How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 673

Elodie quickly grasped the situation.

Something was obviously off.

Getting caught coming out of the same room together-there was no way that wouldn't look suspicious.

Patricia swept toward them, narrowing her eyes at Ivan. "Mr. Harcourt, was there really anything you couldn't discuss outside? What exactly were you doing bringing Elodie into your room? It's not a good look, and we should all be concerned about Elodie's reputation."

Esmeralda, having recovered from her surprise, raised a brow in return. "Honestly, who would read anything into a brother and sister spending time together? Miss Aldridge, aren't you being a little melodramatic?"

Patricia just smiled, undisturbed. "Forgive me, I'm only looking out for Elodie. That's all. I happened to hear from Mrs. Jett that Elodie's expecting.

Congratulations, by the way."

Ivan's easygoing expression snapped into something rigid.

Elodie's face finally changed too.

Queenie?

She stared at Patricia, shocked that Patricia knew, and even more stunned that she'd drop the news-right in front of Jarrod.

Esmeralda's emotions flickered across her face, openly frustrated.

A bombshell like that, dropped out of nowhere.

Wouldn't today spiral into a mess of misunderstandings?

now-Patricia, an outsider, had just blurted it out in

Ivan coming out of a room

didn't matter much to Esmeralda, she still didn't want Elodie's reputation to suffer. What if Jarrod started questioning Elodie, or worse, suspected something

to make a scene...how was Elodie

as she imagined the

looked at Elodie, calm as ever. He stepped forward and, without a word, slid his fingers between hers,

detail of

She glanced

and needs to be looked after,"

her today, then I appreciate it." His voice was

his eyes giving away nothing-no trace

anticipated this at all, and

lips together in

Jarrod to react

that she'd planned

There was nothing

was clear. If others wanted to doubt her,

nothing she could say to

hadn't questioned her about the baby, or about being with

at Jarrod with surprise. For the first time, she thought he was acting like a real

meanwhile, looked cold and tense, his eyes

mind was reeling. Elodie

as always. "Once you're finished here, shall we

her expression cooling as her

and the others