Chapter 273

"Is Sylvie on the call too?"

"Yeah."

"Put me on speaker."

Jarrod tapped the phone and switched to speaker mode.

Only then did Maurice ask, "Has Joseph reached out to you? Have you noticed he's been super busy lately? I tried to make dinner plans with him today, but he said he had something going on. No idea what he's up to!"

Sylvie paused.

Lately, Joseph had barely been in touch. Even when she messaged him about something, it was rare for him to reply. He seemed distant, almost cold.

She tried to convince herself that it wasn't intentional-he was probably just swamped at work.

Elodie

an alarm and crashed for the entire

was six by the time she finally dragged herself out of bed. The worst

they were genuinely happy for her, so she had no intention of dampening the

the restaurant Alexander had picked out. Over dinner, she told them about Jarrod giving her a stake in Nexus Analytics. Esmeralda nearly choked on her drink. "Nexus Analytics? Twenty percent? Since when is Jarrod

Group, but it was

Esmeralda said, eyes wide with suspicion. "Wait-could this be his

he wouldn't have started a company for Sylvie in the first place," Alexander scoffed. "And since he did, there's no way

cold, and completely heartless. So

she was the beneficiary. Unless Nexus Analytics ran into serious trouble,

in high spirits

and quick to get tipsy-plus, with her health, drinking was out of the question. She was about to decline when she noticed Alexander's face

hesitated, then asked softly,

handed his phone to Elodie. "Someone just sent me a photo.

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