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? Aren’t you usually

wrong reagent in a hurry, Lucia looked guilty as she glanced

usually did her work meticulously, so Genevieve didn’t continue to

in experiments, Nyla will assist you for now.

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her head, concealing her underlying disdain.

few

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

Lucia Indifferently

When your father’s pharmaceutical factory had that incident… My family

were all actually listening attentively. Given Lucia’s words

to engage

here to 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 move on, the entire lab

gritted her teeth inwardly upon seeing the unfriendly looks from her colleagues. She hadn’t. expected Nyla to become so sharp–tongued after all these

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

where Lucia pointed, a corner where there were 70-80 reagent bottles needing cleaning.

smug as she watched Nyla look at those bottles without saying

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

simply walked toward the corner

Nyla’s back, Lucia smirked. Now that Nyla was in her hands, she could do whatever she wanted. She would make Nyla regret ever coming to work at Park

until 9.00 p.m., cleaning

she felt like her back wasn’t her

took a shower before preparing to

frowned slightly when she took a look. She recognized the

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