The Richest Man in Metropolis is My Backer by Dream Searcher

Chapter 157

Chapter 157

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I was pretty sure Soleil wasn’t asleep. She had to be quietly listening in, waiting for tea…

Silence enveloped Soren and me, thick with awkwardness. The air felt stifling, and I grew uncomfortably hot.

Was it nervousness, or was the wine finally catching up with me? I tried to suffer through it quietly, but my back was beginning to sweat.

“Um, is the AC working? I’m feeling a little stuffy…”

Soren’s driver was a young man with tanned skin and a muscular build. He looked like a soldier doubling as Soren’s bodyguard.

He glanced at me through the rearview mirror, obviously stunned. “It’s 22°C, Miss Jones.”

Shit. That was supposed to be the optimum temperature!

Before I could respond, Soren added, “Turn the temperature down a little, please.”

“Alright.”

too low. Soleil might feel cold,”

smirked faintly. “Your

your chit–chat. Right now, I don’t exist…” she muttered,

it! She was faking it!

brief exchange had broken

opportunity to start a new topic. “Do you have any special role to play during the centennial?”

look at me.

face, illuminating him at different angles in seconds. The shifting shadows, the flickering lights–he looked like a mesmerizing piece of animated

“Do

wouldn’t think much of my role. After the lecturer added me to the Instagram group chat, I found

The academy chooses the model, while we provide the

in the park for you, I imagine,” he

gladly offer ten different outfits in exchange for not

specializing in bespoke clothing.

wouldn’t put modeling

“No, no. I know I can’t. I

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