When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 66

Chapter 66



When I returned to the office, I hesitated before heading to the conference room, feeling a bit uneasy.

"Mr. Hanley, today Mr. Patterson he..."

"Let me guess, he's MIA again? Melanie, is Clyde pulling my leg? What does he think this partnership is, a joke?"

Hanley was well aware that Clyde had bailed again, and after being stood up twice, he was furious.

Despite my attempts to smooth things over, he had no interest in keeping the partnership going.

I messaged Clyde and also shared what happened in our team chat. Though I was in charge of the project, I wasn't about to take the fall for this mess. Clyde remained out of touch, not showing up at the office all day. My colleagues from the Design Department kept asking what we should do, but without any directives from the top, our hands were tied.

Just when I figured Clyde couldn't care less about a multimillion-dollar deal, he surprised me by calling early the next morning, asking me to come to his office.

"Melanie, look at the mess you've made! You've lost us a major project, and now you're going to take full responsibility!"

looked at the documents he threw at me - it was a contract termination notice from Radiant Systems, stating that our negligence had caused the project to

Radiant Systems partnership was, how could you screw this up?"

could you play into Vinson's hands? Even if there's something going on between you two,

funny how they both wore the same shocked

Group wasn't just out of a partnership; we owed

retorted, tossing the documents back at him. "You disappear, and now you're blaming me? I didn't realize

pulled up our chat history on

Should I have dragged you back from the hospital?

at his phone,

face, I quickly pieced together

could have deleted my messages. But she wasn't smart enough to

you couldn't have called? It's my fault just because I didn't see

her voice trembling with

you're just trying to sabotage Clyde for your lover. The company shouldn't have

you in it for the money? Did

glared menacingly, while I simply sized her up. Dressed head-to-toe in luxury brands, she was easily wearing a fortune. Feeling unnerved under my gaze, she stepped back,

Clyde, I did call. Whatever Kayla told you, you

my phone,

fault. If he wanted to pin this on me for Kayla's sake, I was ready to fight back. The more I thought about it, the more irritated I became. Realizing the person had loved for so many years was foolish was a bitter pill to swallow. In