When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 45

Chapter 45



Vinson led me to a quaint vegan restaurant, a choice that left me visibly puzzled.

"Why here?" I asked.

"You seemed a bit off, maybe not up for anything heavy," he reasoned.

He pulled a chair for me and poured a glass of water, its coolness somewhat reviving my spirits, though my appetite remained absent. Eventually, I settled for a bowl of oatmeal, eating it slowly.

Patient and seemingly amused, Vinson watched me eat.

Suddenly, he reached out with a napkin to dab at my lips. I instinctively pulled away, and he quickly withdrew his hand.

He explained with a smile, "You've got oatmeal all over your face. Looks like you were hungrier than you thought."

took the napkin with an awkward smile, feeling

for a date with the senior, huh?" Kayla's sneering voice broke the silence, earning an eye roll from me and a chuckle

Kayla sauntered

under the

we needn't worry, right? But aren't you forgetting you're a married woman? Out

silently, allowing Kayla's barbs

exactly being discreet, flaunting your affair. Vinson and I are just having

had been as bold back then, things with

spoke up, defending his darling Kayla. "Melanie, watch your language. You're going out with Vinson and you're accusing others?" His glaring almost

a designer is limited, Mr. Patterson, my apologies." Grabbing my bag, I looked at Vinson. "Done eating? Let's

to retort when I felt a warm trickle from my nose, a nosebleed, a common aftermath

to the restroom while Clyde got held up by

as a kid all the time, Kayla

a while for the bleeding to stop, leaving

hard. The possibility of going bald, even partially, was something I found hard to

Handing me water, he asked, "What's going