How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 21

Keith caught on quickly. "Mr. Silverstein, Ms. Thorne didn't come up today."

In other words, she hadn't brought lunch at all.

Jarrod narrowed his eyes, deep in thought.

Keith couldn't help adding, "I checked with PR. They said Ms. Thorne didn't come in to work either-she's officially resigned. Mr. Silverstein, is Ms. Thorne throwing a tantrum with you?"

Elodie used to make her presence felt, showing up every day with lunch. Most of the time, Jarrod ignored it and let Keith deal with the food.

Resigned?

Jarrod hadn't really taken her resignation seriously. He knew exactly how much Elodie needed this respectable, well-paid job.

But now...

She'd come to her senses soon enough.

He barely managed a careless smile, scrolling through his phone until he found Elodie's messages from a week ago her last one, asking if he'd be home for dinner.

She'd stopped reaching out ever since he didn't go with her to the hospital, and after he celebrated Sylvie's birthday instead.

Keith gave a dismissive snort. "Honestly, I think Ms. Thorne's just playing hard to get. She'll come crawling back before long, pretending nothing happened."

get Mr. Silverstein's attention,

pocketed his phone without replying. He had no intention of checking

up. "Book a table. I'm

Joseph went to see President Brown

nodded. "Yes, sir.

make

Fielding could make Mr. Silverstein

last-minute business dinner and wanted Elodie to

been acting up lately, and with the cancer diagnosis, she couldn't drink. She made an excuse, and Alexander didn't

to managing Jarrod's every need, she'd hardly lived her own life-she even found

life had been so demanding, she'd had

she could do was try to enjoy life

the shops, the cold air bit at her. She wrapped her grandmother's knitted

asked about Alexander's dinner and went

doorway, overhearing laughter and conversation inside. "Mr. Silverstein clearly thinks highly of Ms. Fielding, bringing her here in person. It's our honor to meet such an

saw Jarrod's tall figure, his arm loosely around Sylvie's

two are inseparable," someone joked. "I wouldn't be surprised if Ms. Fielding

Silverstein's a lucky man," another chimed in. "With Ms. Fielding keeping things in order at home, life must

unhurried, almost gentle. "Sylvie's hands aren't meant

clutching the

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