Blimey, My Kid's the Heir to the Billionaire Boss!
Chapter 1192 Beginning the Counterattack

Arya went to open the door and found it locked. Just as she was about to blow a fuse, Annika showed up just in time to chill her out and asked, all puzzled, "How the heck is this door locked from the outside?" "Right? I just stepped away for a sec, and when I came back, the door was jammed." Arya, who was always straight-up, declared, "Someone's definitely messing with us."

"Maybe you accidentally locked it when you went out," the maid next to Amanda chimed in.

"What are you saying? That we locked ourselves out?" Arya snapped back, fuming.

"You were the ones outside, so who else could've done it?" the maid shot back, all smug.

"You..." Arya was about to clap back when Annika stopped her. Annika turned to the maid. "Could you please open the door?"

"You're much more polite." The maid gave Arya a cold look, opened the door, and then respectfully greeted Sadie, "Ms. James, thanks for your hard work!" "Joe's asleep, don't wake him." Sadie instructed and then bounced.

Just then, Amanda came out of the library with the kids and called out to Sadie from downstairs, "Sadie, join us for lunch?"

"Sure, I'll just change and be right down." Sadie responded with a smile, cool as a cucumber.

Behind her, the two maids watched and finally let out a sigh of relief.

Back in the room, Arya couldn't help but rant, "It was definitely those maids around Duchess Louis who locked the door. How dare they blame us? It's ridiculous." "Your temper, when will you ever chill?" Annika said with a frown.

"Don't you believe me?" Arya felt super wronged.

"It's not about belief, you need to stay calm when stuff happens. Does flipping out ever help?" Annika explained patiently.

"We should tell Duchess Louis and get those maids punished," Arya said, all fired up.

Annika sighed, her tone sharp. "Do you think they'd dare to do this without someone telling them to?"

Arya was taken aback, momentarily stunned. "You mean Duchess Louis told them to do this?" she asked, shocked.

"Obviously," Annika replied, rolling her eyes.

Arya turned to look at Sadie, who was calmly fixing her hair. Arya couldn't help but ask, "Ms. James, why would Duchess Louis do this?"

"She wants to create chances for Ms. James to be alone with Mr. Louis," Annika explained, "This isn't the first time."

"How shady," Arya said angrily, "Can they really set this up? What does she take Ms. James for?"

Annika didn't say anything; she just looked at Sadie with concern.

Honestly, she also felt that Sadie didn't need to put up with this. The James family, even without the Louis family's protection, could still take care of these kids just fine. "Just over twenty days left, stay calm," Sadie said as she walked to the dressing room to change clothes, "Bring me those beige flats."

"Got it," Annika brought the shoes to her.

Arya didn't get Sadie's plan. Even though she was pissed, she could only go along with it.

Soon, Sadie changed her clothes and went downstairs for lunch with Annika and Arya.

Amanda had set up a fancy lunch and personally took care of seating the kids.

Barbara also helped Joe downstairs for lunch.

Joe, having napped for a bit, was feeling better but still wore a mask to avoid spreading his cold to the kids.

The whole family had a lively meal, and the vibe was super chill.

The kids ate fast and soon finished, clamoring to play with Legos.

Sadie told Arya to take them while the three adults kept eating.

"Sadie, I'll handle the kids. After lunch, you can hang with Joe," Amanda said kindly.

"I get your motherly concern, but," Sadie said casually while cutting her steak, "Joe's not a kid anymore; he doesn't need me to babysit him all the time!"