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.

pretended not to notice, sitting back down to call for

and the wait

breaking his usual pattern, pushed her away. "Kayla, please have some dignity. You go to your home, I'm here for my

had shown this attitude towards Kayla from the start, I might have

just seemed hypocritical, reminding me of how he had pushed me aside to

but now lingered at

face, quickly invoked Merritt. "Your grandfather asked you to take good care of me. Don't forget, upsetting me affects the entire

her actions

said so? Maybe Kayla really

came for Melanie, right? Maybe

if she's pregnant? Look at how she's holding

posture revealing nothing of a

were clearly meant to broadcast she was

aside, also

fiercely. "I told you, just have the child

or mention this to anyone, I'll make sure

terrifying, making Kayla

Clyde with

to You're better off

tomorrow."

Kayla meant menial

at Clyde. He

retort, he pulled me towards the

did his mood seem to

saw that young cop

we had lunch

bound to know about anyone looking for me; I had no intention of

their actions, should

the story

for a moment before looking at me with

don't hate

was soft, seeing through him to the boy who used to help my parents, and that was enough for