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.

what could she do? Jarrod hadn't objected, and Sylvie knew if she backed out

her, she wouldn't even have the legitimacy of

her options, she finally swallowed her anger

lost between VistaLink Technologies and her

cold mask,

gave a cool half-smile. As he got up, he

didn't look up,

in

swept over Elodie before he

were gone, Alexander

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."

Elodie's foresight. From the start, she had no intention of letting them get the

Intelligence desperately needed

swallow whatever lead role VistaLink Technologies demanded, but Sylvie clearly hadn't expected just how little they'd be allowed

it over

it himself. Knowing him, he must have seen what we were up

now, Jarrod hadn't seemed

only confirmed her

eyebrow. "Then why go along with it?

trap for Neural

What was he thinking?

now running the show. The outcome was set, and she couldn't care less what

Technologies leading the project and securing the military contract, the industry was