How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 688

Chapter 688

Watts still had a stack of documents in his hand he must have been on his way to the data center. When he spotted Elodie, relief flickered across his face. He hurried over, his brow furrowed in concern. "You haven't been here for over a week. Said you needed some time off. Did something happen?"

He looked her up and down, his handsome features clouded with worry.

Elodie met his gaze in silence, her mind racing with suspicions she didn't let show.

"I had a miscarriage. I took a few days to recover," she said, not bothering with half-truths or evasions this time. She dropped the news plainly, even if the admission stung somewhere deep inside.

She didn't let the pain show-just looked up at him, open and honest.

Watts' eyes flickered, surprise and discomfort passing through them before his expression settled into something graver. "I'm so sorry. How did that happen?"

He hesitated, lips pressed together. "I'd actually heard from Patricia that you were pregnant. You know, it wasn't easy to process, so I just pretended I didn't know. But now, with you going through something like this..."

Elodie's eyes stayed clear, though thoughts churned beneath the surface.

She'd half expected Watts would pretend not to know about the pregnancy. After all, with Patricia in the loop, it would have been strange for him to be entirely clueless.

always been Patricia. The incident on the yacht still felt like a splinter in her mind. That night, something had been wrong with her- something more than just the wine. Looking back, after realizing what Patricia was truly capable of, Elodie couldn't help

she wouldn't try again? If Jarrod hadn't been so quick-witted that night... who knows what might've happened? Maybe Patricia's

he came back and found out she'd ended the pregnancy without him, what would he think? Especially with

who would

far,

other than a medical mishap. The police were waiting for

mishap

nothing could stick.

answer Watts' concern directly. Instead, she

Aldridge around lately.

gave her a long look,

the

She just made my

now he's

short leash. There's someone

household, she's

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