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.

looked at Lucia, frowning. “What’s going on?

Lucia looked guilty as she glanced at Genevieve.

continue to chastise her, just reminding her

more experience in experiments, Nyla will assist you for now. Brief her on the lab protocols

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her head, concealing

few more

work at Park Pharmaceuticals. I saw you from a distance at the company gate a few days ago.

disdain in Lucia’s eyes. She looked at Lucia Indifferently without responding to her comment. “What do I need

blaming me for what happened before? When your father’s pharmaceutical factory had that incident… My family would

their work, they were all actually listening attentively. Given Lucia’s words and Nyla’s reaction, it seemed there was some past conflict between the two, and it was likely

engage in reminiscing

expressionlessly, “Ms. Pollard, I’m here to work, not to dwell on the past. Besides, you just added the wrong reagent, and the experiment needs to start over from

from her colleagues. She

“You just started today, and there isn’t any specific work for you to do yet. You can start by washing those reagent bottles

needing cleaning. It seemed like she had been assigned

smug as she watched Nyla look at those bottles without saying a word. Once Nyla refused, she would

who were both arrogant and incompetent, so she would surely start to dislike Nyla. This meant Lucia could easily manipulate her in

say anything and simply walked toward the corner where the reagent bottles were

in her hands, she could do whatever she wanted. She would make Nyla regret

9.00 p.m., cleaning all

finally put down the brush, she felt like her back

before preparing to sleep. Just as she set down her phone, it

frowned slightly when she took a look. She recognized

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