How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 31

A quiet voice came from inside the room. "Come in."

Elodie pushed open the door. Jarrod had just finished showering and changed into fresh clothes; he stood with his back to her, scrolling through his phone.

She stepped inside and noticed his suit jacket lying haphazardly on the rug beside the futon. Instinctively, Elodie stooped to pick it up.

Just then, Jarrod turned around. His gaze flicked to the jacket in her hands, and his brows drew together. "Don't touch my things again."

For years, Elodie had always been the one to iron his clothes by hand. Jarrod assumed she was about to take his jacket away to deal with it.

Elodie pressed her lips together and tossed the jacket onto the futon. "When are we_"

"Get some sleep," Jarrod cut her off, barely glancing her way as he checked his watch and strode quickly out of the room. Whether Elodie had something important to say didn't seem to matter to him.

His abrupt departure caught her off guard.

She'd lost her chance to talk to him about the divorce.

As for what could make him leave in such a hurry-other than Sylvie, she couldn't think of a single person.

a car horn

chimed. Alexander had sent her a voice

room will be full of industry

then grabbed a change of clothes from the wardrobe and settled down

left in the middle of the night. Elodie spent a good while

even managed to organize a set of strategic guidelines, which she handed off to Galen, the head of

high-level technical brief from someone who'd only had a few days with the files. "She did all this herself?"

then. The top universities-here and abroad- were all fighting over her. If I worked another five years, I still might not catch up to what she was

top of the game here. Is she supposed

laughed, offering no further

talent, his own father would never have been so furious about her quitting for marriage that he needed blood pressure

What a waste.

tell a diamond from a

marriage, there was

suit-his cufflinks set with green stones to match her dress, a

wear her dress, and

was pale. She dabbed on extra blush to hide her exhaustion, then slipped into the dress and headed

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