How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 627

"...?"

Jarrod was already out the door.

Elodie walked over to lock up behind him, but as she glanced through the

peephole, she saw Jarrod striding confidently across the hall-heading straight for the apartment opposite hers.

He opened the door, stepped inside, and shut it behind him in one seamless motion.

No lingering, no drama.

Elodie stood at her door for a moment, taken aback.

Jarrod lives across the hall?

Is he out of his mind?

He has a mansion-why would he choose this cramped, "humble" apartment instead?

Just to keep up appearances with his grandmother? Was all that effort really necessary?

She only mulled it over for a moment. Whatever Jarrod wanted to do with his life was his own business. She had no right to interfere.

Still, he had been acting... off today.

But in the end, Jarrod's injuries were because of her.

She hated owing anyone.

thermal container. She walked over and left it at

answer.

The next morning.

was impossible not to notice

right next door now-it was odd, no matter how she tried

it.

last night was

glanced once, then looked away, tightening her grip on her bag as she

VistaLink Technologies, Alexander

new department at the research base, but VistaLink Technologies also had a project in the works. There were bidding negotiations

days straight, Elodie barely had a moment to breathe, sometimes sleeping at her desk just

negotiations regarding the SX Alloy material,

finally sent her formal

to

tape, Elodie finally confirmed her new assignment-just as Watts

in the same department," Watts said with a

found that a relief. There was such a thing as

heavy hitter now-they'll probably have you mentor her," Watts added. He knew that with Elodie's skill, she was more than qualified to take

how they arrange things," Elodie

his mind, even when most people would hold back. "Honestly, I'm kind of jealous of Lily She lucked out, getting fo work with you. I always hoped I'd get

wasn't shy about showing his

how to respond to

ambition-he wasn't just another trust-

the country's scientific research forward, she was more