When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 52

Chapter 52



One night, we barely caught a wink of sleep.

Jade's design was brilliant, thoughtful, and eco-friendly to boot. But somewhere along the line, a minor misstep led to a gaping flaw in the final design. It wasn't until I combed through everything from the beginning that I spotted the root of the problem. "Look here. You didn't make this change, did you? The measurement is off by an inch."

Jade pushed up her glasses, squinting at the screen before slamming her hand on the desk.

"No way. Who messed with my design? No wonder the numbers were all over the place! Somebody must've fiddled with the file when I wasn't looking. I thought I'd accidentally deleted the original file!"

I had suspected as much but hadn't said anything until then.

With no time to figure out who messed up, Jade got straight to fixing the data, and I was there to help her out.

After a few hours of hard work, we finally got all the files in order as dawn broke.

With a hoarse voice, Jade hugged me tight. "Melanie, I'd be toast without you. You saved my ass out of the mess. You are my savior!"

"Don't be silly. We're best friends." I patted her head, only to have my hand swatted away as she grimaced, her throat too sore to even speak. Running on no sleep and dealing with a headache, I decided to call in sick.

deliberately kept me from taking on more at

worse off than I was, barely able to stand, yet she couldn't miss the bidding

me, her guardian angel, take her place. "Since

your brains, we've got this in

worried about potential oversights. Her raspy voice, coupled with her powerhouse demeanor, was

bidding meeting, I saw Vinson and Clyde with their teams. I

cause a stir.

my shoulder, her voice harsh, "I'll

the audience was visibly shocked. But she powered

Group's design was thorough, it just couldn't compete with Jade's

aspects. In the end, Jade won the

I'll mute you for good." I pushed her away, popping a throat lozenge into

to my arm, playfully whining. "Melanie, my hero,

voice made

leaving, laughing and joking, Kayla, oblivious to the

you support another company? And as

was full of resentment, backed by a

to not winning the contract

we all know how talented you are. Instead of helping us,

want us to look bad. Maybe Melanie even

"No wonder we lost!"