Chapter 306

Now that he was gone, she could finally relax a little.

She set her towel down on the chair and slipped into the water, letting herself enjoy a rare moment of peace.

The warmth surrounded her, soothing some of the aches and discomfort she'd been carrying.

She'd barely been in the water a few seconds when voices drifted in from outside. "Jarrod? Is someone in there? Why'd you come out?" That was Sylvie.

Jarrod's voice was calm and even. "No one's here. Let's go."

Sylvie said something else, but their voices faded as the two of them walked away down the corridor.

Elodie rested her chin on the edge of the hot spring, glancing at the door before letting her eyes drift shut.

So Jarrod and Sylvie had planned to meet here. If she hadn't decided on a whim to come down for a soak tonight, the two of them might've ended up having a lovely little date.

She lingered on that thought for a moment, then let it go.

Her mind drifted, her fingers absently tracing the faint scar across her lower stomach.

when Ivan Harcourt's troubles had blown up at the firm, there'd been a nasty incident—a targeted attack before he was taken away. After everything that happened, she'd spent more than two weeks in

getting pregnant

next morning, after she'd packed up her things, Esmeralda stopped by to call her down

looked up from his phone.

the words slide in one ear and out the other, ordering a flat white from the server

was surprisingly good, and she found herself enjoying the

they waited for the car to arrive, Joseph walked over from the

see him—she'd assumed he'd have left with Jarrod

Alexander had no choice but to greet

to handle just now. Since we ran into each other, shall

offered no opinion, so Alexander just shrugged. "Sure,

on Alexander. "Mr. Sterling, you should come up here more often.

it

generous. I'd feel bad owing Mr. Delacroix

his eyes didn't waver. "No need to be so formal. It's nothing, really. I'd be honored to count VistaLink Technologies as

his eyebrows and glance at

Sylvie and VistaLink these days, not to

with a diplomatic smile. "You flatter

at his watch, then commented almost offhandedly, "I heard you've got something to

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