When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0939

Paul could fire anyone in the lab with a mere sentence.

Yet, until now, Silas and the others had never considered the possibility that one of them. would leave the lab under the pretext of “termination of employment“.

Sandy was stunned. The word “firing” had come out of nowhere. What did “due to certain reasons” even mean?

She recalled that Elizabeth had taken sick leave, so she asked tentatively, “…Is Lizzy’s condition serious?!

But even so; it didn’t seem like a valid reason to fire her. It was hard to believe Paul would fire Elizabeth just because of her health problems.

Silas nodded and asked, “Can you share the reason behind this decision?”

Paul didn’t answer. Instead, he said, “Elizabeth’s current project will be temporarily transferred to Bryan. Make sure the transition is done quickly.”

From the moment Paul started speaking to when he suddenly mentioned his name, Bryan was left completely blindsided. His mind went blank, and he couldn’t process anything.

It felt as though his ears were stuffed, which drowned out all the other sounds around him. He could only hear Paul’s words; “termination of employment“-repeating in his mind.

snapped out of his daze when Sandy, sitting next to

the table.

confused, he turned to Paul. “…Dr. Jefferson,

he strode

lab was unusually depressing for

picked up his phone several times. He wanted to call Elizabeth and find out what had happened.

And if she didn’t, how was he

hadn’t explicitly stated anything, Bryan already had a vague sense of what

as Paul to make such a harsh, uncompromising decision, Elizabeth must have crossed a line–one that

same time, Elizabeth opened the notification email. The

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to her. She stared at the screen

sense of relief and smugness she had felt several days ago

How could she, Elizabeth

out of the house, jumped