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.

it felt like Clyde deliberately kept me from taking on more at the company. The Design

barely able

let me, her guardian angel, take her place.

brains, we've got this in the

potential oversights. Her raspy voice, coupled with her powerhouse demeanor, was quite the mismatch. After some thought, I felt confident enough in my understanding

teams. I instinctively ducked my head, and of course, Jade

would cause a stir. I

shoulder, her

the audience was visibly shocked. But she powered

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

the contract with her superior expertise. She came off stage

talking to me with that voice, I'll mute you for good." I pushed her away, popping a throat

playfully whining. "Melanie, my

voice made my

laughing and joking, Kayla, oblivious

you support another company? And as Design Department Director, isn't this like betraying your

was full of resentment, backed by a few from

mood was due to not

know how talented you are. Instead of helping us, you assist the

want us to look bad. Maybe Melanie even shared our designs

"No wonder we lost!"