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

yet, but she wasn't about to handle

assign someone else. The Silverstein Group is a massive company-I'm sure it won't

Keith was momentarily stunned.

Elodie was really quitting?

from the one job that kept her close to Mr.

this was just another calculated move-some new tactic to win back Jarrod's

returned to the

to meet with President Brown

the Aurora

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

hesitated. "Ms. Thorne...

"Spit it out."

resigned, and said not to contact her about Ms.

looked up, his gaze icy and unreadable. "She resigned in

I called her in. HR said she submitted her resignation

moment,

couldn't read his boss's thoughts. He hesitated. "She must have something important going on. In three years, Ms. Thorne's never once taken a day

Jarrod already knew that.

always kept to herself, cool and detached, but she was sharp, resourceful, and completely dedicated to people, to work, to everything she did. Otherwise, she never would have become head of

take leave and resign-this was

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