Chapter 47
Edward glowered at me before running off, Maddison in his arins.
1 froze, confused. What had just happened?
It seemed like he resented me–why? Was it because he falled to spend 27,000,000 dollars?
I had no idea what happened to Maddison afterward. I returned to Metropolis, happy to have my bracelet, and went straight to her grave. I told her everything
mother’s
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It wasn’t until late at night that I realized I had a new problem: how was I supposed to repay Soren for this?!
I had to find time to talk to him. I needed to repay him, or this would haunt me forever!
Unfortunately, trouble arrived before I could do anything.
When I walked into the office the next day, everyone was knee–deep in gossip.
They
tried to act serious and politely greeted me when they saw me. I even thought their smiles seemed a bit too buttery.
I summoned Cherry into my office to ask what was going on
“You went viral, Tay–Tay!” she exclaimed.
“What? Why?
“The auction! Mr. Kenway spent 40,000,000 dollars on a bracelet just to gift it to you! Everyone’s talking about it. Everyone thinks the two of you are… Hee hee hee…”
Her grin said everything.
I held my forehead in my hand. “I knew people would gossip, but really? Et tu, Brute? You know I’m way below his league, right?”
“What are you talking about? There are videos online, and there are witnesses. Mr. Kenway spent 40,000,000 dollars, and then-”
“Honey, he’s just lending me a hand. I owe him money for that,” I interrupted her.
“Really?”
“Yes! It was a loan! The first time we met him was when we showed up at the Kenway residence. Did we look like old friends to you?”
“No…” Cherry shook her head. “Man, is he just impossibly nice, or what? He spent 40,000,000 dollars like it was just 40 bucks.”
“The Kenways are all like that, Cherry. You’ve seen it yourself. They’re all mind–bogglingly down–to–earth.”
The
“Fine, fine. I really thought you and Mr. Kenway had gotten spicy. Hee hee!”
I rolled my eyes. “Nothing like that, Cherry. I still have to pay him back… with interest!”
Yeah, I got it.”
“Please, just tell everyone to stop spreading gossip. We need to work even harder now,” I instructed. “I’ve got way
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too much debt.”
“Ma’am, yes, ma’am.”
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She stopped, checked her phone, then suddenly looked up in surprise. “Tay–Tay, everything’s gone from the Internet! Every single video and picture is gone!”
I was stunned, but then it hit me. It had to be Soren, right? No one else could have done this.
I guess he hated that kind of gossip too.
I was relieved I hadn’t started fantasizing about us because of it. Maybe, as Cherry had commented, 40,000,000 dollars was like 40 bucks to him. He saw how desperate I was and offered help out of kindness.
Meanwhile, I thought it was the biggest thing to ever happen. I thought it deserved my life!
I even thought… Maybe he felt something for me.
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Chapter 40
