How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 452

With that thought lingering in his mind, every time he looked at Sylvie, there was a strange new glint in his eyes.

Sylvie noticed those looks. Her face remained expressionless, but her grip on the pen tightened ever so slightly.

The sudden shift in how people saw her was too much to adjust to all at once.

Elodie, on the other hand, had always kept herself at arm's length from this sort of drama, and so she remained unaffected.

Whenever anyone tried to pry a little deeper, Alexander would deftly step in, a few well-placed words enough to shut down their questions.

Once it was all over, Elodie and Alexander stood up and left together.

She didn't even spare a glance for Jarrod across the room.

She had no interest in being the center of gossip or in giving Jarrod and Sylvie any more chances to play their parts.

Whatever conclusions others drew about their relationships didn't matter to her.

The rumors, though, were spreading like wildfire.

But for Naylor, one of the so-called "participants," the whole thing left him reeling. He couldn't quite describe what he felt-something close to embarrassment, almost wishing he could hit reset on the whole day.

That evening, he called up Elias, asking to meet.

Elias had just gotten back from out of town and, with no work the next day, agreed to check in on Naylor.

their usual booth, Naylor

bag and ordered a house cocktail, sliding into the

frowning. "Heartbroken? I

you

his chest. The whole ordeal had rattled him more than he cared to

in his glass, not even glancing up.

doesn't it seem insane to you? The real girlfriend gets cast as the

you so set on going after Ms. Thorne? You never cared this much about other people's

Naylor fell silent.

"I__"

up to her, but when you screw up, you own it." Elias wasn't in the mood to lecture any further If you're a man, you take responsibility for your mistakes-and he

As for Elodie...

gaze to the ice swirling in his

to light, he doubted that Jarrod and Sylvie would get off so

as the type to just

this marriage wouldn't

his watch:

him of something. After a moment's thought, Elias pulled

found Elodie in his contacts, and

to come in for your check-up next week. I'll

he set his

still caught up in his

I donet

am I