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?"

watched him without any expression, and

I was confused. I have evidence of Mack taking money, and after I threatened him a bit,

interest piqued. So, there

was it? Was

said the Patterson Group would eventually belong to that person. I don't

seemed to go cold, yet it felt like we were

If the Patterson Group was to belong to someone else, who could that

frowned, sitting beside me, equally

looked up at me,

consider me a bad fart you let out; I

trust Kayla so much? You know Clyde had his fair

with numerous women. Since our marriage, I had

include the young stars and models he never brought home. How could Paul trust

and I knew each other from before. She used to... work as a

was

if

she graduated, making

a couple of

pregnant and even has a daughter. That's when we lost touch. But she... she had photos from back then, and

blackmailed me!"

realization clicked for

had a daughter and was threatened, but Kayla could easily take the

hers, and the kidnapper was her

police arrived, I had

Jade to call them. The station was nearby, so they