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?

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

just wanted to make

better? The first batch of lab mice showed various complications, yet you

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

details in the report matched the timeline since

had been there only a week and had

with anger and hatred. She wished she could storm back to

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

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

be diligent and conscientious. But after seeing the report exposing her data falsification, she lost all respect

“Genevieve… you could have covered this up for me. Why

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