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.”

lips struggling to hide my smile.

me a sly grin. “What?”

nice it is to

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

I were easily swayed by power, I would’ve been corrupted by the Jones family long ago. I might’ve ended up in jail by

true,” I

Want to visit my grandmother? Aunt Sarah’s here

n

aback.

that neither my grandmother nor aunt were mentally prepared. They’d be just as stunned to

trouble last year, but those had been brief encounters–they hardly

at home, though? That

I’d say no?” Soren

me second–guess my decision. “I’m just surprised you’d suggest it.”

impulsive offering that. For all

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