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.

bits and pieces of his past, orphaned and raised by his grandmother. He might not have left the

busy taking care of his grandmother in the hospital and working in the company. He worked as a

Clyde was forced upon me by my mother, who was also secretly fighting cancer. She wanted to spare us both from a future marred by

me. He loves me so much. He won't break up with me because I have

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

Hold

I didn't give up until my mother told me the truth that my grandmother and two aunts died of of cancer. Back then, I had no idea my mother had been diagnosed with cancer, which was why she got

hold him off now, how about later? Will you

stunned me. Clyde might not disdain me for my cancer, but what

have the heart to ruin his hope. I was only twenty then and never thought I would die. I had cried my heart out for days. Seeing the debt collectors knocking on our

through a friend, hoping he'd use it to pay for his grandmother's medical expenses. He wouldn't accept it if I gave it to

as ever,

house for days, leaving when rumors of me moving on with

needing a bone marrow transplant. That event saved