Blimey, My Kid's the Heir to the Billionaire Boss!
Chapter 220 Marriage Registration

Sadie's brow furrowed. Had her personal details been leaked online?

No, that wasn't it. What if she went through with this marriage registry with the guy and Kathleen reneged on her promise to pull the story from the media? The news had fermented to this level; scrapping it would likely cost a fortune.

Did the Whites even have that sort of money?

"Sadie, are you here of your own free will to marry Mr... the gentleman here?" Asked the employee.

Kathleen snapped back irritably before Sadie could answer, "Of course, she is. Do you think we're forcing her to marry or something?"

"I'm addressing the person concerned, not you," the clerk, a stern-looking lady in her fifties with thick glasses, pressed.

Stumped for words, Kathleen fell silent.

"It's your turn to answer," the clerk said, looking straight at Sadie.

"Give me five minutes," Sadie said, taking back her ID and pulling Kathleen aside.

"What are you doing? You're not thinking of backing out now, are you?" Kathleen hissed in a low voice; her anger palpable.

"The news is still circulating. You haven't pulled the stories..." Sadie confronted her.

"Leah's been on the phone with all the major media outlets. We've already dropped thirty million to buy out the trending spots this morning. These things take time; it's not like it can be pulled instantly..." "Thirty million to bury a trending topic?" Sadie sniffed out the insinuation, "Kathleen, you think I'm some kind of fool?"

"I mean we've already dropped thirty million, and we're still pouring money." Kathleen hastily explained, "It's not like you can just dump all that cash in one go. We have to reach out to each media outlet one by one."

"I don't care; you need to get me off the Twitter trending list first, then I'll consider signing the marriage papers," Sadie wasn't falling for it this time. "Once I sign, there's no turning back. You guys have to show some good faith first, right?" "Fine, drag it out then," Kathleen sneered, "Wait too long, and your dirty laundry will be out in the open for the whole world to see. Even pulling the news won't help once your little illegitimate secrets are out."

"You..."

Sadie was left speechless. Indeed, the speed of internet gossip spread faster than any virus. Forget a day, even an hour, or a minute could turn everything upside down...

"Look..." Kathleen shifted gears between tough and tender, "We want to settle this mess quickly, just like you. After all, we've got our reputations to consider. If this blows up, it's bad for everyone's image. If it weren't for your scandal with Ronan hitting the news last night, I would never have spilled the beans about you and him. Keeping that ace up my sleeve would be much better than playing it now.

It was you who got too anxious, thinking that hopping into bed with Ronan and making it public would scare us.

You should realize that Ronan still has his parents to answer to. Just watch and see if he'll stand by you now. When trouble hits, he won't be seen anywhere near you..."

"I'm going to say this one last time. I was not the girl from last night, and the news didn't come from me," Sadie was exhausted from repeating herself, "You're always after me, but you're barking up the wrong tree!" "How is that possible?" Kathleen was clearly unconvinced, "If not you, then who?"

"It's..." Sadie's mouth opened, but no words came out; she knew that even if she did name someone, Kathleen wouldn't believe her, nor would she let it go.

She was already having a hard time dealing with this mother-daughter duo, and crossing Arianna would only make her life even harder...

"Cat got your tongue?" Kathleen said through gritted teeth, "At this point, you're still playing games with me? You think I won't have Leah expose those bastards' story right now?" Or maybe, she pretended to dial a number...