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?

colder. “I used to think you were meticulous in your work. Do you even realize what you’ve done? Tampering with experimental

wrong. I just wanted to make

“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 falsified the

icy stare. She had been so careful–how

thought of Nyla. The details in the report matched the timeline since Nyla joined the company. It had

there only a week

and hatred. She wished she could storm back to

so sorry. We’ve been developing this drug for over a year with no progress. I got desperate and made a terrible mistake. Please, forgive me this one time. I swear it won’t happen

Lucia coldly,

her eyes and looked down,

“I’ve already reported this to the headquarters. I’ll try

exposing her data falsification, she lost all respect for Lucia and

you could have covered this up for me. Why

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