How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 525

Her gaze had turned to ice.

She'd worked so hard since coming back to the country-built up a company of this scale, everything had finally been moving in the right direction. And now... it had all shattered.

The words hung in the air.

Even Alexander couldn't help but frown. It seemed to him that Sylvie was desperately trying to pin her own failures on someone else. If she hadn't made those mistakes, would they even be in this situation?

Elodie looked over at her, suddenly overwhelmed by a sense of futility, as if there was an unbridgeable gap between them. She let out a short, humorless laugh, her voice calm but razor-sharp. "Sylvie, honestly, I just find you... kind of pathetic."

She didn't even have the energy to argue anymore.

There was no point-no clarity, no way to win.

When you're blind to the truth, there's nothing left to say.

Sylvie, for her part, was unraveling, panic creeping in. This was her worst nightmare come to life. She shot a desperate look at Jarrod, seated across the

room.

Jarrod met her eyes.

for her to sit

have to consider the shareholding proportions. I hold shares on behalf of Nexus Analytics, but combined, she and Miss Selma's stake isn't less than

Sylvie's face

case, Mr. Silverstein, perhaps

dread swept over

left to compete, not by a long shot. Jarrod finally looked at her, his expression expectant, waiting for an

Jarrod about selling those shares; she'd hoped she

which was why he thought he could challenge

that knowledge gnawed at her-she was

But...

finally looking at Sylvie, who was now bracing herself

"Please handle the transfer

your mother's shares. The company will be initiating a

have no

The words struck home.

as if

her reeling, her mind a chaotic blur She tried to

repair. ond

had. seized the opportunity and taken Nexus Analytics for herself. Now, Jarrod didn't know she'd diverted company dividends, let alone

underneath it all, there was something