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.

a giant like Patterson Group or Aspire World, was nevertheless prosperous. We were sitting ducks

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

family business wasn't gone. It just wasn't ours anymore. After drowning in debt, Talbot, who hadn't been in touch for years, acquired

Talbot and Crawford Group, my memories grew foggy. Talbot was my dad's half-brother, making our relationship distant at best. Family gatherings ceased after Grandpa's passing, leaving us estranged. I didn't know much about the disputes among the elders, only that our fortunes never seemed to intertwine after our rise to

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

there was no

served right, Talbot's business dealings were thriving,

asked, "Jade, remember our accountant,

never discussed these

been with the company for long and was older than my father, always treating me kindly And I

when tragedy struck my parents, Galen was

over. "The bald man? The one who always brought you

I nodded.

surprised. "He was Galen

nod followed by

for over two decades. Galen often picked me up from school,

hide dark secrets," Jade

broke my heart to accept that someone we trusted for