Blimey, My Kid's the Heir to the Billionaire Boss!
Chapter 176 Hanging by a Thread

Since their birth, the kids had never been apart from her, and now, they might have to spend a few days separated... Sadie Roth was resolved to uncover the culprit behind the scenes; she wouldn't let anyone hurt her children. Thinking it over, her list of enemies was short: Samuel Brown, Finley, and the White family mother and daughter... Samuel Brown and Finley were behind bars, so they couldn't be orchestrating these events.

And as devious as the White family mother and daughter could be, they wouldn't dare act under Micah Clemens' name.

So who could it be?

She dialed the number for the male escort service as she headed home.

She'd left in such a hurry earlier that she'd taken nothing but her cellphone; now she planned to grab her things and stay at a hotel until everything was cleared up.

Too busy on the phone to notice, Sadie was completely unaware of the figure lurking in the shadows, following her every move...

At the airport, Micah Clemens had just boarded his flight when he discovered a missed call and a chilling text message from Sadie Roth on a different number than his own: "Come save me!"

His complexion turned pale. Without hesitation, he rose from his seat and disembarked the aircraft.

"Micah Clemens..." Rylan hurried after him, confusion in his voice. "What's going on?"

"Cover for me in Country X. I need to head back," Micah uttered without looking back, breaking into a sprint after a few quick steps.

Internally, he berated himself for such a critical oversight. How could he have ignored the imminent threat from that madwoman who disrupted his press event? She was almost certainly targeting Sadie. And how on earth had he missed her calls?

If anything happened to Sadie, he would never forgive himself.

"What's our play?" the security team asked Rylan.

"Team One will watch Micah Clemens. Team Two's coming with me to Country X," Rylan gave the orders. "Keep a low profile. Don't interfere with him."

"Got it."

Back at home, as Sadie Roth was about to turn on the lights, a terrifying sense of danger washed over her from behind. In a panic, she grabbed a high-heeled shoe and flung it.

The shoe missed its mark, and the intruder nimbly sidestepped.

Fumbling into her house, Sadie slammed the door shut and bolted it, bracing against it with her body.

BANG. BANG. BANG.

The door shuddered with each violent kick, pushing Sadie forward each time.

Terrified, one hand pressed against the door and the other clutching her phone, Sadie tried to dial for help.

Her ringtone slashed through the tension. It was Micah...

Picking up the call in a frenzy, she gasped out, "Save me..."

"Sadie, where are you?" Micah's voice demanded urgency. "In my house."

"I meant where the hell is your house??"

"I..." Before she could finish, the door burst open. Sadie fell, her phone skidding across the floor.

Scrambling to her feet in an attempt to flee, a dark figure knocked her down with a swift kick.

A scream pierced the air as Micah clenched the steering wheel until his knuckles turned white, driving as if his car might take flight with his urgency. "Who are you? Why do you want to kill me?"

Sadie was on the floor, crawling backward in horror. The assailant approached, step by steady step, clad in black, wearing a mask and a cap that obscured his face, wielding a sharply pointed knife. "Don't kill me" Sadie Roth's voice trembled as she pleaded for mercy, "Take all the money you want..."

The shadowy figure in black paid her no mind, raising the sharp knife and thrusting it down with vicious intent...

"Mommy-"

Suddenly, a high-pitched scream cut through the air, followed by a blaze of green light that rocketed towards the assailant, striking him viciously in the eye.

"Argh!" The man in black howled in agony as blood spattered from his eyes, swinging his blade wildly at his unforeseen attacker.

"Bad man, bad man!"

Coco, agile as ever, dodged and darted, flapping her wings and soaring through the air.

"Coco!"

Scrambling to her feet, Sadie Roth snatched up Coco and bolted into the room.

"Damn it!" The man in black was hot on her heels.

Locking the door, Sadie pushed a dresser against it and, with Coco in her arms, prepared to escape through the window. It was then she remembered her apartment was on the thirteenth floor...