A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust novel Chapter 789

Calliope glanced at Ulysses, sizing him up with a flicker of curiosity and suspicion. She wasn’t sure what he was after, but he definitely seemed different from before.

Silas, always the protective one, stepped a little closer to Calliope. He didn’t say anything, but the frown on his face and the tightness in his jaw spoke volumes. He didn’t want this guy upsetting his wife.

Ulysses ignored Silas and everyone else, his gaze fixed on Calliope. He was waiting for her answer, nothing else.

After a moment, Calliope sighed and said, “Alright, you’ve got five minutes.”

She turned to the others. “Go on up. I’ll catch up with you after I talk to him.”

Silas hesitated but nodded, ushering everyone else into the elevator. Once the doors slid shut and it was just the two of them, Ulysses finally spoke.

“I’m sorry,” he said quietly.

Calliope blinked, a little surprised. Apologies weren’t exactly his style. Back when he used to make her life miserable, he’d never once uttered those words.

But here he was, standing in front of her, sounding completely sincere.

Calliope listened to Ulysses’ confession, still not quite believing it. “So you finally figured it out. And now what? You apologize and hope I’ll go soft, and then what? Ask me for something? And if I say no, you’re all just going to gang up on me again?”

She knew the Jewell family too well. Every once in a while, they’d have a crisis of conscience, but it never lasted. By the next Sunday brunch, it was like nothing had ever happened.

No matter how earnest Ulysses sounded now, she doubted it would stick. Maybe he’d even forget about this conversation by tomorrow. Maybe this apology wasn’t even real.

“That’s not it!” Ulysses looked panicked. “Please, Callie, I know we hurt you. I know I did. But I swear, I know what I did wrong now!”