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."

had barely been out of school-how could she possibly have written something at this level? Besides, if Elodie had been

there was no way the

of that paper today. I'll probably ask my advisor to help me download it when I get back home

to the full text, so she'd either have to buy it

curious about this mysterious author who'd never made a public

digging into," Jarrod replied, finally pulling his attention from the screen

in applied sciences, with research

They'd met a couple of times before, so when Alexander approached,

fond of Alexander, and despite being nearly sixty, Steene was anything but

to see you again," Alexander greeted him, then quickly turned to introduce his companion. "This is Elodie, one of our engineers at

Elodie was stepping back into the spotlight,

give her the recognition

in surprise. "Ms. Thorne, I

with poise. "It's a pleasure to meet you,

eager to discuss

after a few minutes

technical conversation, his

Elodie was

a different league than any of his current

extended an invitation. "Are you two free