How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 186

So much so.

Now that Elodie could effortlessly dine with the professor thanks to Alexander, she couldn't help feeling a little contemptuous.

"I just saw Elodie giving the professor a gift," Sylvie remarked casually as she took her seat.

"A gift?" Maurice chuckled. "What good will that do her? That's like handing a Harvard acceptance letter to someone who can barely read. Even if she's given the chance, what's the point? It's wasted on her."

A housewife, after all.

Just a college graduate, and her only way to meet the professor was through Alexander, who was clearly blinded by infatuation.

Even if Alexander wanted to make Elodie look good, didn't she need some real ability of her own?

Sylvie glanced at Maurice, amused. "You don't mince words, do you?"

Maurice shrugged. "The truth stings."

He turned to Jarrod. "So, Jarrod, what do you think Alexander's up to? Bringing Elodie to meet his father-could it be they've been together much longer than we thought?"

"No," Jarrod replied unhurriedly, dismissing Maurice's guess.

Sylvie watched him, searching for any flicker of emotion.

Luckily, there was none.

He was completely indifferent.

to think of it, with a family like Alexander's-everyone a heavyweight in national research-how could they ever approve of someone with Elodie's background and

remained cool as he sipped his

project. Has anyone considered that's why Alexander's father is

in. "VistaLink's past projects never had this much fanfare. Either this

face grew serious. "So you're saying the professor might be

just said, "Hard to

inside, he was anything but

it would be the hottest opportunity in the industry-a window

hadn't lost

almost abruptly, he asked, "Have you set a date for finalizing

question hung

look

"About a month from now.

in his hand. "No reason. Just

Elodie was having a

she'd gone out of her way to buy some of the professor's favorite

Alexander talked with him about the technical breakthroughs in VistaLink Technologies'

shines in this area. If you put half the energy into your work that you spend on romance, you'd be famous

couldn't really

If you poured everything into your career-never married, never had kids-your grandma would probably come after him with a

like you. She has vision. At least she's lived