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?

realize what you’ve done?

wrong. I just wanted to make our data look

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

She had been so careful–how had she gotten

the timeline since Nyla joined the company. It had

week

with anger and hatred. She wished she

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

stared at Lucia coldly, scrutinizing

and

Genevieve finally spoke. “I’ve already reported this to the headquarters. I’ll try to speak on your behalf, but the final decision is out

seeing the report exposing her data

“Genevieve… you could have covered

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