Chapter 26 Greedy and Lustful

"Ah!" Sadie cradled her head, tears streaming from the throbbing pain.

Micah's lips twisted into a triumphant smirk. "Go on. What's next with your boss?"

"It hurts so much! It's killing me..." Sadie choked back her sobs, her voice quivering with distress. "Are you getting back at me for last night? I know I was wrong..."

"Where exactly did you go wrong?" Micah inquired, his tone detached.

"I shouldn't have handed you over to those rich ladies," Sadie confessed. "Thankfully, you managed to escape. Otherwise, you could have really been crushed under their weight. That would have been tragic!" "Not to that extreme," Micah shot back, his tone icy and sharp.

"Not extreme? The three of them together could have flattened you with their combined weight," Sadie said as if a newfound sense of morality had dawned on her. "If you were gone, who would help me share in their wealth? From now on, I won't force you into such situations. We'll save up gradually, little by little..."

"Glad to see you have a shred of conscience left!" Micah remarked, a hint of approval in his icy demeanor.

"How much does your sugar mama lavish on you each month?" Sadie pried, her curiosity getting the better of her. "She's even letting you drive such a fancy car. She must be very generous to you, right?" Micah felt a sense of foreboding. "Why do you ask?"

"Just curious," Sadie said, her voice tinged with hesitancy. "Is it in the thousands?"

to ignore

Sadie

Micah's frown deepened.

anxiety was palpable. "She can't be that stingy,

"What do you want?"

Sadie inched closer, a sly smile playing on her lips. "It stipulates that you have to give me half of your earnings for the first three months. And those

have let his guard down

been filled with loathing, vowing to teach

throughout the night had been brimming with what seemed like genuine remorse. And the nightclub manager had informed him that she'd been waiting for

the truth for himself. He'd witnessed her in a tussle with several women, all vying for "him," and once again, he'd intervened

turned out she was just angling for him to keep making money for her,

quickly clutched his arm and wheedled, "Actually, having a sugar mama isn't so bad. Financial security is better than toiling away at the nightclub... But if you do both, you could rake in

on, completely unaware that Micah's

that's half a million dollars. That means I could get 50,000 dollars a month, then with ten, that's half a

gripping the back of her head. He pulled her towards

Sadie was taken aback, her nerves jangling. They were barely an inch apart, and she

between them crackled with tension, and the

making a suggestion. If you think my request is too steep, we could go 40% and 60%. I'll take the smaller cut, and you keep the bigger share..." Micah pinched her chin, his

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