A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

Alessia could only laugh in exasperation. Why did everyone around her think the answer to any problem was gifting someone a house?

“I didn’t even accept Cole’s help–now you want me to take yours? Are you sure you can handle the fallout?” She shot Pierce a raised eyebrow, half amused, half warning.

Pierce hesitated, suddenly realizing the danger he’d put himself in. Forget about Cole–the other people orbiting Alessia were notoriously jealous. If word got out that she’d accepted his help, he’d probably need to consult a priest before leaving his house, just to make sure it was a safe day.

He swallowed hard and inched backwards. “Thank you, Alessia, for sparing my life. She couldn’t help but let out a laugh, shaking her head, and decided to ignore him.

The classroom was even noisier than she’d imagined. Everyone was showing off their designs–some impressive, others just plain bizarre, drawing plenty of laughter.

But the moment Alessia walked in, the room fell abruptly silent. People stared at her with oddly complicated expressions.

“What’s up? Did I get a new face or swap genders overnight? Why do you all look like you’ve seen a ghost?”

Her joke broke the tension, and laughter bubbled up around the room.

“Hey, if you did, which doctor had the guts to mess with that face?”

“Seriously, who’d dare?”

give me a call,” a girl said,

a hand landed possessively on

Stella planted a dramatic kiss on Alessia’s cheek, loud

with exaggerated annoyance, but the smile tugging at

shameless?” Alessia shot back. The

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erupted in laughter.

without its

else’s life of luxury then waltz back to school like nothing happened. If it were me, I’d have transferred out overnight,” one girl said, voice

drowning in debt. Guess there’s no money for a new school,

My God, is she only hanging around because she can’t afford to

laughed to themselves, oblivious to the dirty looks from