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

Chapter 190 The Dangerous Man

Micah Clemens shrugged noncommittally, pouring himself half a glass of chilled liquor and sipped slowly.

"Why are you doing this?" Sadie was close to the breaking point, "Do you have some grudge against my father? Is that why you're toying with me?"

At that accusation, Micah stilled, lifting his gaze to meet hers, "What has someone been saying to you?"

"Feeling guilty?" Sadie pressed, her voice filled with agitation, "Is my father's company bankruptcy somehow tied to you?"

She ventured the one question that burned within her, risky as it was, she had no other play in her hand. She didn't have the means to investigate him on her own, and blunt directness seemed her only card left. "Who told you?" Micah Clemens's eyes narrowed dangerously.

"By asking that, are you saying it's true?" Sadie Roth didn't want to face the reality, but his reaction almost confirmed her suspicions.

"Ronan Potter?" Instead of answering, Micah Clemens threw the name back at her.

"He has nothing to do with it." Sadie was quick to absolve Ronan Potter, desperate to clear his name, "Tell me, is it true that you ruthlessly took over my father's company, leading to the collapse of the Roth Group?"

"Interesting." Micah swirled his glass thoughtfully. "He was groveling at my feet, ready to beg for mercy, and I was almost inclined to let him off. But he dared cross me, and now, it's a dead end for him!" Without warning, he pulled out his phone and dialed a number, "Put the Ssi Project on hold."

Clemens had already ended the call. Sadie hurried to

twisted into a mocking smile as he

Panic swelled within Sadie

just as another call came through, "Micah Clemens, Ronan Potter is outside on the

Micah

"Yes, sir."

ending the call, his gaze lifted to meet hers, "So, what

you up to?" An ominous

enough." Micah Clemens's eyes trailed her figure, now partially

still dripping with water. As she planned to retreat to her room to tidy herself up, the sound of a car alerted her to Ronan Potter's arrival. In her confusion, she hurried

groveling voice reached her ears, "Mr. Clemens, here's the ruby necklace. I'm sorry,

are you standing outside? Come in and sit down," Micah Clemens offered with a veneer

Potter stepped

Micah Clemens hollered into

coiling in her stomach, but she steeled

was swathed in an oversized robe