When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 85

Chapter 85



Paul was gasping for air, panic clearly etched into his features.

"No, it wasn't me, it was all a misunderstanding, I swear!"

I looked at him and sighed softly.

"Paul, with the experience you got, you could bag a director's job somewhere else with no sweat. We've been colleagues. I know you're not the mastermind behind this. Why ruin your life over someone else's scheme?"

Jade was beside me, signaling frantically. I knew she wanted to call the cops, but I shook my head. Calling the police now would make it harder to uncover the truth and might even tip off the real culprit.

I needed to get more information first. If York was indeed behind this, I needed solid evidence.

Paul squinted, pondering for a moment, then turned his gaze to me.

"Melanie, you're Mrs. Patterson. Can you promise not to call the police?"

"What do you think?" I wasn't about to make any promises to scum like him.

Defeated, he slumped to the ground.

"I'll confess. Kayla put me up to this. She said if I could bring you down, she'd become Mrs. Patterson, and I'd be the director of the Design Department. She bought some design drafts to use under my name. I refused, so Mack took the fall."

"It was you who released the virus and attacked me, wasn't it?"

any expression, and he nodded

threatened him a bit, he confessed. But there's someone behind Kayla, I've heard her receiving

So, there

it?

Patterson Group would eventually belong to that person.

cold, yet it felt like we were on to

the Patterson Group was

sitting beside me, equally

at me, his eyes

consider me a bad fart you let out; I swear I won't do anything

trust Kayla so much? You know Clyde had his fair share of

had been involved with numerous women. Since our marriage, I had seen no less

stars and models he never brought home. How could

each other from before. She used

exclaimed. I was

if

even before she graduated, making quite

couple

and even has a daughter. That's when we

blackmailed me!"

sudden realization clicked for me, connecting all

and was threatened, but Kayla could easily take the

child was hers, and the kidnapper

time the police arrived, I

them.