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

was peak hour, and the wait

breaking his usual pattern, pushed her away. "Kayla, please have some dignity. You go

this attitude towards Kayla

hypocritical, reminding me of how he had pushed me aside to go

leave but now lingered at the door,

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

her actions and tone made it obvious, sparking whispers

said so? Maybe Kayla really has

for

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

posture revealing nothing of

her actions throughout the day were clearly meant to

her aside,

you, just have

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

was terrifying, making Kayla step

looked at Clyde with

off restinget o the logistics

tomorrow."

demotion for Kayla meant menial tasks

couldn't help but glance at Clyde. He was

giving Kayla a chance to retort, he pulled

car did

saw that young cop looking

we had

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

in their

story

eyes for a moment before looking at me with a

don't hate

the boy who used to help my parents, and that was