How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 579

Chapter 579

The terms had nothing to do with the company; Sylvie had signed them herself.

Which meant that now...

Andrea looked at her calmly. "This agreement was signed in Ms. Fielding's personal capacity. It's not binding on the company, so Ms. Fielding will need to pay an additional sixty million herself."

Sylvie felt her face go rigid, then drain of all color.

She'd completely forgotten about the private bet she'd signed. Even though Neural Intelligence had changed hands, the agreement only bound her, personally.

Jarrod had never brought it up, and she'd taken that as a sign he didn't intend to hold it over her.

She never imagined that, now that she was backed into a corner, the agreement would resurface-

It was the final straw, the one that would break her.

Sylvie stared at Jarrod, disbelief etched across her face. "Jarrod, you're joking, aren't you?"

He stood beneath a black umbrella, approaching slowly, separated from her by the doorway.

His expression was as unreadable as ever. "If everything's settled, you should head home."

Sylvie's breath came in jagged bursts, her eyes rimmed red. "Jarrod, what... what is this supposed to mean?"

in his eyes reflecting the cold drizzle

She lurched forward, grabbing the door frame. "Can we talk? I admit it—I shouldn't have tried to get involved with Mr. Ferguson. I know

them so long to

was supposed to be

could take the disdain from Maurice

him, she couldn't

chose this moment to demand payment

watched her, his demeanor unchanged, utterly composed. "What

question hit her

his eyes and felt a chill

now did she truly see it-the cold, indifferent distance that had always been there, just

accepted me,

night, you were

like me-I

do." Sylvie's voice trembled,

truth staring her in the face. She'd already won him over-compared to Elodie, that bland little woman, Sylvie had always thought she was

slipped, but beneath that veneer

what you do with other men is

widened in

Her lips quivered. "It wasn't you? That's

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