How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue novel Chapter 527

“If you hadn’t been caught up by Elodie’s slander back then... Maybe Nexus Analytics wouldn’t have ended up in her hands. Or maybe, you could’ve used Nexus Analytics for your own ends. After all, Nexus Analytics and Neural Intelligence are so closely tied, but now…”

He shook his head, letting the thought trail off.

And nearly coming to blows with Elodie—

That, too.

The words shattered the half-formed thoughts swirling in Sylvie’s mind, leaving her numb and lost in anxious reflection.

What if…

What if she hadn’t gone head-to-head with VistaLink Technologies and Elodie over the flight control system all those months ago? Would everything be different now?

She knew better than anyone how Nexus Analytics landed in Elodie’s hands.

If she hadn’t tried to protect herself, Elodie never would’ve had the chance to take advantage of the situation.

It was all out in the open—everyone knew what had happened. Everyone understood exactly how it was resolved: Nexus Analytics traded for her freedom from liability.

So now…

Was the problem still her?

A pounding headache threatened to split Sylvie’s skull. She felt dazed, as if none of this could possibly be real.

How did things end up like this?

“We’ll talk later,” Jarrod said, glancing down at his watch. “Let’s get you home first.”

Sylvie had forgotten how to respond. She was still reeling from being pushed out of Neural Intelligence’s board—still unable to process it.

The company car drove her back, a hollow shell, lost in her own thoughts.

In the end, she didn’t even make it to lunch.

Maurice looked over at Jarrod, hesitating for a moment. “So… what’s your next move?”

It was the sort of question with a hundred possible answers.

Jarrod only cast him a sidelong glance, slipping his hand into his pocket as he strolled toward the car parked by the curb. “We’ll do what has to be done.”