Lisette's face flushed with humiliation. She could feel that Jett and his wife disliked her. After a moment of hesitation, she excused herself from Blythe and went to play at another table.
Blythe, however, remained, looking at Jett with a wounded expression.
“Dad, how could you lose to her?”
Jett gently smoothed her hair and said softly, “Blythe, she is genuinely skilled. Not just better than you, but better than me as well. I gave it my all, but I still lost to her.”
“When you’re outmatched, you have to accept defeat.”
“We don’t use our power to bully people. A loss is a loss. You can work hard to improve, but you shouldn't hold a grudge against your opponent. I taught you that when you were little—what happens at the card table is a matter of mutual consent.”
“In my opinion, this Calliope is quite impressive. You have no need to make an enemy of her.”
“That friend of yours, Lisette, on the other hand… I don’t think she’s a good influence. You should be careful around her,” Jett warned.
But his words fell on deaf ears. Blythe only grew more sullen and angry. Her father had always doted on her, never lecturing her like this. But now, all he did was lecture her, and all while praising Calliope.
In his eyes, Calliope was the good one, even though she had been the one to humiliate Blythe. He saw Calliope as impressive, yet he questioned the friend she had chosen.
Although Blythe didn't truly consider Lisette a friend—merely a tool—the criticism still stung.
“Alright, you’re grown now. I won’t interfere with your friendships, but consider it a word of caution,” Jett said, patting her shoulder. “Go on and have fun if you’d like.”
Blythe nodded, a storm of frustration brewing inside her.
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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......