Chasing the Unexpected (Nyla)

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On Monday morning at eight sharp, Nyla arrived punctually at Park Pharmaceuticals.

The HR completed her onboarding and showed her around the company, familiarizing her with the departments‘ locations. Afterward, she was escorted to the office of the R&D department manager.

The R&D manager, Genevieve Reeve, was a woman in her 40s with a neat short haircut. She was not one to smile easily, giving off a serious vibe.

“Have a seat,” she said after Nyla sat down. “I’ve reviewed your resume. You achieved quite a bit during your school days, but you haven’t been in the lab for the past few years. You’ll start as an assistant.”

“Okay.”

Genevieve approved of Nyla’s calm composure without any hint of dissatisfaction. She liked subordinates who were down–to–earth. So far, Nyla seemed reliable.

Genevieve stood up and addressed Nyla. “Let me introduce you to your colleagues.”

She led Nyla into the R&D department and raised her voice. “Everyone, hold on a moment. We have a new member in our department today. Nyla, please introduce yourself.”

Nyla stepped forward with a smile. “Hello, everyone. I’m Nyla Jayston, your new recruit in the R&D department. There’s a lot I may not be familiar with initially, so please guide me along the way.”

As soon as she finished speaking, a sudden exclamation came from her left. ‘Lucia! You added the wrong reagent!”

Nyla turned toward the voice and recognized the frantic woman tidying up the reagents. She was surprised to see Lucia there.

Lucia’s father, Clement Pollard, was the procurement manager at Harris Pharmaceuticals, where he and Harrison had developed a close friendship from their university days. As a result, the Jayston and Pollard families were quite close, and Nyla grew up alongside Lucia

However, after the Jaystons went bankrupt, the Pollards quickly distanced themselves, and Lucia even blocked Nyla.

Later, Nyla learned from Valarie that at a high school reunion, Lucia had claimed she never considered Nyla a friend and had only been nice to her because of her father’s job at Harris Pharmaceuticals

This revelation had made Nyla realize that not everyone who smiled at her genuinely liked her–some simply found her useful.

going on? Aren’t you usually

wrong reagent in a hurry, Lucia looked guilty as she glanced at Genevieve. “I got distracted for a moment.

did her work meticulously, so Genevieve didn’t continue to chastise her, just reminding her to be more

will assist you for now. Brief her on the lab protocols and get her up

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her head, concealing her underlying disdain.

a few

Nyla with a fake smile. “Nyla, I didn’t expect you to work at Park Pharmaceuticals. I saw you from a distance at the company gate a few days ago. I couldn’t believe it was really

looked at Lucia Indifferently

froze. She bit her lip, looking somewhat aggrieved. “Nyla, are you still blaming me for what happened before? When your father’s pharmaceutical factory had that

Given Lucia’s words and Nyla’s reaction, it seemed there was some past conflict between the two, and it

didn’t want to engage in reminiscing with

work, not to dwell on the past. Besides, you just added the wrong reagent, and the experiment needs to start over from scratch. If you don’t get a

from her colleagues. She hadn’t. expected Nyla to become so sharp–tongued after all these

any specific work for you to

where Lucia pointed, a corner where there were 70-80 reagent bottles needing cleaning. It seemed like she had been assigned all the accumulated reagent bottles in the entire

saying a word. Once Nyla refused, she

surely start to dislike Nyla. This meant Lucia could

and simply walked toward

her hands, she could do whatever she

straight through until 9.00 p.m., cleaning

brush, she felt like her back

got home after 10:00 p.m. and took a shower before preparing

frowned slightly when she took a look. She recognized the profile

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