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

Chapter 210 The Perfect Standby

"It's all my fault," Mason admitted with self-reproach. "If I hadn't acted on impulse and cut everyone off after leaving Newark, your dad wouldn't have faced those problems." "It's not on you," Sadie Roth took a deep breath. "Maybe it's just fate."

"You never used to talk like that," Mason looked at her with empathy. "These years must have been hard for you, right?"

"It's not about hardship; it's just..." Sadie Roth fought the urge to pour her heart out and changed the subject. "Mason, did you come back to visit Arianna and your dad?" "I came for you," Mason's gaze was intense. "I heard about your troubles and wanted to see if there was anything I could do for you."

"You shouldn't be so good to me..." Sadie's voice broke as she began to sob. "The better you are to me, the more guilty I feel."

She glanced at his hand on the steering wheel, the left adorned with a black glove to cover the missing ring finger...

That finger, meant for a wedding band, was lost because of her.

"Don't be silly!" Mason, seeing her about to cry, immediately pulled her into an embrace. "I take joy in being kind to you. Let me be happy, okay?"

a sniffle, Sadie Roth nestled into his

faced challenges head-on, always finding

limits, moments of feeling overwhelmed, repressed, and

dare let Brenda and the kids see her unravel, but now, in

have nothing to fear with me here," Mason whispered, kissing her hair. "Tell

was being blackmailed by the White family, threatening to expose her past with photos

debt settlement that not even

too much already; she couldn't allow her troubles to

make an enemy of someone

had to keep him out of

Potter bailed at the clutch four years ago, you would never look back!" Instead of pushing her away, he tenderly lifted her face

that I'm back, no one can

brow furrowed, his protective