How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 734

She felt the warmth of his lips, a breath of cool, clean scent washing over her.

It crashed through her senses, overwhelming every rational thought.

Elodie froze, stunned. The anger that had been boiling in her head just moments ago ground to a halt, stuck in her throat.

She couldn't process what had just happened, couldn't even begin to fathom why Jarrod would do something like this, so suddenly.

Her eyes remained wide open-and so did his.

Jarrod didn't miss a single flicker of her expression.

Before she could even react, his other hand had already reached out and tapped the screen, ending her call.

It wasn't until Malcolm's voice cut out in her ear that Elodie finally snapped out of

it. Jarrod's move had come out of nowhere, and by the time she'd gathered herself, all she could do was instinctively pull back a little.

"What are you doing?" she asked, arching an eyebrow as she looked at him, more puzzled than upset.

It wasn't as if this was some earth-shattering shock.

After all, things like this-

They'd done this countless times before.

it had been so long, and things between them hadn't exactly been smooth lately, so she couldn't help

A strange, unexpected awkwardness.

question slipped out, she unconsciously reached up to wipe her lips with the

"Are you grossed out

hand paused. "Wasn't it you who came

if I wasn't so abrupt, you wouldn't

stared at him in silence.

thumb brushed the corner of her mouth. "Are

He wasn't wrong.

was a pretty effective

was better to take it out on him than to keep

expected herself to

surprised herself by

out of all the ways he could've

a dry smile. "Don't forget,

her phone. "If it were, I'd happily take some for you.

left Elodie

meant to say that most people avoid cancer

he feel

to realize that Jarrod wasn't quite the

thing?" After his little stunt, her anger at Malcolm had mostly faded, leaving her

her mother was

had crossed

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