How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

"Me?" Elodie blinked, caught off guard.

Clifford's expression remained tinged with a certain awe. "A few days ago, we received some inside information-The Silverstein Group invested a massive sum a few years back to establish a company in Verdania. They've developed the technology and supply chain, and apparently, the facility just went online this year. Ms. Thorne, would you be able to... handle the negotiations on our behalf?"

Elodie was stunned.

Jarrod had a company like that in Verdania?

How had he never even hinted at something this monumental?

He'd started preparing for this years ago?

If he was investing in that kind of rare material, the market share and future profits would be astronomical. If he pulled it off and managed to bring it into the domestic market, he'd have the entire industry in a stranglehold.

Plus, he'd be able to dominate aerospace contracts, not just here but internationally. The long-term prospects were enormous.

The profits would be incalculable-enough to make any investor wild with envy.

But... with a market this lucrative, how could it be a secret? Of course, everyone knew about it. The problem was, research and development weren't easy. It took tens of millions just to get started, and the technical barriers were sky-high. Under international restrictions, the failure rate was almost absurdly high, and one mistake could mean losing a fortune.

It also took years of development before anything was market-ready.

No matter how you looked at it, the risks were staggering.

Very few investors had the nerve-or the resources-to gamble on such a niche, high-tech material that ordinary consumers would never even notice.

costs and risks were

almost impossible to find venture capital with that kind of vision-willing to stake that much

then there was the

to navigate all those bureaucratic and

be able to help?"

well: with Jarrod's company based in Verdania, if a deep partnership was established domestically, Verdania

essential-whether for partnership or for future

finally snapped out of her daze, her

really knew how to keep his cards close to

to reach out to

could be made

one opening the door. And even then,

gave her answer, and the tensest part

The meeting wrapped up.

lowered, thoughts flickering across his face before resolving into a smile. "Mr. Silverstein is full of surprises. If this comes together,

innovation. The domestic

even a chunk of the international one-would be his for the taking. The Silverstein Group might just be stepping up to a new level, all

reason this hadn't turned into a feeding frenzy was because the bar for entry was so impossibly high. Otherwise, every major investor would be tearing each other apart to get a

sheer scale of the potential profits was almost

speak to Watts; he nodded to Elodie before heading

was about