Blimey, My Kid's the Heir to the Billionaire Boss!
Chapter 1270 His Life Was a Joke

Amanda paused for a sec and then spat out, "That sneaky little witch Sadie, now she wants us to let her go? No way in hell. If she walks out that door, we'll never see her again. The marriage deal will crash and burn, and everyone will laugh at us. Plus, Joe will lose it. I say we stash Sadie somewhere else for now and then figure out what to do with Joe."

"Are you serious right now?" Craig snapped. "You think you can just treat Sadie like some kind of prisoner? Tristan might be MIA, but he's got a whole crew ready to mess us up. And don't forget, Jesse's still waiting for Sadie in Sunvale. Tristan might not even be down for the count. If he comes back swinging, we're toast. If we have a legit reason to keep her, fine. But if you push it, we're asking for trouble." "So what, you wanna just let her go?" Amanda shot back, clearly pissed.

Craig frowned, looking all serious and conflicted. Keeping Sadie locked up was a no-go, but letting her go was just as bad. What the hell were they supposed to do?

Just then, there was a frantic knock on the door, and Callie's voice came through, all paNinaed. "Duke Louis, Duchess Louis, Mr. Louis has locked himself in his room. He's not answering no matter how much I knock. Could something have happened to him?"

Craig and Amanda bolted out of there. "Let's go check."

They rushed to Joe's room and started banging on the door. "Joe, Joe, open up. Don't freak us out. Open the door so we can talk," Amanda pleaded, worried sick. No answer.

"Joe, open the damn door!" Craig yelled, but still nothing.

"What do we do? What if he's thinking of doing something crazy?" Amanda muttered, scared out of her mind.

"Break it down," Craig ordered.

"Yes, Duke Louis." Two soldiers stepped up and started ramming the door. After a few minutes, they finally busted it open.

"Joe!" Amanda rushed in, only to freeze at the sight.

Joe was sitting on the carpet, hugging his knees, head buried in his legs, like he was trying to disappear.

"Joe, are you okay?" Amanda approached him slowly, her voice soft. "If you need to let it out, just do it. Don't keep it all inside." "Everyone, out," Craig ordered in a low voice.

"Yes, Duke Louis." The room cleared out, the door closing behind them.

"Joe," Craig walked over, his face pained. But as a dad, he still laid down the law, "Get up. A man doesn't act like this over something so small. It's embarrassing." "Oh, don't say that to him," Amanda hissed angrily.

"Shut up," Craig snapped at her. "This is all your fault. You've coddled him since he was a kid, never letting him face any real problems. Now he's weak, not acting like a man at all." "You..." Amanda was about to fire back when Joe suddenly spoke, "You're right...I really am not like a man."

Those words hit him like a ton of bricks. After that, he felt a despair he'd never known. The world seemed dark, and his life felt like a cruel joke.

He was thirty, had achieved nothing, and his love life was a total disaster.

"Joe," Craig saw the hurt in Joe's eyes and felt a pang of guilt. He quickly tried to comfort him, "This isn't a big deal. Every guy goes through stuff like this. Just see it as part of growing up, and don't let it get to you."