When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 100

Chapter 100



Clyde bombarded me with calls, even reached out to the office, insisting I visit him at his workspace.

Lina gave me a troubled look, "Hey, maybe you should check on him?"

"Tell him I'm swamped. If he needs something, he can come down here."

My fingers danced nonstop on the keyboard, not pausing for a second.

Earlier, Kayla cornered me in the lobby, obviously trying to make her pregnancy public knowledge - and the baby was Clyde's.

But she didn't have the guts to say it outright, so she provoked me instead.

However, I kept my voice so low, only the three of us knew what was being said.

As for Clyde being mad, I couldn't care less.

If he could bring someone home while I was out busting my ass making deals, couldn't I throw a few words around?

I wasn't upset, but he sure was.

He still drove me to and from work every day, not speaking a word, which suited me just fine.

Materials delivered, project underway, it seemed like everything at Patterson Group was looking up, except York wasn't having it. When he stormed into the Design Department, he demanded to be involved in the bridge project I was managing.

"No way. You think you can design? Then show it. Otherwise, back off."

My tone was icy, a clear dismissal.

It was public knowledge that York and I didn't see eye to eye, and frankly, I didn't care.

was just another one of Merritt's inserts, and I couldn't let

wasn't going

directly ordering York to

went south because of him, nearly pushing me to a

head home, we'll talk

dragged me

I drowned my frustrations in a gallon of ice cream, finally feeling a bit

looked at me, hesitating to

"Out with it."

him, cracking open

will this project ever start? Who knows design better, him or me? Who's the

my ground

of professionals was a

to involve some underqualified companies he was chummy with, which was a line crossed

nodded, "Okay, I get it. But we still need to find the right

World. They have

affordable suppliers. They're the

made me

best fit. But Clyde wouldn't budge, and York blocked them, even denying Vinson a

Vinson!" Clyde

the explanation, he refused to see

to no good with you, taking you to some godforsaken mountainside.

His stubbornness was immovable.

to lose it, Kayla's call came

two words

be scared. I'm heading to

back, not even

why I was even fighting

Vinson called, I was

was inviting me to dinner to