Chapter 1

Prologue：

I was a spoiled princess.

Then the true heiress returned, and I was revealed to be a fraud.

Not wanting to make things difficult for my parents, I moved into a college dorm and broke up with my fiancé.

"Breaking up again?"

"This time, it's for real!"

"Oh," Everett Thorne chuckled softly. "I don't agree."

He started chasing me publicly, throwing money around like it was nothing.

There were flowers and fireworks, a display of pure romance.

Expensive jewelry arrived at my door like an endless stream.

But I refused to see him.

My roommate, Nora Miller, suddenly snapped at me.

"Aria Whitmore, can you stop stringing Everett along?"

"You guys are broken up anyway. You won't mind if I go after him, right?"

Suddenly, a stream of glowing comments appeared in the air before my eyes.

【LOL, I love this direct approach! Nora is so fierce!】

【The fake innocent girl is playing hard to get, and now that Nora's stepping up, she's mad.】

【The male lead already humbled himself to ask for peace. She should be on her knees thanking him. A fake heiress still acting like a queen? How delusional.】

【Miss Drama Queen says she wants to break up, but she just wants the male lead to chase her like a dog. My poor baby Everett is so unlucky to have met her!】

【Enough! My heart aches for the male lead!】

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I stood there, frozen.

"What's with that look?" Nora's voice turned sharp.

"Don't make it look like I'm stealing your boyfriend."

I found it ridiculous.

"Keep your voice down. Is this something to be proud of?"

Nora's face turned bright red instantly.

"Why shouldn't I be proud?"

"Please, lady, you're broken up. Don't be so possessive of an ex, okay?"

【The side character is unbelievable. Does she think just because she dated him once, he has to stay celibate for her forever?】

【There are so many people like her nowadays. They can't have him, so they don't want anyone else to have him either. They're broken up, yet she won't let her friends shoot their shot. She's like a dog guarding a bone.】

【Stop hating on her! The Thorne family is wealthier than a small country. Everett is a genius heir with an IQ of 180 and actual royal blood. A high-quality man like that? It's only natural she'd want to guard him.】

In the middle of that overwhelming wave of insults, I caught the main point.

"Wait, who told you we broke up?"

Nora scoffed. "Stop pretending. I went through your phone a few days ago. I saw it with my own eyes."

It was so absurd that I couldn't even find the words to speak.

"Oh, are you getting defensive now?"

"I saw you were in a bad mood lately and came to check on you. You're not that petty, are you?" Nora added with a fake smile.

"Anyway, it's true that you and Everett are done, right?"

"That's my private business. I don't think I owe you an explanation."

【She's so toxic. She's hiding the breakup just because she's afraid a catch like Everett will go back on the market!】

【Thank god Nora is smart! She knew she had to check the phone!】

【Honestly, Nora is too moral. Even if she did steal him, she wouldn't be stealing from Aria. The real heiress hasn't even spoken yet.】

【Wait, according to the plot, shouldn't Aria act like she doesn't care and tell Nora to go ahead? Then Nora could chase him without guilt and marry into wealth. Why is Aria changing her lines?】