When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 111

Chapter 111



I couldn't make heads or tails of it. I might drop dead any second and didn't fear a do-or-die battle. But Kayla? Why was she doing this?

Clyde had a thing for her once. If things had stayed smooth between them, snagging the title of Mrs. Patterson would have been a cakewalk for her. Without lifting a finger, she could have effortlessly ousted me. Yet, she chose the most annoying and dead-end path.

When she stepped out of the police station and turned to kneel before me, I stumbled back in shock.

Kayla began in tears, "Melanie, I know you despise me, but you shouldn't have gone after my child. Clyde and I are truly in love. Why would you harm our baby? You're relentless in your pursuit, but why involve my innocent child? You can't bear one yourself, so you begrudge me mine?"

Her tears grew into a torrent of genuine sorrow.

I looked on coldly. "I didn't harm your child."

left, Kayla clutched at my jeans. "You can't

tow, Clyde rushed over and

argue, but I cut him off. "Think of the public

did Clyde notice the surrounding cameras and TV station logos. He hurriedly ushered me into the car and drove

mood, which kept the reporters at bay. "Our apartment isn't safe right now. Let's head to the mansion. The security's tighter there. You might want

he didn't discuss it with me. Instead, he

wouldn't be easy to clean up and could even

away from the Patterson family and even find reporters meant

was blowing up with news about me. Even my past, supposedly running

the narrative, yet no one delved into who this rich kid was,

front of the cameras, Kayla painted me

share of deluded fans who believed stepping into someone else's marriage was an act of love, rallying to

story flipped just as I was about to switch off my phone and

someone exposed

kidnapping her ex-boyfriend's

Then came the news of her ex's suicide, and her