Blimey, My Kid's the Heir to the Billionaire Boss! by Nora Hoover

Chapter 182 My Person

"Clearly." Micah Clemens sympathetically regarded her. "Your father was a figure in his own right, and you didn't inherit his savvy? You can't even see through this simple deceit?" "I have to get to the bottom of this..."

Sadie Roth clenched her fists. Being swindled was one thing, but now she suspected there was more to her father's death.

"Good luck with that," Micah Clemens said, standing up to leave.

"Hey!" Sadie Roth stopped him. "Can't you help me?"

"You're not one of mine, why should I help you?" Micah Clemens was blunt. "If you were, I'd take on the world for you!"

"Pfft!" Sadie Roth shot back insolently. "I'll get a lawyer to check into it."

"Suit yourself." Micah Clemens turned to leave, nonchalantly adding, "But remember, by 9:30 tomorrow night, if you haven't gotten that necklace back, You'll have no choice but to come to me!"

...

a sudden rush of panic, Sadie Roth remembered the debt settlement agreement. The deadline

The necklace was with Leah White in Bordeaux... There was no way she'd get it

Sadie Roth lay awake throughout the night, her mind racing with thoughts of the eerie courier, Micah Clemens and his male escort facade, and the unresolved issues with her father.

to clear it, silently urging herself to take things step

sleep, only to be jolted awake shortly after by the insistent ringing of her phone. Groggily, she answered, and Leah White's furious voice erupted from the other end: "Sadie

virtually no sleep, those initial harsh words left Sadie struggling to grasp

you offered your necklace as collateral. Now you go whining to my husband? He just called me, demanding I return the necklace or else

voice came through: "Sadie Roth, the agreement was clear, signed in front of witnesses-two, no less. It's not like we forced you. And yet, you go blabbering nonsensically to Ronan." "You're quite something, playing the innocent angel while you're nothing but

interrupted with an irritated snap. "You had seven days to exchange the bracelet for the necklace, and instead, you left the country wearing it, blatantly stalling." "I can go wherever I want, are you

don't bother coming back." Sadie cut off Leah White mid-sentence, provoking her on purpose, "Ronan's arranged to meet with me tonight

"You wouldn't dare..."

worry, while you're gone, I'll take good

Sadie hung