When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 89

Chapter 89



"Grandpa, why can't I just..."

"Leave, now."

Merritt's tone was tinged with frustration, and Clyde knew better than to argue.

Clyde glanced at me, then at Merritt, before finally exiting the study.

As soon as he left, I hurriedly spoke up, "Merritt, didn't we agree?"

We had an agreement that he would help me with the divorce, that he wouldn't make things difficult for me. But what was this?

Was I supposed to be some kind of lady of the manor, expected to turn a blind eye while my husband brought home another woman? Even if Kayla wasn't even in the running!

"We did agree, but circumstances have changed."

Merritt seemed to age right in front of me, constantly massaging his temples.

"Melanie, you're a good kid. This mess is indeed Clyde's fault. He's been reckless over the years."

I kept my head down, not saying a word. Everyone in the Patterson family knew about his recklessness, but they were his flesh and blood. I was just an outsider.

Seeing that I remained silent, he sighed again.

"Clyde's not fully recovered. Kayla didn't just give him sleeping pills; there was a toxin involved."

"She poisoned him?"

making Clyde infertile made my skin crawl. Her child would be the

won't affect his health too much, but

take at least two years to metabolize the toxin, and with treatment, Clyde

understood his implication. Given the Lairds' stance, anything could happen

child wasn't just her

took a deep breath and

marry into the family. Regardless of who's backing her, her

pragmatic woman. She'll weigh her options and won't collaborate

and now with Kayla pregnant, it seemed

me, but not Clyde, nor the Patterson family. She likely couldn't

a perfect arrangement to me, and

scoffed disdainfully, "Her? Dream on about

the only

No one is more suitable to

from what I had anticipated. I wanted to argue, but one look from Merritt

made her unsuitable as a match for the Patterson family, something I

clenched my fists, striving to keep my

I

appreciate what

Clyde and I no longer

who helped you then, it was Clyde.

gaze,

abroad, Clyde made a scene at my house for ages and then

he dragged himself between home and the hospital, which was

himself to grooming Clyde, recognizing his potential. Unfortunately,

out you had

then, Clyde was surrounded by wolves When your dad got into trouble, he couldn't leave to find you, only

would've been killed by those people long ago. She survived until your return, all thanks to

in his story,