Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 810

“At Boundless Lab, you'll have your own workstation. You can propose your own projects, and, over time, even build your own research team."

"I'm inviting you—not to steer your research in a new direction or force you to fit our agenda."

"My offer is to give you a better environment and greater resources, so you can pursue your original scientific path-and go farther and wider than you ever imagined."

"Of course," Roseanne paused, "I'm not some saint, handing out favors without expecting anything in return."

There it was.

The question Carlson cared about most-finally, it had arrived.

His gaze sharpened, as if he wanted to see straight into Roseanne's soul. "So what's in it for you?"

"If you agree to join us, your research remains yours," she replied. "But it'll be credited under the lab's name. That benefits both reputation and funding."

For any lab-especially one that hopes to grow and make a name for itself in the scientific world-academic output is everything.

quality too. Citations, impact, recognition-they all

you said, your expertise is different from ours. That's exactly the opportunity Boundless Lab needs

work forward. The lab needs your strengths to broaden its scope and build its

the eye, enunciating every word. "In one of your papers, you

not what you have that matters, but what

it's just a cold building and something to brag about. But if

an olive branch, if you tum your back on science and settle

become a project leader, a biologist, a young scholar. You could join the National Academy, become a

choice is in front of you.

Mamie watched her with

life one careful step at

what direction looked like, what it

was both a lighthouse and a ray of

you direction. Sunshine warmed everyone who

and

three seconds passed, maybe half a minute, before Carlson