The Richest Man in Metropolis is My Backer by Dream Searcher

Chapter 109

It was precisely because Soren was such a promising, exceptionally brilliant young man that he had been allowed to become the leader of a weapons manufacturing company

Silence fell over us, filled with unspoken thoughts.

I leaned against the railing, gazing into the night, as memories resurfaced in my mind.

Regret washed over me.

If we hadn’t missed each other back then, at university… would things have been different now?

No. Maybe not. I had been too blinded by love to truly see Edward for who he was. I didn’t even know why I loved him so much.

I discovered his illness when we first started dating. Any other girl with a clear sense of logic would have broken up with him right then.

like that–I was

the same, I thought it must be fate. Everything seemed to tell me that we were meant to fight his illness together–a team, a

thought made me feel even nobler. It made my love for

that was how I started donating blood to him regularly. How I began sacrificing so much

about?”

leaning on the railing,

no way I would admit to regretting my relationship with Edward in front of him, so I replied, “I was just thinking… There’s no way I would have imagined

delicate side? That didn’t stop me from getting into

to instill some discipline in me,

said, finally realizing, studying his impressive stature. “Your grandfather’s mission

Mom always said I looked like a different person

am glad you were a scrawny kid back then. How else was I going

I was 12, Thad already reached about 5’4“. But an early growth spurt had limited my later growth, so In the end, I stopped at about 5’7“. Not that I was complaining–I

It wasn’t until I saw you at the National Academy that I

“Were you about to