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."

then there's Clyde, dad's golden boy, his pride and joy. Once he's back in action, York doesn't have a shot at sticking around in the company." "Family scandal's

whiz kid, had briefed me on several similar

of the whole family business model Patterson Enterprises was running on, but at least the Patterson kids were competent, so it

to the heart of the

wants to take over,

looked at him, surprised by his

in the open is that no one wants to rock the boat." "You might have reservations, but I don't. Clyde's got him

nodded, seeing his

Kayla fiasco, which clearly implicated the Lairds, Merritt turned a

water, and no one wants to

than York; otherwise, York wouldn't

on the other hand, weren't seeing things as clearly as this fresh college

Fenton brought out some

went through these documents and spotted an

not here, Ms. Scott's running the

but it

the CEO duties and looking after Clyde, the