Calliope glanced up at Zelda, a smirk playing on her lips. "I'm just wearing my own dress, Zelda. If she feels overshadowed, that's not my problem. Why are you so worked up? If she’s better than me, a dress won’t change that, right?"
Her smile widened with a hint of mischief in her eyes. "So, by that logic, Lisette isn't all that impressive, right?"
"You!" Zelda snapped, frustration in her voice. "Lisette is better than you in every way. Even if she doesn’t dress as well, she’s still superior!"
"Oh really?" Calliope's smile turned icy. "Then why are you worried? Afraid she might not measure up? What will you do if you find out she’s not as great as you think?"
Zelda’s face darkened. "Calliope, you can't compare to Lisette. You’re nothing but trouble, a jinx. From the moment you were born, you nearly killed me, and you’ve been a thorn in the Jewell family’s side ever since.
How could you ever compare to Lisette? She's a blessing to us. She’s talented and beautiful. Every time your brothers were in a pinch, she saved them! All you do is cause trouble. How could you ever measure up to her?"
"Is that so? It was always her saving my brothers? She’s so talented?"
Calliope regarded Zelda with a cold, detached gaze. It was her mother throwing these barbs, so it still stung.
She’d always been good to them, but Lisette had taken credit for her efforts. Zelda didn’t believe in her at all. Just because she’d had a difficult birth, she was branded as the family's curse.
It was laughable. What kind of mother would do that? Was it her fault she was born?
"Yes, Lisette outshines you in every way," Zelda insisted, her voice unyielding.
"If that’s true, why keep me around? Just make Lisette your only daughter." Calliope’s voice was calm as she crossed her arms, her eyes holding no trace of emotion.
She stared at Zelda with a detached calm.
Zelda felt a flicker of unease under that steady gaze but pressed on. "Yes, with Lisette, that’s all we need!"
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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......