A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust novel Chapter 24

Everyone knew that Eamon had promised Gideon a stake in the company if he married Calliope. But now that Calliope had backed out, those shares went up in smoke.

Of course, Verity was gleeful about the whole situation.

But Gideon's mother, Fleur, wasn't taking it so well. Her face soured the moment the news broke. She never really liked Calliope and certainly didn't want her marrying Gideon, but the five percent stake in the company was a sweet deal she couldn’t ignore. Reluctantly, she had supported the marriage.

She never imagined that, just as the wedding bells were about to chime, the bride could simply change her mind.

Fleur was livid. At the wedding, she'd already confronted Eamon about it, but he just shrugged and said it was Gideon's choice to walk away. Nothing to be done about it now.

Fleur fumed, spending the next few days at the family estate trying to sway Eamon. But it was no use. He insisted that since Calliope had married Silas in front of the world, it was out of his hands.

"If Gideon's chosen another woman and given up on Calliope, then naturally, the shares are not his to have," Eamon declared. "Instead, they'll go to Calliope."

Fleur was hopping mad. How could they give the shares to an outsider like Calliope? But Eamon stood firm, insisting that since Calliope had married Silas, she was no longer an outsider.

For days, Fleur was beside herself with anger, losing her appetite and unable to sleep. It felt like watching a Thanksgiving turkey fly away just before the feast. She had even resigned herself to accepting Calliope as a daughter-in-law. And now, that woman had the nerve to bolt!