How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue novel Chapter 699

When Watts came over, he sat right down beside Elodie. “Mr. Silverstein, I need to discuss some work with Elodie—hope you don’t mind?”

Jarrod was already striding toward the front of the room. “You should be asking the person next to you if she minds, not me. Her choices aren’t mine to control.”

Elodie glanced up at Jarrod, catching a subtle undertone in his words. The nuance was there, but unless you were really listening, you’d miss it. To everyone else, it just sounded like he was respecting her wishes.

Watts looked at Elodie, still in good spirits. “What’s this about? Mr. Silverstein never used to give up ground like that.”

Elodie lowered her head, texting Lily: “You’re not sitting with your sister?”

Watts’s smile faded, his tone turning indifferent. “We’re not exactly close. She can sit wherever she wants.”

Elodie glanced discreetly toward Patricia. At that exact moment, Patricia looked back, tilted her head, and flashed Elodie a wink and a playful smile.

Elodie curled her fingers into her palm, keeping a tight lid on the flood of emotions in her chest.

The internal review was about to begin.

Jarrod, as the main lead, naturally took a seat up front.

Halfway through the process, things suddenly stalled. Someone on the team frowned, double-checking the results—again and again.

Finally, a representative stepped forward, a grave look on his face. “Mr. Whitaker, we’ve run into a problem.”

Jarrod looked up.

Klein stood as well. “What’s the issue?”

The representative glanced at Jarrod, then at Elodie, replying with caution, “The testing parameters for the materials don’t match up. The data points aren’t lining up at all.”

Elodie’s eyes narrowed, her gaze sharp.

Klein’s face grew serious. “What’s going on? The data is critical—it determines our next round of investments. If the numbers don’t match at this stage, the whole project gets delayed.”