Trapped in Chain Love
Pretend good.

...The short mutter was the answer from Julian who now covered almost his entire body with a thick blanket, perhaps he hid his face reddened like a tomato— which is why he tried to hold the stuffy in his own blanket. ...

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"Where are you going?"

Elise stopped her steps when she heard Julian's sniffling voice. He turned his head, looking at the man wearing a white shirt and black pants using the tip of his eyes.

"Sleep on the couch." Answer's short. Answer the definite statement.

There Julian snorted. He sat next to the bed, lowered his head and spoke softly.

"For tonight I'll let you sleep in bed."

Like gelledeg in a hole, Julian's words made Elise very surprised.

"Where should you sleep?"

"In the bed too. We'll just sleep together."

Elise's eyes glared in disbelief. All day Julian behaved out of his habit, some say if someone suddenly changed like this then he was approaching death—but, Elise believes Julian is in good health.

He doesn't even have a history of illness. At the same time, so what was the reason for this good attitude not because Julian wanted to die?

It seems that Julian was somewhat annoyed by the reaction shown by Elise. But naturally Elise so with her attitude all this time, she would not immediately want to receive good treatment.

Wanting to be pulled back was not able to, Julian had offered it so with shame Julian also went into the blanket and slept on the mattress.

"If you don't want to, it's okay. I'm not the one who lost, but I'll blame you if tomorrow our percentage is fucked up because you're not sleeping well!"

He spoke as if threatening, but actually Julian was willing to talk what else. Meanwhile Elise was still silent near the sofa.

It is true, during this one Week he felt uncomfortable when he woke up early because of aches due to sleeping on a narrow sofa—although it is soft but it feels different from sleeping on a mattress.

This offer from Julian is profitable. She can sleep on that soft and comfortable mattress again, but this time Elise has to share the mattress with Julian. That's the thing that's weighing him down.

"Are you sure I can sleep in bed?" Elise asked to be sure.

"Hm"

The short mutter was the answer from Julian who now covered almost his entire body with a thick blanket, perhaps he hid his face reddened like a tomato— that's why he tried to hold the stuffy in his own blanket.

There was no other answer from Julian, there was only a soft snoring sound and a quiet atmosphere because the day was getting late.

Elise sighed. He was very tired today, and for a good quality of work he needed a good night's sleep. Maybe Elise will regret her decision later.

"Thank you"

Elise said briefly. He slept on the other side of the bed, turning his back on Julian who had fallen asleep— seems, but actually Julian had not slept at all.

Elise went straight to sleep after putting her body on the bed. He didn't wear a blanket, just slept on Julian's back with a pillow.

Julian was sitting on the bed, his eyes looking at Elise who had completely lost her consciousness wading through the dream. Once again he was amazed because Elise always easily slept after sticking her head on the pillow.***** once.

"You'll be cold when you sleep that way."

He grumbled because he saw the sleeping appearance of Elise curling up. His hands stretched out, dividing the ends of his blanket with Elise.

Now they actually share a mattress even a blanket. Julian smiled satisfied to see it, but a second later he slapped his own face because he realized what he was doing earlier.

"Conscious. I'm doing this to prevent tomorrow's failure, Elise is the one who's going to be with me later so she needs a good night's sleep"

He convinced himself. After being convinced by the suggestion he also turned off the lights and slept— without realizing that Elise had not slept since.

Elise muses. Julian's good treatment could have made him misunderstand. Thinking that he was recognized as a fiancee made him upset, but little did he expect any other intent from the good treatment.

Maybe Julian started to open his heart—

'What am I thinking!? You idiot! Don't expect something as useless as that!'

This was just a form of attention from the superior to his subordinates, that was all.

When Elise woke up the next day Julian wasn't next to her. The sound of water in the bathroom explains where the figure of the man, apparently he took a shower first without waking Elise at all.

Elise was not upset. She straightened her hair, then looked back at her work on the laptop.

Meeting with potential investors at 10:00 and Elise woke up at 07:54 she still has plenty of time to double check.

But the sound of the bell interrupting the morning rush makes him have to open the door for people who are outside, usually at this hour Nicolas is the one who will come there to take Elise breakfast— therefore Elise did not see first who the person who pressed the bell because she could guess.

"Good morning—"

The woman in a deep blue knee-length dress stared at him sarcastically mixed in surprise, her hands tore into a small black bag that Elise believed was the latest release of the year.

Without a word the woman slapped Elise violently, making Elise take a step back while touching her cheek which was now bruised and scratched by a fingernail.

"What are you doing in Julian's room, you cheap girl!?"

That woman is Fiona. Julian's lover whose existence had Elise forget for a moment—ah, right too. Fiona's reaction must have been like this when she saw me in the room with Julian.

Elise was not panicking. However, his bed was determined not by him, you could say he was forced to sleep one room with Julian.

"We're one room because of work. Can't you be professional about this Ms Fiona?"

She answered him as calmly as possible despite holding the pain on the cheek because of Fiona's slap earlier. I swear, why do they like to slap someone else's cheek? Moreover, his nails are also long!

"Huh!? A professional? It could be that women who only know how to seduce men say that. You must have taken advantage of this situation to seduce Julian right!? Basic cheesy!"

Fiona sneers. I can't believe Elise's real answer.

"You shouldn't come in this early morning and be angry. Look at dong's situation. If it wasn't for the job, I wouldn't want a room with Mr. Julian"

Fiona glares. His hands clenched tightly, preparing to slap again the increasingly annoying Elise.

"You! Basic!—"

Elise closed her eyes preparing to receive another slap. She could have made the wound on her cheek as proof to report Fiona later, which is why she didn't avoid it.

"Fiona! What are you doing!?"

Julian, like a bad luck hero comes with wet hair and a simple shirt. Just finished bathing he heard a commotion, therefore he instantly came despite with a completely untidy appearance.

Hearing the voice of the lover made Fiona speechless, she did not slap Elise's face there. Instead, he shed tears, with trembling hands as if he were the one being hurt.

"A—I'm sorry. She forbade me to enter, but I insisted that's why I accidentally slapped her cheek earlier. I—ini not intentionally!"

Julian approaches Fiona, ignoring the silent Elise with a look of disbelief as Fiona tells Julian a lie.

Since when did Fiona ask permission!? He came right up and slapped Elise, but he could have acted as if he was the one who was hurt the most.

"Your hands are okay?"

With a worried face Julian ensured the state of his lover. Fiona nodded weakly, her tears still flowing even as she hiccups now—Really, Fiona is more suitable to be an actress than a secretary because her acting is very totality.

"Prepare to meet Nicolas later, I'll take Fiona outside first."

If the usual Julian would have judged Elise without bothering to figure out the initial incident, but it seems like the current Julian is still in good fashion so he decided to leave without judging unilaterally.

Fiona just follow. He looked at Elise for a moment before leaving and smiled as if he had won something, while Elise looked at him with a flat gaze.

His cheeks are still sore and he has a meeting schedule later.

'Do I wear a mask?'

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Helloo, I'm so sorry yesterday I didn't up hehe:')

For the next in shay God I will be up every day as usual. Maybe it could be morning or afternoon? Well, that's the environment.

Btw, Fiona is indeed worthy of being thrown into the Trench Mariana (2nd place) type someone who is not good to be friends is like to turn back the facts because they will try to make us cornered.

Julian also ngeselin bang, basic plan (`´) ⁇ ┻━┻

Okay, that's it hehe.

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Sorry if there's a typo.