The Richest Man in Metropolis is My Backer by Dream Searcher

Chapter 416

I stared at Soren, a rush of happiness filling me. He was the first person, besides my family, to care so deeply about me. It was precisely because of his deep care that I was so reluctant to pull him into this mess.

Before I could even suggest breaking up, though, he spoke first. “No, please don’t say that. If you leave me, I’ll abandon everything to get you back. I’ll ignore whatever values my family has tried to impose on me. I’ll discard the duties and responsibilities they’ve burdened me with. I will throw all of that away to be with you.”

His words were as gentle as ever, but their content stunned ine.

My eyes widened. “Are you crazy? You’d throw away your reputation and future for love?!”

“I could. I’ve always obeyed their wishes. I do whatever they want, and I do it to the best of my abilities.

“You’re the exception. You’re the only thing I’ve ever fought for on my own terms. You’re something I worked toward because I wanted it.

“If they can’t support that, then this will be the first time I fight for myself,” he replied.

He flashed me a smile.

grimness settle over me. “Soren, this is terrible. I’d look down on you if you did that. I’ll do everything I can to leave you.

There’s so much more to it–things just as rewarding, things that make life worth living. I have my grandmother, my aunt, my company, my coworkers, my best friend,

different for you. You’re a modern–day aristocrat. You have a powerful family, and you have

also have more people to love–not just me, your girlfriend, but your family, your

give all of that up for me, even if your family doesn’t blame me, I’ll blame myself. I’d think I doomed the entire country by distracting you from what you should

through me as I processed my own

once imagined that someone like me–just a

stature.

give up his pedestal and prestige just to fall into the mud with me, then what did

some random, ordinary guy–another weed flower like me–instead of trying to measure up

known what I liked about Soren until now. But after hearing him say he would give everything up for me, I realized what I truly

hero.” I loved

mixed with

at me