The Richest Man in Metropolis is My Backer by Dream Searcher

Chapter 23

“Mm–hmm.” I nodded, avoiding his gaze.

Cherry seemed to notice. She stared at me with a curious, almost suspicious expression.

I switched to a longer tape and requested, “Please lift your arms and level them, Mr. Kenway.”

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As he complied, I circled behind him and realized he was nearly 6’3” tall. I was lucky to be 5’8” myself. Otherwise, I would have needed a stool just to measure him.

1 finished measuring his upper body quickly, but when it came time to measure his waist and hips, I felt a bit

unsure.

Should I measure from the front or the back?

What was even more striking was that every woman in the room had stopped talking and was now staring at us.

1 suddenly felt very nervous. The tips of my ears were burning–maybe even turning pink.

Soren noticed my hesitation and asked, “What’s the matter Miss Jones?”

You’re… tall!” I

“Should I crouch?”

mean, there’s no need,” I replied hastily.

lip, steeled myself, and decided to measure him from the front. To do so, I had to wrap the tape around his waist, which meant

this close to any man except Edward.

with male clients before, but I was never

looked down at me as I “hugged” him. The warmth of his breath brushed

race irregularly, as though it had been spiked with something. The scent of pine forest

like his

my heart was pounding faster. I felt like I was embracing a ball of flames.

yet. I still needed to measure

couldn’t handle it anymore, so I decided

mind was already in chaos. The tape slipped from

grabbed something,

the tape.

realized what had happened the moment Soren stiffened.

never made such an elementary—and utterly ridiculous–mistake in my entire career!

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of her work as an excuse?! A shameless opportunist who copped a feel in public by feigning a slip?

abandoned my measurement attempt, quickly

gasped. “I’m

stunned, approached to check