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?

even realize what you’ve

I just wanted to make our

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 falsified the records, saying everything was normal. If your drug hit the market, it would be

panicked under Genevieve’s icy stare. She had been

matched the timeline

a week and had already noticed the falsified

wished she could storm back to the department

a year with no progress. I got desperate and made a terrible mistake. Please, forgive me

stared at Lucia coldly,

couldn’t meet her eyes and looked down,

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 all respect for Lucia and had no intention of covering

you could have covered this up for me. Why did you report it

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