Trapped in Chain Love
Co-workers

...-He doesn't know what the future holds, but now Nicolas decides to keep his feelings at bay and keep his eye on Elise up close...

“Are you okay, Nicolas?”

Elise gives the coffee she bought from the vending machine* (*seller machine) to Nicolas. The man a year older than him looked up, looked at Elise with my eyes and was lethargic and then received the coffee.

“I'm fine, thanks for the coffee”

A knotty smile was imprinted on her face, trying to convince Elise of her own condition. Elise stared doubtfully, Nicolas face clearly looking unkind. There is a dark circle behind his glasses, it turns out that his many work requires him to overtime to cut his sleep time.

Seeing Nicolas's unhealthy condition made Elise worry. His hands stretched out, touching the surface of Nicolas' forehead making sure he was just sleep deprived and not feverish.

Elise could never bear to be silent when someone was as sick as she is now. Moreover, Nicolas was a good co-worker. He always receives help from her, so when Nicolas is not as good as he is now Elise feels responsible.

their faces are close to each other. Only separated by Nicolas' desk, but he could still see Elise's greenish eyes clearly.

'It turns out that up close Elise looks beautiful'

Nicolas was so aware of it.

Elise did not touch Nicholas' forehead for long, but strangely the man could still feel the sensation of a touch of Elise's cool hand when touching his forehead earlier. Even now her face was hot, but she sure as hell didn't have the fever that Elise was worried about.

“Thank God you don't have a fever. You are too busy with your work to forget to rest right?”

Soon Nicolas ignored that feeling. He looked back at Elise while chuckling. This Elise, even though only one week they know each other but his caring nature is able to make Nicolas comfortable without feeling sorry for him.

Maybe this is how someone who is friendly.

“It's okay. This is not the first time I've been working late. You know, working at a big company like Eldi Group allows us overtime to complete the work that accumulates”

Elise nodded in understanding. Her father's company used to be not as big as the Eldi Group but Elise also often overtime in her office.

“It's true anyway, but I hope you don't forget the break either. Working too much is not good,”

“Okay, I'll remember it. Thank you” Nicolas paused his speech for a moment “Is there anything you want to ask me? Can't you come here just to give me coffee?”

Elise who had almost forgotten her main goal patted the short eel. He laughed awkwardly and then gave the map containing the report to Nicolas.

“I was supposed to give this to Mr. Julian, but since he's not in his place so I'll just give it to you. Can ya?”

For the task of helping Julian meetings often invite Fiona rather than Elise, he said, even Elise was never present at the meeting that Julian did during this week on the grounds that he did not want to bother if his engagement with Elise was known to the public.

Nicolas finds out about their engagement and he regrets Julian's indifferent attitude.

So, even though they have the same position, Julian is clearly more supportive of Fiona than Elise.

“Nothing, this is also my duty as Julian” assistant

“So, how's my work? What's good?”

Elise asked nervously. Although it has been one week he worked there but he was worried if the results of his work were not suitable, he said, so Elise often asked Nicolas first about his shortcomings and then he revised it again for the better.

Finished turning over a few pages that Nicolas nodded in satisfaction. He likes the results of Elise's fast and neat work, it seems clear that he is very experienced.

“There's not much I can say to you. As usual Elise, you work well”

Elise smiled as soon as she heard the praise from Nicolas. Finally, his work for today is almost done.

“Can I help you?”

Elise stared at Nicolas's piling up work. Since he had already completed some of his duties Elise felt like helping Nicolas. Only as a form of small attention to colleagues, because he felt Nicolas experienced overload Work or excessive work

Usually if someone offers help like this Nicolas will politely decline, but when Elise offers it feels like she can not refuse the offer.

“hm, can you record this? Sorry to bother you, Elise”

Elise nodded in understanding, received the file from Nicolas then sat down at the man's place to use his computer and began to record.

“It's okay. I'm the one offering help, so this doesn't bother kok”

Elise's lips curled again, making a warm smile that again caused Nicolas' face to feel hot. Strange, she did not have a fever and it was Elise's usual smile.

This is not the first time Nicolas has felt strange at the sight of a female smile. In the past he had experienced it too, but what true did he feel at this time the same as the past when he was puberty? did he like a woman at first?

'How can I like my friend's fiancee?’

Nicolas could not accept that fact because Elise was, however, Julian's fiancee. But he thought about it again, instead of Julian not liking Elise and he prefers her lover Fiona? Then, their engagement could have failed right? He doesn't know what the future holds, but now Nicolas will take care of his feelings and watch Elise up close.