Chapter 227 Can't Shake Her Off

After some undetermined amount of time, Sadie groggily awoke.

She found herself back in the Clemens family mansion, lying in the massive bed she once slept in, her body aching all over. She turned over, intending to sleep on.

But then, questions bombarded her mind-interrogation, truth, secrets...

She jolted awake and searched frantically for her phone...

"Looking for this?"

A familiar voice reached her, followed by a familiar silhouette emerging from the darkness, his presence unsettling. "M-my phone," she stuttered.

Cowed and regretful, Sadie wondered, how could she have allowed herself to fall into such a deep sleep?

Had he already interrogated Kathleen in these past few hours and uncovered her secret about her children? "There." Micah pointed toward her pillow.

Rushing to grab it, Sadie found her cell phone beneath, but it was turned off.

it on, but it was completely

the car. Had someone been using it to make calls? "There was

that, he started to

her voice fraught with

Micah turned to look at her, his gaze deep and complicated. "Is there

have interrogated her; given his nature, he wouldn't be fooled easily. He would get to the bottom of things. Seeing her visibly distressed

Micah's voice turned husky, "How

"I...I..."

flushed with embarrassment as memories of her fervent attempt to distract him so he wouldn't interrogate Kathleen flooded her mind. Mortified, she covered her face, wishing she

finding her innocence

were much more daring than now," he teased her, "No alcohol, no drugs, yet still

speak when something crucial dawned on her, "Have you

with a man, she

had been

an escort, then

cursing inwardly

"I saw you once at the

Club when Finley had drugged her and he had come to

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