How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 362

Chapter 362

Elodie truly didn't understand. Her mind was already a tangled mess from everything that had happened, and when she saw him standing there, her eyes flickered with both suspicion and confusion.

"What are you doing here?"

Jarrod finally glanced, unhurried, at the surgical light glowing overhead.

"Why? Am I not allowed to be here?" His reply was calm, as if he hadn't caught the implication in her tone at all.

Elodie frowned. The rhythm of her already restless heart was thrown off even more by his nonchalance. "Mr. Silverstein, you know perfectly well what I mean."

She had no patience for his games.

Only then did Jarrod really look at her, his gaze lingering as if he were properly observing her for the first time in ages. He noted, in that brief study, how much thinner she'd become her jaw sharper, cheekbones more defined, the tension in her face unmistakable.

He let his eyes rest on her for a second longer before answering, "I came to keep you company."

Elodie's frown deepened. "And how did you even know my uncle had surgery today?"

saw you post a picture of the hospital entrance on your social feed. She couldn't

brows knit together. Well, that

hadn't expected

your grandmother I'm fine, there's no need to worry. I won't take up any more of

her for a long moment. His eyes were clear, his tone level. "Elodie, when are you

a bystander making a simple observation. There was hardly any concern in his voice-just the sense that he

to argue with

moved to a chair farther down

space opened up between them-an invisible

didn't seem

settled between them, calm as still

didn't move. At one point, his phone

as an excuse. If you don't want to do something, not even a gun to your head could force you. You could easily have fobbed her off, but instead, you came here, under the pretense of

up the steel

silent for

“Mm," dropping the pretense. "When will VistaLink Technologies be willing to

Of course.

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