When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 128

Chapter 128



I wanted to keep probing Clyde about his investigations, but his phone suddenly burst into incessant buzzing. Visibly annoyed, Clyde glanced at his phone, and his face darkened even more. "Melanie, it is all your fault!" He handed me his phone with a scowl, and upon seeing the texts from Lisa, I was at a loss for words.

[Clyde, I'm back at the hotel. It's so creepy being here all alone.]

[The hallway is deserted. Ugh, I don't even feel like stepping out now.]

[I brought only this nightgown. Do you know where I can grab some pajamas?]

Lisa pushed the envelope, attaching a sensational picture. The silk lingerie was practically sheer, hinting more than it concealed.

she was a little tomboy dressed like a fairy from children's

rang with Lisa's call, and Clyde tossed it at me. "I'm not dealing with this. She's your cousin.

shower. Don't even think about giving it back to me!" Clyde dashed off to the

relentlessly until I

turned my attention to my computer, beginning my search into the Crawford family's recent

moves, taking his veterans to Ironvale and kicking their business into high gear. The Crawford family had undertaken several critical projects,

media was about the high life, the epitome of

considering her bizarre

with the Crawford family. Unless Lisa had fallen for

recently secured a big project, so it didn't seem the company was in trouble. What

following day at work, not only did Vinson show up, but Lisa did, too. Both came to discuss a potential collaboration on a bridge

She kept playing the family card, insisting being relatives made them

Clyde would see through Lisa's lack of preparation. But how