The Richest Man in Metropolis is My Backer by Dream Searcher

Chapter 242

I had been lowering my head to avoid Soren’s gaze, but he led to meet me exactly by looking down at me. I couldn’t avoid him.

I feigned calmness and decided to play the fool. “I was just lling a joke, man. Why so serious?”

“But I wasn’t joking. This is why you’ve been revoked the right to joke about it. Equivalent exchange,” he replied patiently, as though he hadn’t just said the most absurd thing. “It’s your turn to Introduce yourself now.”

I froze. “What am I supposed to say?!”

“Hmmm… I’m not interested in your earnings and savings Those are yours. But I’m interested in your relationships. What did you like about Edward? Do you still love him? Who else is vying for your attention right now?”

What?! What were we doing–playing Truth or Dare?!

My jaw hung slack. I couldn’t even make a sound.

Soren studied my shock and smiled encouragingly.

Finally, I found my voice. “I decline to play!”

on strong–arming me. “No can do. I’ve answered your questions honestly. You should reciprocate–it’s

there, but he radiated a new aura of authority.

me of who I was talking to–Soren Kenway, the scion of Metropolis‘ most aristocratic and powerful family, who always had things under his

he were watching me with the intensity of a

family and his had been friends for generations. When my parents divorced and a lot of things happened, he

It just happened.

start. It was something that naturally came to be. Everyone else thought we

sick and bedridden. I took care of him, because that’s what girlfriends do for

now, perhaps he didn’t cherish my heart because he never had to work to

that just human

most sincere love in return. I had hoped that if he saw how good I was, how unconditionally I loved him, he’d cherish me. Maybe, just

wasn’t how the world worked. The more I gave, the less I was valued in his eyes. The more he took me for granted, the more he believed I was

me far too long to see the truth.

about him? Well…” I trailed

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