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?

ignoring her instinctive attempt to pull away, and gently tugged her down onto the couch. Squatting in front of her, he looked up

still, eyes brimming with

he still had the nerve to call

spoke as casually as if they were discussing the weather: "If we'd had a child back then,

was a hypothetical, one that

herself consider such

a time, yes-she 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 up anything else

stranger to who she'd been. So when Jarrod asked her, she could only sit

gentle: "Children aren't a requirement for your life. You can

understood what he

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

But... everything had changed.

time bomb. Even though Dr. Warwick had told her she could keep her

There was never a perfect choice. You

knew Jarrod still hadn't given her the whole truth behind his actions, but whatever his reasons were... she no longer had the energy to

only a cold acceptance. She'd run out of strength