How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 410

Chapter 410

Ivan himself wasn't sure what kind of answer he was hoping to find today. Maybe he just wanted to be certain that VistaLink Technologies and Elodie's troubles were finally over-and to see for himself how she was holding up.

Or maybe...

He squinted at her, flicking ash from his cigarette. "Looks like I underestimated your ability to handle things," he said. "Back when you first got into trouble, when Sylvie was coming after you, I actually called Jarrod. I figured, Sylvie's his woman. With just a word from him, she'd back off and let it go."

From Ivan's perspective, the whole mess had always been within Jarrod's control.

But-

"Do you know what Jarrod said to me?" Ivan's lips twisted into a cold smirk. He fixed Elodie with a stare, as if trying to see straight through her calm exterior to whatever feelings she kept hidden.

A faint crease formed between Elodie's brows.

She had no interest in this at all.

But Ivan didn't give her a chance to brush him off. He let out a low chuckle. "He said, 'It's her problem. If she can handle it, let her handle it. No need for me to get involved.""

In other words-none of his business.

He couldn't have made his indifference any clearer.

Elodie didn't look the slightest bit surprised.

was telling her all this. She didn't need anyone else to remind her how cold and distant

word, she strode past Ivan, face expressionless,

walk away, his gaze darkening. “If you divorce him, I'll call off this engagement. We can pretend

had to do was leave

she had to

He'd forgive everything.

indifferent, she walked away as if none of it concerned

tightening painfully,

make her see things his

Elodie climbed the stairs.

taking a

care whether Ivan

attention turned to the termination contracts Candida had brought back from Nexus Analytics and

had chosen

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had to deal with the consequences. Facing a mountain of penalty fees from various partners, Sylvie had hoped to rely on Nexus Analytics' pending payments to get

now, forced to sign the termination, Sylvie would get nothing from Nexus Analytics—not a dime, not another chance to

was no way she would let Sylvie

As for Jarrod...

case. He'd never said she couldn't terminate Sylvie's contract

about what happened

One blow

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