How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 126

Naylor, ever the easygoing one, simply grinned. "Long time no see."

His grandfather had held a cabinet-level post, and his father was high up in the military, so these sorts of social gatherings were nothing new to him. He was on familiar ground here.

After greeting everyone, his gaze drifted back to Elodie. An intrigued eyebrow arched he found her presence entertaining.

For Elodie to show up at a place like this... just how many of Alexander's resources were funneled her way?

Sylvie, meanwhile, nodded with practiced elegance. "I'm Sylvie, here on behalf of Mr. Silverstein of The Silverstein Group. Jarrod got caught up with something and might be late-my apologies."

Representing The Silverstein Group?

Elodie turned that phrase over in her mind.

if she's authorized to represent him. Was this their way of signaling to everyone just

I met Mr. Silverstein, he spoke of you. He seems to hold

smile, but the warmth in her eyes spoke volumes. Anyone could see the unspoken intimacy

be bothered to analyze Sylvie's expression. She angled her body and quietly asked Alexander

Grady cut in, fixing his stare on Elodie. "Mr. Sterling, we're surrounded by some of the world's most advanced defense tech, and yet you didn't

Out in the real

implication was razor-sharp-it was just shy of calling Elodie nothing but

at Elodie, half- expecting to see a

has its own way of

It's just a shame, Mr. Sterling. You could have brought your engineers here to learn something-opportunities like this don't come

part, found himself agreeing with Grady. If a company leader let personal attachments cloud his judgment, it could easily breed resentment and division within the

the dismissive tone everyone took toward Elodie. He frowned, frustrated that he couldn't

Mr. Sterling is here on merit. Let's not get sidetracked. If you'll follow me, I'll