Trapped in Chain Love
Design thief

...Fiona teamed up with their designer and took Elise's design and put it together before the deadline. She obviously does that on the basis of jealousy, Fiona does not like Elise who has the status of Julian's fiancee...

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Elise did not know where her fault was, but at this moment Julian was looking at her with a bent forehead as if he was angry at the female figure in front of him.

This is a bright day. Although the temperature outside feels cold because autumn is almost over but Elise believes the temperature problem is not the cause of Julian has a sour expression. Keep what? with courage, he asked the boss.

"Can I help you again Mr Julian?"

Elise asked briefly. He looked at Julian straight, not displaying a fearful or nervous expression. After all he was sure he had done nothing wrong, so this must have been one of Julian's tricks to show his dislike for Elise alone.

Julian smiled obliquely, making Elise frown in confusion. Why the hell is he?

"Did I make a mistake?"

"you still ask that?"

Elise hush. So this is his fault. But which mistake? Elise was convinced she had done nothing wrong while working, she even recanted her intention to screw up the company.

"I'm sorry, I don't know which of my mistakes, but if it's appropriate I remember I didn't make a mistake while working."

"Besides being shameless it turns out you're also good at lying huh."

Elise's hands clenched firmly. What the hell is the problem!? he started to get upset himself for being accused like this.

"I don't understand what you mean." Said Elise.

"You want to lie forever? *Eat your word Elise Anderson, I know your mistake" Julian looked at her in annoyance, like he wanted Elise to admit something but Elise shook her head slowly, she didn't feel wrong or hide anything from Julian. *(Confess only)

"I really don't understand what you mean Mr. Julian."

The final answer from Elise made Julian snort in disbelief. He turned the laptop screen upside down, making Elise come to see what was inside the gray electronics.

"That's my design?"

The image on the laptop screen is the design that Elise gave Julian this morning. Although the design looks a bit different and has other colors but Elise is sure it is the result of her work. Elise thought maybe Julian had changed his color because he didn't like the color Elise recommended, that's how he thought but unfortunately Julian's facial expression didn't show that what Elise was thinking was true.

"This is not the design you make. It's the designer from the design department, he sent this yesterday."

Wait, then why is the design the same as Elise did? understanding Julian's thoughts, Elise spoke to her boss again.

"Mr Julian, that's my design! I made it!"

His tone rose by several octaves. Elise did not accept that she was accused of being a copycat, but she was the one who made the design with great difficulty.

Julian looked at him sharply. His slightly thick brows furrowed, revealing his dislike for Elise's reply.

"So you're telling me that the professional designers in my company are copying your amateur designs?"

Julian's words left Elise speechless. If calculated from the experience Elise is still an amateur, therefore she has no defense for herself at this time.

'But that's my design!'

"Have you seen the CCTV? we have to look at the CCTV to find out the truth!" Elise tried to defend. He didn't want to be treated this unfairly, so proof was needed now.

"no need. Without even looking at it, I already know that you're wrong here" Julian and his stubbornness. She doesn't want to let Elise look for evidence while she believes what she wants to believe.

Elise's upset. His heart ached from being treated like this, not even he was allowed to prove the truth.

"But me!—"

"ELISE ANDERSON'S! THATS ENOUGH. You can get out of my room now!"

The bespectacled man stared between Elise and Julian with a puzzled look. He did not understand why Julian was so angry that he snapped at Elise without a heart.

Elise turned around immediately. His face flushed in embarrassment while holding back his tears that were about to flow. She couldn't cry there because of Julian's clasping, if she cried then she would look humiliating and immature.

"Elise—"

"Good day Mr. Nicolas, excuse me for resigning."

Ending with that speech Elise left two men in a black room who had different expressions. Nicolas looked at Julian with a gaze demanding an explanation, while Julian sat back down on his exclusive sofa and let out a long sigh.

"So, what are you doing this time?" Nicolas. His tone sounded accusatory, as if Julian was a criminal.

"I'm not wrong. He mimics the design of our designers" he replied briefly. Nicolas scrunched his forehead in wonder.

"What does it mean to imitate?"

Julian pointed towards a laptop screen that still featured designs belonging to their company's designers. Nicolas saw that, then he spoke in a rather low voice.

"That's Elise's design"

She knew Elise's design because she saw it before it was sent to Julian.

"You're wrong. Elise Anderson, she imitated our designer's results and gave them to me"

"Know where? could it be our designer who mimics Elise?"

Julian laughed dismissively. Thinking the thing Nicolas said was the worst joke and not funny.

"That's impossible. Our designer is a professional, where maybe he imitates amateur designs like Elise Anderson" he said firmly. Confident and arrogant.

"We don't know because we haven't been looking for the truth." Nicolas tried to plead. He did not like when his best friend immediately took action without seeking the truth, let alone this is about Elise.

"I already know the truth"

"Where from?"

"Fiona told me that. He can't lie, I trust him"

Nicolas rubbed his face with a hand while sighing in anguish. With Julian blind faith in Fiona, he knew Julian would not investigate her properly and swallowed the information from Fiona.

If it had been like this it would have been difficult to persuade Julian. He would instead get angry and blame Nicolas, and it was a troublesome situation for the bespectacled man.

'I've been friends with him for a long time but his nature like this is very difficult to lose'

Fiona teamed up with their designer and took Elise's design and put it together before the deadline. She obviously does that on a jealous basis, Fiona does not like Elise who has the status of Julian's fiancee. That was how Nicolas thought about the conclusion of this incident.

Nicolas puts the file he took from his room to Julian's desk, and then he turns and walks away.

Before actually going out, Nicolas said something.

"You shouldn't be angry at someone who isn't necessarily guilty."

He glanced at Julian at a glance after saying that Nicolas was leaving the room. The figure of his best friend has gone, now Julian is alone while staring at the door that is closed.

His hand picked up one of the files Nicolas gave him, he read it and muttered to himself.

"He's clearly guilty" The monologue is brief. Her mood was instantly bad after talking to Elise and Nicolas. Right now he needs Fiona, only the lover can calm him down.

'I miss Fiona'