The Wrong Woman

Jacob's face contorted with anger. He clenched his teeth and glared fiercely at Mila as if he wanted to devour her. However, he held back from provoking her too much because she was pregnant. "How dare you call me a waste of space?" Jacob seethed with rage.

He pointed at Mila and continued, “Listen, Wanda Hoffis, by disrespecting your superior like this, you are not fit to work on the military base, let alone in Team B."

Mila remained composed as she sat watching Jacob's outburst.

Jacob grabbed the files and passed them to the other professors, saying, "Take a look at these. Can anyone understand what she's doing? They're just a jumble of random data.”

Watching Jacob pass around the confidential documents, Mila warned, "Don't meddle where you're not supposed to."

Jacob smirked in response. "Why are you so defensive now? Are you afraid that if people see this messy data, they'll realize you're slacking off?"

Mila placed her hands on her stomach and took a deep breath. Her documents were circulating within the department, but many were puzzled and couldn't make sense of them at all.

When Joe and Alan, two senior professors, looked at the documents, they exchanged surprised glances and then stared at Mila in disbelief.

to Jacob and urgently advised him,

kind of research she's conducting?"

hydronium research,

couldn't make heads

some sort of substance,

way over my

useless research data, your disrespectful conduct toward your superior, and a week's absence, I have enough reasons

deep, authoritative

spoke. With a commanding presence, he entered the

the room, and everyone greeted him

Nathan nodded in acknowledgment.

warm smile and respectfully greeted

attention had been on Mila since he entered the room. He felt heartbroken

she saw Nathan entering the room with Fenna. Only Mila and Nathan had