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

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

so Genevieve didn’t continue to chastise her,

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

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concealing her underlying disdain.

a few

work at Park Pharmaceuticals. I saw you from a distance

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

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 incident… My family would have been affected too if

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

want to engage in reminiscing

“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

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

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

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

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

start to dislike Nyla. This meant

say anything and simply walked toward the

do whatever she wanted. She would make Nyla regret ever coming to work at

through until 9.00 p.m., cleaning

she finally put down the brush, she felt like her back wasn’t her

before preparing to sleep. Just as she set down

frowned slightly when she took a look. She recognized the profile picture–it was Clark’s

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