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."

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

his lawyer in tow, Clyde rushed over and forcefully pried Kayla's hands off

cut him off. "Think of

Clyde notice the surrounding cameras and TV station logos. He hurriedly ushered me into the car and drove off, regardless of

bay. "Our apartment isn't safe right now. Let's head to the mansion. The security's

me.

easy to clean up and could even tarnish

the Patterson family and even find reporters meant York

with news about me. Even my past, supposedly running off with a

delved into who this rich kid was, why I left with him, or where we ended

Kayla painted

someone else's marriage was

just as I was about to switch

exposed Kayla

kidnapping her ex-boyfriend's

came the news of her ex's suicide, and her scandalous past as a streetwalker during her collège