How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 657

Elodie had arrived.

And now, Ivan would see things clearly at last.

They were no longer on the same path.

"What makes you think you have the right to demand I do your dirty work for the sake of your so-called 'love'?" Elodie shot back, her voice calm and detached.

Queenie's face tightened, irritation flashing in her eyes.

Elodie's gaze dropped to Queenie's swollen belly. "Ms. Jett, if it's really yours, no one can take it from you. Besides, not everyone is dying to have what you've got."

Just as Queenie herself had said after all these years of knowing Ivan, even when they didn't end up together, it was always, somehow, Elodie's fault. What sense did that make?

"You claim I ruined things for you two? I'm curious-when exactly did you start dating? Last I checked, before he went away, Ivan was still single."

At the mention, Queenie's expression changed instantly. Panic flickered across her features, and she clenched her fists tight, almost without realizing.

Back then...

during one of her visits, that they'd made things official. She'd promised to wait for him, and Ivan had sworn he wouldn't let

"What are

brooding. His eyes barely left Elodie,

snapped out of her daze, immediately turning

look, then gently took Esmeralda's hand.

feeling unlucky to have run into these

he

glanced over her shoulder at him. "I wish you happiness, Mr.

the slightest trace of

cool detachment-like she was speaking to a stranger-set something off in him. His thoughts

only each other, from childhood until now.

wrong. How dare she treat

You should see a doctor." Queenie clung to his arm, face tense with worry. Lately, Ivan had been drinking

known about Elodie all along. She refused to show weakness, to let anyone think

to come back to himself. He glanced down at Queenie, his eyes gradually settling. He stopped and spoke quietly, "Queenie, maybe we should reconsider

keep up this charade

indifference both stunned