Blurb：
After SATs, childhood friend Lucas Bennet dumps Sophie for scholarship girl Stella Jones. But Chase Sterling, the wealthy heir, pursues Sophie with luxury cars and roses. When online comments reveal Chase is just distracting the "villainess" Sophie to protect the main couple Lucas and Stella, Sophie plays along—then dumps Chase first. Using his money, she flees to study abroad, outsmarting everyone. A tale of betrayal, revenge, and self-worth in a world of rich heirs like Chase Sterling and Lucas Bennet.Content：
After the SATs, my childhood friend, Lucas Bennet, dumped me and went to the same college as the scholarship girl.But his buddy, the Sterling’s heir apparent, applied to Berkeley with me and launched this full-on, dramatic pursuit.
The moment I said yes to his confession, I saw the comments.
[Classic devoted second male lead, sacrificing himself to distract the villainess so the main couple can be happy.]
[Don't be fooled by how he spoils the villainess now. Once she's totally hooked and stops bothering the male lead, he'll dump her hard!]
[Poor villainess, still clueless.]
[Serves her right. Who does she think she is? Clinging to Lucas, making our precious heroine insecure.]
Were they talking about me? The villainess?
Was I... pitiful?
I glanced at Chase Sterling, leaning against his Lambo filled with roses.
He was ridiculously handsome, loaded, very considerate to me.
Seriously, I hit the jackpot!
Later, the scholarship girl tearfully threatened him to break up with me to prove he hadn’t fallen for me.
Chase was extremely irritated and dialed my number.
No one picked up.
Because.
I’d already ditched him first.
With all the money he'd given me over the years, I boarded a flight to study abroad.
The comments popped up just as I was about to say yes to Chase Sterling’s confession.
This Sterling’s heir apparent.
Post-SATs, he’d hauled himself all the way to California.
Just to chase after this bankrupt heiress—me.
He pulled up in an Aston Martin filled with roses.
The hand resting on the window wore a Richard Mille.
Everything about him screamed obscene wealth.
He gave me that signature casual grin,
“Sophie, liked you for ages. Give me a shot?”
Squeals erupted around us.
Comments scrolled furiously.
[Villainess, say yes! Only when you're with the devoted second male lead will you stop messing with our main couple's sweet romance~]
[Scheming woman. So you're the male lead's childhood friend? Shouldn't you know the childhood friend never wins over a new friend? Stop clinging! Disgusting.]
[Chase, you better play her hard. Dump her when she's most invested, teach her a lesson.]
So that was it?
Well, color me delighted.
I took the bouquet.
“Okay.”
Seriously?
This was Chase Sterling. East Coast royalty. Someone I’d never normally cross paths with.
Now he was lowering himself, pulling out all the stops, just to trick me?
Since when did I get this lucky?
I’d made it!
The male lead the comments mentioned was my childhood friend, Lucas Bennet.
Our moms were BFFs.
When I was ten, my family went bankrupt, and I got sent to live with the Bennets.
They treated me well enough—roof over my head, no worries about clothes or food.
But the suffocating feeling of being a charity case, the whispers, the sideways glances…
It chipped away at my self-respect constantly.
Then, around puberty, I realized something.
The closer I got to Lucas, the less the nasty gossip flew.
To make my life easier, I started to approach him.
Bringing him breakfast.
Delivering Gatorade courtside.
Doing his homework.
It was that age, you know.
Lucas started looking at me with a rather ambiguous gaze.
Rumors flew.
They began to talk about when we would confirm our relationship.
The nasty voices vanished.
People who used to look down on me suddenly got friendly.
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