When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 27

Chapter 27



I used to count the minutes until he'd call. But now, the name "Clyde" flashing on my phone screen felt like a visual assault. Thinking about the handful of projects I had tethered to the company, I dragged myself back to the office.

As I walk into Clyde's office, I spot Kayla storming out, her eyes red from crying. She shot me a glare filled with resentment as she passed by. Raising an eyebrow in confusion, I stepped inside and asked, "You needed to see me?"

Momentarily distracted by my newly chopped hair, Clyde blurted out, "Why'd you cut your hair?"

Ignoring his question, I repeated, "Was there something you needed?"

"Tonight's dinner at the Patterson Mansion. You're coming with me," he said, his tone laced with reluctance.

pieces of his past, orphaned and raised by his grandmother. He might not have left the small village if he hadn't been so excellent in his studies. I always felt he had a unique vibe, which attracted me. His identity remained a secret until

battling a severe heart condition, and he was busy taking care of his grandmother in the hospital

upon me by my mother, who was also secretly fighting cancer. She wanted to

in tears. "Mom, Clyde won't despise me. He loves

sorrow. "Mel, Clyde's grandmother is critically sick, and our family is in financial crisis. You must

Hold

diagnosed with cancer, which was why she got so desperate. "Mel, you may

mother continued, "If you hold him off now, how about

for my cancer, but what if our children died of cancer, too? Would he hate

twenty then and never thought I would

his grandmother's medical expenses. He wouldn't accept it if I gave it to him myself. Our break-up had been messy, fueled by misunderstandings and my mother's harsh words, accusing

as ever, Clyde waited

days, leaving when rumors of me moving on with someone

him with his biological grandfather, Merritt, needing a bone marrow transplant. That event saved Merritt's life and reinstated Clyde's place within the