The Richest Man in Metropolis is My Backer by Dream Searcher

Chapter 203

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Was it just me, or did he sound a little jealous? Something felt off, but luckily, it was still easy to feign ignorance.

I coughed quietly. “Well, it’s getting late. I should drive home. Please tell Mr. Rockefeller my thanks.”

I was about to hang up when Soren suddenly called out, “Taylor.”

I froze and brought the phone closer. “Yes?”

“I get jealous when you praise other guys in front of me. Please remember that I’m the first one to tell you how I feel, so you better be fair and just in the process. Otherwise..”

His gentlemanly voice had taken on a new, mesmerizing quality. It was low, soft, yet brimming with assertiveness and authority.

It felt as though my soul had been petrified by some kind of charming magic.

“Other what?” I whispered, my heart racing.

“You’ll know when it happens,” he replied cryptically. “Though I’d rather you never find out.”

I couldn’t understand what he meant at first.

be slippery because of the snow, so please drive safely,” he said. “Let me know when you’re home.

I mumbled, still

It took me a while to

meant.

he believed he should be the first to be considered. If I ever walked out of the shadow of my failed relationship and wanted to start over, I should be fair and give him a chance before anyone else.

there would

kind of consequences? No idea. He simply said I would find out when it happened–before adding

he really have to turn this into a brain teaser? Did everyone with a high–quality education love making things so

head against

Right. The bruise.

This time, it was

muttered in

like you’re dead?! It’s the weekend, babe! Don’t tell me you’re working again! Come on, it’s the first snow!” Jean’s voice rang out over the sound of merry

my ambiguous situation with Soren had been suffocating me.

sounded like

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Where are

snow here is

it! I’m coming!”

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I rushed over.

in a more remote part of the city, making it colder than the urban center. Because of that, the snow here

Lacey, and a few others were