“I already brought all this out. Wouldn’t it be weird to make me put it back?”
“Just take it, okay? You’re just like Portia. If I’m giving it to her, then you guys should get it too!”
Crispin looked resolute, clearly not about to take back the envelopes.
At his words, Calliope and Mavis exchanged a glance, then finally accepted the envelopes.
Not long after, Quentin and the others came out of the kitchen.
Once the brothers had ditched their aprons, each of them pulled out an envelope as well.
They handed them out to Calliope, Portia, and Mavis, one by one.
“Oh gosh, you guys really didn’t have to!” Portia said, though her hands were already busy tearing open her envelope to sneak a peek at what was inside.
Everyone burst out laughing.
Mavis was a bit more reserved. She thanked them, then fell quiet.
Her family situation wasn’t great; she’d never gotten a Christmas stocking or anything like this before. But every year, if she spent the holidays with Calliope, Calliope’s brothers always included her.
She looked down at the heavy envelope in her hands, feeling the weight of it in her heart too. Her eyes stung. She might not have the best family, but she had the best friend, and her friend’s brothers were the best too.
“Mavis, you’re not about to cry, are you?” Calliope teased, coming over to tickle her. “What, is it not enough? Are our brothers too cheap? Shouldn’t they have stuffed it with more?”
“Yeah, yeah, we’re way too stingy,” Quentin chuckled. “Next year, we’ll up our game!”
“No, it’s already more than enough. Honestly, it’s almost too much for me to handle,” Mavis said, her eyes shiny with tears. She looked up at Quentin and the others. “Thank you, guys. Really.”
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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......