“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.
Portia and Calliope exchanged a glance, then both hugged her tight.
“Mavis, don’t worry. You’ve still got us!”
“Yeah,” Portia chimed in, “Even if Uriah doesn’t see what’s right in front of him, there are tons of amazing guys out there who will.”
Mavis gave them a small, grateful smile.
But inside, she felt tired, just done with hoping for something that wasn’t going to happen. She was determined: she was over Uriah. No more daydreams, no more wishing.
Uriah wasn’t around for the next few days, but the group still managed to have some fun.
And with every passing day, Mavis started to feel a little lighter.
Lisette stepped right in front of her, blocking her path.
“Calliope, where do you think you’re going?” Lisette’s voice was sharp and cold. “Trying to run away?”
“I don’t have time for this,” Calliope shot back. “I’ve got something important to handle.”
“I thought you said you’d called an executive meeting? And now you’re bailing? What? Because you know we’ve found out your secret, and you’re trying to make a run for it?”
Lisette narrowed her eyes, suspicion dripping from every word.
“Calliope, I have questions for you!” came Zelda’s angry voice from the hallway as she stormed in with a few more board members.

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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......