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.

was one of them. I knew bits and pieces of his past, orphaned and raised by his grandmother. He might not have left the small village if he

he was busy taking care of his grandmother in the hospital and working in the company.

was forced upon me by my mother, who was also secretly fighting cancer.

despise me. He loves me

"Mel, Clyde's grandmother is

Hold

head violently, refusing to leave Clyde 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

off now, how about later?

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

family, and I didn't have the heart to ruin his hope. I was only twenty then and never thought I would die. I

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

as ever, Clyde

rumors of me

the hospital connected him with his biological grandfather, Merritt, needing a bone marrow transplant. That event saved