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!"

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 fall through, and we were

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

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

funny

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 what did that have to do

I retorted, tossing the documents back at him. "You disappear, and

pulled up our chat history on my

messaged you, tagged you in the group chat, what more do you want? Should I have dragged you back from

looked at

Kayla's guilty face, I

Clyde's phone, so she could have deleted my messages. But she wasn't smart enough to realize that

just because I

first, her voice trembling

for your lover. The company shouldn't have to

the money? Did Vinson offer

luxury brands, she was easily wearing a fortune. Feeling unnerved under my gaze, she stepped back, and that's when I

for money. Clyde, I did call. Whatever Kayla

my phone, I left

more irritated I became. Realizing the person had loved for so many years was foolish was a bitter pill to swallow. In