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 listed company, the Crawford family's business, though not a giant like Patterson Group or Aspire World, was nevertheless prosperous. We were sitting ducks if someone

Jade finally broke the silence. "Haven't you been in touch

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

ceased after Grandpa's passing, leaving us estranged. I didn't know much about the disputes among the elders, only

Jade asked, recalling the day she rushed back

there was no other

my memory served right, Talbot's business dealings were thriving,

"Jade, remember our accountant,

never discussed

and was older than my father, always treating me kindly And I always liked him as a family

when tragedy struck my

"The bald man? The one who

I nodded.

surprised. "He was

followed by

from Mom's diary, a family friend for over two decades. Galen

can hide dark secrets," Jade said, her voice tinged with

pierced the bubble of denial I had been living in. It broke my heart to