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."

napkin with an awkward smile,

huh?" Kayla's sneering voice broke the silence, earning an

Kayla sauntered over with Clyde

under the weather?" she

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

Kayla's

"Well, you two aren't exactly being discreet, flaunting your affair. Vinson and I are just having

If I had been as bold back then, things

watch your language. You're going out with Vinson and you're accusing others?" His glaring almost set me

I say then? Adulterers? Sorry, my vocabulary as a designer is limited, Mr.

from my nose, a nosebleed, a common aftermath of my treatments.

me to the restroom while Clyde got held up by

a kid

for the bleeding to

hair hit me hard. The possibility of going bald,

Vinson didn't notice. Handing me water, he asked,