How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 130

Chapter 129

As soon as Jarrod arrived, Alexander glanced over at Elodie.

He noticed she showed not a flicker of emotion, fully absorbed in analyzing the data on military-grade products, which made Alexander's lips curl with

satisfaction.

He'd always known Elodie was a woman of strong will. Once she set her mind on something, she could detach herself in an instant. Maintaining her composure had always been one of her strengths.

Still...

He couldn't help but glance at Jarrod.

Jarrod, from the moment he walked in, was perfectly aware Elodie was there. Yet his gaze skimmed over her with complete indifference, never lingering for even a second.

To anyone watching-whether they were in the know or not-it would seem as though he and Elodie were total strangers. The ease with which he kept his distance, the effortless unfamiliarity, was almost cruel.

"Has he ever brought you a cup of coffee or something?" Alexander gave a short, sardonic laugh and turned to Elodie. "Mr. Silverstein does have a reputation for being a thoughtful man."

Elodie kept scribbling in her notebook, not even glancing up. "No. Never."

She was just being honest.

Other women's attentive boyfriends her own ex-husband had always been cold and distant. The difference was simply in the person.

Alexander gave a theatrical sigh and patted her shoulder. "Look at you, Elodie. You've grown up. To celebrate you finally kicking that hopeless romantic phase, dinner's on me tonight."

Elodie shot him a teasing look. "Are you ever going to stop with the jabs?"

atmosphere made

moment longer, then let his gaze drift to Jarrod,

seemed completely uninterested in anything happening on Elodie's side, utterly unconcerned with how close

share some thoughts on

one, the group

buzzing with new ideas. She jotted them down in

it would be a disaster-core technical secrets, the kind of thing that would have every major corporation clawing for a copy. Elodie's ability to connect the dots was

his old man still couldn't

"If you didn't know better, you'd think she was the technical director around here,

Elodie's notebook and let out a soft, silent laugh. She understood Grady's

said as he approached, "but I'm even more curious about this—U.N2's developer has never been

and the others turned

in Alexander's direction. Alexander had already made it clear last time that he wasn't the U.N2 developer, and no new rumors

ask if it's possible to meet this teacher?" Sylvie

might well reach that level

drew everyone's

"Could

let slip a single detail,

of mischief in his eyes. "I'm afraid

not?" Sylvie

expression didn't change-she was cool

his throat and said, "Researchers-especially the brilliant ones— tend to

still

And besides...

simply has no interest in meeting you all." Alexander drawled, speaking Patrick's thoughts aloud.

they, after all? Elodie had no

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