“Are you sure you know what you’re talking about?” Verity glanced at Fleur, raising one perfectly arched eyebrow in disbelief.
Fleur bristled, her cheeks flushing a little, but she couldn’t quite come up with a good comeback.
From his wheelchair, Gideon cut in, “Verity, that’s enough. I know whether the kid’s mine or not. I wouldn’t be raising someone else’s child without knowing it.”
As soon as he finished, Gideon’s gaze drifted over to where Calliope and Silas sat together. They looked happy, the kind of couple that made other people jealous. Just seeing them together made something twist painfully inside him.
He couldn’t help but wonder: what if he’d never gotten tangled up with Yvette? What if he’d married Calliope like everyone expected? Would his life have looked completely different? Would he be happier and luckier than he was now?
Thinking about everything that had happened lately just made Gideon feel even more frustrated. He used to be the golden boy, the favorite nephew, the heir apparent to the Baker Group. Now, thanks to one woman, he’d lost everything.
Not only had he lost the woman he loved, but the woman he was stuck with now, the one he used to be crazy about, he could barely stand to be around her. If not for Yvette, none of this would’ve happened. His life wouldn’t be in such shambles.
Getting back into the Baker Group was almost impossible now. His old job had been handed off while he was recovering. He’d tried talking to his uncle, but all he got was, “Let’s see how your legs heal up first.”
As the weeks dragged on, Gideon worried he’d never be allowed back at all. He was terrified he’d lose even his job in one of the regional offices.
If he couldn’t get back into the Baker Group, who else would take him? No one wanted to risk crossing Silas just to give him a chance.
“Gideon, you can’t be so sure,” Verity shot back, her voice dripping with sarcasm. “You can’t get around much these days, and some people, well, they don’t mind flirting with their own uncle-in-law, so who knows what else they’re up to behind your back?”
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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......