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?

an outsider, had just blurted it out

coming out of a

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

to make a scene...how was

face darkened as she

and, without a

every detail of that

She glanced up, searching his still

and needs to be looked after," Jarrod said quietly.

I appreciate it." His voice was cool

eyes giving away nothing-no trace of the doubt or drama

this at all, and for a moment her

pressed her lips together in

Jarrod to react this

she'd planned to

There was nothing

Her conscience was clear. If others wanted to doubt

nothing she could say to change their

Jarrod hadn't questioned her about the baby,

she thought he was acting like a real man, not

and tense, his eyes

reeling.

to Elodie, as casual as always. "Once you're finished here, shall

hands curled into fists, her

and the others