How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 376

The assistant's words nearly made Sylvie's face tighten with alarm. She stared at the invitation handed to her, her eyes narrowing.

"President Fielding? What's this about?" Even the assistant seemed confused, setting the envelope on Sylvie's desk.

The Silverstein family's daughter-in-law? Just how many daughters-in-law does the Silverstein family have, anyway?

"It's fine. You can go now." Selma, ever composed, reacted first, her expression regal and unreadable.

The assistant nodded and slipped out, closing the door behind her.

As soon as they were alone, Sylvie frowned, but she didn't seem overly

concerned. "Is Henrietta trying to send me a warning?"

She was genuinely surprised. Henrietta had gone out of her way to throw a lavish celebration for her "granddaughter-in-law." Clearly, the old matriarch had caught wind of Elodie's stellar exam results and decided to make a show of it.

But this invitation wasn't meant to include Sylvie at all. It was simply to announce -loud and clear-that Mrs. Silverstein was Elodie, that the Silverstein family's daughter-in-law was Elodie.

"Henrietta's sending a message: Elodie matters to her. She absolutely won't allow you to attend. It's because you

didn't show

old-fashioned. She thinks no matter how unhappy a marriage is, the 'original wife' is always best. She's stuck in her ways—it's

and Henrietta meet face-to-face, she'll see for herself that you outshine Elodie in every way. She'll come

Elodie's relationship was always kept quiet. Even if Henrietta puts on a big production,

the gold-embossed invitation, tossing it aside with little interest. "I know. Jarrod's only going along

making such a fuss over her, Elodie might actually start

secure.

to pressure you instead. But as long as Jarrod's on your side, you have nothing

"There's no real feeling between Jarrod and Elodie. You're the only one who matters to him. Even if Elodie managed to ace her exams with Mr. Sterling's help, so what? It might impress someone like Henrietta, who doesn't know

Sylvie understood all this.

had managed to

was obvious Henrietta had no intention of letting her attend. But Sylvie had no desire to

knows his own mind. No

we bring this up with Jarrod, or do you have