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.

taking grad school exams? In her

the rankings are out! I have no doubt you'll be number one. With this major and that score, I've checked

genuinely interested in aerospace engineering herself, and in recent years had followed the field closely. Her brother had an eye for good people, and now he'd brought home a fantastic mentor and future sister-in-law-she couldn't

always looked up

had a natural admiration for strength, and Sylvie rather enjoyed being

smiled and said, "Alright, you'll be the first to know. Now get some

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 grad school last minute? Either

had made her grand declaration in

failed, her company-VistaLink Technologies—would become the

her phone and picked up a glass of water, offering a fair observation.

when things are uncertain. No sense in painting yourself into a corner," Maurice added with a shrug. "I just checked Professor Sterling's department-dead quiet. If Elodie had done well, she'd be bragging

Elodie would probably be too embarrassed to show her

whole thing would just blow

his teacup and shot Maurice a cool glance. "You sure worry a

indifferent, as if Elodie's affairs held no interest

want to hear

and raised an eyebrow, not the least bit

She understood.

dislike for Elodie had only grown. He couldn't even be bothered to bring her up

Elodie, so he sensibly changed the subject. "Do you know the rankings yet? Does Verdant University post them publicly? Has

official notice