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.

felt like a proclamation, a teaser for something even

heard a knock

here we go,

the door, still

down on us, swirling in the

from the sudden pops while Alex and the others shrieked with glee.

handsome men entered the room!

me a bouquet. The second hung

and set what looked

the fifth performed a magic trick. He transformed a cane

a trolley carrying a cake of the most exquisite

laughing nonstop, like someone at the craziest fiesta My friends weren’t any more composed–they shrieked so excitedly I was half–worried the glassware

understood the meaning of the “Queen of the Night”

I had to hand it to my girls–this birthday party was perfect for

Choose any one

men–each with his own

but I quickly realized I couldn’t

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