When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 11

Chapter 11



Clyde seemed to move further away with his phone before growling into it. "I'll do whatever I damn well please. It's none of your business." "Yeah, I'm not getting involved." I didn't want to get tangled up with him over this issue.

I should've made peace with it since he brought another woman home for the first time. Back then, I couldn't even tell why I was so unreasonable, feeling heartbroken every day. I'd wanted to tell him the truth more than once. But I was always afraid he'd be heartbroken, devastated, maybe even driven to despair.

I finally got it. Clyde wouldn't be heartbroken over someone like me. So, there was no point in explaining.

But I had no clue which word set him off this time as he roared again. "Melanie, what the hell are you on about? What right do you have to tell me what to do? Let me remind you. I paid for everything in this house. You have no right to boss me around." Clyde continued, "And threaten Kayla, huh? I'm telling you, she's different. Don't you dare mess with her! Get back to the office, or I won't give you a penny more!"

I thought he'd hang up, but he didn't. Stubbornly, he waited for a response from me.

After a long pause, I drawled, "Fine, but I'm charging overtime."

"Damn, fine!" When the call ended, I heard Kayla sweetly call him Cly.

alone belonged to someone else. I knew whatever Clyde had with Kayla wasn't just a

confidently brought her to the office, openly showing off their relationship. He allowed Kayla to post their

bonus he put in my account perked me right up. It somehow becomes easier to accept if I just thought of him as my

the same old speech for years, and I was sick

a business trip and couldn't

even faked a

as our neighbor, Brenda, hurriedly opened the door. "You're back. That's good. How are you feeling?" Brenda wiped her tears and gently took my hand, noting, "You've lost

right?" I patted Brenda's hand, finding solace in the warmth of a stranger's touch. It warmed my heart

wagging into a propeller. I hugged his furry head and, for the first time in a while,

of scary." Kayla's shriek startled both me and

at them, pushing a matching luggage set and

me. "You've lost

patted Rocky's head, signaling him

still here? Clyde, I just got rid of my dog fur allergy. Can't we just give the dog away? Or, you know, leave it

that again. I dare

woman, not content with taking my man, now wanted