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.

wasn’t like that–I was optimistic, determined, and spirited.

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

It made my love for him feel more

How I began sacrificing

about?”

and saw him leaning on the railing,

so I replied, “I was just thinking… There’s no way I would have imagined the person I saved from drowning was a guy. You must’ve been about

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

to his troop. He wanted to instill some discipline in me, and he thought maybe I could get some

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

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

“I, for one, am glad you were a scrawny kid back then. How else was I going to pull you to

time I was 12, Thad already reached about 5’4“. But an early growth spurt had limited my later growth, so In the end,

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

me laugh out loud. “Were you about to call