Chapter 66 Stolen Spotlight

Everyone was already crowding around Micah, daydreaming about his future bas /ba CEO.

Micah’s anxiety slowly faded.

“Alright, don’t jinx it yet. Let’s all get back to our experiments. If the professor catches us cking boff/bb, /bbhe’ll /bblow ba /bfuse.”

The othersughed and scattered.

Just then, the office door opened.

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Everyone looked up, tense and expectant, waiting for Calvin to hand out the invitation.

Then-

To theirplete shock-

The professor they all respected handed the only invitation to the new girl in theb, the youngest junior!

“Focus on your experiments. I’ll check your progress when I get back.”

Calvin was in a rare good mood, smiling as he spoke.

His lips even curled slightly at the corners.

Everyone was confused.

Micah couldn’t hold it in.

“Professor. I-”

“Mmhmm, you, yes–you keep an eye on these little troublemakers. I’ll write your rmendation letter when I return.”

That single sentence made it hard for Micah to breathe.

He was about to graduate. The professor’s rmendation letter would determine the ss he could enter in life.

He couldn’t risk upsetting Calvin now.

Yes, the observation session would be a good chance to meet major figures in the field–but those people lived in their own social circles. Unless you were truly exceptional, it didn’t matter if you went or not.

He tried to rationalize and talk himself down.

But the frustration was still lodged in his chest.

He couldn’t spit it out, and he couldn’t swallow it.

“What the hell? Reba’s always been quiet and low–key. How did she end up getting the invitation just bby /bwhispering to the professor?”

“Isn’t it ab rule that we prioritize graduating students for resources like this?b” /b

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“Let’s not jump bto /bconclusions. Maybe there’s been a misunderstandingb” /b

“Yeah, we didn’t actually hear what Reba said. We’re all from the sameb. She’s beven /bbhelped /bus get extra resources before. Let’s not stir things up.”

“Remember back when Scully was still here? After she won that award, she brought our senior brother balong /bto a dinner in Jandale.”

“And there was that time with the visiting international expert–Scully gave her own invite to himb, /btoo “Come to think of it, ever since Reba arrived, all the good opportunities seem tond in herp

“She’s the real heiress of the Joyner family. That alone is enough to make people tread lightly.”

Micah felt even more suffocated.

As they spoke, he started remembering the past.

When Scarlett was still in theb, she always did everything she could to help him gain advantages.

More than once, she stayed up for days digging through piles of research papers just to help him find relevant material.

That’s how he’d been able to stand out so quickly.

If Scarlett was really the type to giarize and pretend to be the heiress, why had she worked so hard?

And if she truly had no talent, why was John so desperate to take her in as a PhD student?

Was it possible… he’d misjudged her?

The moment that thought surfaced, guilt flooded him like a tsunami.

Hepletely lost focus on his experiment.

“You guys monitor the data. I’m stepping out for a bit. I’ll be back soon.”

He stripped off hisb coat and left, heading toward Skycrest Labs.

He remembered that Scarlett had gotten permission from Mr. Wayne to work there.

Maybe he’d get lucky and run into her.

He had to get the truth about the giarism. If not, he’d lose sleep tonight.

Halfway there, he saw a crowd heading toward Darian Hall. In the throng, he thought he spotted Scarlett.”

He immediately quickened his pace to catch up.

Outside Darian Hall-

There were four entrances, each guarded by someone in a ck uniform, fully armed.

A security line was set up three meters from the building.

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Anyone without ban /binvitation who crossed the lineb–/bwas finished.

bSo /bdespite the crowd, everyone was well–behaved. Even the chatter was kept quiet.

Reba and Calvin stood outside the barrier, holding their invitation. After ba /bsecurity bcheck /bband /bbidentity /bverification, they were cleared to passb. /b

Reba’s heart pounded with excitement.

She’d heard that one of the directors from a Lane Group hospital was among today’s guests. bIf /bbshe /bbcould /bmake a good impression during the visit, maybe they’d remember her.

It would makending a job at a Lane Group hospital much easier.

As for joining the Lane Group Research Institute–she didn’t even dare to dream about that yet.

“Do you have an invitation?”

A polite voice came from behind.

Then à familiar voice responded-

“No.”

Reba snapped her head around–and sure enough, it was Scarlett.

She wore a in white casual outfit, hands in her pockets. Her long hair was tied high, revealing a clean, smooth forehead.

Looking at that wless bare face–fresh and glowing without a hint of makeup–Reba could only think of one phrase.

Fair–skinned, beautiful, and icy–cold.

She couldn’t help but marvel at her appearance.,

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