All Chapters of Marry Rich? Nah. Get Rich.: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

I continued, "It was wishful thinking of me to believe we'd be together for life. "But I've finally figured it out. I'm tired, and I don't want to spend the rest of my life being tested just because I grew up poor."Let's break up. You can find someone who doesn't need to prove her feelings are real, and I'll find someone who doesn't need to test mine."It works out for both of us."Julian's frown deepened the more I talked. When he saw me yanking the diamond ring off my finger, he looked outright stunned. He reached out to stop me, but it was too late. I'd already pulled off the ring that had chained me down for far too long and thrown it back at his chest.I gave a careless wave goodbye. "Julian and Debbie, goodbye."I hope I never see either of you again. May the two of you, a bitch and a fool, live happily ever after."…I walked straight to the door and stepped out into the fresh air. That was when I finally felt like I'd been reborn.Behind me, Julian came running a

It wasn't much, but it was enough to take the edge off an emergency.Seeing how genuine I was, Julian had pulled me into a hug, his voice cracking with emotion."Katie, you're too good to me. Even after everything, you still want to be with me."I'd knocked my knuckle gently against his forehead and told him he was being ridiculous. I loved him, not his family's money.So for the next six months, Julian had played the part of a broke man while I worked eighteen-hour days trying to help pay off his family's supposedly massive debt.He was always anxious, saying he was scared I'd leave him, and he wanted us to take wedding photos together. But real wedding photography cost thousands of dollars, way too expensive for us.So in the end, we'd agreed to use an AI tool to generate a set of photos with our faces stitched onto some sample images instead.Later, chasing a thirty-dollar delivery fee, I'd taken a job running an errand out to a remote auction house.I'd ridden through pouri

Then, on another rainy day, my heel snapped halfway down the street, I twisted my ankle, and the wind tore my umbrella out of my hands.Soaked and miserable, I stumbled along the sidewalk. Julian appeared again like some kind of hero and rescued me.That was when I finally started to warm up to him, and little by little, I let him in.After a year of dating and splitting every bill evenly, Julian finally opened up his social media to me.He came clean about his real family background and apologized for hiding it, saying he'd only kept it quiet because he didn't want to end up with a gold digger....Once he'd finished walking me through all those memories, Julian looked at me, hopeful."Katie, we made it through so many hard years together. My family finally approves of you."They agreed to let us get married. Can you please stop making a scene?"I know Debs went too far this time, but she's my sister. She's practically a kid."I didn't even look at him. Instead, I turned to

I needed to get out of this city and rest, and it honestly didn't matter where I ended up. What mattered was leaving.An hour later, I was on the train, eyes closed. When I opened them again, I'd arrived at my destination.Outside the window, the sun had just come up, its light soft and easy on the eyes.I stretched, let out a loud, satisfied whoop, and got off the train.I wandered aimlessly, walking straight into the sunrise.When I got tired of walking, I sat down on a public bench.I listened to the unfamiliar accents of people passing by in this strange city, watched students and old folks bustling around the busy breakfast stalls.Before I knew it, my stomach was growling in protest.So I got up and bought myself something too, savoring the simple, ordinary happiness of it.Once the sun started getting hot, I moved to a beautifully decorated coffee shop that had just opened for the day.I plugged my dead phone into a portable charger, and the second it powered back on,