Gideon lunged toward Calliope, his intentions clear as day. Just as he was about to kiss her, Calliope's hand flew up, landing a sharp slap across his face.
She didn't stop there. With a swift kick, she sent Gideon flung heavily to the floor, leaving him utterly bewildered.
As he lay there, trying to gather his scattered thoughts, the office door swung open.
Silas strode in, his expression darkening dangerously at the sight of Gideon on the ground.
"What are you doing?" his voice boomed across the room.
Gideon's heart raced, pounding so hard it felt like it might jump right out of his chest. Nervously glancing at Calliope, his eyes darting cunningly, he quickly concocted a story while his mind was still in a whirl. "Uncle Silas, I... I just slipped!"
"Slipped, huh?" Silas turned his gaze to Calliope, eyebrows raised in question.
Calliope shot Gideon a sideways glance, recognizing the panic and silent threat in his eyes. She smirked slightly and nodded at Silas. "Yeah, he did."
With Calliope’s confirmation, Silas let it slide. He handed her a small box with a gentle smile, "Callie, I bought a cupcake for you just now. I remember you saying it’s your favorite."
"Thanks." Calliope, ever the well-behaved one, took the cupcake and nibbled on it.
Silas returned to his desk and summoned Gideon over.
"So, what brings you here?"
Gideon, still rattled, stole another glance at Calliope, feeling the lingering cold sweat on his back as he was so frightened of Calliope telling on him. He wasn’t sure why he’d acted so impulsively, but he was both angry and inexplicably drawn to securing that kiss.
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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......