Chapter 1192 Talia Was in Cole’s Office


    Jason had been working for Luke for a long time, and he knew what his boss wanted before he was


    told.


    "Mm." Luke nodded, leaned back on his chair, and put the invitation letter into his drawer.


    Jason continued, "Boss, should we invite Cole Kidman to join the party?"


    Abel''s words earlier left a deep impression on him, as though Abel deliberately wanted Luke to bring


    certain people along with him to the party.


    "Inform Cole Kidman." Luke paused fora second and said, "And Luca too."


    Jason was quite surprised. Usually, people would only bring one extra guest to such parties, but Luke


    wanted to bring two.


    Even though the scandal had already concluded in their favor, it was good to behave tactfully to avoid


    any suspicion. Clearly, Luke was not bothered by that.


    "Alright, I''ll inform them now." Jason nodded and left the CEO''s office.


    The decision was not up for him to make. Jason informed Mo, who in turn informed Cole and Luca.


    Luca was surprised when Mo told her about the party.


    ''The Pharmaceutical Association? What organization is that? I don''t think it existed three years ago!''


    "Have you heard of the Pharmaceutical Association before?" Luca asked Rhett.


    Rhett stopped working on his experiment and answered, "The Pharmaceutical Association was


    founded two years ago, and it’sprised of the pharmaceuticalpanies in A City as well as certain


    renowned doctors. The president of the association is the CEO of Belpharma. He''s also the one who


    founded the association."


    When Luca heard the name "Belpharma," she realized what was going on.


    No wonder Abel left the Ind. He wasing for Luke, and dealing with Bianca was a mere


    convenience.


    She need not think too hard to realize that Abel had an ulterior motive when he invited Luke to join the


    association.


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    Luca shook the test tube in her hand. Thinking that she would have to face both Luke and Abel at the


    party, she was not very keen on going.


    ording to Mo, Jason had only informed Cole and Luca. Luca wondered if she could give the invite to


    someone else.


    Rhett said, "Events like these are a good opportunity to meet other people in the industry, Dr. Craw.


    They don''te by that often."


    Luca raised her eyebrows. "How about you go?"


    Rhett smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of his head. "I''d love to go, but I''m not qualified," he


    said frankly.


    "I don''t want to go," Luca said and returned to her research.


    Rhett looked at her, confused. Every other researcher would appreciate the opportunity to join such an


    event, but why did Luca not appreciate it?


    Rhett thought that Luca was only interested in doing research and was not fond of socializing. He could


    understand why she did not want to go.


    "Right. Is Dr. Kidman interviewing the new applicants now?" Luca asked.


    "Yes." Rhett nodded.


    The interviews were supposed to be conducted by the HR department and not the Technical


    Department, but Cole had insisted on being the main interviewer.


    "When will he be done?" Luca asked.


    "There are about twenty interviewees today, so it should be about another hour," Rhett said.


    "Noted." Luca devoted her focus to the experiment. She would meet Cole after he was done with his


    interviews and tell him that she would pass on the opportunity to another researcher.


    An hourter, Rhett came into theboratory and told Luca that Cole had finished the interviews and


    was back in his office.


    Luca nodded, stood up, and took off her gloves. "Tidy up the documents and bring them back to my


    office. You can go home after that." "Yes." Rhett went over and picked up the documents from her


    desk.


    Luca went to Cole''s office and knocked on the door.


    "Who is it?" Cole''s voice was heard from the inside. He sounded quite gruff.


    Luca did not think too much about it. She replied, "It''s me, Luca." "It''s you, Dr. Craw." Cole nced at


    Talia next to him, who was hurriedly tidying her clothes. "GO and open the door." "Yes!" Talia was quite


    frustrated that Luca had appeared at an inopportune moment. While she smoothed her hair, Cole said,


    "Meet me at the parking lot after work." "Yes, Dr. Kidman." Talia shed a cloying smile and opened the


    door for Luca.


    "Good afternoon, Dr. Craw,” she said.


    Luca raised an eyebrow. Why would Talia be in Cole''s office?


    ''How interesting...* "Good afternoon. What a coincidence." Luca noticed that the lipstick on the corner


    of Talia''s mouth was smeared...


    "I forgot to hand in some documents during the interview earlier, so..." Talia was surprised to see that


    Luca was looking at her coldly, as though Luca already knew what she was doing.


    "Mm." Luca looked away and went inside.


    Talia left the scene hastily, as though her motives would be exposed if she lingered for another second.


    "Please have a seat." Compared to Talia, Cole was a lot moreposed. He pointed at the chair


    opposite him.


    Luca sat down on the chair. She understood why Cole had sounded so gruff earlier, but she was not


    going to call him out on that. She noticed a stack of resumes on his desk, and the topmost one was


    from Talia. "Dr. Kidman, do you think you can ask someone else to rece me for the party this


    weekend?"


    Mo had informed the two of them about the party through a text message.


    Cole felt honored that his boss had invited him to the party. At the same time, he could not understand


    why Luca was invited.


    No matter how talented Luca might be, she was still considered a rookie in this field.


    Luke had given her too much attention.


    "Why don''t you want to go?" Cole asked. Other researchers could not go even if they wanted to.


    "I''m not too fond of socializing. At this point, I''m not interested in anything other than working on my


    research. I think that I should give this chance to one of my seniors in the field and not a new employee


    like me," Luca said, trying to keep a low profile.


    "Mm." Cole did not insist. After all, many other researchers were willing to take her ce. "Alright, I''ll


    ask Dr. Muller if he wants to go then." "Alright." Luca smiled and shook her head. She had no other


    reason to be there, so she stood up and left the office, closing the door behind her.


    After seeing Luca leave, Cole muttered under his breath, "How stupid."


    What use was her research if she did not treasure the opportunity to unt her talent? She would not


    be able to thrive in the industry no matter how good her research might be!