How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 737

It was nothing, really.

A phone on the table buzzed to life.

Jarrod spared it only a passing glance.

Unknown number.

He pressed decline.

Whoever was on the other end seemed to grow impatient and kept calling, again

and again.

In between flipping through The Harcourt Group's files, Jarrod simply blocked the

number.

Elodie hadn't rested for long.

Her last episode had caught everyone off guard.

There was still unfinished business at the research base-she needed to wrap up

phase one of the project.

She made her way to the hangar to test the new system.

System maintenance was a tedious process, requiring round after round of

diagnostics.

By the time she finished, evening was drawing near.

Walking from the hangar toward the data center, she crossed paths with Watts,

who had just stepped out of his car.

Ever since the incident a while back, Elodie hadn't seen Watts in some time.

Watts caught sight of her-his usually composed expression flickered with

something unspoken.

He stood there, watching her.

barely glanced up before returning her focus to the data

hands.

higher-ups were still investigating her claim about the data

it wasn't a simple

already figured out

of person

no intention of

with a greeting, just turned to head

Watts called out first. "Elodie,

had no choice but to

was no one else around; his voice was

plainly-Elodie's indifference, her

him.

walked over, eyes

"You've

you?

I'm just here to hand in

the project

to the

dignify that

gave a helpless shrug. "You think I set you

your suspension...

closed the folder, her

a trace

did or

just

politics don't interest

darkened at

and

only

of her detachment hit

A colleague?

Irrelevant?

tone had been almost gentle, emotionless,

left him deeply

storm clouds gathering in

He barely noticed.

else was nagging at

Patricia's call.

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