How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 445

Jarrod's voice wasn't loud, nor was it soft, but somehow every word fell like a gavel, echoing sharply in everyone's ears.

The room went dead silent. Shock fluttered across every face, some more than others.

Sylvie's chest rose and fell as she heard those words. She clenched her fingers so tightly her knuckles whitened, trying desperately to keep her composure from shattering.

She was stunned, eyes fixed on Jarrod's face, searching for any hint of emotion- but he looked as calm as ever.

Jarrod actually admitted to Elodie...

Even Elodie herself was caught completely off guard.

She jerked her head up to stare at the man who'd stood by her side this whole time. Sensing her gaze, he looked down at her and spoke. "I'm sorry, everyone. For various reasons, we never made our relationship public. But we've been married for four years now."

The matriarch's expression softened almost instantly.

She even managed a small, satisfied nod.

But the rest of the crowd reacted very differently. It was as if Jarrod had hurled a boulder into a placid lake-shockwaves rippled out in every direction, chaos erupting where there had been calm.

Maurice put a hand to his forehead. Now, things were truly falling apart.

The situation had completely unraveled.

Joseph felt as if something had clawed at his chest.

So, after all, they'd never intended to get divorced...

was Grady, whose face had turned positively ashen. He stammered, his disbelief obvious. "Mr. Silverstein? Then

everyone

at Elodie, who had remained composed from beginning

actually Mr. Silverstein's

Elodie had once

burned hot, making

shouldn't you?" Henrietta cut in sharply, her tone and gaze as piercing as ever. She'd never liked Grady, and made no

those words, she tore away the last shreds of Sylvie's

room landed on Sylvie. The situation had spun so wildly out of control that she could barely keep her

Not a proposal-

left the

no benefit in confronting anyone head-on; the only thing

her, with Henrietta present,

calling it a proposal,

it was everyone else who'd

the facts were

had spoken, Jarrod had

was never the woman Mr. Silverstein

very same Ms. Thorne from Vista Link Technologies, who'd

to have nothing in common,

The revelation was explosive.

in the

wife? You'd never guess it from the way you act around

misunderstood everything? Ms.

look that was equal parts