How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 603

Impossible to find fault.

Elodie's cool, reserved face showed a flicker of hesitation, but in the end, she handed it over.

If Mr. Silverstein himself wanted to play chauffeur, she wasn't about to argue.

She intended to slip into the backseat, but Jarrod had already swung open the passenger door and tilted his head toward her. "I'm not familiar with your car. Better sit up front and make sure I don't press the wrong buttons."

Elodie frowned, arching a delicate brow. "You think you might drive us into a ditch?"

He leaned lazily against the car, entirely unhurried. "You never know. If I make a scene tonight and we end up in a ditch, maybe we'll land on the front page together—our first photo as a pair."

She decided not to dignify that with a response.

He was just trying to get a rise out of her.

Without another word, she slipped into the passenger seat.

Jarrod swung the car around and headed off, taking the familiar streets he'd traveled countless times before.

After a while, Elodie broke the silence. “I appreciate what you did to clear things up for me. Honestly, you took the fall for me from the start, and I owe you for that. But I have to ask-wasn't it a bit... much, throwing around millions like that?"

Group had

have been enough to quiet

reason for him to spend so much more

behind the wheel, his mood seemingly unruffled. "Hmm? And why do

to repay you. You could have let me know

were no longer together, there was no

he nodded. "So you think this is nothing but a

are now, how could I accept

continued, "have you thought about the future? After all, we're divorced. The Silverstein

it confirms to

public that we re

a couple. Are we supposed to keep pretending

question behind everything

I know Sylvie's

not going to stay

when you

even marry again? What will' you

was simply pointing out the obvious problem-one

her mind, Jarrod

declaring the online rumors false, and announced he'd pursue legal action if necessary That would have stamped out most of the

of the