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, feeling a

voice broke the silence, earning an eye roll from me and a chuckle from

sauntered over with

under the weather?" she

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

Kayla's barbs

flaunting your affair. Vinson and I are just having a meal. What's so wrong

Kayla for her sheer audacity. If I had been as bold

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

say then? Adulterers? Sorry, my vocabulary as a designer is limited, Mr. Patterson, my apologies." Grabbing my bag, I looked at

I felt a warm trickle from my nose, a nosebleed, a common aftermath of my treatments. Frantically

aside, taking me to the restroom while Clyde got held

I used to get nosebleeds as a kid all the time, Kayla said casually,

a while for the bleeding

sensation of losing hair hit me hard. The possibility of going bald, even partially,

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