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?

were meticulous in your work. Do you even realize what you’ve done? Tampering with experimental data? Do you know how many lives are at stake if your drug

just

mice showed various complications, yet you didn’t record any of it. You falsified the records,

icy stare. She had been so

of Nyla. The details in the report matched the timeline since Nyla

week and had already

bit her lip hard, seething with anger and hatred. She wished she could

year with no progress. I got desperate and

Lucia coldly,

meet her eyes and

a few long minutes of silence, Genevieve finally spoke. “I’ve already reported this to the headquarters. I’ll try to speak on your

believed Lucia to be diligent and conscientious. But after seeing the report exposing her data falsification, she lost

up in disbelief. “Genevieve… you could have covered this up for me. Why did you report it

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