Silas ignored him completely. Quentin and the others all glanced at Calliope.
After all, it wasn’t every day Ulysses spoke like a normal person. He actually considered Callie’s feelings, so he didn’t start an argument with them.
Calliope shot them a look, silently telling everyone not to compete with Ulysses. She was curious to see if he was just talking big or if he really meant it.
She found it hard to believe he’d actually give her this insanely expensive painting. There was no way Ulysses had that kind of money.
But Silas and the rest, of course, listened to Calliope.
Mavis Shepherd and Portia Sutton exchanged surprised glances at Ulysses. He actually seemed sincere about Calliope, which was, well, a shock.
The auction kicked off. To everyone’s surprise, Ulysses actually raised his paddle.
Horatio, sitting beside him, was a bit more level-headed. He tried to quietly talk Ulysses down.
“Uly, this is way over our budget. We can’t afford it!”
“I get that you care about Callie, and you want to apologize, but this is just too much…”
“Uly, seriously. Let it go.”
“Just make it up to her in a way you can actually manage.”
Horatio pleaded with Ulysses.
But Ulysses looked determined—stubborn, even. He was set on winning that painting, even if he had to borrow money to do it.
He felt like he owed Calliope, and he was going to make up for it, piece by piece.
He’d always been generous with Lisette, now he wanted to double that for Callie.
Calliope honestly hadn’t expected Ulysses to actually win the painting in the end.
And for a small fortune, too.
She was surprised.
“Looks like your family’s not thrilled about you giving this to me,” Calliope remarked.
“That’s their problem. I paid for it with my own money.”
Ulysses insisted, “Take it, it’s yours!”
He was absolutely set on giving it to her.
Calliope studied him for a moment, then finally accepted the painting.
“All right, if you’re giving it, I won’t say no.”
She shrugged. “But just so you know, taking the gift doesn’t mean I owe you anything. You can still change your mind if you regret it. You sure you could even afford this? You could still sell it to someone else.”
“That’s not the point,” Ulysses said. “I had enough money, don’t worry about it.”
“And if I didn’t, I’d figure it out. I said I’d give it to you, so it’s yours, no matter what.”

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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......