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 the

flask with the wrong reagent in a hurry, Lucia looked guilty as she glanced at Genevieve. “I

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

more experience in experiments, Nyla will assist you for now. Brief her

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concealing her

a few more instructions, Genevieve

Nyla with a fake smile. “Nyla, I didn’t expect you to work at Park Pharmaceuticals. I saw you from a distance at the

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

blaming me for what happened before? When your father’s pharmaceutical factory had that incident… My family would have been affected too if I hadn’t distanced myself from you. You

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

engage in reminiscing

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 move

colleagues. She hadn’t. expected Nyla to become

today, and there isn’t any specific work for you to do yet. You can start by washing

Lucia pointed, a corner where there were 70-80 reagent bottles needing cleaning. It seemed like she had

grew a bit smug as she watched Nyla look at those bottles without saying a word. Once Nyla refused, she would go straight to Genevieve to tell on

she would surely start to dislike Nyla. This meant Lucia could easily

say anything and simply walked toward the corner where the

that Nyla was in her hands, she could do whatever she wanted. She

worked straight through until 9.00 p.m., cleaning all the reagent

put down the brush, she felt like her back

home after 10:00 p.m. and took a shower before preparing to sleep. Just as

look. She recognized the profile

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