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."

cameras flashing non-stop. As I left, Kayla clutched at my jeans.

in tow, Clyde rushed

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

the surrounding cameras and TV station logos. He hurriedly ushered me into the car and

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

discuss it with me. Instead, he just dropped me off

to clean up and could even tarnish

Kayla managed to break away from the Patterson family and even

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

seemed convinced of the narrative, yet no one delved into who this rich kid was, why I

Kayla painted me as the

believed stepping into someone else's marriage was

I was about to switch off my phone

exposed

kidnapping her ex-boyfriend's

Then came the news of her ex's