Who's the Gold Digger Now?

I had just put the list of presents back in its original spot when the door to the foyer opened.

Tessa Seinfeld swaggered over and sat down beside me, smelling faintly of alcohol.

"You disappeared for a few days. I thought you'd finally grow a spine and leave for good. You still ended up crawling back to me, because you just can't leave me."

Tessa almost blurted out that I had just come back to scam her out of her money. Perhaps from the beginning, she had only ever seen me as a leech who was after her money.

I didn't even look up and just moved aside. I dodged her when she tried to hold my hand.

Tessa was startled for a moment. She looked at her hand, then at me. She thought I was throwing a tantrum because of the two thousand dollars she refused to lend me.

"I've been drinking, and I feel a little thirsty. Make me some soup to cure my hangover."

Tessa was always like that. She would unknowingly start acting like a spoiled heiress.

However, when she had made her move on me seven years ago, she pretended to be poor. She put on a terrible show, coming off as a broke young woman.

Still, Tessa had me completely fooled.

"Ethan, I don't have anything, and I can't have a stable future with you. However, we can work hard and build a good life together."

Back then, I nodded when I saw how sincere she looked. I lacked money, but I could rely on my own diligence and hard work to build a life for myself.

I chose Tessa because I had been touched when she said that we could work hard and build a good life together.

However, the longer we spent together, the more I felt that she was different from ordinary people.

Tessa would show contempt for bargain-priced items without realizing it. She would also order me to do things that she could easily have done herself.

When I was at work one day, I saw her get out of a luxury car and walk into a high-class club, surrounded by admirers. That was when I was sure that there was nothing but lies between us.

She had always been afraid that I would go after her money.

Tessa spoke again, interrupting my thoughts.

"If you want money in the future, you can just tell me. Don't use your mother's health as a smokescreen. Watch out, or you might end up getting what's coming to you."

Her words made me feel that the entire situation was laughable. I looked up at her coldly. "Would you give it to me if I asked you directly?"

Tessa was startled, and she looked hesitant. Then, confirmation washed over her face, and a mocking glint instantly flickered in her eyes.