How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 290

Chapter 290

Alexander's words caught everyone off guard.

The gentle, sincere look on Sylvie's face faded, if only a little.

For a moment, she wondered if she'd misheard him.

But Jarrod, standing to the side, was utterly unmoved. He raised his eyes with a lazy indifference, glanced at Elodie, and the depths of his gaze remained calm, an almost imperceptible hint of a smile tracing his lips.

Elodie, too, showed no reaction. Not a flicker of emotion crossed her face at Alexander's remark.

Jarrod's gaze lingered for a moment, then drifted away, a quiet amusement glinting in his eyes as if he'd thought of something.

Sylvie pressed her lips together, then spoke, her tone composed and unbothered. "Mr. Sterling, I know this is a difficult request for you."

She honestly hadn't expected Alexander to be so unwilling to approach the professor about this, nor for him to come up with such an outlandish excuse.

this just to subtly decline

I'll keep trying to

of the rare few with an obvious head start-her own qualifications were

deal from Alexander, it still wasn't enough to meet the standards of her thesis. In

any opinion, nor did Alexander's words seem to surprise him. He simply said,

forced a smile that never

Sylvie would believe it. But there was no point in trying to convince people determined not to listen; they already had preconceived notions about Elodie.

Just then, Jason arrived.

exchange with Jarrod about some work matters, Jarrod glanced at Elodie, then back at Alexander, giving a polite nod. "Mr.

paused for

Elodie in these situations. She thought the best approach was simply to ignore her-no need to make

the

didn't so much as look up. Her cool, serene expression gave

in, "Of course. Take

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