Chapter 298

Lorna and Sanderson exchanged a worried glance. Sanderson, his face a mask of fury, was just about to storm into the room when Lorna quickly grabbed his hand, shooting him a look that said, "Do you really want to barge in on the kids right now? Think of how awkward that would be." Sanderson, still seething, hissed, "Then what do we do?"

Lorna furrowed her brows, signaling for patience, "Leave it to me."

She coughed deliberately outside the door, hoping to alert the kids inside without startling them too much.

Ideally, upon hearing the cough, the kids would pause whatever they were up to, right?

Sure enough, they heard Everard's muffled voice from inside, "Dude, your parents are back, and I was only halfway through."

Cordelia, a hint of urgency in her voice, whispered back, "Hurry up, then."

Everard took a sharp breath, "Alright, I'm going all in..."

Cordelia cut him off, "Don't move! Back up a little!"

Lorna and Sanderson were dumbfounded.

Was the situation inside not what they feared, and Lia was the one taking the lead? And Everard felt pressured?

Even so, they couldn't just let Lia go on like this!

Lorna coughed again, louder this time, ready to add a few more coughs as a clearer signal, but Sanderson had already kicked the door open, roaring, "Everard, you beast! I'm going to kill-"

He froze mid-sentence.

Because there, in the middle of the room, was Everard sitting in a chair, holding up a molecular model, while Cordelia was intently studying another, a chemical molecule model. Everard's model was fitting into Cordelia's model, demonstrating a chemical reaction.

Both kids looked up, stunned by the sudden intrusion. Everard, confusion written all over his face, asked, "Uncle, what's going on?"

Sanderson's anger fizzled out, replaced by embarrassment, "I...uh, thought you were doing what? A science project?"

Everard nodded, "Yeah."

doing?" Sanderson couldn't hide his

Everard and Cordelia looked puzzled, "What else would we be

face heat up

it was all a misunderstanding. They were just working on a school project, and here he

sensing the tension, asked hesitantly, "Is it not okay to work

mumbled,

salvage some dignity, he coughed, "I was just

exchanged glances, both

kids continue with your

back to the science project. She had been stuck

sparked an idea, and she eagerly

up, offering her the chair. Cordelia sat down, her pen flying over the paper, connecting dots that

She had

reactions, which, until now, seemed impossible. But with the models and the

understand chemical synthesis. It was all theoretical, of course, but it was

peeking over her shoulder, realized the significance of her work. To Cordelia, it was a solution to a school problem, but to the world of chemistry, it could

task completed, casually set aside her work, planning to test her

company could help," she mused,

Sanderson and Lorna, knowing his own parents were often

studies, asking him not

Meanwhile, Sanderson's company

its own. An accident

an explosion, causing chaos and

damages, but

we're running out of cash. We might not make

to Sanderson's vision, felt

world on his shoulders, promised to find

at the

returned from school

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