Elodie froze.

She pressed her lips together until they turned white. "That's Jarrod's

instruction?"-

"Yes."

Keith had never liked Elodie. Sure, she was diligent and competent, but she'd clawed her way into the marriage with underhanded tricks, manipulating her way into Jarrod's bed and then forcing a proposal.

Women like her disgusted him.

"Mr. Silverstein says you're not to leave the office today-not until things calm down in the press."

"If you can't manage that, then The Silverstein Group has no need for dead weight."

Elodie knew all too well that she meant nothing to Jarrod now.

But she hadn't expected that, even on the eve of their divorce, she'd be roped in like this-expected, as the soon-to-be ex-wife, to clean up the mess left by his mistress, to sweep real scandals under the rug.

The injustice hit her so hard she could hardly breathe. Her stomach twisted with pain, and she gripped the edge of her desk to steady herself, masking her discomfort as she glanced down at her work badge with a cold smile.

She picked it up, wound the lanyard around her fingers.

"The Silverstein Group doesn't keep slackers, that's true," she said coolly, setting the badge aside. "But this job isn't for me anymore. I resign."

her resignation the night before, right after finalizing the divorce

yet, but she

let Mr. Silverstein assign someone else. The Silverstein Group is a massive company-I'm sure it won't fall apart without

Keith was momentarily stunned.

Elodie was really quitting?

from the one job that kept her

maybe this was just another calculated

returned to the

to meet with President Brown from

Aurora Analytics contract for

then asked, "How's the PR team handling the Sylvie

hesitated. "Ms. Thorne...

"Spit it out."

handle it. She's resigned, and said not to contact her about

looked up, his gaze icy

on leave today, but I called her in. HR said she submitted

leave?" Jarrod ignored the resignation for a moment, focusing instead on the unusual request for time

boss's thoughts. He hesitated. "She must have something important

Jarrod already knew that.

to herself, cool and detached, but she was sharp, resourceful, and completely dedicated to people, to work, to everything she

take leave and

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