The Richest Man in Metropolis is My Backer by Dream Searcher

Chapter 78

They’d put up banners behind my back. I turned and almet wished a piano would fall on me.

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! The Goddess of Metropolis and Beauty Upon Yell

[I’m 26, but I’m so beautiful I might as well be 16!]

Jean had clearly prepped for this day! Just look at her, giddily filming everything from the very beginning.

When I tried to take off the sash, she called out, “Nuh–uh, Miss! This thing stays on you till the entire night!”

Alex and Lacey–another one of my good friends–grabbed each of my hands, howling with laughter.

“Hey! We shouldn’t be traumatizing our new friend here with this!” I protested.

Soleil waved her hands, laughing as she filmed me too. “El I’m good, Tay–Tay!”

I was stunned. This young woman was more of a party animal than I’d thought!

“See this, Tay? You’ve just lost any right to ever complain about being alone! We all know you’ve been going through some tough times, so I spent a fortune to make ‘The Best Frickin‘ Birthday Party Ever for you! You’re gonna love it!” Jean declared.

God. It felt like a proclamation, a teaser for something even

heard a knock at

“Oho, here we go, ladies!

the door, still filming.

us, swirling in the cool

while Alex and the others shrieked with glee.

posse of handsome men

me a bouquet. The second hung

off my party hat and set what looked like a diamond crown on my head.

guitar, strumming “Happy Birthday,” while the fifth performed a magic trick. He transformed a cane into a long,

carrying a cake of

friends weren’t any more composed–they shrieked so excitedly I was half–worried the glassware might

meaning of the “Queen of the Night” sash. These men were here to serve

it to my

these hunks hawt?! They’re all better than a certain Shit–ward Kenne–dick! Choose any one of them

his own brand

I had a good memory, but I quickly realized I couldn’t keep

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