"Exactly. You only get what you give, right?"
"No one’s gonna bend over backwards for someone who treats them like dirt."
"Maybe at first, yeah, but if you keep giving and you get nothing back, sooner or later, you’re gonna stop."
"People only keep trying if the other person is trying too, you know?"
"Honestly, I think Norton’s the better catch. Can you imagine? A six-figure check? That’s more than I’ll see in my life!"
“The Jewell family couldn't scrape together that much if they sold their whole estate. Guess those brothers just don’t measure up.”
“It’s not even about money. If they just showed some real effort, even if they didn’t have a dime, I bet Calliope would be happy. But they waste it all on that adopted girl, never on the real daughter. Why should she like them?”
"Yeah, I think she did the right thing this time. No point in giving endlessly for nothing."
"Seriously! Remember when she spent a week out at the lake house? The whole time, all they cared about was Lisette. Half of us had to take Lisette's attitude, too!"
The staff weren’t blind. Everyone knew what was up.
Valerian was furious, but at a loss for words. He couldn’t argue, really. He’d never actually given Calliope anything memorable, now that he thought about it.
Ulysses, off to the side, wanted to crawl under the table. He knew he should’ve stopped Valerian sooner. Still, it stung seeing Calliope defend those guys who weren’t even her real brothers.
“Come on, Callie. Valerian’s still your brother. Cut him some slack,” Ulysses pleaded.
Calliope shot him a look, then turned back to Quentin and Julius. "Forget it. This dump isn’t worth seeing anyway. I’ll grab your gifts and bring them down."
She didn’t care one bit about Valerian’s opinion. She disappeared inside the building.
Staff nearby exchanged sympathetic looks. He really knew how to make things worse for himself.
Valerian snapped at the staff, “Don’t you all have work to do? Or do you just get paid to stand around and gossip?”
People scattered, grumbling under their breath as they left.
Valerian only got more annoyed. He and Ulysses stepped into the elevator Calliope had just taken. The doors slid shut, and now it was just the four of them: Calliope, Franco, Valerian, and Ulysses.

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The readers' comments on the novel: A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust
Oh wrestling expert ey? So is this Khamzat Chimaev or Shavkat Rakhmonov? Because Khabib's would be too haram....
Oh no. Million is just mix of Conor McGregor, Islam Makhachev, Mike Tyson, Max Holloway, Anderson Silva... I bet he lands 5sec flying knees like Jorge Masvidal too. Oh nope, 1sec knees. And has faster left hooks than Alex Pereira. Definitely would win UFC championship in every weight division including women. Poor Zhang Weili....
Okay so.... Million is now from East. Arctic wolf from East, modified genetically so he can manage his own Instagram and probably also box like Mike Tyson and snapping left hooks like Alex Pereira....
This is starting to be the same twister of abilities as Cassandra Yates and Tiffany. But question is, why the hell Silas can't just open his mouth and tell Caliope that she's the one whom he has in his heart. He would prevent a lot of misunderstanding. Seems like despite capability of talking with modified arctic wolf, she's not like telepathic....
Oh no, so FL is again another hidden genius with both hemispheres working on hundreds... Ffffuuuu. Cassandra Yates and Tiffany were already enough, ughugh. And Tiffany was even more exaggerated than Cassandra....
That's weird, in the first chapters there was said that her bio parents and bros doteď on Caliope but then they adopted Lisette, but this chapter suddenly says otherwise. Did author forget what he wrote?...
I REALLLYYY REALLLYYYY REALLYYYYYY WANT TO SLAP THE 3 BROTHERS WHENEVER THEY OPEN THEIR MOUTH !!! AND THEIR MOM !!!...
Why has this not been updated ?? there were 5 more chapters which was released and it has not been updated.. Please do update on regular basis......