How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

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.

blown up at the firm, there'd been a nasty incident—a targeted attack before he was taken away. After everything that

injuries, getting pregnant

shut her eyes, letting the silence stretch out as she floated in the warmth. The next morning, after she'd packed up her things, Esmeralda stopped by to call her down to

restaurant, Alexander looked up from his phone. "Jarrod and Sylvie just left together. Didn't even stay

out the other,

surprisingly

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

him—she'd assumed he'd

Alexander had no choice but to greet

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

offered no opinion, so Alexander

Sterling, you should come up here more often.

knew full well how hard it was to book this particular

"You're too generous. I'd feel bad

to be so formal. It's nothing, really. I'd be honored

his eyebrows and glance

tension between Sylvie and VistaLink these days, not to

and Alexander responded with a diplomatic smile. "You flatter me, Mr.

offhandedly, "I heard you've got something to celebrate soon,