All Chapters of Exposed as a Gold Digger—But He's My Uncle: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Blake was my uncle, but no one on campus knew about our relationship. I didn't mean to hide it, but Blake stopped me on my way to the library and laid out three rules during my first day on campus."Don't call me 'uncle' while we're on campus. Don't tell anyone we're relatives.""Why?""I'm still a student here! If you call me uncle, it'd make me look ancient!""Technically, you are my elder. So, I mean…""Then, you can tell your grandmother to have me 20 years earlier if you're so pressed about it." He left.I called out to him, "What if I run out of money for food?"He tossed a card at me without turning back. "Text me if you run out of money."And so, we became nothing but strangers while we were on campus. He was the the top student in the finance She's shared her food with me several times. and had won national competitions every year. Since he was handsome on top of it, he was promptly crowned the king of the campus.I was a freshman in journalism and looked just like an

It was Friday. The campus would hold Students' Voice in the afternoon at the plaza, allowing everyone a chance to speak their minds. I wanted to use this chance to explain things, but I found a letter sitting on my desk when I got to class that morning.It was an official stamped file from the campus. "Notification of Cancellation of Yvonne Clayton's Nomination for This Semester's Accolades."It stated the reason, "Serious controversy surrounding this student. After a report from the student council, her right to be nominated for all accolades is hereby frozen until further notice."The date was yesterday. Jessica sure worked faster than the courier. It hadn't been 24 hours since the whole debacle, but the report had turned into a punishment. I grabbed the file and talked to the advisor. They were having lunch."This has gotten too big, and the campus is trying to keep the public opinion down. I'll reinstate you once Blake comes back and explains everything.""I'm being punished t

The plaza fell into dead silence, and then everything exploded."She's his niece?""But Blake's only in his third year, so how's his niece already a freshman?""His mother's probably an older woman. Wait, so that girl is his sister's daughter?"Jessica's smile was still there, but her eyes were blank with shock. Her mouth parted as she breathed, "What was that, Blake?"Blake didn't look at her. He took his phone out. He'd gotten it back after the competition and hadn't turned it on yet. He pressed the power button and waited for a while. His phone was flooded with texts the moment his screen lit up.The first one was mine. "Bad news, uncle. Your fangirl posted our chat history for everyone to see."He scrolled down, and the second came from my mother. "Blake, Yvonne told us she ran into trouble at school. Look into it. Her father and I are still overseas."The third one was a voice message my grandmother asked her neighbor to send. He didn't play it, but the tran alone told h

Blake got a call while we were having lunch. It was from Grandma. She went into a tirade right after he greeted her. She was so loud that I could hear her even when I was across from him."What is wrong with you? Your niece has been bullied for three days, and you ignored her?" she demanded angrily."I had to hand in my phone during the competition, Mom," he replied."You still have your legs, don't you? You could've come back to check on her!""It was a closed competition, Mom.""I don't give a damn what competition it was! You're coming home tomorrow, and that's final!" The call ended.Blake put his phone down and speared a piece of meat, his face resigned.I tentatively asked, "Is Grandma mad?""Not really.""Are you really going back tomorrow?""No. She'll shove her foot up my ass." He put a piece of meat on my plate. "Also, has your roommate been helping you? Natalie, I mean.""Yeah. She's shared her food with me several times.""Treat her to something good. Order anyt

I got an email from Academic Affairs next Wednesday afternoon."Yvonne Clayton, we have reinstated your nomination for the accolades after the investigation. Please attend the reissuing ceremony this Friday afternoon."The ceremony was a lot smaller than the first one. There were no big screens, no 2,000-person spectacle. There was only a conference room, the dean, and some professors. Still, the process was done in full.The dean gave me the certificate and prize himself. "We apologize for our oversight in this case, Yvonne."I accepted the certificate. "Thank you, sir."The dean added, "Your previous advisor has been reassigned. A new advisor will be assigned to your class."I nodded but said nothing. I didn't linger after the ceremony was over. When I did, I immediately spotted Blake, who had been waiting for me outside the building.He was leaning against the tree, holding two drinks. "Got it?""Got it." I held up the certificate.He looked at it and nodded. "Sure. Take a