The Richest Man in Metropolis is My Backer by Dream Searcher

Chapter 73

Maddison sputtered, the machine next to her beeping an alert.

Edward quickly leaned in and patted her back reassuringly. Maddie, please. You should rest.”

“Don’t tell me what to do!” she snapped, shoving him away

Then, she cackled lightly at me, “That’s why your mor die so soon. It was divine retribution! Divine punishment! She deserv- Cough, cough!”

She gasped for breath, struggling to recover from the violent coughing fit.

Edward’s expression darkened. He patted her back again. “Maddie, I told you, not one more word, alright? You need to take care of yourself. You’ve got everything you wanted now, haven’t you?”

His tone had risen at the end, and he was clearly upset.

She looked away from me, staring at him in disbelief. “Did you just scold me, Eddy?”

I was just frustrated for your sake,” he explained, his

don’t want me to show her the truth because her poor, fragile heart

his hand from her shoulder. He straightened his back and took a step back. “When will you stop doubting me, Maddison? I told

Can you swear you don’t care about her? That she’s nobody to you?!” she screamed. “You’ve been glancing at her nonstop since

her coughing

myself. Maddison

for her. He’d spent 7,000,000 dollars just to rent my

this… was what she gave him.

expression on his face–profound regret.

silent. The air felt suffocatingly

sensed something was wrong because she quickly tried to pacify her.

tiredly, his voice filled with despondence. “I can see it now–you’ve never loved me. You’ve only wanted me as a tool

to leave.

grabbed his wrist, and began to cry.

I really want to be your wife… I hate my life… I hate how short it is, how it keeps me from being by

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