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.

he looked every inch the composed, self-assured

suddenly remembered that Sylvie and Queenie were close friends.

no mind and slipped away toward Alexander and

recognized quite a few faces

her rounds, adding half the room's worth of contacts to her

“Don't bother looking-Mr. Warwick didn't show, but Naylor and his

and your oh-so-ambitious sister are deep in conversation. You'd think they

of 'networking'; running

was being downright polite by not saying something

"

interest in looking

with Naylor a definitive end to

a

since she was here, she might as well

had noticed Elodie the moment

the Warwick family's birthday dinner,

so superior with him? As if she was too good for

as he took a

was quite unconventional-a

usual speeches, the evening kicked off with a lively

was in his element. He finished the

and gentlemen, thank you for joining Ivan and me tonight. We're so happy to be celebrating our engagement with all of you. I hope everyone here finds something special tonight-feel free

choosing instead to sink into the

had no intention of joining