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!"

documents he threw at me - it was a contract termination notice from Radiant

how could you screw this up?" Kayla

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

my eyes, finding it funny how

Hanley had gone straight to Vinson, and they struck a deal. Now, the Patterson Group wasn't just out of a partnership; we owed money, no wonder they were fuming. But

mind?" I retorted, tossing the documents back at him. "You disappear, and now you're blaming

our chat history on my

what more do you want? Should I have dragged you back from the hospital? No one's going

at his

guilty face,

She had access Clyde's phone, so she could have deleted my messages. But she wasn't smart enough to realize that deleting Clyde's messages wouldn't erase

It's my fault just because I didn't see a

her voice trembling with

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

in it for the money? Did Vinson offer you

luxury brands, she was easily

people who get involved for money. Clyde, I did call. Whatever Kayla told you, you can check with the phone

up my phone, I left

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 the past, his infidelity could be seen as retaliation for our messy breakup. But now, neglecting his company and pinning his mistakes on others, I lost all