She Quit Her Family and Found Herself novel Chapter 240

Upon returning to Aldercy City, Hulda immediately dove into a grueling work schedule, practically living inside the lab.

The closed bidding process for the Quantum Crystal Laboratory's corporate partnership had entered the long, grueling phase of drafting and submitting proposals.

Of course, as the founder of the Quantum Crystal Laboratory and the Director of the Research Center, Hulda didn't need to stress over this phase. The ones sweating bullets were the competing corporate executives.

Hulda stayed buried in her work until Friday. She had wanted to visit the sanatorium to see Dr. Atherton, but unsurprisingly, the old man was still actively avoiding her.

Truthfully, she was no longer conflicted about the institute partnering with Caspian Sterling for the joint laboratory. From a strictly professional standpoint, aligning with a corporate titan like Trident Corporation offered nothing but immense benefits for the institute.

She simply needed to keep a strict boundary between her personal and professional lives and avoid seeing Caspian outside of work.

Since she had promised to accompany Joanna to the ladies' social club on Saturday, Hulda headed to the mall after work to pick out a gift for her.

Gift secured, she stopped by the mall's casual dining food court and grabbed some simple takeout for dinner.

Just as she was heading toward the exit, she ran directly into Sylvie and Cora Jewell.

The two women were walking arm in arm, chatting intimately.

Spotting Hulda, they stopped dead in their tracks.

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