From Ashes of Scandals to His Embrace novel Chapter 245

Laurinda settled into her chair, grabbed a pen and some paper from the desk, and started jotting down ideas all over the experiment report. After half an hour of scribbling, she finally set her pen aside.

"Alright, let’s head to the meeting," she said, sounding more hopeful than tired. "I want to try out this new idea. Looking back at what went wrong before, I’m pretty sure the issue is with this step right here."

She pointed out a specific part of the report. Fraser leaned in, eyes narrowing as he realized he had completely missed that detail.

"Good catch," he said. "Let’s bring it up with the other researchers, see what they think. Teddy, you should come too."

Teddy was the assistant Fraser had been grooming for Laurinda. Maybe he’d never be in charge, but he would always have her back. Fraser made sure Teddy sat in on every important meeting and let him get hands-on with any experiment that wasn’t risky.

By the time they reached the conference room, the most senior researchers were already there. These were the veterans, the ones who’d seen it all. As Laurinda and Fraser walked in, the reactions around the table were mixed. A few of the most prominent elders didn’t bother hiding their annoyance or scorn. They had never wanted Laurinda in charge. In their eyes, she was just a kid who had no business running the institute, but there wasn’t much they could do. The director’s seal was in her hands, and that was final.

Laurinda didn’t pay attention to the ones who clearly disliked her. She’d gotten used to their cold shoulders long ago. As long as they kept their complaints out of her way, she didn’t mind what they thought.

One of the older researchers, his face lined with kindness, smiled at her. "Laurinda, we heard you’re taking your college entrance exams this year. Will you be coming back to the institute after that?"

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