How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 519

Chapter 519

Maurice shrugged, tilting his chin in the direction he wanted Grady to look. "Her husband hasn't said a word yet. Maybe you should hold your horses."

Grady froze, caught off guard.

He glanced instinctively over at Jarrod.

Color drained from his face, then returned in uneven waves of red and white. But he couldn't muster a retort.

Sylvie, meanwhile, still believed Elodie had shown up today just to play hard to get. After all, the past was the past-was it really worth nitpicking over old grudges?

In her mind, it was all about the deal not being sweet enough.

Hard to say, though.

Maybe Elodie's real goal was to get her out of Jarrod's orbit.

Sylvie frowned slightly, an ironic gleam in her eyes as she fixed her gaze on Elodie. "Ms. Thorne, don't be so quick to draw lines in the sand. If your offer isn't strong enough, add to it. If you're willing to negotiate, I can put a major secret on the table—something that involves the fast-track selection of national research talent. There's an opportunity to participate in top-tier government projects. I'd imagine you'd be very interested in a chance like that."

She figured an opportunity like this—if Charlie Sterling had offered it to Elodie— would seem unfair.

But Elodie probably hadn't even heard about it yet.

If she could bring it up before Charlie did and use it as leverage, it would be a smart move.

It was only then that Elodie looked directly at Sylvie.

hadn't been explicit, Elodie instantly understood what she was hinting

toward Jarrod, who was standing not far behind

and in that calm

moment, Elodie

fast-track program-the selection process for joining

And Jarrod's sources...

almost too

actually participated and succeeded, it would be the

with

case was still in the early stages, Selma's charges hadn't been settled, and there was nothing

using this as

her closely, already certain she'd struck

papers, taking over

possibly ignore bait

told, Sylvie herself had only learned about

Born in the country, she qualified,

UM

investment had taken

national, making things much easier

out for her interests, and this

done behind the

spot on the research team's shortlist. As long

the recent scandals

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