When Calliope finally arrived, Archie and Portia were already there, waiting for her in their private booth. As soon as she walked in, smiles spread across all their faces.
"About time you showed up! What took you so long?" Portia teased, looking up. "Latecomers buy the first round!"
"Alright, alright!" Calliope chuckled, waving her hand in mock defeat. "Just had a few things to wrap up. I'll make it up with a drink."
True to her word, Calliope poured herself a glass of wine and toasted to her friends before taking a generous sip.
The three of them settled into their seats, catching up on each other's lives.
Archie was a bit quiet, but Portia eagerly shared about her latest romantic interest, a guy she’d been seeing but hadn’t quite locked down yet.
Then Mavis recounted her recent daring mission. It was a nail-biter, the kind of story that made you clutch your heart a little tighter. Luckily, her top-skilled mentor had swooped in at the last moment to save the day.
"So, how are things going with Uriah?" Calliope asked, glancing at Mavis.
Everyone knew Mavis had a thing for her mentor Uriah Stewart, but it was also clear that Uriah didn’t seem to reciprocate those feelings in the same way. Their relationship was complicated, to put it mildly.
Calliope remembered how, in another life, Mavis and Uriah had a massive falling out, almost tearing their mentor-mentee bond apart. Yet Calliope always believed that deep down, Uriah felt something for Mavis, even if he couldn't admit it.
"Same old," Mavis shrugged. "My status and work are kind of unique. Uriah's never really cared about that."
She took a sip of her drink, her eyes downcast, and it was clear she was a little bummed.
Portia gave her a sympathetic look. "Maybe it's time to set your sights on someone else. Uriah's as approachable as a porcupine, I always feel gruesomely uneasy when around him!"
Mavis forced a smile. If only it were that easy to let go.
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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......