How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 256

Elias strolled over, giving Naylor a quick once-over, a flicker of amusement curling at the corners of his mouth. "Since when do you enjoy arguing with women?" he teased.

Naylor bristled, clearly annoyed. "Arguing? Is that what you call it? You saw it yourself—she's impossible! She messes up and then acts like it's everyone else's

fault."

Elias arched an elegant brow. "You two seem pretty close?"

Naylor fell silent, caught off guard by the question.

He paused, considering it.

Maybe... not really.

Still, he scowled. "That's not the point. What matters is, I caught her trying to play the other woman. She looks like a decent person-so why does she have such questionable morals?"

Elias stopped, his tone light, almost playful. "Whether it's true or not, that's still someone else's business. What's it got to do with you? Why are you so worked up?"

Naylor's words died in his throat.

He hadn't even thought of that. His brow furrowed as the realization sank in.

Elias clapped him on the shoulder. "Come on, we should get inside. Uncle Warwick's probably about to arrive."

Only then did Naylor's scowl deepen.

father would be at the

seen him bickering with a woman-if his dad had caught him, who knows what lecture

settling in

weaving his way over to her. "The general's

in that

other guests greeted him with obvious

same leader who had once publicly commended her U.N2

figure,

by the arm. "Come on, let's go introduce

a happy birthday

softened Klein's sharp gaze. "Alexander, your father

comes up at the lab, he can't get away. He sent

in the foyer. "No matter, no matter. It's good to have the younger generation here-it livens things

quietly

Then, suddenly-

and he looked genuinely surprised. "And

Elodie. She's one of our top

the attention of the nearby

"Is Mr. Sterling really

with such high

furrowed. She realized she'd underestimated just how much Alexander

Elodie didn't really belong to their circle, but he was still

for her—give her a bit of polish, a little extra