Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 645

Just after Edna got the boot, she watched, powerless, as not one, but two of her labs were slapped with notices for mandatory renovations. It felt like the sky was falling.

"Edna, what do we do now?" Sybil asked, panic lacing her voice as she reached for Edna.

Slater was freaking out, scratching his head like a monkey on speed.

Finals were just around the corner, and with the labs in this state, their projects were on hold.

No progress meant nothing to show for their semester work. What were they supposed to present?

This wasn't just about grades; it could mean the difference between graduating or not.

Hertha looked equally stunned.

But deep down, everyone knew this was Roseanne and her crew's doing.

Hadn't they done something similar to them before?

It was a case of what goes around comes around.

If complaints could be weaponized, well, they just got a taste of their own medicine.

Among them, Grace was the only one unfazed.

She wasn't into research or academics. Getting into grad school was more about padding her resume and securing a good job or a better match for marriage.

Whether the lab was operational or the project was affected didn't really matter to her.

that she

wouldn't have to worry about the

Look at Roseanne's lab; it's been almost two months and they're still not cleared. We can't

the idea, but Hertha felt a

is one thing, but finding a location and getting the permits is the real headache. Who's got the connections for that? Slater, do you? What about you, Sybil?" Slater grumbled,

to avoid any confrontation, pretended to be

the idea of starting a new

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she was

the costs, even

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a venture that

t her directly. Contents

was hers and hers

anticipated this day,

regret was the halted progress on

a chance to take a breather and contemplate

...

the principal's office was

report, he was taken aback. "A report? Who did

shrugged. "Hard

matter of not knowing, but rather not

rushed to see