Elodie couldn't wrap her head around it, so she blurted out, "You paid for it?"

Jarrod glanced at her with a lazy indifference, a faint, almost mocking smile tugging at his lips.

He probably thought her question was unnecessary.

The answer was obvious.

He'd always been generous with Sylvie.

Realizing she'd said too much, Elodie relaxed, exhaling softly. "Alright, I get it."

As long as he didn't drag her or the Thorne family into trouble, she didn't care how much he spent on Sylvie. That was his business.

"Are we each getting our own gift for Aunt Grace?" she asked.

Jarrod, watching her with a measured gaze, replied, "No need. I've already taken care of everything."

"Okay." Elodie didn't press further.

She turned to leave.

Jarrod seemed to remember something. "I'll send you the photos."

Elodie hesitated, glancing back. "Hm?"

He had already pulled out his phone. The old lady had sent him six pictures. He long-pressed to select them all, tapped to forward, and scrolled down to find Elodie's contact.

send, Sylvie's name flashed across the screen with an incoming

shut

no intention of letting

a moment, pressing her lips

didn't linger. Instead, she simply turned

for lunch, she excused herself, claiming she had work at the

Meanwhile,

call, grabbed his jacket,

completely forgot about sending Elodie

Saturday.

the morning. "Give me your address. I'll pick you up for Aunt Grace's

looked around her small apartment. She had no intention of letting him come over. "No need. I'll get there

you,"

meet you outside VistaLink Technologies."

subway, arriving just as Jarrod's car pulled up. Today,

the back seat, focused on

between them, Elodie figured sitting side by side would

time, Jarrod

"Sit in the back."

unfazed, and quietly got in beside

glanced at Elodie in the rearview mirror, his gaze holding something

up, only to spot

the dashboard above

up their makeup here quite

So that was it.

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