Chapter 119

She never finished her sentence.

Suddenly, footsteps sounded at the doorway.

A low, cool male voice cut through the room. "I'm not late, am I? Darling?"

Elodie's words were snatched from her lips.

She whipped around, stunned, half-convinced she must have misheard.

Everyone else in the room looked over, just as surprised.

Jarrod strode in, calm and assured.

Seeing him, Ivan's brows knit in surprise. He hadn't expected Jarrod to give Elodie such respect-calling her "darling" in front of everyone.

But then again, Ivan realized, today it was just the Thornes-no outsiders, no need to keep up appearances. Jarrod could afford the pretense of

acknowledgment. If even one unknowing guest were present, Elodie would never hear such a word from him.

Tall and impeccably dressed in a black suit, Jarrod crossed the room. He glanced at Elodie, then nodded politely to Rosemary. "Business kept me for a while," he said, voice even. "My apologies, Grandma."

Elodie's expression cooled.

cracked her composure. The shock she felt at the word

Willing to go this

marriage, he'd never once

Selma and

It was plain black, not the red-patterned

made sense. Her

rested on her, his tone

the others still watching, she forced herself to

"Work."

it, but she let it drop. It wasn't her place to dig deeper,

softened. As the family matriarch, she chose not to press further. She

following the ritual with

"What's going on? Aren't they already divorced? He hasn't even changed how

negotiated something with him. Either way, since he's here, I take back what I said earlier—he's not a

shown, Alexander would have told Elodie to get a rabies shot in memory of all the years she'd

By rights, Jarrod should have been spending today

the fireworks show-the real highlight-wasn't until tonight.

would leave as soon as the ritual was over. That way, he could maintain appearances

dumb, but a faint smile touched his lips as he greeted Jarrod. "I thought Mr. Silverstein might be too busy today

had really shown

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