When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 105

Chapter 105



My mom's handwriting was elegant yet bold, a testament to her strength in script. I ran my fingers over her diary, feeling the lump in my throat grow as tears threatened to spill.

But as I flipped through the pages, I was stunned by the revelations inside.

"Several of our projects were undercut at the last minute. There's a mole. The cash flow crisis has something to do with Galen, but he's vanished." "The night before Leon died, he received a message from Galen Brown, claiming he wasn't the one who embezzled company funds and wanted to meet to explain. That very night, Leon got hit by a semi-truck."

"The truck driver, Malcom, was diagnosed with terminal kidney failure just days before his accident, and oddly, he divorced his wife, leaving her everything right before the crash."

Each entry was brief, but the implications were terrifying.

I had always suspected something was amiss with the family business, but being away at college, I was out of the loop. Then my dad passed, and I was in surgery in Country Aurorea. I returned home, believing it was all a tragic accident.

Yet, my mom's diary painted a sinister picture of a conspiracy in the shadows, threatening to strangle the life out of the Crawford family. The mention of someone tailing Mom sent shivers down my spine.

Standing beside me, Jade was speechless as we digested the details.

or Aspire World, was nevertheless prosperous. We were sitting ducks if

your company?" Jade finally broke the silence. "Haven't

family business wasn't gone. It just wasn't ours anymore. After drowning in debt, Talbot,

passing, leaving us estranged. I didn't know much about

his family at your Mom's funeral, right?" Jade asked, recalling the day she rushed back from an

there was

dealings were thriving, even partnering with the

"Jade, remember our accountant,

never discussed

always treating me kindly And I

my parents, Galen

"The bald man? The one who

I nodded.

surprised. "He

nod followed by

Mom's diary, a family friend for over two decades. Galen often picked me up from school, always with snacks for

people can hide dark secrets," Jade said, her voice

the bubble of denial I had been living in. It broke my heart to accept that someone we trusted for so