How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue novel Chapter 566

The shock of the moment rippled through everyone present.

Who could have predicted such an outcome?

Between the revelations about Sylvie and Elodie’s true identity, it was all too much to take in.

Grady’s face shifted from pale to a splotchy blue, but he was left speechless.

Esmeralda had noticed Grady’s actions, too; her expression was thunderous, but she no longer cared to intervene. At this point, Sylvie was about to be investigated by the authorities—far beyond Grady’s reach.

Patricia’s expression was inscrutable. She stared at Jarrod for a long moment before finally speaking: “Mr. Silverstein, aren’t you the least bit concerned?”

That question seemed to snap everyone else out of their daze.

All this time, Jarrod had barely reacted. He looked as if none of this had anything to do with him.

He glanced at Patricia, his tone calm. “It’s just an investigation. Why should I be worried?”

Patricia frowned, unsettled by the odd detachment in his voice.

Sylvie’s situation needed to be addressed, yet the day’s competition also had to be concluded properly.

There was no doubt now.

Elodie was the undisputed winner.

Now that her identity was out in the open, who could possibly question it?

Shock was the only reaction left.

Anyone who followed this field knew the legend of U.N2—that prodigious breakthrough everyone had always assumed was the work of an industry giant. Who would have imagined it was the creation of a young woman?

Five years ago, she’d only been twenty.

It dawned on everyone, belatedly, just how extraordinary this was—

What kind of rare genius was Elodie?

Elodie herself hadn’t expected things to unfold this way, especially not in such a public—and this time, national—setting. If things had gone as planned, her anonymity contract would have simply expired, and she would have been introduced quietly at a few industry events.

Never this kind of spectacle.

Scientists, after all, were supposed to work in the shadows.

But here she was, fame and recognition coming to her all at once.