How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 596

Elodie paused mid-step, but with so many people around and too many ears listening, she didn't say anything. She just followed Alexander upstairs.

Back in the office, Esmeralda rushed in, breathless from hurrying.

"What happened? How did this blow up out of nowhere?" she demanded, looking anxiously at Elodie.

Elodie's eyes were fixed on the news breaking on her tablet.

Alexander's expression was grim. "It came out of nowhere no warning at all. Who knew about what happened back then?"

Elodie stared at the report. Every line painted her as someone who'd used underhanded tactics to help Jarrod, even detailing how she'd supposedly "called in" reporters to orchestrate the whole scene. The piece all but branded her as manipulative and shameless.

"There's no shortage of people who know," Elodie replied, frowning.

Back then, Malcom had pulled every string he could for the Harcourt family's business-leaning on old ties with both the Thorne and Silverstein families, desperate for the benefits the Silversteins could bring. He'd resorted to aggressive tactics, even inviting a few industry journalists to cover the event.

He'd tipped off Henrietta as quickly as possible, making it clear the Silversteins were getting the better end of the deal. Out of loyalty to her grandfather's wartime friendship with Jarrod's grandfather, Henrietta started pressuring Jarrod to go through with the wedding.

in from every angle, leaving Jarrod no

been so convoluted that even Elodie, caught in the middle, had felt dazed by it

thought about it, there really were quite a few people who knew

at the time, but

with anger. "The marriage is over, for

matters worse, this was happening

the scientific community-everyone was watching her,

up this ancient

attempt to wreck her. What would people think of her now? Admiration would turn to suspicion, even contempt, twisting her image into that of a ruthless schemer willing to do anything to

brow furrowed. She and Jarrod were divorced now; she

there was no doubt this would only

her set to leave for the research facility next

couldn't be more

Jarrod and figure

it concerned both

Elodie nodded, understanding.

at her tablet,