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,

That's exactly the opportunity Boundless Lab needs to evolve from a specialized team

the lab's resources to keep pushing your work forward. The lab needs your strengths to

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

what you have that matters, but what you

a lab. I have funding. If I keep it all to myself, it's just a cold building and something to brag about. But if I share some of it with you, what comes

and now I'm handing you an olive branch, if you tum your back on science and settle for just another

opportunity I'm offering, you could become a project leader, a biologist, a young scholar. You could join the National

front of you.

spoke, Mamie watched

take exams, move through life

like, what it meant to have a

a lighthouse and a ray

Sunshine warmed everyone who

and

passed, maybe half a minute, before Carlson