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?

voice grew colder. “I used to think you 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

I was wrong. I just wanted

yet you didn’t record any of it. You falsified the records, saying

panicked under Genevieve’s icy stare. She had been so careful–how had she

the timeline since Nyla joined the company. It had

had been there only a week and had already noticed the

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

so sorry. We’ve been developing this drug for over a year with no progress. I got desperate and made a terrible

Lucia coldly, scrutinizing

her eyes and looked down, feeling even

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

be diligent and conscientious. But after seeing the report exposing her data falsification, she lost all respect for Lucia and had no intention of

covered this up

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