Silas didn’t really think she’d gone out of her way just to see Gideon. Still, he couldn’t help feeling a little bothered that Calliope had run into Gideon at all.
“I did see Gideon.” Calliope grinned, her tone teasing. “Would you believe me if I said it wasn’t on purpose?”
“Of course I’d believe you,” Silas replied. “You probably had something else to do at the hospital, right? I just wanna know, did he try anything with you?”
“Oh, and by the way, Yvette sent me a picture. That lunchbox wasn’t yours, was it?”
Silas knew Calliope too well. If she were really visiting someone in the hospital, she wouldn’t show up with some crummy takeout box. She’d bring something fancy or thoughtful. Besides, after the way Gideon had treated her before, the idea that she’d go see him for no reason was just ridiculous.
“See? I knew you wouldn’t buy it,” Calliope laughed. “But I didn’t think you’d call me so fast!”
“Yvette brought the lunch. She made up some excuse about needing the bathroom and then snapped a few photos while she was at it.”
“I noticed her taking them, by the way,” Calliope added, her voice calm. “But I didn’t call her out on it right away. I knew you wouldn’t be dumb enough to believe her anyway.”
“I only believe my wife,” Silas said, voice warm and sincere.
“I know you don’t need me to explain, but I just want you to know what happened,” Calliope said softly. “I went to the hospital for Horatio’s surgery. I needed to borrow an OR and some extra hands, so I had to talk to the ortho team. That’s how I ran into Yvette, and then she dragged me into Gideon’s room.”
None of it had been planned.
Silas didn’t seem troubled at all. “I know, Callie. I’d believe you even if you didn’t explain. To me, you’re perfect, and everything you do has a reason. Even if, someday, you told me you didn’t love me anymore and you had feelings for someone else, I’d accept it. I just want you to be happy.”
Silas’s words left Calliope speechless and deeply moved. After a few more minutes of chatting, Calliope asked, “Did Yvette say anything else to you?”
She remembered how confident Yvette had seemed, like she was sure Silas would care about the situation.
...
Back at the office, Calliope got swept up in her work and didn’t look up until evening.
Just as she was finishing up, Silas showed up at her door.
“Let’s grab dinner first,” he said, smiling.
“Sounds great.” Calliope stretched her arms and walked out with him.
Lisette, who was leaving at the same time, caught sight of them together. Her eyes glinted with jealousy.
Calliope had always been the underdog, yet somehow, Silas absolutely doted on her. And Lisette just couldn’t understand why.
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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......