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 down-a gesture

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

speaking, Sylvie's face drained of all

"In that case, Mr. Silverstein, perhaps you should ask Ms. Fielding just how many shares she still

of dread swept over

to compete, not by a long shot. Jarrod finally looked at her, his

those shares; she'd hoped she could buy them back later and pretend it

which was why he thought he could

knowledge gnawed at her-she

But...

bracing herself against the table, staring blankly at the stack

"Please handle the transfer

Elodie said coldly. "That includes your mother's shares. The company will be initiating a compulsory transfer-Ms.

you have

The words struck home.

into her chair, as if all her strength had

a chaotic

repair. ond

facts: Nexus Analytics had been Jarrod's way of saving her from Elodie's defamation lawsuit. Elodie had. seized the opportunity and taken Nexus Analytics for herself. Now, Jarrod didn't know

there was