Calliope raised an eyebrow. “I doubt you’re hurting for money, Mr. Larson. Planning to shake me down now?”
“If you were hard up, I’d just hand it over,” she continued. “But asking me to lose on purpose? That’s where I draw the line.”
“You’ve still got that competitive streak, I see.” Mr. Larson grinned, then put on a mock-woeful face. “Come on, admit it—why don’t you like me? I’m a catch, you know.”
“Oh, but I do like you,” Calliope answered sweetly. “I like you so much I could almost adopt you as my son.”
That drew a groan from Mr. Larson and set the whole room laughing.
Once the laughter died down, the atmosphere shifted—business returned to the forefront as they dug into a few new projects.
“As always, you know what needs to be done,” Calliope said finally. “If you hit any snags or need funding, just reach out—I’ll make sure the money gets to you. I’m leaving the details in your hands. We’ve worked together for so many years—I trust you, and you trust me. Isn’t that right?”
“You know we do. If it weren’t for you pulling us together all those years ago, we’d probably still be a bunch of aimless punks, squandering whatever we had left,” one of the men said.
“Absolutely. Callie, you’re the reason we made it out,” someone else added.
“Everything we have now, it’s because of you. Don’t worry about anything—we’ll take care of it. Even if you call us partners, we’ve always seen you as the real boss. The final call’s always yours!”
“We’ve always believed in you.”
“It’s only because of you that our partnership runs so smoothly.”
Their words were genuine, full of gratitude.


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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......