Chasing the Unexpected (Nyla)

Chapter 22

Instantly, everyone in the R&D department turned their eyes to Lucia.

Genevieve had never spoken to Lucia in such a harsh tone before, leaving Lucia more surprised than embarrassed. “Genevieve… what’s wrong?”

Genevieve didn’t respond and simply turned to walk back to her office.

As Lucia felt the curious gazes of her colleagues, her face turned red with embarrassment. When her eyes met Nyla’s, her anger flared even more. She was certain Nyla was waiting to see her make a fool of herself.

Suppressing her rage, she bit her lip and followed Genevieve into the office.

As soon as the door closed, Genevieve threw a document onto the desk in front of her. Take a look!”

Her tone was full of disappointment, and her gaze on Lucia was disapproving.

Confused, Lucia picked up the document and began to browse. Her face grew paler with each page, and her hands started to shake. How could this have happened?

you were meticulous in your work. Do you even realize what you’ve done? Tampering with experimental data? Do you know how many

was wrong. I just wanted to make our data

let out a bitter laugh. “Are you sure you only wanted the data to look better? The first batch of lab mice showed various complications, yet you didn’t record any of it. You

stare. She had

details in the report matched the timeline since Nyla joined the company. It had to

week and had already noticed the

and hatred. She wished she could storm back to the department

got desperate and made a terrible mistake. Please, forgive

Lucia

meet her eyes and

of silence, Genevieve finally spoke. “I’ve already reported this to the headquarters. I’ll try to speak on your behalf, but the final decision

had believed Lucia to be diligent and conscientious. But after seeing the report exposing

disbelief. “Genevieve… you could have covered this

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