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All Chapters of Exposed as Gold Digger for Four Rich Heirs: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

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Chapter 1

Before I could figure out what was going on, Vanessa Byer yanked the leash tight. The metal collar dug into my throat, forcing me to bend over.The audience laughed even harder."Come on, Vanessa! Make her bark!""Eight million dollars? I'd be someone's dog for that kind of money!"Someone shoved his way to the front, phone held high. The title of the livestream on the university's gossip page had already changed.It read, "Exposed! Broke College Student Plays All Four Sterling Brothers, Rakes In Eight Million Dollars a Year."I looked straight into the camera. "Make sure you get all of this."The guy filming hesitated. "What?""The dog collar she put on me, and the part where she kicked me—I want it all on camera for when I press charges."The auditorium went quiet for a moment.Vanessa's smile faltered, but she quickly recovered and dug the toe of her shoe into my fingers. "You're seriously threatening to press charges? How about you explain why Adrian Sterling sends you 10

Chapter 2

Vanessa headed straight for my dorm with a group of student council members. On the way, she had one of them drag me along by the leash.Every time I slowed down, the collar dug into my neck, leaving a red mark. Students pulled out their phones as we passed.Some even whistled at me. "Hey, sugar mama! How about cutting me in on that eight million? How do you find time for all four Sterling brothers? You got them on a rotating schedule or something?"Vanessa glanced back at me with a sickeningly sweet smile. "Hear that? The whole university knows what a slut you are now."When we reached my dorm room, I grabbed the door handle. "The student council doesn't have the authority to search my room."She pulled a form for a search authorization from her bag.She'd filed the complaint herself. She was also the investigator. And, as it turned out, she'd approved the search too—three steps, all handled by one person. Talk about efficiency.Carter had followed us there. "Emily, just coop

Chapter 3

The pendant had shattered into three pieces. I crouched beside the flower bed and picked up the fragments one by one.It was the only thing I had left of my father. When I was born, he'd tied it around my neck himself and told me it would keep me safe. So much for that.And now, the entire Sterling family was about to have a collective heart attack.My roommate, Hannah Parker, pushed through the crowd and rushed over. "Emily, your neck's bleeding!"She tried to take off the dog collar, but a student council member shoved her away.Meanwhile, Vanessa was outside the dorm building, ordering people around as they set up a table to display the "stolen goods".My belongings were laid out in four rows, each labeled with the name of a Sterling brother.The black credit card, the watch, the apartment keys, and even my own sports car were all being treated as evidence that I'd been sleeping with men for money.A long red carpet stretched across the courtyard, with a dog bowl waiting at

Chapter 4

Half an hour later, a commotion broke out at the edge of the courtyard. The four Sterling brothers were here.Vanessa immediately told the student council members to turn on all their cameras. She forced me to kneel at the end of the red carpet and set the dog bowl full of fake cash in front of me."Keep your mouth shut when they get here. If you try to talk your way out of this, I'll tell them all about the other guys you've been sleeping with."I looked past her toward the crowd. Adrian was leading the way, with Blake, Caleb, and Dylan close behind.They'd been on campus meeting with alums on behalf of the Sterling Foundation and had rushed over after getting a call from home. The moment they appeared, students started screaming.Vanessa quickly smoothed her hair, grabbed the cardboard box full of "stolen goods", and hurried over to meet them. "Adrian! I'm so glad you're here. I've finally exposed Emily Dawson for the gold digger she is. She hasn't just been spending your mone

Chapter 5

The courtyard went dead silent as the four brothers spoke in unison. Everyone who'd been cheering and filming froze.Vanessa's smile disappeared. She stared at Adrian for a long moment before finally speaking. "Is she blackmailing you or something? She's only 19! How could she possibly be your great-aunt?"Blake looked up, his eyes blazing. "Since when do we need your approval of who's in our family?"Vanessa didn't know what to say. But then, she seized on my last name. "But her last name is Dawson! How can she be a Sterling if she doesn't even have the same last name?"Dylan scoffed. "She has her mother's last name. Anything else? Want to check her birth certificate while you're at it?"The crowd finally started whispering among themselves."So the eight million really was money they gave her because she's their great-aunt?""Then she's not a gold digger at all! She's got so much pull in that family, she could have anything she wants!""And Vanessa just made her crawl aroun

