Counterback of the Despised Luna by Diana West

Chapter 43 Just Need an Hour

1 I stood there, holding several blank sheets of paper, saying a word.

It was clear something had gone wrong, but this was now what I had imagined.

Finished

As everyone around me stared in disbelief, Stella immediately spoke up, her voice sharp with accusation, “Rosaline, what is this? You’re the project leader–what with the blank paper? Are you trying to pull a fast one? Don’t tell me you grabbed the wrong ones by accident?”

All eyes quickly shifted to Caden

His handsome face darkened with anger, and his lips pressed into a tight line, showing just how upset he

was.

Caden was always known for his precision, and as the head of the project, making such a critical mistake in a moment like this was unforgivable.

Stella’s eyes sparkled with triumph and disbelief as she raised her voice and continued questioning me. “How could you, in your position, lose the sketches? We cannot allow someone this irresponsible to keep their place!”

Caden’s expression stiffened, and he cast a quick glance at me before coolly asking. “What’s going on?”

I didn’t plan on offering any explanations just yet, my mind quickly running through ways to fix the problem. Let’s set this issue aside for now.”

I turned to Sabrina and asked, ‘Do we have backup copies of the designs?”

Sabrina shot me a disdainful look and said, “Ms. Sinclair, you do realize our jewelry designs are all hand- drawn, don’t you? There’s no backup for hand–drawn work. Do you not understand something as basic as

that

long would

replied,

really going to make the design department redo everything in two days? You want Mr. Collins to wait for two more days because of your mistake?”

take two days?” I replied calmly. “Just give me an hour, and

it would take at least two days?”

do. If she can’t, it doesn’t mean I can’t,” I said confidently. “One hour is

then turned to Bruce with a more serious tone. “Mr. Collins, would you be willing to give me an hour?”

all,” Bruce responded quickly “As

handle this.”

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Fri, Mar 14

43 Just Need an

of course,

stared at me, their faces full of disbelief, Caden included.

Finished

“A design that complex,

you’ll see soon enough.” I replied, standing up and opening my laptop.

on me, I smoothly launched the design software I had developed

hour would’ve been impossible, but with my software,

make it work.

projected my screen, quickly guiding the mouse with

patterns began to

fell silent, everyone staring at the projected design, their faces

amazement