How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 782

Back then, he was already in enough pain.

He'd been misunderstood in so many ways, by so many people-but when it came to that child, he simply couldn't let go.

That's why, after everything happened, he kept flying out to New York.

Only by checking in every month, seeing for himself how things were, could he find any peace.

It had become his anchor.

He'd always been a man who kept his emotions tightly leashed, but with Elodie and the baby, he held nothing back.

Elodie stared at Jarrod for a long moment, unable to stop herself from laughing through her tears.

"Jarrod, it feels like you've saved my life again."

Just barely.

She'd come so close to being trapped by regret for the rest of her life.

But fate, it seemed, had given her Jarrod.

He always saw the bigger picture, always managed to plan ten steps ahead.

He'd given her a lifeline-a chance big enough to rewrite the rest of her days. She couldn't deny it.

If Jarrod hadn't already decided that, no matter what, he'd raise the child himself, she honestly didn't think she could have gotten through it.

No wonder.

was filled with little girl's clothes

made

away her tears once more, patient as ever. "Do you think maybe I'm not so bad

put her feelings

at the seams-overwhelmed by the sudden rush of hope

just focus on recovering, okay? Try to get better soon, so you can go see the baby." She was desperate, and it showed, but seeing him

Everything felt different now.

was as if, suddenly, there was something to

was a brand-new

lifted ever so slightly. "Still think you're getting the short end

almost choked. "I don't recall ever saying

crooked smile. "So you're officially here of your

stared at him, at a

to put her

grin from her face, her hands still trembling with excitement. She couldn't process the joy, so

upright. "I can't rest if you're still

glowing. She grabbed his hand and tugged him toward

bedroom. No

need to

As soon

a long flight, I'll

tickets."

weren't still recovering, she'd fly to New York this very

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