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

at me. "I'm not dealing with this. She's your

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

battery drain as it buzzed relentlessly until I finally turned it

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

Ironvale and kicking their business into high gear.

lived abroad and only returned home a few years ago. Her social media was about the high life, the epitome of a wealthy heiress lost

considering her bizarre

family. Unless Lisa had

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

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

by comparison. She kept playing the family card, insisting being

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