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."

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

briefed me on

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

to the heart

he wants to take

him, surprised by

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

nodded, seeing

whole Kayla fiasco, which clearly implicated the

thicker than water, and no one

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

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

Fenton brought out some company

busy this morning, went through these documents and spotted an issue," he pointed at Jade's

not here, Ms. Scott's running the show solo, which

capabilities, but it looks like we're short a senior

taking over some of the CEO duties and looking after Clyde, the Design