How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 694

He was, in fact, the first in the Silverstein family to truly understand just how much Jarrod valued Elodie.

"So, big brother, do you have any plans now that you're back?" Jarrod's tone was as casual as ever, as if nothing unusual had happened. You couldn't read a single emotion on his face.

Sometimes, Sprague genuinely found this side of Jarrod infuriating.

He was always so calm and collected, never ruffled yet every move was calculated, ruthless when it counted.

"Worried I'll shake things up?" Sprague chuckled lightly, his words laced with teasing.

Jarrod glanced at him, unhurried and cool. "As long as you're not still holding a grudge. Back then, things got pretty ugly for you. With you coming home, there's bound to be some talk. I suppose you'll have to put up with the gossip for a while."

He might as well have branded the word "loser" across Sprague's forehead. Sprague's smile didn't falter.

But he knew.

His defeat back then had entertained plenty of people.

Even though he was older than Jarrod by a year, he'd still ended up exiled

overseas.

hold a grudge? We're family, after all. What kind of brother keeps score with his own sibling?" Sprague replied

interested in that kind

would come back. The day he sent them abroad, he knew it wouldn't last. Nobody just accepts being banished, being

friendly pat on the shoulder, then turned and walked back to the drawing

didn't follow right

quietly for

his head above water. Everything seemed to pile up at once. Elodie's accident had come out of nowhere-a disaster he never saw coming. Before he'd even cemented his position, he was already fighting vicious, S underhanded battles behind closed doors. Sprague knew Elodie was Jarrod's weakness. He would never stay abroad forever, never accept being under someone else's thumb. Coming back was inevitable-and Jarrod knew Sprague wouldn't hesitate to

made up his mind: Elodie had to learn to

to become strong before anyone could use her

Elodie's talents and status started being recognized by those at

before making a move. He wouldn't

top

was locked in

Patricia Aldridge, a ticking time bomb with her unpredictable health. It was an exhausting storm of crises,

came crashing

thing as harmony in a family this

to deal with the fierce competition within the Silverstein Group, fend off Sprague's schemes, protect Elodie, and, on top of it all, manage the mess with Ivan Harcourt-which nearly drove