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

taking money, and after I threatened him a bit, he confessed.

So, there was someone behind

was it? Was it

would eventually belong to that person. I don't

trail seemed to go cold, yet it felt like we were on

Patterson lineage now only had Clyde. If the Patterson Group was to belong to someone

frowned, sitting beside me,

looked up at

consider me a bad fart you

did you trust Kayla so much? You know Clyde had his fair

with numerous women. Since

and models he never brought home. How could

She used to... work as a whore at

I was too

as if

had been working as a whore even before she graduated, making quite a sum. She and Paul were regulars to

couple of years

pregnant and even has a daughter. That's when

blackmailed me!"

sudden realization clicked for

threatened, but Kayla could easily take the girl, something was

hers, and the kidnapper

I

messaged Jade to call them. The station