When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 92

Chapter 92



All afternoon, my mind was elsewhere, haunted by Freya's words.

Merritt certainly had a knack for things; not only had Kayla's evidence vanished into thin air, but even the buzz online seemed to have been scrubbed clean.

In the Patterson family, a child's mother must be spotless, after all.

When Clyde walked into the office, I was zoning out in front of my computer.

Freya's face flashed before my eyes again. She seemed to have such a passion, such a sense of justice for everything and everyone.

Even though she knew I was in on the secret, she didn't press me but decided to investigate on her own.

Cops like her are rare indeed.

"Melanie, ready to head home? I've come to pick you up."

Clyde's smile was gentle, his voice much softer than usual.

Colleagues who hadn't left yet turned to stare at us as if they'd seen a ghost.

Three years of marriage, and this was the first time he'd come to the office to pick me up. Despite working in the same company, he had always ignored me. There were always other women by his side, coming to pick him up.

Ignoring the gossip-hungry glances from my colleagues, I packed up and stood. But before I could walk over, Kayla had already latched onto Clyde's

arm.

"Clyde, let's go home." she said in a sweet tone.

Now living in the Patterson Mansion, she clearly felt superior, her words a challenge thrown my way.

back down to call for

the

pushed her away. "Kayla, please have some dignity. You

shown this attitude towards Kayla from the start, I might

all just seemed hypocritical, reminding me of how he

to leave but now lingered at the

trying to save face, quickly invoked Merritt. "Your grandfather asked you to take good care of me. Don't forget,

actions and tone made it obvious, sparking whispers among

said so? Maybe Kayla really

Mr. Patterson came for Melanie, right? Maybe Kayla's

she's pregnant? Look at how

posture revealing nothing of

were clearly meant to

her aside, also brought

"I told you, just have the child

again, or mention this to anyone, I'll make sure

terrifying, making Kayla

looked at Clyde with

to You're better off restinget o

tomorrow."

Kayla meant menial tasks

help but glance at Clyde. He

giving Kayla a chance to retort, he

did

cop looking for you at

had

for me;

in their

the story without

his eyes for a moment before looking at me with

don't hate

to the boy who used to help my parents, and