"You wanna argue with me? Honey, you don''t stand a chance!" Calliope shot


    Oliver a look and said, "Honestly, I don''t know what you want from me, but I''m


    here to tell you off, in and simple!"


    "Old man, quit dreaming. Ss isn''ting back to you! And he sure as hell isn''t


    making you his heir! Stop daydreaming, would you?"


    "If you''ve got this much energy to chase after Ss, you''d be better off picking up


    some random guy off the street and raising him yourself, might be faster, too."


    Calliope''s mouth was like a machine gun. Oliver couldn''t even get a word in.


    Off to the side, the woman frowned and stared at Calliope.


    "You''re Calliope? Ss''s wife?" the woman suddenly asked.


    Calliope''s radar kicked in. "Oh, you know Ss? Sound pretty chummy, do you


    know my husband or what?"


    She squinted at the woman for a while, trying to ce her. Nope, no memory.


    Ss had never mentioned her, either.


    "I do," the woman replied coolly. "I''ve known Ss since we were kids. I knew him


    long before you did. Sure, it''s been a while, but I''m sure Ss would remember


    me."


    "So you were his childhood friend?" Calliope sized her up, still suspicious. Ss


    had never brought up any old friends like this.


    "That''s right. We were close as kids," the woman said, then added, "I''m not just


    his friend. I''m Ss''s future wife. My name''s Blythe White."


    Calliope was speechless. Did she just hear that right? Future wife?


    "You heard me, Blythe said, as if


    reading her mind. "I''ve already talked


    to his dad. Ss and I are getting


    married. But before that, you need to


    sort things out with Ss. You''re not


    right for him. You''re just holding him


    back. Ss should be with me. My


    family can do a lot for him."


    Blythe looked at her like this was all perfectly reasonable.


    Calliope almostughed out loud.


    She was Ss''s wife, but this


    random woman was standing here


    telling her, to her face, that she was


    going to be the next Mrs. Ss?


    "Girl, did you run this little marriage


    n by Ss?" Calliope shot back


    ""Cause honestly, if you''re asking this


    old geezer for permission, you might


    as well marry him instead!


    "And by the way, bigamy is illegal. Ss and I are already married. We actually


    like each other-heck, we''re even thinking about having a baby."


    "As for you? Step aside, sweetheart. You say you''ve known him longer than me?


    That''s funny. I could just say we were soulmates in a past life!"


    She rolled her eyes.


    "Oliver, you brought me here to talk to a lunatic? You really think this is gonna


    make me divorce Ss?"


    "Dream on! Unless Ss himselfes to me and says he wants out, it''s not


    happening!"


    "So, are you two done with your little soap opera? Because if you are, I''m heading


    home for Christmas dinner!"


    "Honestly, running into you two drama queens on Christmas Eve is just my luck!"


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