When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 78

Chapter 78



I was frantically sorting through documents while continuously ringing up Clyde, but eventually, his phone just went dead.

My heart sank. I checked in with Gemma, who thought Clyde had probably gone home to grab some files, prompting me to rush back to our apartment.

"Clyde, are you here? Clyde?"

The place was dark, no signs of anyone being home.

But spotting the shoe prints in the living room, I was certain Clyde had been there.

I hurried into the bedroom, and there he was, unconscious on the bed, unresponsive no matter how much I shook him.

Feeling his wrist, I sighed in relief finding a pulse.

With the Patterson Group facing such turmoil, something felt off. If Clyde was in trouble now, it could spell disaster for the entire firm.

I quickly dialed 911, then reached out to the building's management.

"I'm Mrs. Patterson, Clyde's wife. He's been attacked in our building. I need access to all the security footage now!"

"The woman he brought home is a prime suspect. If you try to cover for her, you'll be joining her behind bars!"

It was my first time leveraging my status as Mrs. Patterson, and it took the other end by surprise. They immediately started to apologize, promising to check the security footage right away.

I couldn't figure out why Clyde was unconscious, but a faint scent of perfume lingered on him, strikingly similar to Kayla's, my once favorite fragrance. I had bumped into Kayla earlier, enveloped in that very scent.

the paramedics arrived, I followed them into the

examined him, it turned out Clyde had ingested a significant

me uncomfortably, "Mrs. Patterson, given the rumors

way, that's not

suggestion. Clyde was neither cowardly

site, his priority would be to console the family of the deceased and investigate the cause. The idea of him taking his own life was unthinkable to

nodded, handing

might be other procedures needed.

hand trembled, but I took a deep breath to steady

Clyde meant to the Patterson family, and I couldn't let him die on

the first time I was

as his wife, apart from our

left ring finger, feeling its

building management had already provided her the security footage. Sure enough, Kayla had come home

call the police? What did

the surveillance in the jewelry cab. It turns on automatically

Gemma had installed as a precaution against me,

instructions but found the camera

loophole," I realized, telling Jade to

have known about the camera and prepared accordingly, perhaps

this? I saw the footage; she

could draw the same conclusions I

the locks on

stomach pumped

other drugs might be involved, so

signs were

wake up, we could handle

out, the site issue couldn't