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 like a fairy from

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

about giving it back to me!" Clyde dashed off to the bathroom like a

until I finally turned it off. Clyde had crafted

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

into high gear. The Crawford family had undertaken several critical projects, earning a reputation and substantial yearly

only returned home a few years ago. Her social media was about the

considering her

family. Unless Lisa had fallen for Clyde at first

so it didn't seem the company was in trouble. What was

day at work, not only did Vinson show up, but Lisa did, too. Both came to discuss a potential collaboration on a bridge project, and Clyde sent them straight

was competent, making Lisa utterly unprepared by comparison. She kept

through Lisa's lack of preparation. But how would we dig