How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 125

Chapter 124

Elodie's brows drew together, her heart skipping a beat. "Why?"

"You know better than I do. There are things you shouldn't do I hope you won't."

With that, Jarrod ended the call.

Elodie sat, stunned, for a long moment.

Gradually, the meaning behind his words dawned on her.

Jarrod... he must have figured out what she intended to do.

He knew she wanted to bring the long-buried truth to light, to use her mother's painting to shatter the honor Selma had gained.

He wouldn't allow her to hurt Sylvie's mother.

He wouldn't allow Selma's reputation to be ruined at Sylvie's expense.

Suddenly, everything became painfully clear: Jarrod was protecting Sylvie. Even knowing Selma had stepped on her mother's legacy to rise, he didn't care.

Elodie's fingers curled tightly around themselves as she stared at the hard-won painting on her desk. The gratitude and surprise she'd felt moments ago had turned into a slap in the face, leaving her painfully clearheaded.

She gave herself just two minutes to accept the truth.

over the past was a luxury she

office. His eyes landed on the artwork, and

paused, wary. "What do you

mistake-it's this one. A friend of mine from an auction house overseas told me about it. Just two days ago, a mysterious billionaire spent eight million dollars to buy

Elodie froze.

Eight million?

kind who spends money like it's nothing. He kept bidding, driving the price up to five million,

that started at one hundred and fifty thousand, closing at eight million.

the

for the super-rich, this was

buyer had made it clear-no matter what, he'd get that painting, price

Elodie was taken aback.

but she hadn't expected he'd spend eight

guess what was going through

problem was that Jarrod refused to let her use her mother's painting against Selma. But she had no plans to give up. Sooner or later, she'd

Elodie's divorce, Rosemary began urging her to

it off, claiming her rented place was closer to the

side effects from her medication were unpredictable. Living together would only risk her

Friday.

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