When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 195



"What do you know, kiddo?"

York shot Fenton a venomous look before storming out of the office.

Meanwhile, Fenton grabbed my arm and led me into his office.

"Melanie, you know about the whole debacle with Uncle George wanting big bro to take over Patterson Enterprises a few years back, right?"

I nodded. Clyde had mentioned it, and I had only found out about it later.

Being a Patterson, Fenton was bound to know the ins and outs.

He sighed, "He's causing trouble because he feels slighted. Imagine having a mega corporation like that snatched from your grasp. Wouldn't sit well with you, would it?"

He poured me a glass of water, adopting an almost paternal tone as he tried to console me.

"Big bro's got his strengths, dad used to say he's not too shabby at management, or else Uncle George wouldn't have considered him."

pride and joy. Once he's back in action, York doesn't have a shot at sticking around in the company."

had briefed me

running on, but at least the Patterson kids were competent, so it wasn't

he got to the heart of

pot because he wants to take

at him, surprised by

open secret. The only reason it's not out in the open is that no one wants to

seeing

Kayla fiasco, which clearly implicated the Lairds,

is thicker than water, and no one wants to stain their kin

than York; otherwise, York wouldn't have been grinding his teeth these past

other hand, weren't seeing things as clearly as this

brought out some

been busy this morning, went through these documents and spotted an issue,"

Scott's running the show solo, which is

capabilities, but it

duties and looking