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."
night before, right after finalizing the divorce
paperwork hadn't reached Jarrod yet, but she wasn't about
else. The Silverstein Group is
Keith was momentarily stunned.
Elodie was really quitting?
was actually willing to walk away from the one
maybe this was just another calculated move-some new tactic to win
returned to the top
to
here's the Aurora Analytics contract for your
glanced over it, then asked, "How's the PR team handling the Sylvie
hesitated. "Ms. Thorne...
"Spit it out."
resigned, and said not to contact her about
He looked up, his gaze icy and unreadable. "She
on leave today, but I called her in. HR
leave?" Jarrod ignored the resignation for a moment, focusing instead on the unusual request for time
his boss's thoughts. He hesitated. "She must have something important going on. In three
Jarrod already knew that.
was sharp, resourceful, and completely dedicated to people, to work, to everything she did. Otherwise, she never would
leave and resign-this was no
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