How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 309

Elias paused, realizing he hadn't properly thanked Elodie yet.

He scrolled through his contacts for a while before finally finding her and sending

a quick message:

-[Thank you.]

He didn't wait to see if Elodie would reply.

Looking up, he met Naylor's gaze.

Naylor had just turned around, giving Elias a once-over with a frown. "Who brought you out earlier?"

Right to the point.

Elias tapped the back of his phone with his thumb, watching him. "You know her."

Naylor looked skeptical.

But before he could press for more details, Elias's phone rang. It was his father, Klein Whitaker.

Elias gestured for Naylor to take the call and moved aside.

Naylor answered. Klein's voice came briskly: "I want you at next week's tech conference. Track the policy updates. There's someone I want you to meet."

brow, clearly uninterested. "We'll

him off sharply. "This one's different. Just come and get to know

in probing Elias for more details about

floored the accelerator and drove Elias

days holed up,

in between, she received a reply

treatment and surgical plans, and he'd keep

be so efficient-he wasn't halfhearted about any of

thing to

and when she finally had a free

and Charlie invited her over to

Elodie was delighted.

headed straight to the Sterling

Sterling's former students were now prominent figures in their field- many were

an in-depth discussion about trends in

time they finished, it

suggested, "The little guest room you used to stay in is still there. It's late-just crash here

her grad school days, when she and Alexander were burning the midnight oil on research, his father had set up a room

her like a

expected the room to still be

gentle warmth filled her chest, and she couldn't help but laugh. "Thanks.

her forehead. "Since when are you so polite? Go get some sleep. The conference is tomorrow. The attendee list is out-we'll go together