How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 433

Putting everything else aside, the fact that Jarrod brought Sylvie to an academic conference of this caliber-introducing her to top international scholars and letting her mingle at a level she'd never normally reach-really showed how invested he was in grooming his future Mrs. Silverstein.

Elodie herself hadn't expected to be called out as an example.

But honestly, she was more preoccupied with wondering when she'd hear back about the third paper she'd submitted recently.

Alexander glanced toward the other side of the room. "Come on, I'll introduce you to Professor Steene."

Elodie nodded.

After all, she'd kept a low profile ever since the development of U.N2, only recently starting to gain recognition in the field. It was no surprise that many people didn't know who she was.

Meanwhile, Sylvie made her way over to Jarrod.

She found him still seated, eyes fixed on the conference screen where the research paper was still displayed.

"Jarrod?" Sylvie settled in beside him, catching the author's name—El Thorne— out of the corner of her eye. "That name kind of looks like Elodie's, doesn't it?"

She wasn't sure which letters, exactly, but the similarity was there.

Jarrod nodded mildly. "It does."

Sylvie was convinced there was no connection to Elodie. Five years ago, Elodie had barely been out of school-how could she possibly have written something at this level? Besides, if Elodie had been

was no way

“Honestly, I didn't follow much of that paper today. I'll probably ask my advisor to help me download it

she'd either have to buy it or get her

mysterious

Jarrod replied, finally pulling his attention from the screen and rising

applied sciences, with research spanning bioengineering and beyond. Internationally, he was a renowned

couple of times before, so when Alexander

despite being nearly sixty, Steene was anything but

you again," Alexander greeted him, then quickly turned to introduce his companion. "This is Elodie, one of our engineers at VistaLink Technologies. She's the mind behind the flight control system you've heard so much

was stepping back into

the recognition she

eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Ms. Thorne, I had no idea

with poise. "It's a pleasure

eager

and after a

technical conversation, his

Elodie was

frankly, in a different league than any

they parted, Steene extended an invitation. "Are