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."

Silverstein's attention, huh? As

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

table. I'm having dinner with

and Joseph went to

nodded. "Yes, sir. Any

already striding out. "Have them make introductions. Let Sylvie meet

could make Mr. Silverstein put in this

afternoon, Alexander had a last-minute business dinner and

drink. She made an excuse, and Alexander didn't press; he just asked her to

She'd spent so long devoted to managing Jarrod's every need, she'd hardly lived her own life-she even found shopping

clothes, and daily life had been so demanding, she'd had no energy left

health uncertain, all she could do was try to enjoy life

wrapped her grandmother's knitted scarf around her

Alexander's dinner and

of Ms. Fielding, bringing her here in

arm loosely around Sylvie's

wouldn't be surprised if

in. "With Ms. Fielding keeping things in order at home, life

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

clutching the doorknob,

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