When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 71

Chapter 71



Eliana did indeed show up at Patterson Group the very next day, insisting that I be the one to handle her project, or she would walk away from the collaboration.

I convened a meeting immediately, bringing Jade along to the conference room.

Eliana's mood seemed to brighten a bit at the sight of us, but then she quickly grew frustrated again.

"Melanie, that Kayla, can you handle her already?"

"She's just so annoying. Can't Clyde see through her? Is he blind?"

That's when I learned that Kayla had tried to suck up to Eliana and ended up getting a tongue-lashing for her efforts.

But to my surprise, Kayla cried and then turned around to blame Eliana.

"Is Clyde out of his mind? Why did I ever fall for him? Was I blind?"

"Really? Why did you fall for him back then?"

"Because he was really something back in the day, and pretty handsome to boot."

I replied without much emotion.

Eliana was taken aback by my response, mainly because I was stating the obvious.

Back then, Clyde was always a source of positivity, lighting up every room he entered with his energy. But now...

I pulled out some files, "Jade will be in charge this time, with me assisting on the design side."

Eliana looked like she wanted to say something, but after glancing at Jade, she held her tongue.

I'm shirking. I didn't mention it at dinner yesterday, but I've had a major setback with a project I'm collaborating on with Vinson. The data got

eventually. It was time for Jade to stand

didn't make things difficult for us. The meeting went smoothly, and

office, I started investigating the

were infected with a virus, which had spread from my

my computer contained the most critical files, the loss

what couldn't wait was

department first, wanting

there looked uneasy, "Ms. Crawford, I'm sorry, but there was a system upgrade, and a lot

upgrade? Why

had

that Kayla had come by with some people, claiming it was

knew about Kayla and Clyde's affair, so no one questioned it, and the staff proceeded with

was indeed updated

the footage from several days had been erased, making it nearly impossible

ton

deflated, I returned to my office, fearing

Paul's sudden disappearance that day,

it seemed Mack was quite friendly with Kayla. Could he have provoked me deliberately, then

seen him mixing whiskey and beer that

from Design Department

"Come in."

don't be mad. Dock my

set off alarm bells. Could it be

he was a bit playful and occasionally

nodded slightly, "Come

"Melanie, I'm so sorry. I was upgrading my game, had

the live

Rel

But don't worry,