The Richest Man in Metropolis is My Backer by Dream Searcher

Chapter 298

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I knew Jean wouldn’t pass up the chance for a little friendly ribbing. And boy, was I a prophet.

I sighed. “We had a lunch date, but he had to leave halfway through because of some emergency.”

“Oho. So he stood you up. That’s why I’m suddenly an option again.”

“Hey, enough with that!” She really knew how to make me feel bad. “If you’ve got no plans for today, I’ll just spend the day sleeping. I didn’t get much sleep last night, anyway.”

“Sleep?! Lady, it’s the first day of the year!” Jean mentioned the name of a club and added, “We booked a spot for the afternoon, but I figured your schedule was packed, so I didn’t bother inviting you.”

“Gee. Thanks, pal. See you there!”

I arrived at the club before anyone else. I grabbed a magazine and read while I passed the time.

heard a high–pitched voice call out, “Oh–em–gee,

of two men and two women walked by. One of them–the

each other since that disaster at the

her completely. First, we’d been enemies since our university days. Second, Candy had been friendly with Soren before. She’d even visited

was sure of it. But Soren never mentioned her visit. I had no

took off her shades and smirked. “Are you going inside, or is

thought you owned a company, Taylor! Is

know you’re dying to be generous like last time, Candy. Come on, help me sign up for a

face twisted into a glare. “In your dreams, bitch!”

I said. “Underneath those gargantuan breasts, there’s a

a gesture toward her chest

but the man next to her tugged on

ear, and her anger flared into

woman abandoned by her partner and with a father