A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust novel Chapter 564

Silas’s face darkened instantly. He looked downright annoyed.

Monty shot Zelda a glare. “What on earth are you talking about, Zelda? That’s not your place to say! This is Callie’s home. It’s Silas’s home, too. They’re free to stay wherever they want, pick any room they like. Every room is theirs for the choosing.”

He wouldn’t dare cross Calliope now, not to mention Silas. Either one of them could make his life hell.

And Zelda’s words? If Silas took them the wrong way, he’d probably think the family didn’t want him here.

“Silas, don’t pay her any mind. This is your home, too.”

Silas ignored Monty, his eyes cool as he glanced at Horatio and the others.

Valerian, meanwhile, was in a fantastic mood. Calliope had promised to give him the car he’d been daydreaming about but could never afford. Now even Silas seemed like the best brother-in-law in the world.

“Hey, Silas, make yourself at home, man!” Valerian grinned. “You’re Callie’s husband, which makes you our brother-in-law. We’re glad to have you here!”

Horatio nodded. “We’re all family. No need for formalities.”

Just then, a housekeeper entered with a man in tow. “Ma’am, sir, this gentleman’s brought a new family portrait. Would you like it hung up?”

The housekeeper glanced at the old portrait hanging on the wall. That one didn’t have Calliope in it, but it’d been up there for years.

This new photo was all of them, with Calliope front and center.

The housekeeper wasn’t sure if it should replace the old one or just get tucked away somewhere.

“Take the old one down and hang this one up,” Monty said without hesitation.

Everyone was gathered around, admiring the new portrait. She hadn’t noticed at first, but when she followed their gaze, her face went pale.

The family portrait had been changed! The old one with her in it was gone, replaced by a new photo—Calliope front and center, Lisette nowhere to be seen.

“When did you take this?” Lisette’s voice trembled.

They hadn’t even invited her? Had they just… cast her out? She’d already had a rough day at work, now this?

“It was while you were… away,” Calliope said, meeting Lisette’s eyes. “It’s not that we didn’t want you in the photo. But you were the one who locked yourself away, remember? Can’t really blame us for that, can you?”

She returned Lisette’s old words to her, word for word.