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.

relationship between Jarrod and Sylvie must run deep if she's authorized to represent him. Was this their way of signaling to everyone just how special she was in

gave Sylvie a measured look. "So you're Ms. Fielding. When I met Mr. Silverstein,

the warmth in her eyes spoke volumes. Anyone could see the

Sylvie's expression. She angled her body and quietly asked

Elodie. "Mr. Sterling, we're surrounded by some of the world's most advanced

"Here, we value expertise. Out in the real

of calling Elodie nothing but a pretty

the sting of Grady's words. He glanced at Elodie, half- expecting to see a flicker of

dismissive chuckle. "VistaLink Technologies has its own way of doing things. Are you offering advice,

Hardly. It's just a shame, Mr. Sterling. You could have brought your engineers here to learn something-opportunities like this don't come often. I'd hate for anyone to think you're making questionable

breed resentment and division within the team. It was only natural to wonder what made Elodie so special that even

dismissive tone everyone took toward Elodie. He frowned, frustrated that he

a moment's thought, Patrick said, "Anyone working alongside Mr. Sterling is here on merit. Let's