"They''re all talking nonsense!"


    Suddenly, a clear voice rang out-Ulysses Jewell had just stepped in, microphone already in hand.


    The moment he entered, every single pair of eyes turned to him.


    He was the picture of a modern celebrity-strikingly handsome, dressed in the


    Wait, what did he just say?


    People shot confused looks at Ulysses.


    Wasn''t he supposed to be on the Jewell family''s side? Shouldn''t he be tearing into Calliope, angry like the rest?


    But no-Ulysses didn''t look like he was here to back up his family at all. If anything, it seemed like he was about to go to bat for Calliope.


    And then, all of a sudden, another odd detail hit everyone: for a Jewell family press conference, the whole family wasn''t even present.


    Horatio, the eldest, was nowhere to be found. Ulysses, the third son, had only just arrived.


    "Uly, what are you doing here? Didn''t you have something important to take care of?" Valerian Jewell shot his brother a warning re, hoping Ulysses, even if he wasn''t going to help, wouldn''t make a scene.


    If Ulysses started stirring the pot now, it''d be disastrous for the Jewell family.


    Monty Jewell was also ring daggers at Ulysses. He knew what wasing- Ulysses had been against this whole thing from the start. God knows how Calliope had managed to sway him, but now he was clearly on her side.


    He used to hate Calliope the most. Now? He was standing up for her.


    "When did I ever say I had something else to do?" Ulysses looked up, a cold smirk on his lips. "Valerian, I told you: don''t hold this press conference. We should have


    talked to Callie first, cleared things up before making this mess."


    "And all this stuff you''re saying-do you even have proof?"


    "You''ve got nothing. You''re just making wild usations because you want Grandpa''s money. You don''t even know how much he left behind. You''re just jealous of what Callie has, aren''t you?"  s


    "Tell me, when did Mom or Dad ever actually care about the real Callie?"


    "Did they ever shed a single tear for her?"


    "Our real sister-Mom nearly died giving birth to her. She''s held that against her only daughter ever since."


    "She always thought Calliope was a bad omen, cursed, that she''d only bring trouble."<fn9625> N?w ?ovel chapt?rs are published on find?novel</fn9625>


    "Not once did she mourn when Callie died."


    "Dad was just as bad."


    "And you two-have you ever thought about our sister, the one who''s gone?"


    "No. You never grieved for her, never felt sad. All you can think about is Grandpa''s money."


    "Or maybe it''s not even about Grandpa''s estate at all!”


    "What really matters is the money in Calliope''s hands. That''s what you want, isn''t it?"


    "You''re just greedy."


    Ulysses stepped up to the stage, his words making the faces of the Jewell family darken with anger.


    “Ulysses, that''s enough!"


    Valerian stood up, his voice shaking. with anger. "I don''t know what sort of spell Calliope''s put on you but were only #ying to take back what''s rightfully ours!"  s


    If Ulysses wouldn''t help, fine—but now he was undermining them in public.


    Monty''s voice was low and rough as


    he red at Ulysses, "Uly, that''s


    enough. The truth will speak for itself and everyone


    watching journalists, the public-they''ll figure it out.  s