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.

on, but it was

and it had plenty of charge left in the car. Had someone been using it to make calls? "There was a call. I took

he started

to him, her voice fraught with anxiety, "Have

you think?" Micah turned to look at her, his gaze deep and complicated. "Is there a secret you don't want me to know?"

nature, he wouldn't be fooled easily. He would get to the bottom of things. Seeing her visibly distressed and preoccupied, Micah dropped his gaze and said, "Such despicable characters aren't worth my time." "You mean... you didn't go?"

husky, "How could I when

"I...I..."

her fervent attempt to distract him so he wouldn't interrogate Kathleen

chuckled, finding her

afternoon, you were much more daring than now," he teased her, "No alcohol,

about to speak when something crucial dawned on her, "Have you seen

she'd been with

those times, it had been

wasn't an escort, then she

paused, cursing inwardly for

said coolly, "I saw you once at the

Club when Finley had drugged her and

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