The Richest Man in Metropolis is My Backer by Dream Searcher

Chapter 420

1 nearly laughed in her face. What crocodile tears she was shedding!

Wasn’t she acting like some tough Karen when she was fighting an elderly woman? Now, with the cops about to take her away, she was suddenly playing the role of a desperate, helpless mother.

She was clearly trying to gain Soren’s sympathy. She knew very well that Soren was the one who had caused her family’s downfall. The only hope she had for evading punishment or securing a lighter sentence was to appeal to him.

Unfortunately, Soren was a far more principled man than I was.

“Your people brought this on yourselves. You’d trade other people’s lives just to line your pockets!” Soren shot back, his tone sharp. “I’m glad your family’s falling apart. Just imagine how much more crime and corruption your family would commit if your family kept rising!”

Sally stood there, stunned.

Then, as though the tears had never existed, she burst out in fury. “How dare you speak to me like that, Soren Kenway?! I’m older than you! You should show me respect!”

“Respect is earned, not demanded,” he retorted coldly. “You’ve earned nothing. Be glad nothing worse happened to her grandmother. Otherwise, you would’ve gotten more than just a lecture from me.”

Soren turned to the cops. “Please, teach this woman the lesson she clearly needs.”

police leave, my lips struggling to hide my

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to suppress my amusement. “I was just thinking how nice it is to have someone backing me up. I hope I don’t

he said, his tone confident. “If you were the type to do that, I wouldn’t have the chance to meet you.”

swayed by power, I would’ve been corrupted by the

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I sighed. “Now that you’re here… Want to

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taken aback.

quickly, realizing that neither my grandmother nor aunt were mentally prepared. They’d be

into trouble last

home, though? That was different.

no?”

wasn’t about to let me second–guess my decision. “I’m just surprised you’d

been too impulsive offering that. For all I knew, we might break up soon enough. Why should

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