"I thought you would be stunning." Nick sneered with mockery. "Micah must be blind to fall for a woman like you." Sadie slowly opened her eyes, looking at Nick with confusion, "Who are you?"

"Who I am doesn't matter to you," Nick said with a smirk. "Just know that I'm not someone you want to cross." "What do you want?" Sadie gasped weakly, out of breath.

Nick chuckled darkly. "I'm about to hand you back to Micah, but before I go, I'll give you a parting gift..."

With a gesture of his hand...

Two burly bodyguards stepped forward to restrain Sadie immediately. Selina withdrew a syringe, preparing to inject Sadie...

"What are you doing? Let me go..." Sadie's eyes widened in alarm as she struggled desperately. "What is this? Let me go, let me go― Ah!"

In the end, Sadie could not break free. The long, thin needle plunged into her body, and the clear liquid was fully injected.

Sadie screamed in terror, shaking her head and struggling, but to no avail. She had no idea what the substance was or what harm it would do to her. Fear consumed her.

Meanwhile, Nick lounged in an armchair, swirling a wine glass in his hand with a wicked grin. His eyes resembled those of a venomous snake, coldly fixed on Sadie.

As Sadie continued to shake her head and struggle, her cascading hair fell away from her face, gradually revealing her beautiful features...

Nick was taken aback at first, then his gaze turned to shock...

He blinked hard, thinking he had seen wrong, and quickly commanded, "Lift your head!"

Selina grasped Sadie's chin, forcibly lifting her face.

A face of serene and unearthly beauty was revealed...

Nick was completely stunned, staring as if looking at a devil, his eyes filled with astonishment and even panic...

After a long moment, Nick exclaimed a name, "Eleanor James?!"

Sadie's whole body shuddered, and she looked up confusedly at the cold and ruthless man in front of her, "How do you know that name?"

"Who is Eleanor to you?" Nick demanded, agitated.

Before Sadie could respond, she collapsed onto the bed and clutched the injection site, writhing and screaming in pain. Shortly after, she began foaming at the mouth and lost consciousness... Nick remained frozen in the distance, staring in disbelief at Sadie.

Finally snapping out of it, Nick urgently commanded, "Find out everything about her background, now. I want detailed information, fast!"

"Yes!" Selina immediately went to carry out the orders.

"Boss, the drug has been administered," the bodyguard reported in fluent English. "In three months, she'll be completely incapacitated, at your disposal."

Nick didn't say a word, his eyes reflecting a storm of complex thoughts.

It seemed he was desperate to prove something...

Soon, his assistant reminded him it was time to leave.

Nick stood up. "Treat her wounds, get her cleaned up, and then put her in the car. Don't move her again!" "Yes."

Half an hour later, the still unconscious Sadie was placed in a business van.

Nick sat beside her, his eyes narrowed, watching her with a complex gaze.

The car started and slowly made its way to Newark.

Selina was still engrossed in her computer, making phone calls to activate her network and swiftly uncover Sadie's background.

"We need to know the answer before we see Micah," Nick commanded.

"I'll do my best," Selina replied, somewhat troubled. "It seems like someone tampered with Sadie's records. A lot of information is inaccessible. I only found out that her father is Newark's former richest man, Edmond Roth." "Edmond?!" Nick was shocked, shaken to his core. "The same Edmond I drove to his death four years ago?"

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