How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 276

Chapter 276

Elodie was caught off guard by the question, but a flicker of understanding soon crossed her refined, cool features.

The old woman was listening in, right beside her.

Jarrod, naturally, knew how to play his part.

He had no real intention of sending Elodie to the hospital.

Elodie kept her eyes on the blueprints, her tone calm as she replied, "We'll see about the timing."

There was a brief silence on the other end, and then, in an unhurried voice, Jarrod said, "Alright, don't forget to eat."

With that, he ended the call abruptly, giving her no chance to respond.

Elodie, unsurprisingly, paid no attention to his token display of concern. "Don't forget to eat”—it was nothing but playacting, a hollow gesture that meant nothing to either of them.

She set her phone aside and returned to her calculations.

Over at the hospital, the old woman scowled as Jarrod hung up after barely saying a word. "What's the rush? Is someone chasing you with a stick?"

an eyebrow. "She hasn't eaten

momentarily speechless. "You seem to know

everything about the Warwick family to

on the keyboard. His thin lips

at his evasive manner. "Don't try to brush me off. You know damn well how Elodie treats you. I'm warning you, behave yourself out there. Don't

crossed any lines, have you? That Fielding family girl-if you don't handle things properly, don't blame me if

finally pause, a smile playing on his lips but with

me. I never regret what I

do."

never backed down

taken aback, silent for a long moment as

it go, and picked up her phone. "Help me save Elodie's number to my

typed in the number, saving it under the contact name "Sweetheart" before handing the

grandmother

occurred to her, she asked, "Elodie only changed her number today? She must have told you her

didn't look

never went to the hospital. The whole phone call

been dealing with internal issues, and after ensuring everything was handled, Elodie was too drained to think about

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