How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 609

"Then you could have just told me up front that we needed to focus on my health first, instead of going behind my back and pulling these tricks. You gave me hope, then shattered it yourself. Jarrod, the truth is, you simply didn't want a child-no need to dress it up as something noble."

That was what Elodie found most infuriating-utterly incomprehensible!

A flicker crossed Jarrod's eyes, but this time, he didn't bother to explain. He just looked at her, silent and unmoving.

Maybe neither of them was in a good place emotionally. The tension hung between them, a thick, uneasy pause.

It was all in the past now. Still, this issue remained a splinter in Elodie's heart.

If, at the time, she'd fought to have a baby-if she'd insisted-maybe she would never have had to endure the pain of losing her uterus after falling ill, never have known the agony of being told she could never have children.

But then, thinking back with hindsight, if she really had gotten pregnant, what would have happened with her and Jarrod? Would they have been able to go their separate ways so cleanly?

The thought drained the last of her strength. She felt utterly spent, body and soul.

What was the point in dwelling on it? Was there even anything left to hold onto now?

sharpness softening. Jarrod reached for her wrist, ignoring her instinctive attempt to pull away, and gently tugged her down onto the couch. Squatting in front of her, he looked up and said, "After everything I've put you through-even when you could've slapped

still, eyes

he still had the nerve to

Jarrod didn't seem to care how she felt about him. He spoke as casually as if they were discussing the weather: "If we'd had a child back then, what kind of life do you think you would've wanted?

was a hypothetical, one that didn't

herself consider such things these

would've devoted herself to raising a child, because all she'd ever wanted was a real home, a whole family. For that missing piece in her heart, she would have given

felt like a stranger to who

hesitation, his tone gentle: "Children aren't a requirement for your life.

what

probably thought that, no matter what, she could always fall in love again, get married, have

But... everything had changed.

keep her uterus, the truth was after everything she'd been

There was never a perfect

given her the whole truth behind his actions, but

cold acceptance. She'd