How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

"Grandma, I'm not joking." Elodie could tell the old woman was truly anxious now.

"Do you remember the child I said I 'lost' before?" she explained gently.

As soon as the words left her lips, the room fell into stunned silence.

After all, that child was a scar on everyone's heart.

Even Jarrod turned to look at her.

Elodie met their eyes, her voice steady. "Jarrod saved the baby. He arranged for her to be taken to a specialized artificial womb program in New York, where they kept her alive with cutting-edge technology. She was safely born, and now—she's our daughter. Nadia."

The sprawling sitting room was utterly silent for a moment.

Everyone's expression was a kaleidoscope of shock and wonder.

It took them some time to process the magnitude of this revelation.

The world of the wealthy is full of secrets and technologies most people never even hear about. They'd seen enough strange things that, when Elodie finally revealed the truth, they could wrap their heads around it faster than most.

Suddenly, the old woman slapped her forehead and, in a rush, hurried over to where Lucinda held the baby.

She pulled back the edge of the blanket, revealing a tiny face that bore the unmistakable features of both Jarrod and Elodie.

cry or fuss. She immediately grabbed the old woman's

wrinkled face. "So this is our precious Silverstein great-granddaughter? Oh my, she's such a

ago she'd been stern and anxious; now her

laugh at

up

over Nadia, an uncontainable smile blooming on her own

over with a grin. "Nieces usually take after their aunts,

midst of all

blessed. You always get what your heart longs for the

Her happiness was genuine.

last, Elodie could live her

pursue the happiness she

at Jarrod with a rare softness. "You really went above and

The truth was-

Elodie's pain would have remained a wound that

hand in silent reassurance. "We both got what

the cold, echoing mansion suddenly felt

out that with so many people around, there would always be

at Jarrod,

that Rosemary stay for a while

point, what could