When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 103

Chapter 103



Due to the complexity of my earlier surgery, a less invasive method wasn't feasible, resulting in scars that remain prominent, some appearing quite red and alarming.

In reality, they only saw a fraction of it. The lower scars would've probably scared them even more.

Lucky for Clyde, he had Kayla by his side, or he might've noticed something was off with me.

I had a good look at the woman in the video. Sure, our builds were somewhat similar, but there were flaws. To ensure "my" face was in the video, she always faced the camera, her chest in view, inadvertently proving it wasn't me in the footage.

Evelyn briskly walked over, buttoning up my shirt and glaring at Clyde. "How can you not trust your wife but believe what others say? Shouldn't you be the first to defend Melanie's innocence? If you had just told everyone from the start, Melanie wouldn't have had to go through this humiliation."

All eyes were on Clyde, and he stumbled over his words before saying, "I didn't know."

"You didn't know?" Evelyn looked at him incredulously. "Wasn't Melanie's surgery a major one? You didn't know? Don't family members have to sign on for surgeries?"

Everyone knew I had no other family. Clyde was it.

Clyde looked at me, his voice hoarse as he finally asked, "Melanie, when did you have the surgery?"

"While you and she were setting off fireworks at the beach, and she announced it on social media, that was

He clenched his fists, stepping closer with a look of anger as if it were

him bitterly. Even at this moment, he dared to

away because Kayla had a cut on her hand. While I was in surgery, you two

neck. Then I looked back at Clyde. "It was just a surgery. At worst, I could have died during surgery, but clearly, that's not as important as your time with your

merely stating the facts. For

Because he

looked at me, his eyes red

of surgery was

got a bit complicated," I replied, the excuse I had prepared early on. It seemed plausible enough, given I was the

it, Clyde, you..." Merritt hurled the coffee cup at Clyde

him, Kayla looked down, her lips

"Grandpa, no, Melanie, listen,

moved to

good to

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here, I'll repeat it. Clyde, let's get a divorce. Since you've had a child with someone else, and the Patterson family has accepted that child,

let you down But no matter who Mrs. Patterson is, I no longer wish to be her.

wouldn't bear burdens that