“They’re only going to get closer to me from now on. As for you? You’ll end up with nothing. Face it, you’ll never get your family’s love. So what if they’re your blood? Your parents, your brothers, they care about me, not you!”
Lisette clicked her tongue in mock sympathy. “Honestly, you’re just pitiful. You think taking control of the company means anything? No one respects you for it. Everything you’re holding onto, I’ll take it back sooner or later.”
She stepped in close, smug as ever. Now that the Jewell family had welcomed her back, Lisette felt completely untouchable, convinced Calliope couldn’t compete.
Lisette didn’t care what Calliope did next; the worse she acted, the more the Jewells would coddle her.
She knew exactly why the Jewells treated Calliope so well lately. It wasn’t really about her, just what she could give them. She’d bought them expensive gifts, and that was all they cared about: the price tag, not who handed it over.
Meanwhile, whenever she brought them something cheap, she’d act like it was from the heart and that’s what won their affection. They valued her “thoughtfulness,” not Calliope’s.
Calliope had already lost, and Lisette knew it. No matter what mistakes she made, all it took was a half-hearted apology and the Jewells would forgive her. She understood them inside and out, and now it was easy to manipulate them. After all, she’d lived with them for years. She knew where all their skeletons were buried.
Calliope just watched Lisette, a small, knowing smile playing on her lips.
“Funny, isn’t it?” Calliope said softly. “Everything you want from me is just trash I was going to throw away. You want it all back? I’ll be watching.”
“And I’m curious. If you do manage to get it all, what then? Do you honestly think owning the company will make you lucky? That this family is really worth all that?”
Her smile was enigmatic, unreadable.
Calliope looked back at her, calm and unimpressed. “Planning to sabotage me?”
Lisette just shrugged, lips twitching in a sly smile. “Who knows?”
Calliope met her eyes a moment longer, then just smiled and turned away, refusing to give Lisette the satisfaction.
Lisette soon swept out of Calliope’s office and made her way to Horatio’s.
Inside, the rest of the Jewell family were already gathered, deep in discussion about how they could win Calliope back over.
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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......