How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue
Chapter 56
Elodie cast a cool, indifferent glance at Maurice.
Joseph glanced at Elodie, then said, "This really isn't something Ms. Thorne needs to handle."
This was work for the staff, not her.
Alexander and Elodie immediately understood what Maurice was getting at.
Just moments ago, Maurice had been singing Sylvie's praises, calling her a rising star, full of promise-and now, he was assigning Elodie these petty, menial tasks. The message couldn't have been clearer.
She and Sylvie were worlds apart.
Elodie knew all too well: ever since that scandal-climbing into Jarrod's bed, blackmailing a journalist, forcing a marriage-everyone here had looked at her with barely concealed disgust. To them, she was only fit to atone for her supposed sins.
Maurice tapped his forehead, feigning innocence. "No offense. I just thought, since Ms. Thorne was a homemaker for three years, she'd probably be more skilled than the rest of us."
Elodie couldn't help but glance at Jarrod.
Did he really not notice the way those around him belittled her?
But then, Jarrod had never cared about her feelings.
Just like now-he remained detached, as if none of this concerned him.
Because, in truth, he'd never really thought of her as his wife.
"If you're having trouble with your
Maurice's smile froze.
out in the open. She was nothing like
the flicker of embarrassment on Maurice's face, Elodie turned away- only
a split second, a trace of a smile-wry, almost amused -flitted across his
quickly as
Elodie was momentarily stunned.
Jarrod... just smiled
these years—they could probably count on one hand the number of times he'd truly
been able to read
was the first to break the awkward silence. He shot Maurice a look and said, "Mr. Nilsson, is there something you'd
to attention, suddenly feeling
wasn't going to just
he had no intention of letting Alexander do such chores.
everyone that Alexander was
than siding-was he
frowned. Was Alexander interested in
toward Alexander, as if trying to figure him out. If this was just
the attention, Alexander raised his glass and nodded coolly
oblivious to the undercurrents. She handed a skewer of mushrooms to Freya, who'd been
was always observant-she noticed the little things, like what people
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