Hearing Arabella's seething internal monologue, Aurora Donovan felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up, his expression growing inexplicably grim with tension.
Seeing this, Derek Kensington assumed he was just upset about Julian Spencer. It was understandable. A genius who had shattered the rules with his own talent and hard work to earn a special admission from the university—and even the lab—was now getting the same treatment as some kid who had parachuted in through connections.
In the future, this idle, wealthy good-for-nothing would probably leech off the credit and honor from projects he had painstakingly completed. It was only natural to be upset.
"This kind of thing happens all the time, so don't take it too hard. Life is full of office politics you just can't avoid. Try to look past it. Don't go picking a direct fight, or you'll be the only one who ends up losing out."
