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.

you fear losing

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

I’m not the kind of person who plays

warmth bubbling in my chest. I believed him

world would change just because someone willed it. Love wouldn’t be so difficult if that were true. And that wasn’t even counting the gap

tongue, but in

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

“Okay.”

with Bullet. I had worried he might get impatient, but when

his hand, and our

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

I was about to open the door, he tugged

What?” I asked.

to thank me for breakfast, fair Miss Jones?”

stared at his

he lifted my chin and kissed me. His scent filled my senses. I grabbed his shirt in surprise, clutching it tight..

room was silent except for our heavy breathing. If not for

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