The Richest Man in Metropolis is My Backer by Dream Searcher

Chapter 56

“Fine, fine!” I raised my glass. “To love that eludes us.”

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Love had eluded me too, hadn’t it? 1 had made so many sacrifices for Edward, only to be abandoned in the end.

It seemed I finally found the one thing I had In common with a man as privileged as Soren, after all.

He clinked his glass against mine, but before he drank, he stopped. “Do you still love your ex?”

I took a sip of my red wine. “Nah. But it does take time to completely remove him from my mind we were together for years.”

“I figured,” he replied.

“And a minor correction: he’s hardly my ex–husband in the eyes of the law. It’s a load of crap, but the long and short of it is that I have a feeling we won’t be legally separated for a while,” I complained.

Our second appointment was tomorrow, but I was worried he would be a no–show again. If he pulled that stunt, I’d have no choice but to sue him.

I didn’t want to do that, though, simply because the legal procedures would be too time–consuming. I was busy for these things lately!

face and asked, “He can’t let

too

thing he can’t let go of? Our relationship… or me as his life-

Soren looked baffled.

illness before and needed multiple blood transfusions. He has a rare blood type- which, as it turns out, I share. So,

I’m the main character in a soap opera. Where else can you find something so ridiculous in

finally replied, “You’re too

So, I’m glad I at least got

about this, so

about all sorts

and told him I wanted to repay

Soren insisted it wasn’t urgent. But I shoved the same legal documents I had prepared last time into his

couldn’t pay him back in five

so determined that he caved and signed

after returning home, I gazed at his signature and name on the documents. His handwriting was firm, strong, and confident.

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could no longer stop itself from

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was just so incredibly perfect and exceptional! Everything he did was mesmerizing. How was anyone supposed to keep it together?