How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 346

Sylvie sat in silence for a long moment.

Her beautifully made-up face was now clouded with a look of utter disbelief.

She stared at the post on her phone, reading every word slowly and carefully, just to make sure she hadn't misunderstood.

Elodie... had become Professor Sterling's new graduate student?

The idea was so absurd that Sylvie felt almost dizzy, as if the world had tilted beneath her feet.

"What does this even mean?" Naylor was the first to speak, his brow furrowed, eyes wide with shock. "Since when did Elodie become Professor Sterling's student?"

He'd grown up knowing Professor Sterling as a family friend; he understood exactly what the man represented in the world of scientific research. Every student Sterling had ever taken under his wing was renowned in their field— household names in academia.

And Elodie? Where had she come from to suddenly leapfrog the rest of them?

"There's got to be some mistake." Maurice finally found his voice, all traces of his usual laidback attitude gone. He stared at the screen in disbelief. "Verdant University's grad interviews had a whole lineup of geniuses this year. Even you, Sylvie, didn't make the cut, but somehow Elodie did?"

Sylvie's thoughts were a tangled mess.

Maurice's careless remark-"didn't make the cut"-that stung. She

help thinking something had to be

It's not strange for him to attend as a special guest. But this sudden claim that Elodie is his new student? It just doesn't add up. Maybe someone got

hadn't published the

And besides...

the house. After that, the only thing she was known for was her messy divorce with Jarrod and her dramatic job switch from Silverstein Group to VistaLink Technologies. Sure, she'd picked up a bit working under Alexander, but

to leap to the

regaining his composure, said, "Let's just wait and see. No need

gave Sylvie

in their field. People were already betting she'd be Professor Sterling's last student. By every

poise. "Thank you. I understand. I'll be meeting with Professor Sterling this afternoon. I'll find out what's really going on directly-no need

media hadn't been confirmed.

did pick someone else, it certainly

then looked

thing was odd. How

shock, quickly

new

your take

are you? You've been MIA all