When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

I was just about to hit up Jade to get the lowdown on the office drama when Eliana swiped my phone right out of my hand.

"Seriously, do you have any clue how wrecked you are right now?" she snapped.

"Why the heck are you stressing about the office? Let Clyde deal with that mess."

Warren strolled in then, his face a mask of stone, though his eyes flickered with irritation.

"Keen to work? The Grim Reaper's got a spot all lined up for you. Eager for an early promotion?"

"Warren, that's way out of line!" Eliana jumped in, protective as a mother hen, shielding me behind her.

"She's not got long left. Can't you say something nice for once?"

Rubbing my aching forehead, I couldn't help but feel these siblings were here to twist the knife.

"Eliana, cut it out. I've got a couple more years in me."

Both Eliana and Warren turned to me, their faces clouding over.

Warren, casting a glance at my medical reports, said, "Let's get you admitted for a week. We'll talk about discharge once you pass all the tests."

"I haven't lost a patient on my watch yet. Try me," he said, his face unchanging, yet his words carried a chillingly real threat.

Eliana, baring her teeth, added, "You bet. I'll be here every day to make sure."

True to her word, Eliana stuck by me whenever she could.

by now and

she's the queen bee, acting all high and

around calling herself a design prodigy. Like, please, who doesn't know

in the group chat. And guess

hair, both completely lost in each other's eyes. It was getting hard to tell if Clyde saw me in her, or had always seen her in

in, eyes wide

I've got a bombshell for

your minds, with Rachel applying for

selling her kidney wouldn't even cover it. Guess who funded

her hand, "Cut to the

"The Pattersons."

emotion. "How'd you know? And

and Jade both stared

I sighed. "Merritt Patterson?"

Rachel

Clyde.

her,

claimed it was hers.

WY

a fortune, easily fetching millions at

Pattersons aren't fools. Merritt, knowing the situation,

someone of her background, making sending her abroad the perfect

the pair were not about to

planned on