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!"

I looked at the documents he threw at me - it was a contract termination notice from Radiant Systems,

was, how could you screw

Vinson's hands? Even if there's something going on between you two, you can't just hand over the project

my eyes, finding it funny

to Vinson, and they struck a deal. Now, the Patterson Group wasn't just out of a partnership; we owed

tossing the documents back at him. "You disappear, and now you're blaming me? I didn't realize you were so irresponsible. When did you become so

pulled up our chat

dragged you back from the hospital? No one's going to cover for your negligence. If you don't care about your own company, who

at his phone,

face, I quickly

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

fault just because

exploded first, her voice trembling

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

in it for the money? Did Vinson offer

Dressed head-to-toe in luxury brands, she was easily wearing a fortune. Feeling unnerved under my gaze, she stepped back, and that's when I spoke

did call. Whatever Kayla told you, you can

phone, I left his

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