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?”

I

“Should I crouch?”

no need,”

front. To do so, I had to wrap the

had never been this close to any

never the one taking their measurements–that was

as I “hugged” him. The warmth of his breath brushed

to race irregularly, as though it had been spiked with

smelled just like his handkerchief.

was pounding faster. I felt like I

wasn’t finished yet. I still needed to measure his

this from the front felt far too intimate. I couldn’t handle it anymore, so I decided to

The tape slipped from my hand,

grabbed something, all right.

wasn’t the tape.

realized what had happened the moment

had never made such an elementary—and utterly ridiculous–mistake

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

abandoned my measurement attempt, quickly stepped away from

gasped. “I’m sorry!”

still stunned, approached to check on