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?"

look, saying nothing

you, Talbot. Already began scouting out the next

was different with hypocrites or those old men with one

up with him, that did not seem

looked

smug when I

could do was to play the role of a wife

Help my husband divorce me?

keep my voice down

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

ongoing, it was better to let Talbot distract everyone for

where I was heading and stayed

to see Jared, hoping he might

Jared to have changed so

was disheveled with dark circles under his eyes and his

alone in a diner when he saw

that really

nodded, sitting across

it's been a while. I heard about what

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

Talbot filled him with