When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 75

Chapter 75



I never really took the whole debacle to heart. It was the Pattersons who should've been sweating bullets, not me.

Clyde's scandal was bound to ding the stock market, and the Pattersons' fortune would take a hit.

After all, it's just me now. No family left to fret over.

But just as I was leaving the hotel that morning, a group of guys blocked my path.

"Ma'am, the boss wants you back home," the lead guy, Merritt's chief of security, informed me. Seems Merritt Patterson got wind of the scandal too. After the last incident, he'd been unusually fixated on online chatter.

I hopped into the car without protest and shot Vinson a quick text to say I'd be skipping work. I also messaged Clyde: not my circus, not my monkeys.

As I arrived at the Patterson Mansion, Merritt looked like he'd swallowed a whole bottle of antacids. The man was not in good shape.

"Melanie! Look at the mess you've created!"

Lucia charged at me as if she was going to take a swing. I sidestepped, and she nearly took a tumble.

"You dare dodge?"

"If I didn't, you'd be up for assault."

I faced her with a blank stare.

To an outsider, you'd think she genuinely cared for Clyde. In reality, she just couldn't stand me.

came over, trying to defuse the situation with a puzzled look. "Melanie, there's got to be some misunderstanding. Why would you and that Russell

Merritt. "Nothing happened between us. He just lent me

all the 24/7 shops around. Clearing my name was easy. Clearing Clyde's, however, was

from the earlier snub, jumped in. "Just because you say so? What good is surveillance? Everyone already labels

this time married to Clyde? Didn't

you were abroad, and your

my family matter. Stay

rushed in, immediately

What had Clyde done for me when I was in

questions, knowing it wasn't the

knelt. "Grandpa, I

going on between her

person Melanie is. But you?

his cane, but

for men to play around a bit," he chimed in,

it affects the company, that's another story. Especially after the last

Shareholders are asking questions. How are we

with rage, banged his cane

up this mess. And you two

kids came up again, and I couldn't help but lower my gaze, wishing to

solution no one dared

Clyde

leave me for Kayla,

girl"

for a "common,

a

by everyone, Clyde finally took me

nagged at me. "Clyde,

it was