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?"

answering, "Mrs. Silverstein came by earlier and asked me to throw them

considered this. That was

Just as he'd expected.

Elodie hadn't come back.

his tie, Jarrod pulled

Elodie two hours ago. She still hadn't

feeling unwell, or just busy and hadn't had

didn't really

made his gesture, hadn't

day of rest, Elodie was back at

a new deal. One of the new clients was a tech manufacturing company owned by The Silverstein Group,

was necessary to review the materials and components. With Alexander away on a last-minute business trip, he assigned the task to Elodie

still worried she might be uncomfortable. Elodie gave him a small,

The Silverstein Group's subsidiaries; there was no

She never let personal feelings

Esmeralda as one of VistaLink's principal shareholders and greeted them with extra courtesy.

was a natural at social situations, but when it came to technical specs and

a technical partner at VistaLink, Elodie held as

couldn't help but glance curiously at Elodie he was surprised VistaLink had sent such a young, striking

scrutiny but

always keeping it

a stickler for keeping business and private

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