A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust

The stand-in had already unlocked the hotel room door. He knew Silas so well by now that he could copy his every move, right down to the way he walked and talked. It was almost creepy how perfect the imitation was.

Of course, no one in the livestream could actually see his face. All they saw was "Silas" walk into the room, and then, there was Yvette.

Yvette had clearly been waiting. She wore a slinky, barely-there dress, and the room was hazy with some kind of incense that made everything feel a little off.

"Uncle Silas! I knew you'd show up!" Yvette's voice was breathy with excitement the second she saw him.

"I bet it crushed you when you saw Calliope go visit Gideon, didn't it?" She sighed dramatically. "I'm heartbroken too. I know they're not over each other. That's why I wanted to meet you. There's nothing we can do, right? Two miserable souls. Let's just sit and have a drink together."

"Uncle Silas, come sit. I brought some wine."

She barely had anything on, and every move she made seemed carefully choreographed to show more skin. When she leaned over to pour a glass, the camera caught a generous view.

At that moment, the livestream chat totally blew up.

[Whoa, what am I watching? Is this for real? Wait, isn't that Gideon's wife, Yvette? And Uncle Silas, is that actually you?]

Silas: [Just to clarify, that's not me, okay? That guy just really looks like me.]

[Oh thank God! I was about to freak out. Auntie would lose her mind if this was real!]

[But, uh, is no one going to tag Gideon? His wife's about to cheat right on camera. And with Uncle Silas? This is insane!]

People started tagging Gideon and his family like crazy.

Fleur popped into the chat, confused: [What's going on? Why am I being tagged?

Is something wrong with my daughter-in-law?]

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Fleur: [Excuse me? I don't understand. What's my daughter-in-law doing? Flirting with her uncle-in-law?]

Someone dropped the livestream link. Fleur clicked, probably thinking it was a joke.

On screen, Yvette was draped

across the sofa, calling the stand-in

"Silas" every other sentence, acting tipsy and way too handsy. Meanwhile, the fake Silas was playing along, gently nudging her for more information.

Yvette answered everything, thinking Silas was finally interested in her.

"Silas, you don't get it. I've always loved you! The only reason I married Gideon was because of you!"

"Since Calliope wants Gideon back

so badly, why don't we just get together? I'm serious, I really love you. Don't you think I'm good enough? Or do you only have eyes for Calliope? What's so great about her, anyway? She only ever cared about Gideon. She married you to make him jealous!"

“But my feelings for you are real!” Yvette stared at the stand-in with total sincerity.noveldrama

"You're the only one I want!"

The chat exploded. Within seconds, the whole family group was watching. Everyone was losing their minds.