How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 296

Elodie froze.

Elodie?

Jarrod had called her that before, but not often.

Now, he used that nickname-one reserved for people you're close to.

Her brow furrowed in silence.

Sylvie pressed her lips together.

She didn't like hearing Jarrod call Elodie by such an intimate name.

But at least his tone was devoid of warmth, distant and all business.

Probably just old habits slipping out. That's all it was.

Given how much had changed, Sylvie just hoped Elodie wouldn't get any foolish ideas because of it.

As for the terms of this partnership-

She seriously suspected Elodie had egged Alexander on to tweak the contract as payback.

Letting personal grudges bleed into a major project like this-how petty.

hadn't objected, and Sylvie knew if she

used her, she wouldn't even have the legitimacy of a partnership to show

options, she finally swallowed her anger and

would be no love lost between VistaLink Technologies and

in a cold mask, Sylvie

As he got

look up, offering no

other hand, was in high

before he finally turned to

Jarrod and Sylvie were gone, Alexander couldn't hold back

trying to get their team in sync. Even with Jarrod's backing and top- tier hardware, so what? If we let them get even a taste of the real work, they should count themselves lucky." Alexander shook

was thanks to Elodie's foresight. From the start, she

Intelligence desperately needed

they'd swallow whatever lead role VistaLink Technologies demanded, but Sylvie clearly hadn't

mulled it over for a

sent Neural Intelligence-Jarrod probably reviewed it himself. Knowing him, he must have seen what we were up to,

just now, Jarrod hadn't seemed surprised or

confirmed

an eyebrow. "Then why go along with it? What's he playing

could see the trap for Neural Intelligence-why jump

What was he thinking?

VistaLink Technologies was now running the show. The outcome was set, and she couldn't

securing the military contract, the industry was