Page 224 of Secret Heir For The Billionaire Twin

“I called the office again. I tried the number I had for you.”

“That number was changed during the investigation.”

“I didn’t know that.”

I laugh once, but there is nothing funny about it.

Sophie leans forward.

“Do you think I knew any of this?”

“I don’t know what you knew.”

“Well, maybe that’s the problem.”

The words hit exactly where they are supposed to.

I stare at her.

“Then why did you leave Philadelphia?”

Her face closes slightly.

“I needed to leave.”

“That isn’t an answer.”

“It’s the answer you’re getting.”

“Sophie.”

“I had no job. My professional reputation had been dragged into a story I didn’t write, and every time I opened my phone there was another headline with your name attached to mine. I was done.”

“So you moved across the country?”

“Yes.”

“To California?”

“Yes.”

“Just like that?”

Her eyes harden. “No. Not just like that.”

There is something behind the answer.

I feel it immediately.

“What aren’t you telling me?”

Sophie’s posture changes almost imperceptibly.

“Not everything that happened afterward belongs in this conversation.”

I hold her gaze.

“You disappeared.”