How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 206

Chapter 206

Elodie was caught off guard by his words, frozen in place for a split second.

She cast him a cool glance, noticing that beneath Jarrod's laid-back gaze, there was a flash of sharpness-something quietly probing.

"A grown woman, and you still can't take care of yourself?" Jarrod looked at her, the corner of his mouth curling in a faint, ambiguous smile.

The comment was odd-somewhere between concern and mockery, tinged with a subtle hint of derision.

Elodie didn't bother to guess what was going through his mind.

"Don't trouble yourself." She turned to leave, but then suddenly remembered-her old laptop was still sitting in her study, broken and forgotten. She paused, then asked, "I need to grab something from the other room. Is that alright?"

Jarrod was already at the kitchen island, pouring himself a glass of water. "What do you need?"

"My laptop."

He paused, searching his memory, and then seemed to recall.

"I think I threw it out."

Her expression shifted. "That belonged to me."

to have someone dig it back out for you?" Jarrod's eyes flicked to her now-stubborn

if he was joking

Elodie could feel the condescension in his

out her things? Apparently, he couldn't wait a single moment to get rid of anything that belonged to

important on the hard drive-but still, Jarrod's habit of

from her

me drive you," Jarrod offered,

to look

already slipped on a different jacket and was heading

opened her mouth, ready to refuse

she could speak,

at the screen; whatever he read softened his features

a half-smile tugging at

up at Elodie, and then

want a ride?" he asked

in his demeanor, her

turned and opened the

what was going on

in her car

of change in his expression a moment earlier.

it was, it wasn't her

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