How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 120

Elodie was caught off guard by Jarrod's sudden attentiveness.

He'd rarely shown this side before. They hadn't spent much time together, and Jarrod was hardly the sentimental type.

This new gentleness had to be-well, probably the result of Sylvie's influence.

With a neutral expression, Elodie took the tissue he offered and turned, intending to leave.

But her foot slipped on the edge of the cushion beneath her, and she twisted her ankle.

"Careful."

"Careful!"

Two voices overlapped-one calm, one urgent.

Two hands caught her arms, steadying her.

Elodie looked up to find Jarrod on one side, Ivan on the other.

Jarrod's dark eyes were steady; even his tone was unhurried.

Ivan glanced at Jarrod with a raised brow. "So, Mr. Silverstein does have a soft spot after all."

The comment made Elodie uncomfortable. He was just poking fun at Jarrod's usual indifference toward her, nothing more.

She pulled her arm free from both of them and replied coolly, "Thank you."

explaining himself to Ivan. He merely lowered his eyes and said quietly to Elodie,

Meanwhile, across the room-

a photo of the scene

tugged Alexander aside and whispered, "Didn't you add Sylvie

do you want?" Alexander

a little win!" Esmeralda sent him the photo, arms crossed and smirking.

clicked his tongue. Esmeralda truly had a talent for

better. Besides he was fiercely loyal

to just Sylvie. He tagged Maurice and Joseph, too—one of them

and Alexander were plotting. The ceremony was complicated enough that she had no time for

***

At the mountain resort-

photo because

still, can she? She's already pulled Jarrod away.

at the resort, everything set-except Jarrod had

Sylvie's brow furrowed.

looked at the photo—Jarrod steadying Elodie—and her face gave nothing away. "She's more calculating

Elodie only looked aloof on the surface. In the end, she still threw herself at

hated that kind of

had someone now, yet she kept acting like this-no boundaries,

to get here as soon as possible," Maurice said, getting annoyed himself. "Why

phone, unwilling to look at that shameless photo any

her lips faded. "Jarrod doesn't take Elodie seriously. Still, there's no telling what tricks she might try to keep

what he's doing, or Elodie wouldn't