Chapter 592

No matter how you looked at it, Jarrod had saved her tonight.

Elodie wasn't stingy with her gratitude. At least, she shouldn't be.

Still...

She frowned slightly, unable to shake her surprise at the way Jarrod had treated Sylvie.

Jarrod turned the car around, glancing at her with those deep-set eyes, his tone unhurried, "You don't have to thank me."

For a moment, silence swallowed the car again.

Elodie knew Jarrod had rescued her tonight—and, in a way, punished Sylvie and her friends. He'd done her a favor. But that was only one side of it.

Business was business.

Whether or not Jarrod genuinely wanted to help her didn't matter. In the end, tonight's incident was between Jarrod and Sylvie, the fallout from their own issues. Elodie had just been caught in the crossfire.

She didn't see why she should shoulder any blame or let her thoughts run wild. After all, Jarrod had never really shared what he was thinking.

She owed him her thanks, and that would be enough.

she asked, noting how far

in picking up

half lost in shadow. "No

him a curious look but let it drop, not in the mood

as if nothing

building, the question finally slipped out, "How did you end up in

saved her from a

curb. "Are you genuinely

kind of question was

furrow her brow

Did it even matter?

to bother responding. With a small shrug, she opened the door and stepped

side of Jarrod's luxury sedan- dented, the paint scratched and peeling. It would need a mechanic, though it

discreetly bracing his arm for a moment. "If you're still shaken, I could walk you upstairs," he offered

over and, without thinking, reached for his sleeve. Jarrod simply lowered his

the first time the tear in his shirt right at the sleeve, exposing a gash on his skin, beads of blood welling up. No wonder he'd barely used that hand all night, t looked deep, maybe

say anything? I could've driven," she muttered,

wonder he'd been driving

offhand: "You were

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