When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 138

Chapter 138



Clyde cleared his throat loudly, regaining his serious demeanor. He straightened my shirt for me, then gave my shoulder a reassuring pat. "Keep up the good work, and don't let the project slack," he said.

Then, with a swift turn, he was off, leaving me standing there awkwardly as Jade burst into uncontrollable laughter.

"What's going on with you two? Made up already? Talk about a quick change! Has Clyde been possessed or what?"

She came over, mimicking Clyde's gesture with a slap on my shoulder.

"Keep it up, haha!"

I rolled my eyes at her and spilled the beans about what had happened that day.

Jade acted as if she already knew, dismissing it with a wave of her hand.

"Well, he was drugged, no big deal. He was so out of it, only calling out for his wife. If I didn't know his backstory, I'd think he was some kind of romantic lead."

Eliana would

phone was dead,

of me was relieved; my relationship with Clyde seemed to be mending, making the investigation

last. At the end of the day,

to the family

the incident, Clyde and I hadn't gone

and how could Merritt not

involvement could at best act as circumstantial evidence, or

thought of Merritt demanding answers made

quickly reassured me, "If you

let's go. We

would happen. We couldn't avoid the

upon our arrival at the Patterson Mansion, Clyde was made to

at the mess you've

have a

home, yet

Can't

yourself in check?"

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