A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust

"You wanna argue with me? Honey, you don't stand a chance!" Calliope shot

Oliver a look and said, "Honestly, I don't know what you want from me, but I'm

here to tell you off, plain and simple!"

"Old man, quit dreaming. Silas isn't coming back to you! And he sure as hell isn't

making you his heir! Stop daydreaming, would you?"

"If you've got this much energy to chase after Silas, you'd be better off picking up

some random guy off the street and raising him yourself, might be faster, too."

Calliope's mouth was like a machine gun. Oliver couldn't even get a word in.

Off to the side, the woman frowned and stared at Calliope.

"You're Calliope? Silas's wife?" the woman suddenly asked.

Calliope's radar kicked in. "Oh, you know Silas? Sound pretty chummy, do you

know my husband or what?"

She squinted at the woman for a while, trying to place her. Nope, no memory.

Silas had never mentioned her, either.

"I do," the woman replied coolly. "I've known Silas since we were kids. I knew him

long before you did. Sure, it's been a while, but I'm sure Silas would remember

me."

"So you were his childhood friend?" Calliope sized her up, still suspicious. Silas

had never brought up any old friends like this.

"That's right. We were close as kids," the woman said, then added, "I'm not just

his friend. I'm Silas's future wife. My name's Blythe White."

Calliope was speechless. Did she just hear that right? Future wife?

"You heard me, Blythe said, as if

reading her mind. "I've already talked

to his dad. Silas and I are gettingnoveldrama

married. But before that, you need to

sort things out with Silas. You're not

right for him. You're just holding him

back. Silas should be with me. My

family can do a lot for him."

Blythe looked at her like this was all perfectly reasonable.

Calliope almost laughed out loud.

She was Silas's wife, but this

random woman was standing here

telling her, to her face, that she was

going to be the next Mrs. Silas?

"Girl, did you run this little marriage

plan by Silas?" Calliope shot back

""Cause honestly, if you're asking this

old geezer for permission, you might

as well marry him instead!

"And by the way, bigamy is illegal. Silas and I are already married. We actually

like each other-heck, we're even thinking about having a baby."

"As for you? Step aside, sweetheart. You say you've known him longer than me?

That's funny. I could just say we were soulmates in a past life!"

She rolled her eyes.

"Oliver, you brought me here to talk to a lunatic? You really think this is gonna

make me divorce Silas?"

"Dream on! Unless Silas himself comes to me and says he wants out, it's not

happening!"

"So, are you two done with your little soap opera? Because if you are, I'm heading

home for Christmas dinner!"

"Honestly, running into you two drama queens on Christmas Eve is just my luck!"