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 for

began scouting

or those

him, that did not

looked

I heard someone think of

was to play the role of a wife about to be discarded,

Help my husband

my voice down so that

over, only to be pulled

it was better

expected, Talbot didn't care where I was heading

taxi to see Jared,

not expect Jared to have

with dark circles under his eyes and

a

Is that

nodded, sitting across

it's been a while. I heard

to do with you, kid. It's all

filled