They kept babbling on with all sorts of explanations, but honestly, it was like Calliope hadn’t heard a single word.
The moment she walked out, the three of them just stared at each other, stunned.
“What do we do now? She’s seriously pissed off this time. She won’t even look at us!” Monty looked helplessly at his two sons.
If they’d really gone and upset Calliope over Lisette, that was like dropping a hundred-dollar bill just to pick up a penny. After all, Calliope was the one running the company now and besides, Horatio still needed her help with his surgery.
The three of them genuinely believed Calliope was mad, and panic was starting to set in.
“I told you, we should’ve kept our distance from Lisette. Just look at us now. Callie’s mad. What the hell are we supposed to do?” Monty was both worried and annoyed.
“Don’t get worked up,” Valerian said, trying to sound reassuring. “We’ll just talk to Callie again, calm her down.”
Horatio was less optimistic. “You think she’ll even care? She just ignored us completely! What if she decides not to help me with the surgery? What then?”
He glanced down at his wheelchair, anxiety twisting in his gut. He’d never really been scared since he knew Calliope would operate on his legs. But if she refused now… he just couldn’t accept the idea of never walking again.
Valerian squared his shoulders, jaw set. “I’ll figure something out, don’t worry. She has to do your surgery. We already handed her the company. Why wouldn’t she help?”
“Exactly,” Monty added coldly. “She owes us that much. If she bails, I’ll tell everyone exactly what she’s like—a woman who took our money, took over the company, promised to help, then backed out.”
Inside, Calliope was busy with paperwork, but her mind was elsewhere—wondering if she should just hand the company back to Monty. She wasn’t really a Jewell, after all; why should she even care about running this business?
She’d originally wanted to save the company for Kermit’s sake, but in his last letter, Kermit seemed to anticipate this and told her not to worry.
“Whatever happens to this family,” he wrote, “is up to them. You’re not a Jewell. Don’t feel pressured because of me.”
“Callie, can I talk to you for a sec?” Lisette stood in the doorway, hesitant.
Calliope didn’t even look up. She pointed to the crystal nameplate on her desk. “Can’t you read the sign?”
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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......