Divorce Failed My Wife's Secret Identities Shock the World novel Chapter 464

Looking at it from another angle, if Maeve had submissively accepted his offer to be an assistant, he would have lost interest in her almost immediately.

Men were a walking contradiction.

When the prey was defiant and rebellious, it was a lethal attraction.

During the hunt, he wanted her to surrender.

But if she surrendered too easily, the thrill of the chase evaporated.

Connor smirked. "Boss, it's about time you got out there and dated anyway."

Simon kept his unwavering focus on Maeve.

He only saw her as prey; the concept of romance was a million miles away from his reality.

Audrey instinctively glanced over at him, desperate to gauge his reaction.

She had spent four years by Simon's side. In that time, they were practically inseparable.

There were countless nights they practically lived at the lab, eating and sleeping in the same space just to finalize a critical experiment, acting more like family than colleagues.

She had always assumed this partnership would stretch on for decades.

Because in all those four years, Simon had never wasted a single minute on another woman.

She hadn't expected this random girl to waltz in and shatter that rule.

"Done."

While Simon and Audrey were lost in their own thoughts, Maeve had already set her pen down.

Connor was the first to react.

"That's impossible."

It had only been twenty-one minutes since she started.

Twenty-one minutes to clear two impossibly grueling exams.

It had to be a joke.

Audrey snapped out of her spiral and rushed over with Connor to check the answers.

The facts didn't lie.

Not only had she finished every question in record time, but every single answer was flawless.

"According to Lab C protocol, you still have seven live experiments to complete."

"You heard me right. Seven."

"We will provide the lab space and all the biological samples you need."

"You have exactly three days."

"If you fail to produce the expected data by the end of those three days, you fail the second round."

Maeve didn't even blink.

"Give me the lab coordinates. Let's do this now."

"Oh, and those seven experiments? I assume I can run them simultaneously?"

Audrey scoffed out loud.

"Run seven experiments simultaneously? Are you delusional?"

"Do you think synthesizing raw lab data is as easy as scribbling on a piece of paper?"

Maeve shot back, "Did you think anyone could finish those two exams in twenty-one minutes?"