The Richest Man in Metropolis is My Backer by Dream Searcher

Chapter 309

After breakfast, I told Soren to leave first, but he insisted of taking me to work

I blinked. “But how will I get home? By subway?”

“Of course not. I’ll be the one to pick you up!” he said, snorting.

I was surprised.

“Isn’t it normal for a man to take his girlfriend to work and back?” he added with a smile. “Do you really expect that little from your boyfriend?”

1 bit my lip. Over the years, I had gotten used to relying only on myself.

Soren sighed. “Poor girl. Don’t worry. You’ve got me now.”

“But what if one day you’re gone, after I’ve gotten used to this?” I asked.

Some things were far harder to lose than to never have at all. Wealth was one. The warmth of someone who loved you was another.

fear losing

going cold turkey. It hurt. But if you had never known it, you

firmly, “No. I’m not the kind of

bubbling in my chest. I believed

it. Love wouldn’t be so difficult if that were true. And that wasn’t

but in

joking!” I said instead. “You didn’t have to take it so seriously. Anyway, wait a bit. I need to

“Okay.”

I was done, Soren was happily playing with Bullet. I had worried he might get impatient, but when he

hand, and

just so perfect. I couldn’t find a single flaw in him–and sometimes, that made me feel undeserving

as I was about to open the door, he tugged me back

What?” I

going to thank me for

at

my chin and kissed me. His scent filled my

was silent except for our heavy breathing. If not for work, I wasn’t sure when this kiss

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