Chapter 96

Lucien didn't even glance at Olivia. His pitch-black eyes stayed locked on Calliope, cold as ice. His brows tightened, voice laced with undisguised disdain. "Why are you hanging out with her again? She's got zero manners-just dragging you down." Olivia was fuming, practically ready to explode, but Calliope held her back in time. Calliope looked Lucien straight in the eyes. Her gaze was calm but sharp. "She's my best friend. Always has been, always will be." Back then, Lucien had overheard Olivia trying to talk her into breaking up with him. From that moment, he saw Olivia as a threat and did everything to keep them apart. In her previous life, after marrying him, Calliope really did start pulling away from Olivia, all to keep Lucien happy. And when she got so desperate for his approval that she'd do anything just to have his baby, that's when Olivia finally gave up on her. She'd said, "The Calliope I knew died the day she married Lucien." Later, when Olivia got married, she didn't even