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?"

him a cold look, saying nothing

Talbot. Already began scouting out

different with hypocrites or those

with him, that did not

Lisa looked

felt a bit smug when I heard someone think of him like

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

my husband divorce me? You're

didn't keep my voice down

saw Clyde trying to come over, only to be pulled back by Lisa. I

was better to let Talbot distract

Talbot didn't care where I was heading and stayed back at the

called a taxi to see Jared, hoping he might

I did not expect Jared to have changed

circles under his

was eating alone in a diner when he saw

that

nodded, sitting across

been a while. I

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

Talbot filled him with