When Elodie arrived, she found Jarrod standing beneath the covered walkway of the nursing home, cigarette in hand. He looked tall and composed, an imposing figure with a chill about him that kept people at a distance.

Her heart pounded against her ribs, and her expression was anything but calm.

Jarrod, always calculating, never wasted words. He was threatening her with her uncle to force her hand—nothing more, nothing less.

She walked up to him. "Can we talk?"

Jarrod turned slowly, regarding her with a cool gaze. "Why are you so nervous?"

The question hit her like a slap.

Elodie knew times had changed; she couldn't afford to be defiant anymore. She softened her voice. "My mother dedicated her whole life to art. She and Selma always had their differences. No matter what, the gallery can't be sold. Can't you just let this go...?"

She was out of breath, probably from running.

Her words came out in shaky bursts.

Jarrod just looked at her, unmoved. "Her mother loved that place."

His tone made it clear-he wasn't going to give in.

He was willing to let the Thorne family be insulted, all to please Sylvie's mother?

visit her uncle and grandmother. He'd barely ever agreed. Now, he'd come here of his own

What a cruel joke.

but not this time. My grandmother can't stand Sylvie's mother. If she finds out Selma is the buyer, it will devastate her. Please... for the

that even if she refused, Jarrod

She couldn't risk it.

she let her vulnerability show-something she'd never done in front of

her for a

stubbed out his cigarette and slipped his hands into his pockets. "Fine. The gallery

stared at him, stunned by his

Jarrod asked, "Was the situation with

Finally, she understood.

at all. The fallout with Mr. Patrick had affected her grandmother, and now the gallery was just another pawn in his

he think she was the reason his

case, it was

matter between me and her. There's no way I could influence Mr. Patrick or the

her squirm, to defend Sylvie's wounded pride by putting Elodie in her

"Tell me besides Alexander, does VistaLink Technologies have any

frowned, surprised

made up of top university graduates,"

she wasn't the only talent in

Jarrod understood her meaning.

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