Chapter 343

She found it utterly unbelievable.

The moment she heard those words, Maurice was stunned.

Sylvie came in second?

With scores like that, second place?

Jarrod glanced over at her, eyes narrowing.

After Sylvie hung up the phone, her expression turned grim.

Maurice finally found his voice. "What's going on? What did they say? Are you sure there's no mistake?"

Such a tough field, such a high score, and yet someone managed to beat Sylvie?

"Yeah, they only confirmed the ranking." Sylvie's expression grew complicated. The certainty she'd felt just moments before had vanished, leaving her face darkened and clouded with disbelief.

Joseph seemed to remember something. He suddenly looked over. "Did they say what the top score was, or... who got it?"

slightly; his tone was

university officially

her lips together. "No, they didn't

adding, her voice full of frustration, "They also said... Dr. Sterling has already chosen

the interview, she knew she'd had every advantage. Even if someone else had scored higher, they couldn't possibly match her real-world experience—she'd worked for a Fortune 500 company overseas, participated in major projects, and was now part of Neural Intelligence, one of

yet, the spot didn't

make sense

his gaze, lost in

say a word

silence and glanced over.

how Haywood, chief engineer at The Delacroix Group, had once praised Elodie at length, and how Elodie had been the project lead

it, tightening

shape, making his

and met Jarrod's deep, steady gaze,

and Maurice

in the roiling speculation and said, slowly, “It's just... surprising. To even make it to the interview

was this first-place candidate? Sylvie's brow furrowed even tighter at

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