The Double or more Life of the Fake Heiress (Mirabella) novel Chapter 1025

"Meg, I always figured you had a knack for knowing what's right, both in work and in life. I can't wrap my head around you being so reckless over an experiment," Calvin said, rubbing his temples. "From now on, don't tell anyone you're my student."

Meg, still staring at the floor, couldn't believe her ears. She looked up, "Professor..."

Calvin didn't bother with another word. He turned on his heel and headed to his desk, sitting with his back to her, making it clear he didn't want to see her anymore.

He was utterly disappointed.

Seeing this, Meg whispered a few apologies and shuffled out, looking completely defeated.

Calvin sat in silence for ages before finally turning his chair around. He opened a drawer, pulled out a paper he had meant to keep on file, and ripped it to bits, tossing the pieces into the trash.

After that, he picked up his phone and made a call, "Yeah, cancel the paper. Thanks for sorting it out."

Hanging up, Calvin threw the phone onto the desk. Even though Meg's final experimental proof wasn't done, he'd already sent the paper in, and it had passed the initial review.

But after today's fiasco, how could he even think of publishing it?

Massaging his aching temples, Calvin knew it was only a matter of time before Mr. Belcher called him in for a good talking to.

And if Wade decided to stir things up, he might just lose his job as department head.

But all that was secondary. Thinking about Mirabella's skills earlier, he could only let out a deep sigh. The field of bio-computing seemed ready to take off.

If only he hadn’t pushed her away back then.

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After sneaking out of Zane's office, Mirabella decided not to return to her research team since it was already late afternoon. She called Atlas to get a ride home.