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

scouting out the

Clyde was different with hypocrites or those old men

ended up with him, that did

Lisa looked

a bit smug when I heard someone think of him

all I could do was to play the role of a

what? Help my husband divorce me? You're really something,

down

to be pulled back

the investigation was ongoing, it was better to let Talbot distract

didn't care where I was heading and stayed back

see Jared, hoping he might let

I did not expect Jared to

under his eyes and

was eating alone in a diner when he saw me,

that

nodded, sitting

while. I

his head, "That's nothing to do with you, kid.

Talbot filled him