When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 158

Chapter 158



Things at home had become a blur, but one thing was crystal clear-we were flat broke.

And it seemed like every day someone would knock on our door asking about my parents.

I was sick, literally and figuratively. I was on the edge of sanity, especially with breaking up with Clyde hanging over my head. There was just too much to handle right now.

Looking back, our family business had got so many projects. Bankruptcy seemed to be impossible.

There must've been signs that these senior employees could sense.

I fixed my eyes on Jared. "Mr. Jared, what really went down? There was something more, right?"

His eyes darted around, struggling with something, before he finally let out a sigh.

"We had this one deal that could've been our lifeline. Your dad wanted me to go all in, and I..." He shook his head. "Melanie, I wanted to fight back. Believe me, I did."

"But Talbot, he suggested waiting for the ship to sink and then jump ship to join him."

That was when it hit me. Talbot had been wooing my dad's crew much earlier than I thought.

but other

accident made everyone panic, and my mom was trying

mom seldom stepped into the company's business because she couldn't understand it. Talbot proposed a better deal. He proposed handing

daughter just started high school and

into my eyes, his head

at every corner. No one could be expected to

you forgive

were murky, the spark of his younger years

just looked at

Jared, I'm not here to dig up the past. I'm interested in your

Patterson Group to take over, and I'm

didn't hold a grudge. Everyone was living only for themselves. But forgiveness wasn't coming easy

figure out the right

the project made

weren't for

cut corners to save money. Switched materials and altered designs. No wonder it got rejected. And to top it off, he offended the

in

expressionless, but my ears perked

at best and

hinted that the

bee

were