Chapter 487

Lucinda rarely meddled in Jarrod's life. She only voiced her opinion when

absolutely necessary, but now, it was clear Jarrod had no intention of doing as she wished.

That made Lucinda frown, her thoughts turning inward as she weighed her next

move.

Octavia, however, saw things differently.

She was shocked-yes-but also secretly a little pleased, and even a bit annoyed.

The fact that Elodie hadn't told her anything felt like a real slap in the face.

After stewing over it for a while, Octavia decided it was time for something she hadn't done in ages: she was going to call Elodie.

She wanted an explanation, and it had better be a good one.

But when she dialed the number-

A robotic voice answered: "We're sorry, the number you have dialed is not in service..."

ear, unable to process

cancel her number? Change it? When did

didn't bother to tell

her

was Elodie

drained her. She'd spent hours talking with senior colleagues before finally heading home, so exhausted she nearly passed out the moment she hit her bed. She slept straight through to eight

Technologies, Alexander had already been bustling around for a

this morning-Esmeralda's still stuck in

about Elodie's independent research from a few

meant it-he and Esmeralda had

grinned at her. "No need to thank us. If anything,

I should be

you, VistaLink would never

6king waves like this.

"It's a team accomplishment. None of us could have

matters; Esmeralda managed operations; Elodie led the research. Truth was, both of them always looked out for

shared the burdens, and Elodie never took that for granted. Just then, a knock sounded at the

her head in. "Ms. Thorne, you

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