Adam is also in the process of applying for a spot at Harvard.
While Olive does finally sleep with Adam at the conference, she soon tearfully breaks things off since she doesn't want to complicate things with Adam's joint research project with Tom. He also says that he'll deny it if she tells anyone and that they won't believe her. When she rejects him, he accuses her of someone who sleeps around to get ahead. There, Olive is sexually harassed by Tom, who makes advances on her. Olive's research has been selected for a panel presentation, while Adam is a keynote speaker. Olive and Adam's relationship continues to progress until they attend a science conference in Boston. After Olive completes a report on her research for Tom, he offers her a spot in his lab for the next year. Adam and Tom are friends from grad school, and they have recently gotten a large grant for some joint research that Adam is excited about. When Tom arrives in town, it turns out he's friends with Adam. Tom Benton for a spot at his lab at Harvard. In the meantime, Olive needs more lab space and has been talking to Dr. Olive also hears someone else refer to a woman Adam's been pining after for years and is surprised at how jealous she feels. When he overhears her talking about a crush, she pretends it's about someone else. Olive soon realizes that she has feelings for Adam, but she's afraid to tell him. Olive confides in him about her mother getting pancreatic cancer, which is why she's doing her research.
Olive sees that Adam is demanding and blunt towards his students, but not unkind or mean. So, Adam he agrees to pretend to be in a relationship with Olive in order to give the impression he's putting down "roots" here, in hopes they will unfreeze the funds.Īs Olive and Adam fake-date, they get to know each other. Meanwhile, Adam's department chair is worried that he's planning on leaving for another university and has frozen some of his research funds. He's also known for being hypercritical and moody. Adam Carlson, a young, handsome and highly-respected tenured faculty member in her department. She kisses a guy randomly in order to trick her best friend into thinking she's dating someone (so that her best friend Anh won't feel bad about dating Olive's ex). student researching early detection methods for pancreatic cancer. She doesn't catch his name but remembers the conversation distinctly and wonders about the guy she met.
She tells him about her passion for her research. Three years prior, Olive Smith talks to a guy when she's in the bathroom fixing her contacts (and can't see) after her Ph.D.
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