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."

bother explaining himself to Ivan. He merely lowered his eyes and said quietly to Elodie, "Be more

Meanwhile, across the room-

a photo of the scene

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

Alexander

your private group-set it so only Sylvie can see. Give Elodie a little win!" Esmeralda sent him the photo, arms crossed and smirking. "If she doesn't know

tongue. Esmeralda truly had a talent for

was any better. Besides he was

for the post, Alexander didn't restrict it to just Sylvie. He tagged Maurice and Joseph, too—one of them was bound to see it. He was generous like that-if he

no idea what Esmeralda and Alexander were plotting. The ceremony was complicated enough that she

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At the mountain resort-

saw Alexander's photo because Maurice forwarded

amusing. "Elodie really can't sit still, can she? She's already pulled Jarrod away. Is

planned a big event at the resort,

Sylvie's brow furrowed.

her face gave nothing away. "She's more calculating than I thought. I can't pretend to be fragile and helpless like she

end, she still threw

hated that kind of

now, yet she kept acting

as soon as possible," Maurice said, getting annoyed himself. "Why does he even bother with the Thorne family? Elodie never dares confront him, so why waste time with

switched off her phone, unwilling to look at that

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

or Elodie wouldn't