How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 38

Elodie and Alexander both took the following day off, choosing to shut themselves away and rest.

She knew how fragile her health was; pushing herself for no reason had never

been her style.

10:00 p.m.

Jarrod stopped by the house he shared with Elodie that evening.

He paused as he opened the shoe cabinet to grab a pair of slippers.

His dark eyes swept over the shelves, scanning up and down.

Elodie was always calm and a little distant, but she cared about the details of daily life. She loved anything that felt vibrant and alive-so even something as ordinary as house slippers, she insisted on picking out bright, cheerful colors.

Usually, a few pairs in pastel yellow, sage green, or vintage blue would be lined up right next to his black, gray, and white ones.

They were hard to miss.

But now, as he looked, those splashes of color were gone. The cabinet felt strangely empty, dull.

Cara, their housekeeper, came over to take his suit jacket. "Welcome home, sir."

Jarrod closed the cabinet door. "Where are her shoes?"

glanced at the cabinet, thinking for a moment before answering, "Mrs. Silverstein came by earlier and asked me to throw them all out. I think she wanted

considered this. That was

Just as he'd expected.

Elodie hadn't come back.

loosened his tie, Jarrod pulled out his

messaged Elodie two hours ago. She

unwell, or just busy and hadn't had a chance to

he didn't

his gesture,

rest, Elodie was

One of the new clients was a tech manufacturing

With Alexander away on a last-minute business trip, he assigned the task to

okay?" Alexander still worried she might be uncomfortable. Elodie gave him a small, reassuring smile. "Business is

one of The Silverstein Group's subsidiaries; there was no guarantee she'd

had a remarkable ability to compartmentalize. She never let personal feelings cloud her judgment. She was always

greeted by Jason, the manager. He recognized Esmeralda as one of VistaLink's

a natural at social situations, but when it came to technical specs and contract details, she left

partner at VistaLink, Elodie held as much authority

Elodie he was surprised VistaLink had sent such a young, striking woman to

but didn't take it

for three years, always keeping it quiet. Jarrod had never

keeping business and private life separate,

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