"Exactly! After all these years as friends, there shouldn’t be anything left unsaid—good or bad, we voice it all," someone echoed.
Nadine hesitated. "It’s just... I’m really not sure. I don’t want to stir things up if it’s just a misunderstanding." She thought for a moment, then added, "But since it’s on my mind, I figured I should let you know, Callie. A little extra caution can’t hurt."
"What’s going on?" another friend asked, looking up with concern. "Sounds like that some idiot is out to cause trouble for Callie?"
"Yeah." Nadine nodded. "You all know Robert Goldman from Sea City, right?"
"You mean that loser from the Goldman family?" a guy scoffed. "I’ve heard plenty about him. His dad’s powerful, but how he managed to raise such a reprobate I’ll never get. The guy’s a pig—hideously ugly, sleeps around, and rumor is he’s been involved in more than one woman’s death."
"That’s what I heard, too. Wasn’t there another scandal a while back? Some woman died, but the whole mess just disappeared. So what about him?"
"He’s here for the auction," Nadine said. "And I overheard him chatting with someone—pretty sure I caught your name, Callie. Truth be told, it was vague, nothing clear, so maybe I’m just overthinking it. Still… there’s a chance this Robert guy wants to come after you."
"Dealing with Robert isn’t really the issue," she continued, nodding toward Calliope. "The real headache with the Goldman family is his grandmother and father. Those two? Not easy to navigate. They have Sea City in a chokehold, so most people go out of their way to avoid crossing them. And Robert... well, he’s just repulsive."
Calliope arched an eyebrow and grinned as she tossed her cards on the table. "I’m calling it—I win."
She smiled, unfazed. "What you just said is the same with Blackhawk. Looks like you both heard right—someone’s gunning for me, and it definitely ties back to Robert." She shrugged lightly. "No need to worry. It’s nothing I can't handle."
Thoughtful for a beat, she scanned the familiar faces around the table. On this cruise, her allies far outnumbered her rivals. Even the auction's host was an old friend. She was almost certain now—this had Lisette or Blythe’s fingerprints all over it.
Trying to take her down here was a rookie mistake.
"Still, you should be a bit careful," a friend insisted.


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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......