How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 227

There was no hint of pretense in Alexander's expression; he asked his question as if it had simply followed from the conversation.

Sylvie frowned slightly, masking her reaction. She couldn't understand why Alexander always seemed so protective of Elodie, unwilling to hear even the smallest criticism of her. Now, he'd gone so far as to turn the criticism back on her and Jarrod.

What ulterior motives?

Naylor glanced at the pair-Sylvie and Jarrod seemed so close, it was obvious they were headed for marriage.

Alexander's tone was perfectly genuine. "Mr. Silverstein, have you two set a date yet? I imagine your family must be quite pleased with Ms. Fielding?"

Elodie stayed silent.

She knew exactly what Alexander was doing: he couldn't stand to see her mistreated and was determined to return the favor. After all, Henrietta only acknowledged her as Jarrod's wife now; otherwise, Jarrod would never have insisted on such a draconian divorce agreement.

Alexander feigned surprise. "You haven't introduced her to your family yet? What's the holdup?"

Even Naylor looked surprised. In his eyes, Sylvie was outstanding, and their relationship seemed stable-surely meeting the parents and making things official was only a matter of time.

Sylvie glanced up at Jarrod, lips pressed together, saying nothing.

barely changed; he gave a small, polite smile. "That's a private

clearly had no intention

seemed to bounce right off him-Jarrod was utterly

course he could tell: Jarrod was still protecting

knew Jarrod would eventually introduce Sylvie to the Silversteins. That was his choice, and

Alexander. "You two go ahead-I'm heading

Goldspire, just time for introductions; the real

first, not bothering with

from the crowd, hoping to catch up with Elodie for another conversation, but she was already gone. He felt a pang of disappointment.

would be in Goldspire for three days, so she'd

no idea when the

morning, the research facility sent vehicles to pick

spotted Jarrod getting out of another vehicle. He opened the door for

kept her gaze straight ahead and followed

everything, and visitors could get up close, even participate in live demonstrations and flight tests. Charlie,

key technical points and the engineers launched into a lively debate, she confidently highlighted

look; it was obvious she was no amateur. She

always someone more