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.

must run deep if she's authorized to represent him. Was this their way of signaling to

you're Ms. Fielding. When I met Mr. Silverstein,

a modest smile, but the warmth in her eyes spoke volumes. Anyone

expression. She angled her body and quietly asked Alexander how

world's most advanced defense tech, and yet you didn't bring your

we value expertise. Out in the real

shy of calling Elodie nothing but

at Elodie, half- expecting to see a

Technologies has its own way

Mr. Sterling. You could have brought your engineers here to learn

his judgment, it could easily breed resentment and division within the team. It was only natural to wonder what made Elodie so special that even someone like Alexander was

could sense the dismissive tone everyone took toward Elodie. He frowned, frustrated that

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