"I just think you dress too provocatively. Good girls shouldn't dress like that."
Calliope chuckled, suddenly stepping forward and grabbing Lisette by the arm.
"You're right. I dress provocatively, and the bad guys might come after me. So, you dress like a manipulative little snake, and if I feel like hitting you, that's fair, too, right?"
With that, Calliope landed a few sharp slaps across Lisette's face.
The crowd around them erupted into whispers and murmurs. Some people who knew Lisette were clearly upset, stepping forward to defend her.
"Are you nuts? You can't just hit people like that!"
"Lisette wasn't wrong!"
"You're the one dressed too provocatively!"
Portia overheard and wasn't having any of it. She turned to the crowd, her voice cutting through the chatter. "So, if that's how it works, if I don't like what you're wearing, does that mean I can just hit you, too?
What does clothing have to do with anything? Should we let all the rapists out of prison and lock up people who dress lightly?
It's a warm day, and lots of us came to see the game. Plenty of gals are dressed cool and breezy. Ladies, watch out! You might end up in jail for showing some skin!"
The day was unseasonably warm, and with everyone there for the big game, many dressed up for the occasion, especially the women, who had chosen lighter, more comfortable clothing.
Lisette's comments had rubbed them the wrong way, pinning the blame on the victim, which was infuriating.
"Yeah, what's clothing got to do with it?"
"Are you supposed to blame yourself if you get attacked out of the blue?"
"Is everything your fault, even when a criminal harms you?"
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The readers' comments on the novel: A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust
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......