Scammed in Love, Crowned at Home: The Heiress Returns

It's been three years since I went against my family to be with my boyfriend, Marvin Stuart. At last, my parents have finally agreed to let me marry him.

I rush back to our place at once, eager to share the news with him—only to end up overhearing his conversation with his childhood friend, Camellia Hough.

"They're redeveloping the area where my family home is, and we're going to get a huge buyout payment! You can finally abandon that loser and officially be with me now," she declares. "You wouldn't have had to settle for being with her if my family hadn't gone bankrupt back then."

Marvin agrees to it right away. "I'll lie to her, saying that my family is in debt, so that she'll break up with me. Let's get married right after that."

I swallow down the words I'd been prepared to say and calmly enter the house.

Marvin turns to me with a sorrowful expression. "My family owes a debt of five million dollars. I don't want you to have to suffer with me. Let's break up."

I nod. "Sure."

Soon after, I sent my parents a text.

"You don't need to transfer the three buildings to Marvin anymore. Also, call off the redevelopment project on the south side of the city."

Since Marvin wants to break up with me, I'll grant him his wish.

As it stands, we've always been from two different worlds.

Marvin Stuart froze the instant he saw me nod, the feigned sorrow in his expression stiffening awkwardly as well.

He'd probably envisioned over ten thousand different scenarios of me bursting into tears and begging on my knees to stay with him. The only thing he never expected was the fact that I'd agree to it without a fight.

Once the brief flicker of shock passed, however, he became furious.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean, Evelyn? You're agreeing to it just like that? Tell me the truth, then—have you been wanting to break up with me for a long time now?"

Before I could even speak, Camellia Hough, whom Marvin had always referred to as his beloved childhood friend, jabbed a finger at my face and started chewing me out.

"You're so heartless, Evelyn! Marv's family is in trouble, and he only made the painful decision to break up with you because he didn't want to drag you down with him. Yet you don't even bother trying to convince him otherwise!

"I feel so bad for Marv. He wasted three years of his life on you!"

Their reaction made me scoff. They were the ones who couldn't wait to kick me to the curb, but here they were, twisting things around and painting me the villain instead.

"A useless loser like you isn't good enough for Marv at all!" Camellia continued to screech at me.

She accused me of trying to dump Marvin the moment I found out his family had gone bankrupt, calling me a selfish woman with