How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Ivan's face drained of all color in an instant, as if a tidal wave had crashed over him.

-The Harcourt family and the Jett family set him up?

Even Elodie was momentarily caught off guard.

Back then, Ivan's downfall had come out of nowhere. Thanks to his talent, he'd been thriving in the Harcourt Group, but trouble struck when one of his subordinates messed up. A massive hole opened up in the budget for a joint project with the Jett Group, and as the main person in charge, Ivan was the first to take the fall.

He'd been so arrogant in those days. Naturally, he'd made plenty of enemies.

Then, just before he was about to be taken in, disaster struck. His life was nearly on the line.

He'd been set up, blindsided—and that was when Elodie had stepped in, just in time. In the chaos, she'd taken the hit meant for him.

Ivan ended up in the hospital and then straight into custody.

As for Elodie, her injuries were severe; she spent a month in the hospital, unconscious for several days. She'd always been frail, even as a child.

had no idea what really happened to Ivan—at least, not until Malcom pulled his own strings. When

be anyone's sacrificial pawn,

Jarrod. In her eyes, Jarrod was just another victim, and she felt guilty for dragging

hadn't expected was how deeply she'd fall for him

And now...

case was so

all people-the one who actually benefited from

hoarse and raw, pain

years, he'd traced the scar on Elodie's body as she slept, torn between anger and jealousy, but mostly overwhelmed by aching

fragile and

she

connect the dots? How could he not feel the anger rising

staggered, the truth hitting him like a physical blow. He stared at Elodie, white as a sheet.

remembered how, after he was taken away, Elodie didn't visit him for a whole month. He'd assumed she was

getting married, and that she wouldn't be visiting anymore-she hoped