When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 46

Chapter 46



Taking the day off anyway, I decided to crash back into my room and sleep. The second round of chemo hit harder than the last, leaving me wondering whether it was out to kill the cancer or me. The side effects had me feeling sick for a while, followed by a nosebleed. It felt like an eternity of discomfort before I finally adjusted to the ordeal about an hour later.

After a shower, I collapsed on my bed. With Clyde out of the picture, the world seemed eerily quiet, and I drifted into a restless sleep.

Unfortunately, Clyde's persistence knew no bounds as he appeared at Jade's place.

First, I heard the endless ringing of the doorbell, which quickly escalated to pounding on the door. "Melanie, Melanie! I know you're in there. Open up!"

Thankfully, it was daytime, so no neighbors had come to complain yet.

Despite feeling awful, I managed to open the door. "What do you want?"

He seemed stunned by my appearance, his mouth opening, and closing without a word for a moment.

I tried to close the door, but he quickly stopped it with his hand. "Melanie, let's talk."

I considered slamming the door on his fingers but eventually decided against it.

When he tried to step forward, I blocked the entryway. "Let's talk here."

seeing my insistence, he stuttered, "Melanie, are you sick? It wasn't Jade who went for

bothered to visit the hospital or

better in a couple of days if you and Kayla keep your distance. If

making it impossible. For some reason, he was adamant about not letting me have my

us back at the Patterson Mansion. It's not convenient for you and Jade to live together. Come home with

back down, as if determined not to

"Just wait at the door. I'll be out

the company's anniversary was around the corner, and we could part ways after that

a

the journey was uneventful, and upon arriving

arrive together, Merritt looked somewhat pleased. "Nothing beats a united front. You two looking cozy together will squash any rumors.

watched us

in. Of

Mrs. Patterson. Once Clyde was out of

Our

greeted them and headed straight to my room. I brought along pain medication this time,

in sleeping, or perhaps

crying. "Clyde, I had a nightmare. I'm so scared. Can you

the other side of the

got out of bed, whispered a few words of

happened to be downstairs