How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 366

Elodie couldn't care less about Sylvie's attitude.

She didn't even spare her a glance.

Now that Neural Intelligence had scrambled to connect with TerraCore Technologies, their partnership might have looked like a victory on the surface, but it was nothing compared to what it meant to have full control over their own technology. At best, they'd managed to stay afloat in the tech tidal wave-hardly a true win, and there wasn't much profit in it for them.

All they'd done was buy themselves some time before being swept away entirely.

It remained to be seen whether the team Jarrod had sent over would be able to develop anything groundbreaking.

But Elodie wasn't worried.

She knew exactly how advanced her own flight control system was. Even if Jarrod pumped Neural Intelligence full of fresh ideas and new blood, the chances of them coming up with something entirely original-something that could actually rival her work—within the next two years were slim to none.

Jarrod's involvement might speed up the competition, but that was it.

Later that morning, Elodie spoke with her doctor and arranged to postpone her chemotherapy for a while. She'd been running herself ragged lately, and her body simply couldn't handle the side effects right now.

took some time to recover, and suggested she try a different

settled, Elodie checked the

days earlier, Watts had reached out to set up a lunch meeting with her. She'd

So Elodie decided to bring Esmeralda along—after all, Esmeralda was one of VistaLink's senior managers, and it made sense for her to hear

a stylish European bistro

arrived at the private dining room, Watts was already on his feet to greet them. But there was someone else waiting inside a woman with a striking, commanding

She'll be joining us for the discussion, if that's all right?"

shrugged easily. "Of course,

ask who this is?" Elodie turned to

years of experience. She extended a hand to Elodie. "You must be Ms. Thorne from VistaLink Technologies. I'm Louisa Barnes,

flicker of surprise crossed Elodie's

Louisa-President Barnes.

legendary woman at the helm of Eldrion

know it; there wasn't

score a meeting with Louisa

astonished, but quickly recovered and offered a greeting. "President Barnes, it's an honor. I've heard so much about