A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

Chapter 1

At the airport’s arrival hall, a girl stepped out into the bustle, long hair loose around her shoulders, sunglasses and a mask half–concealing her striking features, wireless headphones resting around her neck. In one hand, she easily carried a small suitcase, her long, pale legs drawing more than a few lingering glances as she passed.

People stared, some whispering, half–convinced they’d just spotted a celebrity in the wild.

She halted, pushing her sunglasses up with a careless touch.

“Miss Alessia.” A middle–aged man in a tailored suit appeared before her, head respectfully lowered.

Alessia Tate slid off her sunglasses and tucked them into her collar. The small beauty mark beneath her eye only emphasized her allure.

“Are my parents home?”

“Yes, they’ve returned,” the man replied.

Alessia’s expression didn’t flicker with excitement or even the slightest hint of nerves. It was as if the people waiting for her were complete strangers.

“Butler, don’t forget the rest of my luggage,” she reminded, her tone languid.

“Of course, Miss. I’ll have it brought to your room shortly.”

at

have been a wreck, scrambling for the next flight home. It was one thing if the other family rivaled the

Poor

or heartbroken–if anything, she’d almost kept traveling abroad, only booking her

curb, a black sedan waited with its door already open. Alessia didn’t break stride, slipped inside, and pulled on her headphones the moment

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car glided away toward

watched the city slide by outside the window, her mood as calm as glass. When she’d first learned she wasn’t the

her–financially, she’d been better off than any of her peers, with a monthly allowance that

heir. Three children meant a backup–a spare, in

If you wanted something, you earned it with your grades. When the siblings reached the right age, they were shipped off to the most elite

academics.

wanted. The downside? Her parents never paid her the slightest

to be seen. But she was never acknowledged, never celebrated like her brother and younger sibling. She let

did could ever

was nothing but a pawn, her only value lying in the marriage alliance she’d be expected to

was back. Perfect. Thanks to her, Alessia’s plans for escape had moved up by a whole year. The details had changed, but that

Alessia, we’ve arrived,” Dawson announced, holding open the