How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 413

Lucinda decided to be honest-after all, she didn't even know how Jarrod had managed to convince his great-grandfather to reach out and arrange a meeting with Waldron. That was no small feat.

"Well, let's just leave it to fate," Jarrod replied, sounding remarkably calm, as if he already knew how things would turn out.

Lucinda studied him. "What are you really thinking? You could have met with Mr. Ferguson on your own first. Instead, you brought him to meet both me and your great-grandfather. Are you trying to set something up between him and someone

else?"

Sylvie's reputation had definitely taken a hit lately.

At a time like this, Lucinda genuinely hoped Jarrod would be more cautious.

Jarrod slipped his phone into his pocket, glanced sidelong at Lucinda, and his lips curled in a faint, enigmatic smile. "I thought you liked her."

Lucinda frowned slightly at that.

But Jarrod was already brushing past her into the next room, clearly not interested in elaborating.

Meeting Waldron at Goldspire today had been completely unexpected.

But it was certainly a shock.

Sylvie because she's starting to lose ground with you around. He's pulling every string he can, calling in favors from his

Waldron was, Esmeralda was

seemed all the more

on the forehead before saying, "It might not work out. Mr. Ferguson is notoriously eccentric—there's no guarantee he'll even like Sylvie.

He glanced at Elodie.

the falling out all those years ago, they'd end up in a situation

Ferguson something he truly wants," Elodie remarked thoughtfully. "If Jarrod managed to get him to show up,

Alexander frowned, considering that.

It made sense.

that Elodie could calmly analyze how

Vel

family about it-left him with a strange, complicated feeling he couldn't

her part, didn't seem bothered. When you

them,

to their

keep working on

was in the final stretch now-just a bit more editing and

returning had broadened her thinking and given her a new perspective, so she felt this paper was her strongest yet, much

her latest draft, Esmeralda sent a screenshot

was a post Sylvie had just put

photo of the exterior of a