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Chapter 214

Chapter 214 I Didn’t Plagiarize It

“Alright. I’ll hold you to it, then.”

The smile Elise gave Alexander was so sincere that it was practically infectious, and he voluntarily reached out to grasp her hand. “Come on, let’s go home.”

Shoulder to shoulder, they walked off into the moonlit night.

…

The next day, Elise went to work as usual, only for a grim Brendan to follow her into her office immediately upon her entry. With a complicated look in his eyes, he stared at her and pursed his lips for a moment before stating, “I have something to ask you, my darling sister-in-law.”

Startled by both the appellation and the stern look on his face, she urged, “Go on.”

After a moment of contemplation, he continued, “Have you finished the draft for your design? May I see it?”

Even though Elise found it to be a strange request, she carelessly flipped through her papers to locate her design draft and hand it over to him. “It’s mostly done. If you need it urgently, I can finish it by today.”

Yet, Brendan’s expression turned ugly the moment he saw her design draft.

“What’s going on?” she queried. In the next second, he lifted his gaze and stared right into her eyes.

“Did you show this draft to anyone else before this moment?”

After thinking about it earnestly, she answered, “No one has seen it apart from you. Why? Did something happen?”

cell phone and handed

down at it, and all of the blood drained out of her face. “How is this possible?!

work of a local first-rate designer, Coner. She announced it to the public last evening as part of her new series—the design I showed you being the main diagram. The

I didn’t plagiarize

her, but his trust would do no good in a situation where Coner

can’t use these diagrams anymore, Elise. You’ll have

realized that something was wrong. After all, she had noticed that someone had touched her drawing papers when she came back from lunch the previous afternoon, and now her design was on the Internet a scant few hours after that incident. There was no way this could be a

myself—” she uttered slowly, “—and now I

her gravely. For some reason, he felt like she was telling the truth, but evidence was needed for everything nowadays. “Do you have

smile without any warmth in her eyes. “No, but the truth can’t be hidden or falsified. I will find the proof I need to claim my innocence. Until then, I hope you’ll

nodded obligingly. “If that’s the case, I have a

again, their eyes met and he leaned forward to whisper into her

left, Elise looked down at the design diagram in her hands and clenched her fists silently. After putting the

in with a fresh cup of coffee.

drawing, Elise answered carelessly, “Put it down. I’ll drink it after I finish

Molly was quick to respond. After putting the coffee aside, she turned to leave, only to have Elise

“Just a moment.”

at that. “Did you need

her head to stare at Molly. Her gaze was as clear as always and free of any stray

have a question for you,

nodded and added, “Go

continued, “Thing is, something has gone missing from my office yesterday. Did you see anyone come

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