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When a Genius Makes a Mistake

****Completed, but under revision.**** ***SUPER SLOW BURN MATURE 18+*** After struggling her way through university, Mina Harlow, a top tier graduate (and literal genius), with the aspiration of lifting her family out of poverty, was still living in the slums, taking odd jobs to earn a living. All of her hard work had been for nothing and her life is cast into turmoil because she offended the wrong Miss from a prominent family. Desperate to for her next source of income, Mina aligns herself with the wrong people, and finds herself amid several conspiracies that keep becoming more and more confounded by misunderstandings. She is mistaken for a spy, by one of the most influential families in the country and held captive as the confusion, mishaps and misunderstandings build up all around her. Under the extreme circumstance, Mina is thrown into despair, hatred and love all that the same time, but will the experience break her or make her ‘better?’ (This story is set in a fictional, modern day patriarchal society on the brink of a shift public opinion on the 'role' of the woman.) Excerpt: "Why are you crying?" "Because I'm stupid," Mina replied. The man laughed sarcastically. "I disagree. I think you are a very smart girl." "Being smart does not mean you can not be stupid." Who told her she was a genius anyway? ***THIS IS AN ADULT STORY WITH AN ADULT THEME. THERE IS VIOLENCE AND IMPLIED VIOLENCE. THERE IS ROMANCE IN THIS STORY, BUT IT IS NOT EXACTLY A LOVE STORY. ***

Shenyechi · Urban
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890 Chs

Chapter 728: Trapped

When Tara was called to the Lee mansion, she automatically assumed that she was getting her original post back, but when they asked her to care for Mina's niece, she believed, although she had not spoken to the woman in a long time, that she was being tapped for the position of resident nanny. She was originally excited, but when a screaming child was brought to her, she suddenly realized that she was not there for a promotion; she was being made an accessory to kidnap.

Mina barging past her only confirmed what Tara already suspected, and when the woman drew a weapon on President Lee, she could not fault her at all. Before Tara left the Lee mansion, Mina was a prisoner. She was thin, depressed, and overall pitiful to look at. Now, however, her full beauty could be seen; whatever happened to the woman in the time they were apart seemed to have made her stronger. She no longer melted with the thought of people she cared about possibly being in a dangerous situation.