When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 204



"Melanie, are you okay?"

Jade squeezed my shoulder, trying to lend me some of her strength.

All I could do was shake my head, at a loss for what else to do.

Suddenly, Rachel's anxious voice echoed down the hallway. "Clyde, Clyde, what's wrong? The headache again?"

I rushed out to see Clyde slowly sinking to the ground by the elevator doors, his face ghostly pale.

Jade and I hurried over.

"Clyde, what's happening to you?"

Just as I squatted down to reach for him, Clyde pushed me away and leaned towards Rachel instead.

"My head's killing me."

His voice was so pitiful. Rachel stiffened for a moment before letting his head rest against her, pulling out a pill from her purse.

"Take this, you'll feel better. Don't be stubborn, love, take your medicine."

Clyde listened to her, quickly swallowing the pill.

He clung to Rachel, a sight that was both striking and harmonious.

squatting there, feeling

up,

Rachel coughed awkwardly.

this from Merritt last time, worried Clyde

I nodded, understanding.

only trusted her now, naturally only taking medicine she provided. He treated me like

way, their looks filled with inquiry, curiosity, and more often

be swirling again tonight, but I was powerless to

yet ready to let

Rachel and Clyde left, my

seeing me zoning out, insisted

are you planning

worried, but all I could do was

his head, what

don't you find Rachel... a

be keeping her distance? And her tone earlier, it

I didn't respond.

were me, I certainly wouldn't want

seemed to always be around him by

Design Department's plans

by her,

been

she had less work and would feel useless if she didn't

her pride, I didn't

owned by the Chandler family? Maybe there's some old-timey Westem medicine, like a leech treatment or something,