Trapped in Chain Love
Change of plans

“Her shoes made me the second secretary that never existed, now instead give me design assignments even though I am not part of the design department! This boss of ours is really a bitch!”

Elise was alone in the same room as Nicolas's. If Julian had been there they might have been clashing at this time, thank God Julian wasn't there so Elise could have been free to swear at him.

Nicolas laughed. The cause of Elise upset at this time is Julian who gave her a task suddenly, let alone the task was not the main passion of a secretary.

Creating a design to help the design department, that's what Julian told Elise right now.

“The design of the perfume bottle that the design department made is already good, why is he not satisfied with this!? Just get pissed!”

Elise doesn't care even though Nicolas is there and listens to every word he talks about Julian, she's not afraid Nicolas will report it to Julian who is his best friend.

From the nature of Nicolas Elise is sure he is not the complainant type. Unlike again if the one who heard Elise's nagging Fiona, it was clear he would complain all of Elise's words to Julian.

The woman's nature is easy to guess because she has a hatred for Elise. Like feeding a hungry dog, Elise's complaint can be made as a thing to make her look bad in front of Julian.

“Our boss is like that. Sometimes the tastes he wants are different from those in the design department, but even so he has a good intuition on the matter. Designs that pass the selection always receive positive reviews on the market, because it fights Elise, I will help you if you have trouble working on this”

Nicolas. He tries to encourage Elise who looks reluctant to do the task of Julian.

“you can do it. Do I need help too?”

Elise shook her head in response. He knew Nicolas had been busy since a few days ago, if he burdened him with helping with his duties it would trouble Nicolas. Moreover, Elise had asked him a lot of help, he was not comfortable continuing to rely on the glasses guy.

“Not necessary. I can do it anyway, thank you”

Elise gently refused. He looked back at the computer screen, paying attention to the design that Julian found less interesting.

“Alright, if you find it difficult don't hesitate to ask me”

“Good! Thank you Nicolas”

Nicolas gave a short nod after which he sat back in his place. Elise smiled wryly, excited to meet a reliable coworker like Nicolas.

He stared at the computer screen again, displaying the design of the design department. Elise racked her brain to create a new design that was to Julian's liking.

Before leaving the job to Elise the boss said some of the clues she wanted for her design, one of the clues was elegant and practical.

The design of the Eldi group's perfume usually looks luxurious and beautiful, but this time Julian asked for a different design than usual. A little unique might be okay, therefore Elise started drawing sketches on paper using a pen and pencil.

When he was drifting to work on the design, one thought in his brain.

‘How about I screw up projects this time?’

Elise could have done that. He only needed to draw this design to completion, after being approved by Julian the design would be given to the production department and at that time Elise could exchange the design to the party who produced the product.

He may have to pay some employees for the cost of keeping his mouth shut and smoothing his plan, but that doesn't matter because Elise can still do it.

‘But, what will happen to other innocent employees?’

Let's say Elise did it. The bad design Julian saw would anger him, after which he would demand his employees to work on re-creating the design until it was finished.

But the time they have is a little so that the performance of the employees will decline and eventually mess things up. This time the product is ordered by an important person, therefore if it fails then the image of the company will be destroyed.

Elise may not get in trouble because she will look for a reasonable alibi to avoid, but what about the innocent employee? They will be fired by Julian because the company branch received bad reviews from important people and the public so Julian had to cut back on his workers.

Because thinking about it Elise became unsure of her original purpose.

‘I don't want to do this very well, but if I mess up then there will be a lot of people who lose'

Elise felt it herself. He had felt when his company was destroyed because of the actions of managers and incompetent employees. If he did that too here instead of Elise it would be the same as those who destroyed him? Elise doesn't want to be like them.

Elise's lips formed a thin smile, she felt funny with her own actions.

‘'Have it, I'll just do this well'

His hand again scratched the ink on the paper, making a rough sketch for him to draw back to the computer later. That way Elise has decided, she will make a good design and hope Julian likes the design.

‘This is the last time I think about messing up in this company, I'll do everything well'

Although it sucks to do a good job in the company of people we don't like but at least Elise likes her job.

"I didn't know you were good at drawing, that's good"

Elise flinched as she heard Nicolas' very close voice. He turned around, looking at Nicolas who was now standing next to him.

"Oh, sorry. Am I bothering you?"

His slightly lowered face to look at Elise's notes cut the distance between them, he could even see the eyes behind the glasses clearly.

'Nicolas' eyes turned out to be blacker'

Elise did not pay much attention to the charm of her co-workers, when viewed up close Nicolas even more handsome than Julian.

"Do you have a lover?"

the sudden question from Elise made Nicolas surprised. He moved his face away, standing straight while looking at Elise straight. Elise who just realized the question immediately shut up, it was privacy, should not have asked Nicolas that.

"I'm sorry, please don't have to answer that question if you feel uncomfortable"

"It's okay, I'll answer it"

"Really?"

"yes"

Nicolas paused his speech for a moment, he looked at Elise who had a curious twinkle in her eyes.

'Imut'

His curious face looks cute in Nicolas's eyes, it feels like he wants to ruffle the long reddish hair right now because he feels anxious with Elise—'s expressionbut again he can't do it, he said, Elise was Julian's fiancee so she had to hold back.

"I don't have a lover" answered Nicolas briefly. Elise looked at him with a look of disbelief.

"really?"

Nicolas nodded confidently. He does not have a lover, for now he does not want to be in a relationship anymore and just wants to focus on working.

"But why do you ask that?" Nicolas asked Elise who was now laughing awkwardly. Elise was a bit embarrassed to say the reason, but if she did not answer maybe Nicolas so disappointed later—Nicolas also answered the question disrespectful Elise, so he had to answer it well.

"I was just curious. A handsome guy like you must have a lot of lovers, right?" Shirt Elise with a reddened face. This was the first time he had praised someone's face directly, even he had never plainly said handsome to his former lover just yet.

"You think I'm handsome?"

Nicolas' voice sounded ordinary even his gaze felt ordinary. Does he not know that he is handsome? That's how Elise thinks now.

"That's obvious, right? Even some of the employees here admit that"

Elise spoke the facts but it seemed that Nicolas did not believe it. He only laughed a little before finally turning around and returning to his place.

"Well, then I'll get back to work. happy working again Elise"

The remark ended their conversation, Elise gave a brief nod while awkwardly returning to her duties.

"Oh? Okay"

Elise thought Nicolas was uncomfortable hearing such praise, proof that he was leaving right away when Elise praised him handsome.

'But he is handsome'

Facts are inevitable, Nicolas Anelka is handsome. Actually Nicolas also knew about it but because Elise who said it said the word of praise about her appearance sounded more special, to make her blush like this.

'He didn't see it, did he?'

The reason Nicolas went straight from Elise's desk was his shy self, he didn't want Elise to see his blushing face and mocked him with tomatoes or crabs. That's why he chose to avoid.

'I hope he's unconscious'

Luckily Elise was the insensitive type.