How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 279

He turned and looked after Elodie as she walked away.

The man beside him frowned in confusion. "What is it, Mr. Aldridge?"

Up on the top deck, the engagement party was in full swing, glasses clinking and laughter echoing through the air.

It was the engagement of Mr. Harcourt, the CEO of TerraGreen Solutions-a grand affair, attended by a sizable crowd.

The atmosphere was already buzzing.

Elodie spotted Ivan across the room. Even on his engagement day, he looked utterly relaxed-one hand in his pocket, his expression brooding yet nonchalant. In contrast, Queenie by his side was all radiant excitement.

For some reason, Ivan glanced her way almost instantly.

In that moment, his gaze locked onto hers, a look both intense and challenging.

He flashed a smile-wry, a little mocking, and thoroughly unapologetic.

Elodie pretended not to notice, turning away, intent on finding Elias to see if he had arrived yet.

That's when, out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Jarrod.

He was standing nearby, Sylvie at his side in an elegant gown, surrounded by a small circle of guests.

She wasn't sure when they'd arrived.

Maybe it was her imagination, but Jarrod seemed to lift his lashes and glance at her—cool, distant, almost unrecognizable.

him, he looked every inch the

Sylvie and Queenie were close friends. Of course they'd both be

no mind and slipped

recognized quite a few faces

rounds, adding half the

looking-Mr. Warwick didn't show, but

are deep in conversation. You'd think they were joined at

poaching talent under the guise of 'networking'; running into

Alexander was being downright polite by

"

no interest in looking

her last conversation with Naylor a definitive end to any pretense of

on, even a polite

come, but since she was here, she might as well make

noticed Elodie the moment he

the Warwick family's birthday dinner, he'd grown

have to act so

a glare as he took a swig of

was quite unconventional-a fresh concept, almost certainly

evening kicked off with a

of elite training, was in

and me tonight. We're so happy to be celebrating our engagement with all of you. I hope

kept her gaze away from the stage, choosing instead to sink into

intention of joining