"Look, who was secretly acquainted with a man last night," Alona exclaimed when she saw Lily step into their working room.
Lily immediately put the bag she was carrying on her desk and glared at Alona. "Why did you tell Ryan where I live?"
Alona's eyes sparkled. "Did he come to your apartment? Did he stay up a night?"
Lily sighed softly. "He was just standing in front of my apartment."
"I just challenged him to get my number. But why did you tell him where I live," Lily grumbled as she sat in her work chair. "I don't even want him to know my number."
"But he's attractive, isn't he?" asked Alona.
Lily immediately glanced at Alona. "I don't know what you are talking about."
"He caught your attention, didn't he?" Alona teased.
Lily shook her head.
"Oh, come on. I saw you with Ryan last night. You seem to be enjoying your conversation. I'm curious what you're talking about," said Alona. "Plus, you challenged him to contact you. That means he's caught your eye." Alona smirked at Lily.
Lily laughed at Alona's words. "It is not like that. We didn't talk about anything. I'm just telling him how to wake a bear that's been sleeping long."
"Oh, wait." Alona glanced at Lily curiously. "Did you just tell me that you've been telling him about your job?"
Lily's eyebrow furrowed. She then nodded slowly.
Alona immediately laughed while clapping her hands. She asked Lily one more time. "You told him?"
Lily nodded her head again.
Alona then shook Lily's shoulder. "This is progress, Lily!"
"What do you mean?" said Lily.
"Finally, something caught your attention besides Matthew," replied Alona.
Lily immediately shook her head. "No, it's not like that."
Alona smiled as she looked at Lily. "Just admit that Ryan is fascinating."
Lily took a deep breath. "I admit it was fun chatting with him. We'll have dinner tonight."
"If you want to have dinner with him, why are you still here today? You should make yourself up today."
Lily just shrugged her shoulders. "You should know why I came today. You, why are you here? Didn't you get a man last night?"
Alona immediately chuckled softly. "I did spend some time with Alex last night."
"Alex? The man you chatted with last night?"
Alona nodded her head.
"You're not interested in him?"
"He's lovely."
"But—" Lily interrupted.
"No buts. We both match," said Alona.
"Then why are you here now?" Lily asked.
Alona turned her attention elsewhere. Lily followed Alona's gaze. They turned to the door that led to the storage cupboard that held their gear. "Who's in there?" Lily asked curiously. She then stood up from her seat and walked towards the storage room door.
Lily immediately opened it after arriving in front of the storage cupboard door. Her eyes widened when she saw a man hiding in the storage cupboard. Lily then turned her attention back to Alona. "What are you two doing here?"
Alona stepped closer to Lily. "It's not what you think. We were strolling around the lab because Alex was curious about what I was doing here."
"You didn't take him to the storage room, did you?" Lily asked.
Alona immediately shook her head.
Alex stepped from the cupboard that kept Lily and Alona's laboratory supplies. "What you guys are doing here is amazing. Don't worry, Alona won't let me into your fridge. I only saw it from the outside."
Lily immediately turned to Alex. She then looked back at Alona. "You're not doing anything here?"
Alona shook her head again. "We were just walking around and—" Alona bit her lip and smiled shyly at Lily.
Lily took a deep breath. "You better get Alex out before Max finds you two."
"I was about to leave before seeing you at the front door," said Alona. She then approached Lily and held her hand. "You can keep this a secret from Max, can't you?"
Lily took a deep breath. "I can arrange it. You'd better leave as soon as possible."
Alona immediately glanced at Alex, who was still standing in front of the door of their store cupboard. She bobbed slowly, and Alex immediately stepped closer to Alona.
"I owe you a lot, Lily," said Alona.
Lily nodded slowly. "Hurry up. I don't want my only friend to get in trouble for carrying just anyone around the lab."
Alona bobbed her head again. She immediately grabbed Alex's hand and took him to leave their room.
Lily took a deep breath when Alona and Alex finally left in front of her. She then turned to his desk and immediately turned on her computer.
She opened the surveillance camera footage throughout her father's laboratory facilities. Lily sighed softly after seeing the video of Alona and Alex walking around in the laboratory.
After changing the surveillance camera footage that captured Alona and Alex walking around the laboratory, Lily re-opened the research she was doing.
She re-read the reports from her previous research. She studied a rare brain cancer suffered by Matthew. Matthew has been diagnosed with rare cancer that has invaded his brain and left him in a coma.
Lily studies Matthew's cells extracted when Matthew underwent surgery before his family decided to freeze him and wait until the cure for his cancer was found. While Lily learns about the medication, her father knows how to reverse the clotting process without harming Matthew's cells and body functions.
"I thought I'd find you here," Max said as he stepped into Lily's room.
Lily turned to Max, who was already sitting next to her. "Can I be found anywhere else but here?"
Max laughed softly at Lily's words. "How about your progress?"
Lily shrugged. "You know all the progress, Max. The last time my serum was tested, you watched it up close. It killed the damaged cells. But also broke the healthy cells around it."
Max nodded slowly. "You have not found satisfactory results yet."
Lily nodded wearily. "I don't know when I'll be able to find a cure for Matthew."
Max thumped Lily's shoulder. "You'll find the cure for him. We're one step closer."
Lily smiled at Max while nodding her head. "Hopefully, I'm not too late to find his cure."
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