How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 286

Naylor's comment landed out of nowhere, catching everyone off guard.

Even Sylvie couldn't help but glance over.

She instinctively shot a look at Jarrod, but he seemed completely unfazed, as if the conversation had nothing to do with him. "Mr. Whitaker is free to ask Ms. Thorne herself," he replied coolly.

Naylor just raised his glass with a laugh. "Oh, Mr. Silverstein, you're joking. We've barely spoken two words to each other."

Jarrod didn't bother to respond.

He clinked glasses with Naylor with a kind of effortless poise, making it clear he had no interest in discussing anything related to Elodie.

Sylvie arched an eyebrow, a knowing smile tugging at her lips-just as she'd expected.

Meanwhile, Ivan had just heard that Elodie had left.

He stood in place for a moment, stunned, then fished out a cigarette. "Got it," he muttered.

He gazed out at the dark, endless stretch of ocean, smoke curling from his lips as silence settled in. Five or six cigarette butts soon littered the deck around his feet.

Elodie really was something else.

She'd made it through the entire night without exchanging a single word with him.

Not a hint of complaint about his engagement.

No scenes, no drama-nothing at all.

He had no idea how long he'd been standing there when someone finally came to fetch him. Apparently Queenie was looking for him.

Ivan stubbed out his last cigarette with the toe of his shoe, his face icy as he headed back to the main deck.

Watts arrived upstairs just in time to realize Elodie was already gone.

He asked a server about her, only to find out she'd left earlier.

Leaning against the railing, phone in hand, he wasn't too bothered. They hadn't exchanged numbers, hadn't even properly introduced themselves, but if fate wanted, opportunities would come again.

His gaze drifted to where Alexander was chatting with someone nearby. A plan formed.

over

thanks to Watts's earlier friendliness toward Elodie, Alexander's

him. "I've long heard of VistaLink Technologies's Mr. Sterling and your impressive reputation. Glad to finally meet

raised an eyebrow. "Of course,

each other on LinkedIn, Watts was just about to ask if Alexander could introduce

the

caught sight

Jarrod glanced at Watts.

sized him up for

Alexander and ignore the rest. With practiced ease, he said, “Actually, I was just

was, and wasn't about to make a

nodded coolly.

gaze lingering on his

she took out her phone.

to the nearest harbor on a small tender from the

to take her

Technologies for work and immediately spotted Esmeralda, clearly suffering from a

round at the end of the party, met a bunch of industry folks, and actually made out pretty

made

from his office, looking a little worse for wear. "Spent the night on the yacht. Lucky you left early-lying there, I felt like my stomach was still rolling

chuckled and gestured toward the honey water. "Want some

his phone to Esmeralda. "I can barely look at a screen right now. Contact Mr. Ableson for me, will you? We're visiting his office

dragged herself up to

finished confirming the meeting with Mr. Ableson, she absentmindedly started scrolling

Jarrod shared a room on the yacht last

Elodie glanced up.

for her to see. "Sylvie posted

window

the

with someone who makes you feel at ease. Maybe

at two

man and a woman. Alone in a room. In the middle of the

even bothering to hide it

away. It was the first time she'd seen Sylvie openly

it's baby-making time already!" Esmeralda scoffed. "You think