Upton stood tall, his presence commanding and cold as his gaze fixed on Lisette. His eyes held an unmistakable accusation.
Lisette’s heart lurched. Maybe at first, she had thought Upton was addressing Calliope, but now? Now she was certain - he was talking to her.
But how was that possible? Sure, she had taken Baber, but how could they possibly know that?
She had been careful, meticulous. She had enlisted help, ensured that every detail was flawless. There were no cameras, no witnesses—Baber had simply vanished.
Shouldn’t Upton be furious with Calliope instead? It was her responsibility to watch over Baber.
Lisette stared at Upton in disbelief, scrambling for an explanation. “Mr. Thorne, you can’t seriously believe Calliope’s nonsense! I had nothing to do with Baber’s disappearance! I’ve been here the whole time. How could I possibly have taken him? I even gave you a heads-up.”
Calliope tightened her grip. “Funny… we hadn’t even realized Baber was missing yet. So tell me, how exactly did you know before the rest of us and manage to warn Mr. Thorne in advance?”
“I-I saw the bodyguards looking for him, so I just called Mr. Thorne,” Lisette stammered, her pulse racing.
“Oh, perfect timing then. Since they’re right here, we can check the timeline. We’ll see what happened first - your little warning or Baber disappearing. And even if the timing doesn’t add up, the fact that you’re so focused on Baber is suspicious enough, don’t you think?”
Lisette’s mouth snapped shut. Her heart pounded in her chest as panic started creeping in.
If Upton had blindly lashed out at Calliope, Lisette wouldn’t have been worried. But he wasn’t acting impulsively. No, he was thinking this through, and worst of all, he trusted Calliope’s word over hers.
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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......