When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 157

Chapter 157



I became a third wheel when I was on an on-site investigation with Clyde and Lisa.

It was hard to tell if they were just putting on a show or if they had genuinely fallen into their roles, completely ignoring my existence as Mrs. Patterson.

Everyone seemed to orbit around them, as if they were the true couple in this scenario.

Especially Talbot, who stood by with a grin on his face, "Aren't they just a match made in heaven? Melanie, don't you think so?"

I really wanted to ask him if he was speaking in tongues.

He asked me if another woman and my husband make a good pair? Seriously?

But I choked down my words, making him believe that Clyde and I would never reconcile. It made him act all the more recklessly. Seeing my mood sour, his grin widened.

"Melanie, you're still young. Remarriage is quite common these days. No need to fret."

"Clyde's clearly over you, and I think it would be less painful to just accept it sooner rather than later.”

"And don't worry about being left out in the cold after your divorce. Talbot's got your back. With Talbot's support, what's there to fear?"

cold look, saying nothing for a

God damn you, Talbot. Already began scouting out the next option for his

with hypocrites or those old men with one

up with him, that did not seem

looked down

when I heard

play the role of a wife about to be discarded, stamping my foot

husband divorce me? You're

my voice down so that

to be pulled back by Lisa. I just shook my head slightly at

was ongoing, it was better to let Talbot

where I was heading and stayed

a taxi to see Jared,

Jared to have

under his eyes and his clothes were

alone in a diner when he

Is that

sitting across

been a while. I heard

shook his head, "That's nothing to do with you, kid. It's all Talbot's

filled him with