Chapter 6

The police took everyone involved aside for questioning.Vanessa refused to admit she'd done anything to humiliate me. She insisted the whole "return of stolen property" event was just an anti-scam awareness campaign organized by the student council."The dog collar and fake money were just props. Emily never bothered to explain herself, so I got the wrong idea."The officer questioning her glanced at the video. "According to this footage, you had people hold her down, then kicked her behind the knee. Was that part of the act too?"Vanessa burst into tears. "I just got carried away! She'd taken eight million dollars from four different guys! I thought she was scamming them!"I sat there listening, almost impressed by her logic. Eight million dollars in the bank was just savings, but apparently, eight million dollars in my account gave people the right to beat me up.Carter was busy trying to keep the university out of trouble. "The university only gave the student council permiss

Chapter 7

Anna's smile faded. "There's no need to be so aggressive, young lady. Vanessa may have gone too far, but she was only trying to protect the Sterling brothers."Blake leaned against the wall, his voice cold. "Did we ask her to?"Anna ignored him and slid the check toward me. "One million dollars should more than cover the cost of repairing your pendant, your medical bills, and compensation for emotional distress. Take the money, and tell the police we've reached a settlement."I picked up the check and gave it a quick look.Vanessa was already looking smug again. She probably figured that after being called a gold digger, I would jump at the chance to pocket another million dollars.I folded the check in half and handed it back to Anna. "That's not enough."She frowned. "Then how much do you want?""I want Vanessa to recover every livestream recording she deleted, return everything she took from me, and publicly admit that she filmed me without my permission and searched my dorm

Chapter 8

That evening, the university announced it was launching a formal investigation. They suspended Vanessa from her student council position and ordered Carter to submit a written explanation.I thought she would finally leave me alone for a few days. But the next morning, an audio recording appeared on the university's gossip page. And the voice in it was mine."Eight million dollars isn't nearly enough. Those four Sterling boys should be on their knees thanking me. Anyone who crosses me won't last long at this university."The post also included a photo of me sitting beside the table where my belongings had been displayed. The four Sterling brothers stood behind me.In the photo, they really did look like four helpless guys being pushed around by a powerful relative.Within half an hour, the post had gone viral across campus. The same people who'd defended me yesterday were already changing their minds."So she really does treat the Sterling brothers like walking ATMs.""Just be

Chapter 9

The auditorium was packed on the day of the university's public hearing.Vanessa walked in wearing a face mask, with her mother holding her arm. The bandage around her wrist was twice as thick as it had been the day before.Anyone who didn't know better would've thought she'd just had her arm amputated instead of posting something online.Anna spoke first, demanding that the committee investigate why the four Sterling brothers had been sending me money. "Vanessa may have gone about things the wrong way, but that doesn't change the fact that Emily Dawson has been accepting huge sums of money from them."Being their great-aunt doesn't mean she shouldn't have to explain where that money came from."The committee turned to me.I didn't say a word. Instead, I had someone bring up the first document on the big screen. It was a list of my personal assets.My father had left me the downtown apartment, the sports car was registered in my name, and the black card was linked to my own acco

Chapter 10

A month later, I was back at the Top Ten Students Award ceremony. It was the same auditorium, with the same big screen.Except this time, there were no screenshots of bank transfers, no fake money, and no one waiting to put a dog collar around my neck and force me to kneel.The university president handed me my certificate himself and said, "Emily Dawson, on behalf of the university, I'd like to apologize for everything we put you through."The audience broke into applause. I looked down at the certificate, unable to ignore the irony.A month ago, these same people had been cheering Vanessa on. They'd believed the screenshots, the accusations, and whoever shouted the loudest.Only when the four Sterling brothers called me their great-aunt did anyone bother listening to my side of the story.After the ceremony, the university announced new rules for student organizations.The student council would no longer be allowed to confiscate or search students' personal belongings, and any

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