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.

arrived, I followed them into

examined him, it turned out Clyde had ingested a

at me uncomfortably, "Mrs. Patterson, given the

way, that's

dismissed the suggestion. Clyde was neither cowardly

the site, his priority would be to console the family of the deceased and investigate the

doctor nodded, handing me

and there might be other procedures needed. We need

I took a deep breath

Patterson family, and I couldn't let him die on my

was the first time I was

apart

feeling its emptiness,

the security footage. Sure enough, Kayla

What did you

the jewelry cab. It turns on automatically if someone

a precaution against me, never imagining it would become

but found the camera destroyed, memory

realized, telling Jade to stop tampering

she might have known about the camera and prepared accordingly, perhaps even wearing gloves to

I saw the footage; she was definitely

could draw the same conclusions I

the locks on my door before

had his stomach pumped

suspected other drugs might be involved, so immediate awakening wasn't

were

he could wake up, we could

Clyde out, the site issue couldn't be