"You should apologize to Miss Roth," Dahlia said coldly. Of course, Kathleen didn''t want to apologize to Sadie...


    But seeing Ronan remaining silent and looking at Micah, she had no choice but to lower her head, and apologize, "Sadie, I''m sorry, it was my fault..."


    "Mom, you don''t have to apologize to her," Leah quickly interrupted Kathleen''s words and pointed at Sadie, "Mr. Clemens, don''t you know? This woman is not as innocent as she appears. She''s promiscuous. Four years ago, she yed with male escorts in nightclubs..."


    "It infuriated her father, and she even got involved with that male escort..." Sadie was shocked and about to intervene when Ronan quickly hushed her. At the same time, Leah received a harsh p across her face, not from Ronan, but from Kathleen.


    Leah covered her face, looking at her mother in disbelief. "Mom, why did you... why did you hit me?"


    Ronan was equally shocked. It was known that Kathleen showered Leah, her daughter, with limitless love. How could she resort to violence today?


    A mocking smile tugged at Sadie''s lips. She had underestimated Kathleen.


    Adapting to the situation and ready to face the consequences, she''s quite something!


    "In front of Mr. Clemens, you can''t be insolent!" Kathleen scolded Leah in a low voice, then bowed apologetically to Micah. "Mr. Clemens, we were in the wrong today, disturbing your leisure. Please don''t hold it against us!" Micah didn''t even nce at her, and instead, he took Sadie''s hand and turned to leave...


    Ronan saw Micah holding Sadie''s hand, his gaze filled withplex emotions...


    Soon, he regained hisposure, furrowing his brows as he said to Kathleen, "Mother-inw, I''ll have Vincent escort you all back."


    "No, no, no. The auction has just begun. How can we leave?" Kathleen smiled. "You go ahead, I''ll calm Leah down and be back in no time."


    "Fine, do as you wish." Ronan didn''t want to say much more and left quickly.


    "Ronan..." Leah tried to hold him back but was pulled by Kathleen. "Stop it, listen to me."


    "Mom, why? Why?" Leah trembled with anger. "Why would you do this?"


    "Silly child..." Kathleen held her tenderly. "I did it for your own good. Just think, if you expose Sadie in front of so many people, what would be the consequences?"


    "What consequences?" Leah couldn''t understand. "Sadie concealed the fact that she had a child. We tell Mr. Clemens, and he should punish her and kick that cheap woman out. We should be grateful. What other consequences could there be?"


    "You''re so naive..." Kathleen couldn''t help but be frustrated. "Which man doesn''t have possessiveness? Especially someone as noble as Micah! By exposing Sadie''s secret in front of so many people, it''s like saying Micah is blind. It''s a direct insult to him!"


    Hearing these words, Leah was stunned. It seemed like that could be the case...


    "Then it won''t just be Sadie who suffers. It will be us, and even the Potter family and the White family may be affected." Kathleen hurriedly exined.


    "I''ve heard long ago that Micah is the king of the business world. If he wants apany to die, it won''t see the light of day! He''s ruthless and shows no mercy. You must not provoke him."


    "Okay, I got it..." Leah pouted, feeling very aggrieved. "But you didn''t have to hit me. You could have just told me not to speak, right?"


    "If I didn''t hit you, Ronan would have done it," Kathleen frowned. "If I do it myself, it will be gentler, but if he does it, there will be no mercy."