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.

be some misunderstanding. Why would you and that Russell kid end up

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

shops around.

the earlier snub, jumped in. "Just because you say so?

time married

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

This is my family matter. Stay out of

in,

had Clyde done for me when I was

bit back the questions, knowing it wasn't the right

"Grandpa, I

nothing going on between her and

is. But you? What's this with

to rise, leaning on his cane, but Laird quickly supported

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

that's another

moment, added, "Uncle, this is serious. Shareholders are asking questions. How are we

with rage, banged his

And you two need

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

solution no one dared

Clyde

leave me for Kayla,

girl"

for a "common, over a marriage of convenience.

eats up a

everyone, Clyde finally took

Lucia's words nagged at me. "Clyde, she mentioned

was an