The Wrong Rich Boy Chapter 2

Meanwhile, that "friendly" student who showed me the way?

The second I was in the classroom, he ducked into the stairwell where a few other preppy kids were waiting.

Gavin rushed over to the handsome boy at the center of the group. "Cal, it's done. That girl's not the brightest bulb."

"She believed every word. I pointed out Liam Jiang, told her the Astors were broke and that you couldn't afford lunch. Her jaw just about hit the floor."

"She even saw his sad little sandwich. Who in their right mind would want to stick around for that kind of charity case?"

"I bet you a thousand bucks, in three days, she'll be begging her dad to call the whole thing off."

Caleb Astor looked bored, but he double-checked. "You're sure? Three days? She really bought it?"

"I saw the picture she had. It was just a side profile of you. Honestly, it could've been Liam. Close enough."

"I even told her that after the 'bankruptcy,' you changed your name to avoid creditors. She totally fell for it."

"And if you ever do run into her, just say you have the same name. Easy. She won't be able to latch onto you."

Caleb leaned back against the wall, a smirk playing on his lips. "A new-money girl from out of town. Who even does arranged marriages anymore? It's not the dark ages."

"Seriously," another friend chimed in. "The Astors have a hundred-year legacy. You should be marrying someone from a family like the Prescotts, like your brother did. Not some… country bumpkin."

"Tell me about it. My mom's been on a hunger strike trying to get my dad to cancel this thing."

"But you know my dad. He does whatever Grandpa says, and Grandpa is all about 'honor' and 'keeping promises' to his old army buddies."

"By the way," Gavin said, a little hesitantly, "that fiancée of yours..."

Caleb shot him a cold look.

Gavin corrected himself. "That girl… she's actually pretty hot. I snapped a pic. You wanna see? Maybe you'll change your mind."

Caleb scoffed. "Are you kidding? You think I have a thing for girls from the sticks?"

Gavin mumbled to himself, "For real, though. She's way prettier than your girl, the 'queen bee' of Northwood."