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.

faintly remembered Lisa from our fourth or fifth grade when she was a little tomboy dressed like a fairy from children's

tossed it at me. "I'm

about giving it back to me!" Clyde dashed off to the bathroom like a man on a mission, leaving me speechless as the phone

bimbos, watching the phone battery drain as it buzzed relentlessly until I finally turned it off. Clyde had crafted his persona, and he should deal with these unwanted

beginning my search into the Crawford family's recent

high gear. The

a few years ago. Her social media was about the high life, the epitome of a wealthy heiress

considering her bizarre

shake the feeling that something was up with the Crawford family. Unless Lisa had fallen for Clyde at first sight,

Crawford family had recently secured a big project, so it didn't seem the company was in trouble. What was going on? Online searches only

show up, but Lisa did, too. Both came to discuss a potential collaboration on a bridge project, and

Lisa utterly unprepared by comparison. She kept playing the

smiled, staying silent, and I didn't want to interfere, hoping Clyde would see through Lisa's lack of preparation. But how would