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

Chapter 1273 Despicable

"Hey, Ms. James, wanna go check it out?" Annika asked, her voice barely above a whisper.

Sadie dropped her gaze, stayed quiet for a few beats, then started to walk away. She muttered, "Worrying about Joe will just make things worse. Let's bounce." Annika didn't say a word and trailed behind her.

Callie led them downstairs. By now, the soldiers had already pulled the car up to the door, engine running and keys in the ignition.

"See ya, Ms. James!" Callie gave Sadie a respectful salute.

Sadie saluted back and glanced up at Joe's room on the second floor.

Joe was by the floor-to-ceiling window, watching her. His wrist was still bleeding, and two female medics were bandaging him up.

Amanda and a bunch of maids were fussing over him.

Sadie couldn't make out Joe's expression from that distance or say goodbye. She just turned around and got into the car, feeling a pang of guilt.

a cold, arrogant

twisted with hatred. He spat out, "You owe my family, and you'll

looked back at the floor-to-ceiling window on the second floor through the rearview mirror. Joe was on his knees, shaking with

and a tear slipped down her cheek. She couldn't deny the guilt. Even though Amanda and Barbara's meddling caused a lot of this, if she had shut Joe down from the start, maybe none of this would have happened. Annika sighed. "Joe's really caught in the middle of

"It's a tough lesson, but he needs it to

wonder what's gonna happen to Barbara?" Jessica whispered. "I heard from a maid she's locked in the basement and being forced to take

tried to trap Joe by getting pregnant. No way Duchess Louis would let that slide,"

"People need to

last words?" Arya

frowned. "Check if the phone signal's back. Call Jesse and tell him to get ready; we need to leave Sunvale ASAP."

speeding out of

back, and Annika called Jesse. He picked

the castle. Ms. James wants you to

set things up.

"Okay," Annika said.