How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 441

Watts must have given up.

He turned to leave for the restaurant, but just then, he spotted Sylvie stepping out of a car nearby.

She'd clearly seen him already-her face unreadable, her gaze gliding right over Elodie before she headed straight inside.

As Sylvie climbed the stairs, she frowned for a moment.

Watts had just gotten out of Elodie's car.

When did those two get so close?

It made Sylvie take a second look at Elodie. Meeting with Watts privately-her intentions couldn't be clearer.

In some ways, Elodie really did have a knack for these things.

Still, Watts wasn't the sort of man to be easily swayed.

Sylvie walked over to a table where Selma was already seated. Selma was finally out of the hospital and feeling well enough to come out for dinner.

As soon as Sylvie sat down, Selma asked, “Jarrod's birthday is coming up-any plans for how you'll celebrate? Elodie isn't going to pull any tricks to get Jarrod out of the way, is she?"

"She won't," Sylvie replied coolly. "She doesn't have that kind of influence over Jarrod."

Selma grinned. "True. It's your first birthday together. Why not throw him a party? Invite more friends, make it feel special."

lips curled in a half-smile. “I'll talk

her break time proofreading her thesis, then submitted it without a moment's

she headed to Nexus Analytics to

ran into Jarrod, who'd come by

them found themselves squeezed together

flicked to Elodie. She stared straight ahead, refusing to meet his

piped up

him

in the elevator

his current one, he was the

Jason Suddenly remembered, "Tomorrow's your birthday, right, Mr. Silverstein? Ms. Thorne, maybe we should get

the right thing

said nothing, clearly

up from her phone. Her tone was frosty: "Do

making it clear she

as well, his eyes lingering on Elodie's back with a slow, measured

quick instructions for upcoming projects and strode off without a backward glance utterly ignoring

walk away before turning to Jason. "No need for a gift. Just focus

nodded, not giving it another thought. Despite everything, he still held a deep respect for

The next day.

was the weekend. After taking her medication,

recovering, but getting better little by

to dinner at the Royal Opulence Hotel-an informal birthday gathering for Jarrod. Elodie declined, saying she had urgent work to