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.

was optimistic, determined, and spirited.

fate. Everything seemed to tell me that we were meant to fight his illness together–a team, a couple, capable of weathering any storm.

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

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

you thinking about?”

leaning on the railing, mirroring my

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

embarrassed. “I was scrawny, wasn’t I? A bit on the delicate side? That didn’t stop me from getting into trouble, though–to my grandfather’s

why he brought me along to his troop. He wanted to instill some discipline in me, and he thought

studying his impressive stature.

and taller around that time. Mom always said I looked like a different person every

back then. How else was I

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

uh, the size difference. It wasn’t until I saw you at the National Academy that I realized you were younger than me.”

“Were you about to call