Goodbye Billionaire Hello Doctorate

Raised on dirt roads and dollar-store hand-me-downs, Tessa spent eight years dating Carter, the heir to one of the wealthiest families in the state. When he shouts her name across campus as if she were property he had come to collect, she finally ends it, walking away from his mockery, his gifts and his cruel offer to replace her with her own roommate, Peyton.

Back in her empty dorm room, Tessa packs the Tiffany necklace and trinkets into a box to mail back, then confides in her best friend Jade over fries at their favorite diner. She recalls how Carter first arrived in a borrowed Chevy van and later returned in a Bentley, how he let classmates call her a gold digger, and how he ripped the dress she had saved two months of waitressing tips to buy. She is tired of being his pet.

Then a frantic call from one of Carter's frat brothers claims he is barely breathing. Tessa races to his penthouse, only to find him perfectly fine, surrounded by laughing friends with Peyton in his lap.