How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Keith hadn't expected Elodie to ignore him.

He stared, baffled, at her receding figure disappearing down the hallway.

What on earth was with Elodie? She'd clearly seen him, yet hadn't even bothered to say hello.

"Keith?" someone beside him called.

Snapping out of his daze, Keith replied, "It's nothing. I'll report back to Mr.

Silverstein with all the details."

Before leaving, he glanced once more in Elodie's direction, frowning.

What game was Elodie playing at this time?

Back on the top floor of The Silverstein Group.

Jarrod had just exited a meeting, scanning the reports handed to him by his assistants as he walked. Keith told the secretaries to return to their department and followed Jarrod into his office.

"Mr. Silverstein, the Kim & Co. side agreed to a one percent concession. They're being quite sincere. Please take a look."

Jarrod flipped through the documents and signed with barely a glance. "Good work."

contacting Dr. Charlie Sterling?" Sylvie had been eager to meet Dr. Sterling, and Jarrod was doing all

sir. Dr. Sterling is notoriously private-he doesn't do casual meetings, rarely

takes or how much it costs." Jarrod closed his pen, his tone cool and

Sterling, Jarrod was willing to go to

But-

office." The memory of Elodie

begging for a chance to get close to Mr.

flickered.

Keith continued, unable to hide his disdain. "Acting like she's above everyone

for

already joined VistaLink Technologies. Calling her 'Ms. Thorne' isn't

out what Jarrod was thinking. He quickly dropped

watch and stood

on the cabinet across the office. He asked, "Should I clear out the things your wife

had once asked him to deliver those items to Jarrod,

was gone from The Silverstein Group, wasn't it just

turn his head.

afternoon, Elodie was surprised to see Jarrod's name light up

moved out, he'd barely contacted her-only once, in the middle of the night, when

seemed to forget he even

answered. "What is