How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 486

The incident at Verdant University made a small splash.

Posts about Elodie, the academic prodigy, were all over the campus forum, and she'd suddenly become a legend in the eyes of many students.

When Lucinda Howard caught wind of it, she was genuinely surprised.

After taking the time to piece together the whole story, she found herself even more astonished.

No matter how she tried to look at it, the entire situation was almost unbelievable.

Today, Elodie was absolutely dominating the academic scene-no one even came close.

"Mom? Where's my brother?" Octavia rushed in, her face anxious.

"He's in the study, I think," Lucinda replied, remembering that the housekeeper had mentioned Jarrod was back to collect his seal-he should still be in there.

She hesitated, then decided to head over herself.

But Octavia was quicker, darting down the hall with barely a pause.

The study was Jarrod's private sanctuary-no one else usually ventured inside.

down a book when the door

stood on the

cool, unimpressed glance. "Ever heard

back, voice small. "Sorry,

"I just heard from my friends- something happened at Verdant today, something about Elodie. Is it...

She was honestly stunned.

to her classmates, Elodie had practically been hailed by all the brightest minds at Verdant University. She'd even heard that Sylvie—her idol— had

It was utterly inconceivable.

the household running

doorway and caught the

looked toward Jarrod,

his gaze lowered as he gathered

never even seemed interested in this stuff-why didn't she ever say anything to

was practically short-circuiting. She

she'd always looked down on... had just completely

finally looked up, his voice cool and blunt. "Whether she told you or not- maybe that has something to do with

youthful confidence instantly deflated. Lucinda frowned at Jarrod.

Her tone was grave.

voice calm and detached. "Everyone