When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 120

Chapter 120



I shoved Clyde aside and landed hard on the floor.

Seeing Kayla's lifeless body next to me, a bullet wound between her brows, I realized that death in real life bore little resemblance to the dramatic scenes portrayed on TV.

There wasn't much blood, but her eyes were wide open, staring toward the door, unblinking in death.

Paramedics in hazmat suits rushed in, pulling Clyde away from the scene.

Summoning the last of my strength, I crawled to Kayla's side and fished a pill bottle out of her pocket.

me away, Clyde broke free and ran toward me. "Melanie,

and snot mixing as

time, I didn't push him away. Instead, I opened the pill bottle and shoved two pills into his mouth. I wasn't sure if they'd work, but Kayla

all set to

isolation units, I felt a wave of relief wash over me. "Let, um,

were what I said before my

like a woman scorned. If Clyde knew about my illness, he'd uncover why I had left before. And with Jade and Eliana

clad in protective gear, bustled around me. I felt faint, my thoughts a chaotic tangle, until I spotted Warren. Reaching out to him, I felt

expression unchanged, but his eyes showed a hint of disdain as he gently pushed my hand away with his clipboard. "The patient is alert. Radiation exposure isn't too severe. Use medication for now. You

looked at him with admiration. "Dr. Chandler, can you read minds? Did

a stroke of bad luck, but stepping into our hospital seems to have lightened it. The impending doom has

hospital, Clyde had no clue about my condition. When I woke up, Warren's poker face greeted me again. "You've been eating a lot of health supplements, haven't you? You're not

asked, "There's a 'but,'