When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 197



Everyone's eyes were glued to Clyde in disbelief, and I felt as if my blood had turned to ice. Was Clyde suffering from amnesia, or were his memories all jumbled up?

I approached him, cupping his face in my hands. "Clyde, look at me closely. Who am I?"

"Melanie, have you lost it? My girlfriend's right here!" he yelled, then turned to Rachel and said, "Babe, I swear I didn't do anything! It's all her fault."

"This isn't exactly my idea of fun, you know!" I retorted, just as he shoved me away. Rachel quickly caught me, then whispered in my ear, "What on earth is happening?"

I shook my head; I was as clueless as she was.

Fortunately, a nurse came to wheel Clyde out for a CT scan, and the room quieted down.

Rachel and I exchanged bewildered looks.

"I barely said two sentences to him when I got here, and he woke up, nearly gave me a heart attack."

"He wakes up and claims I'm his girlfriend. I thought he was joking, so I played along."

"Do you think he's developed some sort of psychological disorder?"

just returned from abroad and had come for a routine check-up when she stumbled upon

over Clyde, and a

didn't expect to find you

you and Clyde together;

I had been by Clyde's side for so long

my shoulder. "Melanie, don't worry. Now that he's awake, he'll surely remember

nodded, though I wasn't

physical functions were fine,

recognized by the Patterson family. Throughout it all, his girlfriend

casually said, "Rachel went abroad for further studies,

was speechless; Rachel and I shared a dorm room, and I had

looked at Rachel

I

and you're friends with Clyde too. Could you look after Clyde? He seems

glanced at me, a hint of reluctance in

himself was the priority.

"It's just a mix-up in his memories, like tangled code. Just

body is the most important asset for any revolution. Rachel, please help

Rachel eventually sighed and