A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust novel Chapter 534

“I told you before, there’s no such thing as a hundred percent guarantee. But I’ll do my best. Things won’t get any worse than they are now.”

She took a thoughtful bite of her cheesecake, her gaze distant.

Valerian nodded, but he still looked like he had something on his mind.

Calliope glanced up at him. “If you’ve got something to say, just say it. If you’re upset with me, I’d rather you be upfront. It’s not like you all haven’t complained before.”

She was the picture of calm.

Valerian felt a little uneasy. But he couldn’t help himself. “Callie, are you really that close to those brothers of yours?”

He kept thinking about what Lance had said earlier. Were those so-called adopted brothers of hers really that amazing? Did she actually like them that much? They weren’t even her real brothers, so why did she care about them so much? Shouldn’t she care more about her actual family?

Truth was, Valerian had once tried to look into Calliope’s three “brothers.” They’d met a few times before, but when he tried to dig deeper, he turned up absolutely nothing. It was like there was some kind of invisible firewall blocking him.

Whether it was Quentin Sutton, Norton Shepherd, or Julius Quillen, every lead went nowhere. They were all mysteriously out of reach.

He’d always known she had these “brothers,” but he’d never given it much thought.

Now, though, it bothered him more than he wanted to admit.

“You mean Quentin and the others?” Calliope nodded, completely serious. “Of course I’m close to them. They spoil me rotten. How could I not be?”