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.

nasty incident—a targeted attack before he was taken away. After everything that happened, she'd

of those injuries, getting pregnant had become a

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

phone. "Jarrod and Sylvie just left together. Didn't

ear and out the other, ordering a

resort was surprisingly good, and she found

while they waited for the car to arrive,

him—she'd assumed he'd have

had

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

and Esmeralda offered no opinion, so Alexander just shrugged.

gaze flickered past Elodie before settling on Alexander. "Mr. Sterling, you should come up here more often. Just let me know anytime you'll

knew full well how hard it

I'd feel bad owing Mr. Delacroix a

so formal. It's nothing,

made Alexander raise his eyebrows

days, not to mention how tight-knit their

and Alexander responded with a diplomatic smile. "You

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