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.

and 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

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

the country and Clyde was forced upon me by my mother, who was also secretly fighting cancer.

grabbed my mother's hand in tears. "Mom, Clyde won't despise me. He loves me so much. He won't break up with me because I

her head painfully, her eyes filled with sorrow. "Mel, Clyde's grandmother is critically sick, and our family is in financial crisis. You must go abroad

Hold

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 also know you love him, but I don't want you

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

mother's words stunned me. Clyde might not disdain me for my cancer, but what if

I would die. I had cried my heart out for days. Seeing the debt collectors knocking on our door, I flew abroad

expenses. He wouldn't accept it if I gave it to him

ever,

days, leaving when rumors of me moving on with someone else

biological grandfather, Merritt, needing a bone marrow transplant. That event saved Merritt's