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."

the night before, right after

but she wasn't about to handle

let Mr. Silverstein assign someone else. The Silverstein Group is a

Keith was momentarily stunned.

Elodie was really quitting?

actually willing to walk away from the one job that kept her close to

another calculated

returned to the top

was about to meet with President Brown

Silverstein, here's the Aurora Analytics contract for

"How's the PR

hesitated. "Ms.

"Spit it out."

and said not

He looked up, his gaze icy and unreadable. "She

I called her in. HR said she submitted

the resignation for a moment, focusing instead on the unusual request for

boss's thoughts. He hesitated. "She must have something important going on. In three years, Ms. Thorne's never once

Jarrod already knew that.

but she was sharp, resourceful, and completely dedicated to people, to work, to everything she did. Otherwise, she never would

both take leave and resign-this was no

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