The Richest Man in Metropolis is My Backer by Dream Searcher

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Author: Dream Searcher

I threw the agreement in his face, leaped to my feet, and started showing them the door. “Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have a beauty nap to take. Get out of here and remember to take your trash with you.”

I couldn’t believe it took me eight years to realize who Edward really was. I had liked him since I was 16!

I guess I had Maddison to thank for that. I was this close to marrying a snake!

Sally was upset. “This is what I don’t like about you, Taylor. You have the temper of a tyrant!

“Look at Maddie—she’s gentle, docile, soft-spoken, and reasonable. She’s so considerate of me, too!”

I forced the disgust in my heart down and commanded my pet dog, “Bullet, get them!”

Bullet barked at them incessantly.

Sally’s face turned pale. “You! How dare you!”

Edward had to hold her hand as they backed away.

He shot me a cold glance. “This is too much, Taylor! How could I have been so wrong about you?!”

I smirked as I could say the same about him!

Edward and Sally left in a hurry. They even forgot to take Edward’s things.

I frowned—it looked like all of it would have to be sent directly to the garbage dump.

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The next morning, I received the money in my bank account.

Indignant and righteously furious as I was, I still wouldn’t say no to money.

I prepared the jewelry and got ready to visit Maddison so I could happily watch her die.

My father, Harry Jones, called me while I was on my way. “You’ve never come to visit your sister since she was hospitalized! How lacking in conscience are you, huh?”

I’d grown accustomed to his verbal tirades.

“Should I buy some fireworks while I’m at it?” I asked.

“What the hell?!”

“You know, to celebrate the occasion,” I explained.

“You bitch! You’re just like your mot—”

could finish. I imagined how enraged he must have felt, and I laughed.

if Maddison’s cancer was just divine punishment. Her parents had been terrible people their whole lives, after

saw it, it felt like the

knock on the door when I overheard the conversation inside.

Maddie’s guts since she was a kid! Always

she couldn’t sleep last night because of how

is this happening to me? Why isn’t Taylor the one who’s

door open and found my father embracing Cameron. How lovely.

the wall attracted their attention. They stared

was the first to speak. “Taylor,

with a soft smile, but I ignored

sparkler candles and stuck them into a cake I

was coming. “How dare you—”

the candles and dropped the cake

dropped them around the room.

the crowd.

would have done more—fireworks, maybe—if it weren’t for the other

went off, and the whole ward turned into

shrieking while Maddison called out

standing right outside the area, so I wasn’t drenched. The others, though,

and nurses came

with concerned onlookers as Edward, Harry, and Cameron bolted out

learning what had happened, erupted into

“It was her! She’s the one who did this! We

the most important thing was to

“We’ll move her to

warmth. Once a new room was

angry with me, but her concern for Maddison took

his face and scowled at

pay for this!” he

was done. I was about to leave when I remembered

back

shot me a wary look but didn’t do anything else. Maybe she was trying to

raised her

presented the jewelry box to Maddison. “Congratulations on your last wish fulfilled. Now

bitch!” Cameron shrieked.

I? It

Instead, she looked at me tearfully. “Thank you, Tay-Tay. Thank you for letting me marry Eddy. I know

started to

are in private, Maddie. I guess that little girl has grown up. Now you know you’ve got to put on a show in public—especially

kid back then, Tay-Tay. Sometimes, children are mean because they don’t know

a plus-one! I

I guess you wouldn’t

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