The auction was about to start. Everyone made their way toward the grand auction hall, buzzing with anticipation.
Calliope walked alongside Sharon, the two chatting casually as they went.
Not far behind, Silas and his little crew trailed after Calliope, keeping a respectful distance but making it clear they were with her.
Once inside, everyone found their seats.
Sharon slid back next to her boyfriend, Tanner, while Calliope was quickly surrounded by Quentin Sutton, Silas, and a couple of the others.
To her surprise, Ulysses Jewell and his brother Horatio came over and started talking to her out of the blue.
“Callie, what do you want tonight?” Ulysses said, trying to sound cheerful. “As your brother, I want to make it up to you! Whatever they can give you, I can too.”
Calliope eyed him suspiciously. “Haven’t I made myself clear already?”
She’d told him the truth—she wasn’t his real sister. His real sister was gone. Why did Ulysses keep clinging to this? Did he just refuse to believe her? Or did he still think that if he was just a little kinder, she’d go back to doing everything for the Jewell family?
“No matter what you do, no matter how nice you are, I’m not helping the Jewell family again,” Calliope said flatly, glancing at him.
“I know,” Ulysses said quietly, eyes downcast. “I don’t need your help. I just… I feel like I owe you. I don’t mean anything else by it.”
“Callie, I know we all let you down. I don’t know what Valerian or my parents are thinking, but whether or not you’re actually my sister by blood, I just want to say I’m sorry. I want to do something for you.”
“If there’s anything you want, let me get it for you.”
Calliope ignored him, so he sounded like he was talking to himself. The guys around her turned in unison to glare at Ulysses.
“If Callie wants something, we’ll get it for her ourselves,” Norton Shepherd said gruffly.
“Exactly,” Julius Quillen added, shooting Ulysses a look. “Callie isn’t your sister. She’s all of ours. Besides, could you even afford it?”
“I can afford it,” Ulysses retorted, meeting their eyes. “I just want to do something nice for Callie. If she wants it, I want to buy it for her.”
He looked at Quentin and the others. “I know Callie cares about you all, so I don’t want to fight. But this painting, I’m bidding on it.”
He turned to Silas. “Mr. Myers, please. Let me get this one for her.”

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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......