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

Meanwhile, across the room-

was already snapping a photo of

whispered, "Didn't you

you want?" Alexander saw right through her

this photo for your private group-set it so only Sylvie can see. Give Elodie a little win!" Esmeralda sent him the photo, arms crossed and smirking.

had

was any better. Besides he was fiercely

post, Alexander didn't restrict it to just Sylvie. He tagged Maurice and Joseph, too—one of them was bound to

and Alexander were plotting. The

***

At the mountain resort-

photo because Maurice forwarded

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

event at the resort, everything set-except Jarrod had

Sylvie's brow furrowed.

Elodie—and her face gave nothing away. "She's more calculating

the surface. In the end, she still threw herself at Jarrod whenever

hated that kind of

kept acting like this-no

getting annoyed himself. "Why does he even bother with the Thorne family? Elodie never dares

unwilling to look at that shameless photo

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

knows what he's doing, or Elodie wouldn't