Blimey, My Kid's the Heir to the Billionaire Boss!
Chapter 177 You're Heading for Disaster

"Ah..." Sadie Roth sobbed in utter distress. What to do? Was she going to meet her end here today?

"Mommy, if you jump, I'll jump too!" Coco tried to cheer Sadie on to make the leap.

"Of course you'd say that, you're a bird, but I'm not!"

Sadie was on the verge of tears.

Outside, the man in black continued to batter against the door-it wouldn't be long before he broke through...

But ahead was the thirteen-story fall, sure to result in injury or worse.

Trapped between a ruthless criminal and the high-rise...

It was a dead end either way!

"Jump! Jump! Jump!" Coco flapped her wings, urging Sadie.

"Forget it, if it's my time to die, then so be it!"

Sadie closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and braced herself to jump. But as the whistling cold wind brushed her ear, she pulled back, clinging to the window and wailing, "I don't want to die, oh please, my baby is still so young, and my money, I haven't even spent it all..."

"Boom!" The door burst open.

"Bitch, your time's up!" The man brandished his knife, his malevolent presence charging forward.

"Ah-"

Sadie shrieked in terror, hastening to jump, but her clothes snagged on the window ledge. She was stuck, unable to leap...

"No way!!!" Sadie's world crumbled into despair.

"Bad man!" Coco launched another attack, pecking at the man's eyes.

This time, as he stabbed with his knife, the blade sliced through Coco's wing, angling it towards Sadie Roth's throat....

Coco, wounded, tumbled into Sadie's embrace.

She closed her eyes in desperation, awaiting the end. But the knife halted a mere centimeter from her neck...

She was ready to face death...

Yet, the blade never descended.

The figure dressed in black crumpled to the ground before her.

Blinking her eyes open slowly...

A familiar shape materialized at the doorway amidst the dark, leaning heavily against the frame, panting with the ferocity of a wild beast, an unmistakable tension in his eyes as he scanned the room for her in urgency. "You okay?" Micah Clemens's voice trembled slightly.

Sadie Roth's tears burst forth, her sobbing deep and heart-wrenching. "Why did you take so long to get here?!"

"You only gave me '32 Happiness Street.' No building number, floor, or apartment number. Man, I've been running..."

Micah Clemens strode toward her, arms open wide in an inviting embrace.

Attempting to leap into his arms, Sadie didn't account for her clothes catching on the window sill. The force of her eagerness worked against her, toppling backwards...

Her eyes widened with terror, the thought of death consuming her.

Was this the day she'd meet her fate?

With the swiftness of an arrow, Micah closed the distance and grabbed her hand, pulling her back to safety.

She crashed into the solid breadth of his chest, replaceing a haven that overflowed with security.

Sobbing into his waist, Sadie clung to Micah without any intention of letting go.

"You foolish woman, what are you-a pig??" Micah cursed through gritted teeth, slapping her backside out of frustration. "You're too close to idiocy for comfort!" Her cries persisted, body trembling from fear and the sting of his blows.

His hits were brutally painful... but amidst her suffering, the sound of his strong, yet chaotic heartbeat oddly touched her.

Without hesitation, Micah tore her dress and lifted her from the ledge.

Curled up in his arms, Sadie clutched at his shirt for dear life.

"Don't be scared, I won't let anyone hurt you."

Micah lowered his head to kiss her forehead. "Mommy..."

A weak, murmuring sound interrupted them.

"What's that noise?" Micah froze, his gaze complex.

Startled, Sadie's alarm jolted her back to reality: "Coco, oh heavens, Coco's hurt..."