When Love Becomes a Cage (Melanie) novel Chapter 222

Vinson looked like he had just dashed off a construction site, still clad in his work gear, his face smeared with dust, and breathing heavily.

But he couldn't care less, "What's up with Clyde?"

"What else could it be? It's all about that Rachel!"

Jade clenched her fists, seething with anger.

"Even if Clyde's been a mess, he couldn't have forgotten everything, could he?"

"And that Rachel, knowing full well the situation, how dare she try to step into your shoes?"

She and Eliana started ranting, while I closed my eyes, taking it all in.

Rachel might have fallen for Clyde back in college, and perhaps that's where her resentment towards me stemmed from.

Every time I bought her lunch, making excuses for not wanting it or being unable to finish it, I could see a glimmer of resentment in her eyes.

Back then, I thought she resented her own lack of means or her background.

It never occurred to me that she resented me.

She might have felt I was insulting her with my charity, or that I was just discarding things I didn't want onto her.

Bit by bit, this resentment had sharpened into a dagger aimed right at me.

Suddenly, I understood why she did what she did.

Even if it was for a fleeting moment of happiness, she was willing.

Her words at the Patterson family gathering still echoed in my mind. I was always the beloved one.

She was blind to the tragic death of my parents, to the years of agony being married to Clyde had brought me.

She even overlooked how Clyde humiliated me at the office for her sake.

In her eyes, I deserved it all.

Eliana and Jade continued to rail against Rachel and Clyde, but their words were becoming a blur to me.

Warren thought they were too noisy and sent them out to grab some comfort food and essentials for me.