How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 651

The nurse's eyes widened in surprise. "How did you know?"

He cast a casual glance at Elodie Thorne, his voice light and unhurried. "You're sharper than she is. When the time comes, I might need you to recommend a specialist—a top one, no expense spared."

Elodie didn't bother to reply. She just looked at him coolly, letting him have his jab. It was payback, clearly, for her earlier remark about him "wasting his time on her."

The nurse, realizing he was teasing his wife, stifled a laugh and slipped away to her other duties once everything was taken care of.

Elodie straightened her clothes and, after a moment, asked, "What were you and Watts Aldridge talking about just now?"

Jarrod Silverstein lowered his gaze. "I thanked him for his selfless dedication to someone else's wife."

She stared at him, picking up on the fact that there was more going on in his mind. "He did save me, that's true. Eldrion Global took a hit, that's true too. So tell me, why this attitude?"

Why?

A flicker of emotion passed through Jarrod's eyes.

withdrawn from the bid-the loss was his alone, and it wasn't as if he stood to gain anything. If it was just a matter of playing hero, there were far easier and cheaper ways to do it. No one could quite pin down his motives, and the whole thing

massive contract, and he

or sentiment. There would never be evidence, of course; Jarrod's suspicion was, at best, a touch of jealous

the sort of

leaned back, his posture relaxed but unmistakably aristocratic. "Do

"What's the difference?"

answer

some naive, well-meaning guyz He just returned

specializes in defense contracts and cutting-edge tech; they have no shortage of talent, and most

was measured,

what had happened between him and Watts, but she didn't need him to spell out

the personal answer?" she pressed, guessing there was more

his words both dignified and quietly

"...Excuse me?"

at him, her brows knitting in disbelief. Of all the

the subject. He stood, ending the conversation with a brisk, "Take the day to