How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue
Chapter 172
Chapter 172
He paused, then added, "The view here is really stunning at night."
Elodie understood perfectly-this was the old woman's way of nudging them toward a romantic evening.
She glanced around instinctively.
Apart from the violinist in the corner, playing softly to set the mood, and the waitstaff moving in and out at the edges, the place was hardly private.
In fact, it was the kind of setting where prying eyes and loose lips came with the territory.
"I'm done eating. I'll head in first," Elodie said, rising from her seat. This wasn't the place to discuss the ring-not with the risk that anything they said could be twisted and reported straight back to Jarrod's grandmother by morning.
Jarrod didn't stop her. He took a cigarette from the pack, watching her with a quiet intensity. "It's still chilly out here. Go on in."
Not hesitating for a second, Elodie turned away.
She felt no attachment to this romantic scene, bought and paid for with money and little else.
The suite stretched out before her, easily several thousand square feet. A trail of rose petals led from the entrance all the way into the living room. She glanced toward the bedroom; even from here, she could see the bed was covered in more rose petals.
Soft lighting, bottles of expensive wine-every detail screamed Valentine's Day. Elodie didn't spare any of it a second look. None of it moved her.
brushed the petals aside, and
the suite, Jarrod's grandmother couldn't
checked her watch: just past
would settle things with Jarrod
keeping the Thorne family ring, she would demand a revision-she'd have the clause added, requiring its
meant a
to
was thrown out, it would be
would never tolerate such a waste of
only then noticing the
weeks, but she'd grown used to ignoring it. Digging into her bag, she pulled out her iPad and opened
reading when
long legs carrying him across
was frowning
He didn't interrupt her.
the couch and sat down, leaving a
their own world, as if the
only when the pain in her stomach grew sharper that Elodie was pulled back to
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