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

direction and smirked faintly. “Your acting’s not too shabby.”

just get on with your chit–chat. Right now, I don’t exist…” she

it! She

this brief exchange had broken

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

look

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

“Do

lecturer added me to the Instagram group chat, I found out

academy chooses the model, while we provide the clothes.

for you,

ten different outfits in exchange

fashion designer specializing in bespoke

put modeling behind you, given

I know I can’t. I look pretty… and that’s about it.”

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