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.

been so long, and things between them hadn't exactly

A strange, unexpected awkwardness.

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

"Are you grossed out

paused. "Wasn't it you who came at me out

abrupt, you

at him in silence.

drifted downward as his thumb brushed the corner of her mouth. "Are those people

He wasn't wrong.

a pretty effective

was better to take it out on

expected herself to slap him on

she surprised herself

was doing. Clearly, he'd overheard everything-and out of all the ways he

Silverstein," she said, forcing a dry smile. "Don't forget, I have cancer. Those

her, glancing at her phone. "If

reply left Elodie

only meant to say that most people avoid cancer patients like

he feel

Jarrod wasn't quite the same man he used

supposed to be a good thing?" After his little stunt, her

since her mother was

had crossed

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