How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 679

This business trip was unavoidable. Still, Jarrod wanted to keep Elodie calm, to make sure she wouldn't do anything drastic while he was away.

As long as he got back in time, he could try to soothe her, talk her down, maybe even persuade her.

Elodie considered this.

Three days from now-Saturday-was the appointment she'd made with the hospital for her procedure.

The timing lined up perfectly.

"Alright," she replied, her tone composed.

She agreed-there was no reason to hide anything from him, and honestly, she didn't see the point. She'd tell him on Saturday.

Seeing her acquiescence, Jarrod knew Elodie was the type to keep her word. He exhaled silently in relief.

Instead of having someone from the research center drive her home, Jarrod took her himself.

He needed to leave early and get back as soon as possible. The matter concerned the SX Alloy project; he had to handle some paperwork and couldn't risk anything derailing Elodie's work at the center.

Once Jarrod left, Elodie finally opened the fridge.

Inside, she found the fruit he'd washed and cut for her, along with a freshly- prepared dinner-just needed reheating.

Jarrod didn't know her door code, but the lock had a mechanical override; he probably had a spare key.

it was time to switch to

Friday afternoon.

way

see Dr. Elias Warwick for her pre-op evaluation, making

her reason for being here was this, a slow, aching bitterness settling in her

forcing down the heaviness,

sensation pricked at her. She glanced over her shoulder, feeling as though someone's

weary, she

to write up her evaluation forms: a pelvic

Elias explained, passing her the paperwork. His calm blue eyes met hers. "The exam will confirm everything's normal with your uterus, and we'll also do a general anesthesia assessment. There's no need

told her. It's just a checkup today; no need to make

procedure wasn't until tomorrow-she could

the worry in her eyes, hidden beneath her calm façade.

a surgery coming up. It'll take about

but you don't need to trouble yourself."

some time. The anesthesia assessment

in the corridor, it was finally Elodie's

a physical and

entered, the nurse

toward the nearby room, noticing most people were

case is special. There are a couple

didn't argue. Her situation was different, so

in a surgical mask. "Just lie

and climbed onto