A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust novel Chapter 625

The employee nearly jumped out of her skin when Valerian snapped at her. Her voice trembled as she looked at Portia and stammered, “It was a gift from Calliope!”

Valerian glared at the cake, his mood sinking even further.

He’d gone out of his way to buy that cake for her, her favorite, a big slice of cheesecake with extra strawberries. Not only did she not eat it, she just handed it off to someone else without a second thought!

The more he thought about it, the more it stung.

How could she treat him like this? She’d always been distant with his whole family, and now, even when he tried to reach out, she just shrugged him off. What did he ever do to deserve this?

If he was a little nicer to Lisette, so what? Lisette was always thoughtful, always polite, never made things hard for anyone. But Calliope? She never listened, never cared about the family. It was always about her, her, her.

So what if they’d been a little unfair to her as a kid? Was she really going to hold that over their heads forever?

Even Lisette had tried to make amends, tried to keep the peace, but Calliope just wouldn’t budge. She was always the one making things difficult.

The more Valerian dwelled on it, the angrier he got. But then he remembered Horatio still needed Calliope’s help with his treatment and he still wanted that birthday present she’d promised him, so he bit his tongue.

“Uh, can I… can I take the cake with me?” the employee squeaked, almost too nervous to breathe.

Valerian barely looked at her. “Yeah, take it. Whatever,” he grumbled.

Just then, Monty walked by and noticed Valerian’s scowl. “What’s got you all wound up?”

Valerian scowled. “I got her that cake, and she didn’t even care. Just turned around and gave it away to someone else. She’s nothing like a real sister. She just doesn’t get it!”