How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 516

"What's wrong?" Alexander noticed something was off with Elodie, his gaze lingering on her.

Pulled from her daze, Elodie finally collected herself. She glanced up at Alexander and handed over the file she'd been holding. "Is this real?"

Even Alexander, usually unfazed, couldn't help but be curious-what could possibly shake someone as steady as Elodie? He followed her gesture to the Nexus Analytics file. The moment he read it, his expression turned grave. He checked it once, twice, then a third time, uncertainty flickering in his eyes before he turned back to Elodie.

"What's Jarrod trying to pull?"

He sounded genuinely stunned.

Elodie's face grew increasingly complicated. "I have no idea."

She frowned, tucking the file away after a long pause.

Ever since they left Nexus Analytics and returned to VistaLink Technologies, Elodie had been lost in thought, her gaze fixed on the floor. Nexus Analytics had

just dropped a bombshell, and she couldn't wrap her mind around it.

She'd barely set foot upstairs when her phone rang.

Klein Whitaker.

had each other's numbers, Elodie and Klein had rarely spoken directly. She glanced

and booming. "Elodie, got a

before replying, "Sure.

chuckled, his tone playfully mysterious. "I've

give

Elodie's eyebrows arched slightly.

average contest-the stakes are high.

on the "national

three would be chosen, earning a ticket to join the country's leading scientific research group. That was leagues beyond the commercial projects she'd

she already had a direct pass to the sixth-generation aircraft project-why did she

to the whole country, and yes, you

you're starting way

up, you could pick any department you want. Any research project,

really wasn't like the others. For most

was a

considered for the sixty

be lucky to

for Elodie? She could choose