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?

work. Do you even realize what you’ve done? Tampering with experimental data? Do

was wrong. I just wanted to make our data look

look better? The first batch of lab mice showed various complications, yet you didn’t record any of it. You falsified the

She had been so careful–how

details in the report matched the timeline since Nyla joined

week and had already noticed

She wished she could storm back to the department and slap Nyla,

drug for over a year with no progress. I got desperate and made a terrible mistake. Please, forgive me this one time. I swear

Lucia coldly,

her eyes and looked

of silence, Genevieve finally spoke. “I’ve already reported this to the headquarters. I’ll try to

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

covered this up for me. Why did you

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