“I told you before, there’s no such thing as a hundred percent guarantee. But I’ll do my best. Things won’t get any worse than they are now.”
She took a thoughtful bite of her cheesecake, her gaze distant.
Valerian nodded, but he still looked like he had something on his mind.
Calliope glanced up at him. “If you’ve got something to say, just say it. If you’re upset with me, I’d rather you be upfront. It’s not like you all haven’t complained before.”
She was the picture of calm.
Valerian felt a little uneasy. But he couldn’t help himself. “Callie, are you really that close to those brothers of yours?”
He kept thinking about what Lance had said earlier. Were those so-called adopted brothers of hers really that amazing? Did she actually like them that much? They weren’t even her real brothers, so why did she care about them so much? Shouldn’t she care more about her actual family?
Truth was, Valerian had once tried to look into Calliope’s three “brothers.” They’d met a few times before, but when he tried to dig deeper, he turned up absolutely nothing. It was like there was some kind of invisible firewall blocking him.
Whether it was Quentin Sutton, Norton Shepherd, or Julius Quillen, every lead went nowhere. They were all mysteriously out of reach.
He’d always known she had these “brothers,” but he’d never given it much thought.
Now, though, it bothered him more than he wanted to admit.
“You mean Quentin and the others?” Calliope nodded, completely serious. “Of course I’m close to them. They spoil me rotten. How could I not be?”
“Callie, I’m just looking out for you. You don’t need to get so defensive,” Valerian said, frowning.
“So far, no one’s said a word about me and them...well, except you.” She stared him down, unwavering.
Valerian shut his mouth, feeling even more unsettled.
“Alright, Callie, let’s drop it and eat,” Horatio said gently. “Dad told you, right? Dinner at home tomorrow?”
“Yeah,” Calliope nodded. “Don’t worry, I’ll be there.”
She wasn’t about to miss the chance to ruffle Lisette’s feathers. She could already picture the look on Lisette’s face, that would be a Christmas surprise.
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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......