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.

between them hadn't exactly been smooth lately, so she

A strange, unexpected awkwardness.

the question slipped out, she unconsciously reached up to wipe

gaze lowered. "Are you grossed

you who came at me out

so abrupt, you wouldn't

at him in silence. "Jarrod, what exactly are you playing

didn't rush to straighten up. Instead, his eyes drifted downward as his thumb brushed the corner of her mouth. "Are

He wasn't wrong.

a

to take it out on him than

half expected herself to slap

herself

out of all the ways he could've interrupted, he'd picked the one that

"Don't forget, I have cancer. Those cells

sat across from her, glancing at her phone. "If it were, I'd happily take some for you. My body's in better shape than yours,

left Elodie

that most people avoid

feel weird about

Jarrod wasn't quite the

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

since her mother was her

had crossed

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