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?"

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 to get

considered this. That was

Just as he'd expected.

Elodie hadn't come back.

his tie, Jarrod pulled out his phone

messaged Elodie two hours ago. She

just busy and hadn't had a chance

didn't

his gesture, hadn't

day of rest, Elodie

just wrapped up a major project and landed a new deal. One of the new clients was a tech manufacturing

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

uncomfortable.

was just one of The Silverstein Group's subsidiaries; there was

a remarkable ability to compartmentalize. She never let personal feelings

branch office, they were greeted by Jason, the manager. He recognized Esmeralda as one of VistaLink's principal shareholders and greeted them with

to technical specs and contract details, she left it to Elodie to take the

a technical partner at VistaLink, Elodie held

help but glance curiously at Elodie he was surprised VistaLink had sent such a young, striking woman

noticed his scrutiny but didn't take it to

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

a stickler for keeping business and private

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