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."

smile, feeling a sudden

Melanie, sneaking off from work for a date with the senior, huh?" Kayla's sneering voice broke the

my reaction, Kayla sauntered

oatmeal? Melanie, feeling under the weather?"

you forgetting

silently, allowing Kayla's barbs to fly

discreet, flaunting your affair. Vinson and

Kayla for her sheer audacity. If I had been as bold back then, things with Clyde might not have soured so

your language. You're going out with Vinson and

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

a warm trickle from my nose, a nosebleed, a common aftermath of my treatments. Frantically grabbing tissues to stem the flow,

Kayla aside, taking me to the

nosebleeds as a kid all the time, Kayla said casually, a tone that made me wish she'd share

for the bleeding to stop, leaving me

The possibility of going bald, even partially, was something I

notice. Handing me water, he asked, "What's going on? Low blood sugar plus