After returning to the hotel, Calliope and her group headed straight upstairs.
Monty and the others wanted to follow, but there was nothing they could do. They just stood there, fuming as the elevator doors slid shut.
“She won’t even give me a chance to apologize!” Zelda snapped, arms folded tight. “Did you see that attitude? She’s completely out of line! I tried talking to her! How can she just ignore me like that? What gives her the right to treat me this way?”
Monty glanced at Zelda, trying to keep the peace. “Just hang in there, okay? This isn’t just about her. It’s about all of us. We need her to come around.”
“Come around for what?” Zelda shot back, rolling her eyes. “She doesn’t have a heart. If she did, she’d have helped our company ages ago. Now that she’s got some new powerful friends, she just up and ditches us. Unbelievable!”
“Mom, just try to hold it together,” Ulysses said quietly, avoiding her gaze. “Let’s be real, we weren’t exactly nice to her before.”
He thought about the way Calliope’s eyes had turned so cold, and his stomach twisted with anxiety. He couldn’t explain it. When she used to try so hard to please him, he found her annoying, almost pathetic. But now, he regretted every cold shoulder he ever gave her.
He could tell she truly didn’t care about them anymore. No matter what they did now, it wouldn’t matter to her. And that was bad news for them. Really bad.
If the company went under, the whole Jewell family would go down with it.
Sure, he made decent money as an actor, but he was no Hollywood superstar. There was no way he could support everyone.
And it wasn’t just about the money. Seeing Calliope like this, he felt a pang, like a kid who’d lost his favorite toy. It wasn’t that he needed it all the time, but the second someone else took it away, he wanted it back, desperately.
That was how he felt about Calliope now. She was his little sister. She belonged with them, cared about them. That’s the way it was supposed to be.
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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......