The Richest Man in Metropolis is My Backer by Dream Searcher

Chapter 113

+25 BONUS

My grandmother was just as stunned. “That was more than a decade ago! They remember that?”

“Did you know the man who showed up at our door was the current Kenway patriarch himself, Grandma?” I asked. “He’s retired now, though.”

“No way! How could I possibly know? I saw his title and figured he was at least some Lieutenant General.”

“But he later became the General! God, these are the kind of people we wouldn’t dream of marrying,” my aunt exclaimed.

“What are you saying, Aunt Sarah? He’s just trying to repay me for saving his life. He’s not interested that way,” 1 clarified, giving myself a subtle reminder as well.

“Shh. We can fantasize a bit when it’s just between us, right?”

“If Taylor hadn’t gotten tangled up with that Kennedy boy, just this act of heroism could have been the start of something real. But… Well, the Kennedy situation got too messy and out of hand, and now you can’t even annul your civil partnership immediately…”

My mood darkened. I had about a dozen days left before the court opened our case.

to get the

through this twice.

chance to bring my concerns to my lawyer. It wasn’t about the divorce, though.

gone. Please come see her one last time,” he said

surprised, but then again…

the type to hold a grudge against the dead, so I decided to

howling and weeping from inside.

just stay outside.

to the ward opened. It

He had clearly been

here,” he said

the door.

hugging her for half an hour,”

all. But

won’t be going in then. I don’t

just how desperate Cameron had been to get me

blame Maddie’s death someone who was already on her way there–on me.