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."

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 the last thing we need. Looks bad all

the whiz kid, had briefed me on several similar cases

was running on, but at least the Patterson kids were competent, so it

the heart of the

take

him, surprised by

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

seeing

after the whole Kayla fiasco, which clearly implicated

thicker than water, and no one

was simply more competent than York; otherwise, York wouldn't have been grinding his teeth these

hand, weren't seeing things as clearly

Fenton brought out some

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

Scott's running

but it looks like we're short a

some of the CEO duties and looking after