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

confused. I have evidence of Mack taking money, and after I threatened him a bit, he confessed. But there's someone

So, there was

it? Was it

would eventually belong to

yet it felt like we

the Patterson Group

frowned, sitting beside

looked up at me, his

old times' sake, please let me go. Please don't call the police. Just consider me a bad fart you let out; I swear

why did you trust Kayla so much? You know

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

that didn't even include the young stars and models he never brought home. How could Paul

other from before. She used to... work as a whore at a

Jade exclaimed. I was too shocked

if resigned, spilled

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

couple of years

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

blackmailed me!"

clicked for me, connecting all

threatened, but

hers, and

I had gotten most of my

them.