How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 342

Sylvie's score was undeniably high.

Even with limited time to prepare, she'd decided to take the graduate exam for Professor Sterling's program-and still managed to ace it. That kind of

performance put her firmly among the best of the best.

It was pretty much what everyone had expected from the start.

There was never any doubt that Sylvie would pass with flying colors.

But as for her so-called "rival"-not a word, no news at all.

Did they really need to guess how that turned out?

Octavia was in the middle of her homework when she overheard the

conversation. She grabbed her phone and blurted out, “Elodie? Did she take the exam too?"

Sylvie recalled how Elodie had finished her test early and handed it in ahead of time.

She replied without a care, "Yeah."

On the other end of the line, Octavia fell silent for a moment.

always believed in working hard and bettering herself, but Elodie taking grad school exams? In her mind, Elodie was someone who always hovered around her brother and the kitchen—this just didn't

so she told Sylvie, "Be sure to tell me when the rankings are out! I have no doubt you'll be number

Her brother had an eye for good people, and now he'd brought home

had always looked up

a natural admiration for strength, and Sylvie

said, "Alright, you'll be the first to know. Now

Octavia reluctantly hung up.

finally speaking. "You can't just coast through the technical courses and the math. If you've been out of school for years, deciding to jump into

then, Elodie had made her grand

Technologies—would become the butt of every dinner table

her phone and picked up a glass of

a corner," Maurice added with a shrug. "I just checked Professor Sterling's department-dead quiet.

embarrassed to show her face

happened, hoping the whole thing

put down his teacup and shot Maurice a

mild, almost indifferent, as if Elodie's

didn't want to

knowingly, and raised an eyebrow,

She understood.

and her mother last time, Jarrod's dislike for Elodie

to get the message that Jarrod wasn't interested in talking about Elodie, so he sensibly changed the subject. "Do

hadn't received any official notice from