“Dad!”
Lisette’s voice was sharp as she pointed at the shiny new nameplate on the office door, her words catching in her throat.
“Yeah?” Monty replied, barely glancing up from his coffee. “That’s right. The board signed off. All the execs are on board too.”
Monty shrugged, like this was all normal. “Everyone’s happy with Callie running things. She’s got the shares and the support. What’s the problem? Didn’t I tell you? She’s in charge now, but your job’s safe. You just focus on your own work.”
Lisette stared at him, confused and a little stunned.
He wasn’t even suspicious of Calliope? He just accepted it, just like that?
She’d only been out of the loop for a couple of days, and already there was a new boss? Had everyone lost their minds?
Lisette’s mind was a whirlpool of emotions, so tangled she couldn’t even get a sentence out.
She stood there in silence for what felt like forever, and when she finally managed to breathe again, she realized getting angry now was pointless.
Calliope wasn’t just ambitious, she was cunning.
Lisette would have to bide her time, find another way to deal with Calliope. Whatever was going on, she sure as hell wasn’t going to show her hand in front of her.
Lisette bit her lip, hard.
Calliope turned to her, her tone deceptively sweet. “Lisette, do you have a minute? Or do you need some time to… process things?”
Lisette drew a deep breath. “Just tell me. Whatever it is, just say it.”
Calliope had found out.
“Lisette, you’ve put a hole in the company books. It’s your responsibility to fix it,” Calliope said, voice steady as steel. “Otherwise, you might be seeing the inside of a jail cell. I’m giving you one week, make things right, or face the consequences.”
“You—” Lisette was almost speechless, unable to believe Calliope had caught her.
Panic rose in her chest. If Calliope knew, did Monty know too? Did everyone?
She glanced at Monty, who looked like he wanted to say something. He hadn’t spoken yet, but the way he frowned at her made it clear he’d picked up the gist of what was happening.
Lisette’s world was spinning. She realized, for the first time, she might actually be in real trouble.
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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......