Chasing the Unexpected (Nyla)

Chapter 228

Surprise flashed in Nyla’s eyes. Why would Damon suddenly invite her to dinner?

As she hesitated, another message from him appeared on her phone.

Damon: [I’ll be waiting in the parking lot at 6:30 p.m.]

It seemed he wasn’t giving her a chance to refuse.

Considering that he had helped persuade Richard to agree to her divorce from Clark, she felt she owed him a meal as a thank you.

Nyla replied with a simple “Okay“. She then put her phone away and focused on her experiment.

“Nyla, our recent experiments have been going really well. In a little while, we should be able to start testing on lab mice,” Melody said excitedly.

Nyla shook her head. “It’s not that simple. Before we move to trials, we need to go through countless experiments and trial and error to find the best solution. It can take years, even over a decade, for a drug to go from research to market.”

Melody looked shocked, momentarily pausing her work with the test tubes. “It takes that long?”

even during trials, there can be many unpredictable

be really tough. The early stages of experimentation were often filled with repeated failures, and it was difficult to pinpoint why things weren’t working. The daily repetition

clearly

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in six months, not realizing it could take years. With her

knows? Maybe we’ll get incredibly lucky, and every

trying to comfort her, Melody forced a smile

more. She knew that research could be tedious, and if Melody couldn’t stick

Nyla took the elevator down

was parked not far

getting in, she looked at him,

let me treat you

her with a slight

amusement. “Alright.” There was

quiet as Damon picked up a file to

of gardenias from Nyla filled the car, distracting him. He found himself staring at the same line of text for several minutes before finally closing the file with a

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