up, shocked by the

Calliope. She claimed the Jewell family hadn't been cruel. They just sensed she wasn't really one of them,

Calliope of stealing hundreds of millions from the Jewell family, saying

exploded online. People who didn't

heiress

not even their real daughter? She totally stole someone

the real Jewell daughter,

if something awful happened to her? Is there

seriously

would've guessed, always thought Calliope was the victim, but

"She's unbelievable!"

raise her at all. What right does she

...

hate online,

the receptionist looked up, determination in her eyes. "Miss Caffie I believe in you! Don't