All Chapters of She Runs the World on Money: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

Outside the set, a huge screen displayed the livestream's scrolling comments.The comments went dead silent for a solid three seconds before picking back up.[Whoa, what just happened?][Gina, are you out of your mind? There's no way this washed-up nobody actually has a hundred thousand dollars.][Gina, aren't you supposed to be Harper's archnemesis? Why do you look so happy?][My poor Suzanne, just standing there staring, tears streaming down her face.]I looked over at Suzanne Fraser. Her eyes were red-rimmed, like someone had wronged her.Was she upset because my archnemesis Gina Eastwood had just made a hundred thousand dollars off me?I felt a little bad, so I said to her, "You're Suzanne, right? I'll give you a hundred thousand dollars if you debone this fish for me."Instead, her eyes turned even redder. Tears welled up and spilled over, and she ran off crying.The comments started scrolling even faster, every single one of them tearing into me.[Harper McAvoy, you th

Chapter 2

On top of that, with my looks and a figure that drew plenty of attention, people naturally assumed I'd gotten ahead some other way.I never bothered responding to any of it.Bad buzz was still buzz.For a washed-up nobody like me, any attention at all was a win.Setting the record straight would only kill whatever momentum I had.The camera cut to Suzanne, and the internet loved her for it.[No way! Suzanne Fraser, the girl who's always cast as the sweet innocent type, actually knows how to survive out here! She can start a fire by hand and cook her own food!][God, I think I'm falling for Suzanne. Look at that muscle definition! She's gorgeous!][Our girl clearly works out. Total opposite of that soft, spoiled princess-type narrator throwing her weight around.][Suzanne has powerful backers too, but she earned her spot through actual skill.]I watched the comments light up with excitement.Throwing a fortune into this show had clearly been the right call. I was finally gett

Chapter 3

Gina had been keeping an eye on me the whole time.The second she spotted a crowd gathering around me, she snuck over to listen in.She caught me offering one million a head.She came racing over. "Harper, how could you forget to humiliate me? This is outrageous."I patted her on the head. "Fine, you can direct the operation. Two million for you."Gina's eyes lit right up.She was starting to look at me with something dangerously close to loyalty.I narrowed my eyes at her. "You know, Gina, I still miss the old you. Wild and unbothered by anyone."She scampered off happily to start directing.When I'd first met Gina, she'd looked down on someone like me, a princess who'd bought her way onto set.She'd told me to my face that spoiled brats like me had no business trying to break into show business.She hadn't been wrong. I just loved being a star too much to care.I'd tossed her a hundred thousand dollars and told her to apologize.She'd apologized on the spot.I only foun

Chapter 4

Knowing she was in the wrong, Gina apologized again."I'm sorry, Suzanne. This one really is on me.""But two million isn't nothing, and Harper pays on the spot. That's hard to say no to. I..."Suzanne cut her off through gritted teeth. "Enough. I don't need your excuses. You'll toss out any shred of teamwork for a little money, and I don't want a partner like that."Gina wasn't having it, and she pushed right back."Oh, and you've got teamwork? You only teamed up with me in the first place because I'm Harper's archnemesis and you wanted to use her as your foil. "You act like you're so above it all, but you're in this industry same as the rest of us. Playing a sweet innocent character a few times doesn't make you one in real life."And another thing. Whether Harper's a real princess or a fake one is for me to decide, not you."You don't care for Harper's money, and that's fine. But has Harper ever actually used her money to humiliate you?"You're not hurting for cash, so do u

Chapter 5

For five full seconds, there was dead silence.Then a soft laugh slipped out.Suzanne went from tears to laughter in an instant.She took the handkerchief Leon offered her, dabbed gently at her eyes, and spoke to me in a soft, sugary voice."Harper, you probably don't realize how powerful Leon's company actually is."Leon's company works directly with the McAvoy family's business, which is Radley City's, no, the entire world's number-one wealthiest family."Their headquarters are right here in Radley City. The tallest building in the whole city belongs to them, and Leon actually holds a position there."Honestly, you could say Leon's company is basically an offshoot of the McAvoy family's."She put on an expression like she was doing me a favor. "I know you're rich and used to getting your way, and I know you've humiliated plenty of people with your money."But I'm different from them. I don't need money, and I don't need connections either. I just want to earn my own way up,

