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.

there's got to be some misunderstanding. Why would you

us. He just lent me his room key and left the hotel. There's surveillance

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

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

time married to Clyde? Didn't want

Clyde ever wrong you? Remember when you were abroad, and your family had that accident?

This is my family matter. Stay out

in, immediately

on Lucia. What had Clyde done

the questions, knowing it

faced Merritt, then knelt. "Grandpa, I

yesterday. There's nothing going on between her

know what kind of person Melanie is. But you? What's this

on his cane, but Laird quickly

men to play around a bit," he

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

this is serious. Shareholders are asking questions. How

banged his cane on the floor.

three days to clean up this mess. And you two need to start

again, and I couldn't help but lower my gaze, wishing to avoid

was another solution no

Clyde

leave me for Kayla,

girl"

"common,

eats up a

everyone, Clyde finally took me

nagged at me. "Clyde, she mentioned you looked into my

was an