How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 690

The entire team moved in a steady stream behind Jarrod's lead.

No one stopped for formal greetings.

Elodie wasn't surprised; this was exactly what she expected under the circumstances.

She hadn't seen Jarrod since he left the hospital a while back.

Jeremiah, on the other hand, didn't seem to notice anything amiss. "Mr. Silverstein's probably swamped," he said casually. "He was out of the country for

a bit-just got back today."

Elodie nodded slowly.

No wonder he'd vanished.

But honestly, even if he hadn't left the country, they wouldn't have crossed paths.

After what happened with the child, there was no chance for them to connect again.

She understood perfectly well what Jarrod meant that day in the hospital, when he said he'd wait for her to finish the 719 project and would cooperate with her.

He was hurt. He believed she'd ended the pregnancy before he returned on purpose, that she'd rejected their child-and he resented her for it.

So this was how it ended.

It was only reasonable for him to feel that way.

There would be no more entanglements between them.

was someone who couldn't even say for sure what the future held for herself —would she heal, or fail, or relapse? With so

any

yet?"

ignored the question, turning instead to Jeremiah. "We'll need rounds of testing-probably two more after this. Please make sure your team cooperates

mor

for your future work, and Mr. Silverstein's personally

paused briefly, but in the end, she led Lily

would need

so often, she'd turn to Lily with instructions. "I'll dictate, you take notes and email

trying to keep up with the stream of unfamiliar numbers.

look up. "Just don't

but Elodie was her boss, so she kept at

couldn't help but marvel at Elodie's laser-sharp memory and precision. Where others would spend hours

the

joining Elodie's team, Lily had never seen a flicker of hesitation or difficulty on her face-she was in

every line

every piece of data.

just skill;

could almost see why Watts liked her. It was

that only comes with real

lip, Lily

to ask, "How did

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