Chapter 6

Snatches of conversation drifted into my ears."Oh my god, Harper's lost it. She's actually talking back to Mr. Robbins like that.""No idea, but we should probably keep our distance."Someone nudged Gina. "Gina, you should get away from her now, or you're going to get dragged down with her."Gina hesitated, wavering.Worried she might actually bolt and leave me without anyone to fan me, I leaned over and whispered something in her ear.Her eyes went instantly steely with conviction. "I will follow Harper to the death!"I gave her a look of pure disgust. "That's really not necessary."Seeing that I hadn't paid him any attention, Leon grew even angrier and demanded I apologize, threatening to have his bodyguards finish me off if I refused.I turned deliberately to face him and rolled my eyes as hard as I could."Leon, how exactly did you end up in charge of anything? Can't you see your own bodyguards aren't even listening to you?"Leon refused to believe it. "You lot, drag Ha

Chapter 7

By now, everyone had figured out I really did solve every problem with money.Cash, up front, every time.The quiet grumbling about me had shifted to just calling me obscenely rich, nothing worse than that.[Is having to cry on camera for a melodrama really the worst thing this heiress has ever had to suffer through? Lord.][She's the McAvoy heiress. OMG. Those dudes are going bankrupt for real.]Leon and the others, meanwhile, couldn't see how heated the comments had gotten.They were still convinced I'd somehow tampered with the bodyguards and kept trying to talk them back into obeying orders.Gina brought me a chair and kept fanning me the whole time.Once it became clear he couldn't win the bodyguards back, Leon shouted furiously at the director to cut the livestream.The director tried, since this had clearly spiraled too far.But no matter what he did, the stream wouldn't cut. Someone else had control of it.Sweat poured down his forehead. "Mr. Robbins, I don't know wh

Chapter 8

Leon got the same answer.He looked up at me, trembling. "Who... who exactly are you?"I pursed my lips. "Honestly, I didn't want to say. But there's no hiding it now. I'm the future heir to the McAvoy Group you keep talking about. Harper McAvoy."The McAvoy family only has one daughter, and that's me, so of course I'm the one who inherits."As for you eight, you're nothing more than something my father funded for fun in his spare time. You really did have a bright future ahead of you. Too bad the moment you got a little power, you turned around and used it to bully people. "My family doesn't like that, and we don't welcome people like that holding power."He refused to believe it or accept it. He sucked in a sharp breath before forcing himself to his feet and straightening his clothes, trying to salvage what dignity he had left. He spat, "You'll regret this."Leon turned and walked away.Panicked, Suzanne grabbed his wrist. "Leon, you can't leave. If you leave, I'm… I'm fin

Chapter 9

Gina muttered, "You were never really that ordinary to begin with."I let out a soft snort."I've got a heart big enough to let that slide. I won't hold it against you."The people nearby were watching us with unmistakable interest."Ship it, ship it, this is such a good ship!""God, this is killing me. Since when are Gina and Harper this cute together?"Someone quietly filmed us and posted the clip online without either of us noticing.Overnight, the two of us became the internet's favorite pairing.Talk about finding fame through the strangest possible route.I holed up at home, thinking about what to do next.The McAvoy family was a centuries-old dynasty. My great-grandfather's generation had already claimed the title of the richest family in the world.As long as none of their descendants did anything catastrophically stupid, holding onto that spot was basically guaranteed.By the time it got to my father, I honestly couldn't even say how many generations of wealth we w

Chapter 10

The butler called the police immediately.The men still in front of me kept spilling out frantic apologies.I shook my head, unimpressed. "You still won't even admit you were wrong. You'd rather keep blaming Suzanne for everything."Even without Suzanne, you'd have found some other scapegoat to show off how powerful you are."You don't actually think you did anything wrong. You're just panicking because you've lost your power."Leon gripped the gate hard, forcing himself to stay calm. "Miss McAvoy, we really do know we were wrong. We didn't mean to pin everything on Suzanne."It's true Suzanne has her own issues too, but whatever you say goes. We'll change, all of us. Please, just give us a chance."Your family invested in us for years. Are you really willing to throw all that money away and turn us into failures?"I shrugged. "Doesn't bother me in the slightest. My family has more money than we know what to do with. If it comes to that, we'll just back a few more people."But

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