Chapter 31

Angeline was awakened by the sound of water running in the bathroom.

The blackout curtains in the hotel obscured the light, making it impossible to distinguish whether it was day or night.

Feeling a splitting headache, she instinctively wanted to press her temples, but her arms were so sore that she couldn't lift them.

Not just her arms, but her whole body ached terribly, especially near her pubic area.

Sean!

A thunderous explosion echoed in her mind.

She sat up abruptly. Her blood turned cold.

Clutching the duvet tightly against her chest, Angeline gazed at the down jacket that was still damp on the floor. Other than the down jacket, a shirt, trousers, sweater, and her jeans were scattered on the floor. The scenes from the night before played in her mind like a movie.

She wondered what she had done.

Angeline's face was drained of color.

Sean was the adoptive son of the Lawson family, her biological mother's brother in name.

She didn't want anything to do with the Lawson fam