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.

Lisa from our fourth or fifth grade when she was a little tomboy dressed

phone rang with Lisa's call, and Clyde tossed it at me. "I'm not dealing

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

as it buzzed relentlessly until I finally turned

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

high gear. The Crawford family had undertaken several critical projects, earning a

only returned home a few years ago. Her social media

her bizarre

that something was up with the Crawford family. Unless Lisa had fallen for

company was in trouble. What was going on? Online searches only revealed positive news, leaving

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 family card, insisting being relatives made them

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