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?"

you and Kayla went public." I tossed his shirt aside, staring at him blankly. "While you and she were setting off fireworks at the beach, and she announced it on social media, that was when the doctor told me I needed

If you had told me earlier, this wouldn't have happened!" He clenched his fists, stepping closer with a look

him bitterly. Even at this moment, he

you two seemed to have returned to our place, right? You even bought her my favorite cupcakes. And then, you seemed to have also bought her a diamond necklace or earrings, I can't

at Clyde. "It was just a surgery. At worst, I could have died during

was merely stating the facts. For months, there were so many signs that I

he

spoke. Only Clyde looked at me, his eyes

surgery was it? Those scars look

complicated," I replied, the excuse I had prepared early on. It seemed plausible enough,

you..." Merritt hurled the coffee cup at

her

to explain, "Grandpa, no, Melanie, listen, at that time,

Merritt moved to hit him, but others

"It's good to clear the

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a child with someone else, and the Patterson family has accepted that child, it's time I stepped

But no matter who Mrs. Patterson is, I no longer wish to be her. I'll repay what owe the Patterson family later, but right now,

I felt somewhat relieved. I wouldn't bear burdens that weren't mine or interfere in matters the Patterson family