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

Chapter 197 The Check

All night, Sadie Roth was plagued by nightmares. Upon awakening at dawn, she found herself bathed in sweat...

Her eyes shot open as she stared at the ceiling as her breaths came in frantic gasps...

It took a while to collect herself and recognize she was safe within the walls of her villa's bedroom before she could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Feeling sticky and uncomfortable, she got up to shower, only noticing then that her fingers were cut and stung when water hit them.

She didn't dwell on it-probably a scrape from last night's escape.

After freshening up, she stepped out of her room to a knocking at the door, followed by Dahlia's voice, "Miss Roth, may I come in?" "Come in," she replied.

Dahlia entered, carrying a birdcage.

Inside, Coco lay quietly, timidly scanning these strange new surroundings...

Upon spotting Sadie Roth, Coco's demeanor instantly brightened, and despite its injured wing, it flapped excitedly, shrieking, "Mommy, mommy!"

rushed forward to open the

out and landed on Sadie's shoulder, nuzzling

Sadie murmured,

her neck like a

little parrot's got soul,"

little

day and it'll be all better in about a month." Dahlia hung up the

Sadie breathed out. "I owe Coco my life; I

VIC Group attack sent you those threatening packages. Don't worry, Andrew and I will

then swiftly changed the subject. "By the way, Micah Clemens has invited you for breakfast. You better

had already

reflected on last night's ordeal, she realized she had made a promise in a moment of desperation to save her life. Was Micah Clemens now going to force her to seal the deal? The thought sent her into a panic. God, if she

"Mia, Mia!"

Coco's voice snapped Sadie out of

with a whisper, "Coco, we're not at home. You need to be careful about

"Mia, Nathan, Noah..."