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.

grandmother. He might not have left the small village if he hadn't been

to the family. Unfortunately, his grandmother was battling a severe heart condition, and he was busy taking care of his grandmother in the hospital and working in the company. He worked as a programmer and didn't make much. Meanwhile, I was dealing with my first cancer diagnosis amidst my family's

was also secretly fighting cancer.

mother's hand in tears. "Mom, Clyde won't despise me. He loves me so much. He won't

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

Hold

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 so desperate. "Mel, you may get the cancer, but look at our family... I know Clyde is a good guy. I

you hold him off now, how

not disdain me for my cancer, but what if our children died of cancer, too? Would he hate me after

always wanted a family, and I didn't 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

I gave Clyde my grandmother's antique diamond necklace 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

ever, Clyde

rumors of me moving

connected him with his biological grandfather, Merritt, needing a bone marrow transplant. That