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!"

threw at me - it was a contract termination notice from Radiant Systems, stating that

crucial the Radiant Systems partnership was, how could you screw this up?" Kayla chimed in, clearly

the Patterson Group, how could you play into Vinson's hands? Even if

my eyes, finding it funny how they

the Patterson Group wasn't just out of a partnership; we owed money, no wonder they were fuming. But what did that have to do with

disappear, and now you're blaming me? I didn't realize you were so irresponsible. When did you become

chat history

you, tagged you in the group chat, what more do you want? Should I have dragged you back from the hospital? No one's going to cover for your negligence. If you don't care about your own

looked at

guilty face, I quickly pieced together what

she could have deleted my messages. But she wasn't smart enough to realize that deleting Clyde's messages wouldn't

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

her

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

the money? Did Vinson

easily

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

up my phone, I left his

ready to fight back. The more I thought about it, the more irritated I became. Realizing the person had loved for so many years