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.

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

wouldn't even have the legitimacy of

her options, she finally swallowed her anger and signed

be no love lost between VistaLink Technologies and her own company, Neural

a cold mask, Sylvie stood up

simply gave a cool half-smile. As he got up, he said without

still didn't look up, offering no

was in

before he finally turned to

gone, Alexander couldn't

brand-new company, still 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."

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

desperately needed this

but Sylvie clearly hadn't expected just how little they'd be

it over for a

he must have seen

now, Jarrod hadn't seemed surprised or upset

confirmed her

eyebrow. "Then

the trap for Neural Intelligence-why

What was he thinking?

frowned, but VistaLink Technologies was now running the show. The outcome was

securing the military contract, the