Chapter 96

Elodie finally allowed herself to relax a little.

She stayed with Emile through lunch, waiting for the discomfort from the treatment to ease, and then returned to VistaLink Technologies to wrap up some loose ends.

Jarrod hadn't reached out to her again.

The next day.

Just as Elodie was about to log off at the end of her workday, her grandmother called. "Sweetheart, what time are you getting off?"

"I'm just about to finish," Elodie replied, closing her laptop.

"Perfect! I've sent Jarrod to pick you up. Come home with him after work, I need you both here for something."

Elodie blinked in surprise. "Grandma, actually I have—"

"He's already downstairs. Just head down when you're ready."

"...Okay."

Rubbing her aching temples, Elodie resigned herself to it. If it weren't for her grandmother's direct orders, there was no way Jarrod would be offering her a ride.

quickly and headed

Bentley was idling at the

window slid down; Jarrod glanced over at her. "Get

novel. In all her years at The Silverstein Group, no matter how many times her grandmother insisted Jarrod give her a

left to hide- she'd finally earned the "privilege" of being

that her grandmother's request was urgent. "You know, I can skip it.

Jarrod replied, glancing at his watch with a hint of

picked up on his mood. It didn't take much to guess why. Her mother's issue still hung between them, unresolved. This was

walked over to

at the passenger seat, but in the

to his girlfriend-she wasn't about

to the door, bundled in her coat and staring silently out the window. She showed no interest

and addressed the driver coolly, "Turn up the

momentarily taken

he...taking her comfort

she was reading too much into it. Even if he did give an order for her sake, it was out of courtesy,

Mansion, Octavia had already returned from hanging out with her friends

she couldn't resist a dig: "I knew you'd use Grandma to get closer to my brother. If it weren't for picking you

had grown used to this. She didn't bother

that explained Jarrod's mood—she'd interrupted his date with

emerged from the side parlor. "Dinner's

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