Fiancé For Hire? No Thanks

Synopsis

I am the Cobb family's dirty little secret, the illegitimate daughter they just dragged home. I am also Shaun Poe's arranged fiancée from a childhood pact. But my entire family worships their adopted golden girl, Emma. Even my fiancé acts as her personal guard dog. "Halle, the engagement is dead," Shaun sneered. "I am marrying Emma." My whole family pressured me to back off, calling me a delusional brat. On my first day at the new prep school, Emma's minions cornered me in the bathroom. "So you are Halle Bond? A pretty face doesn't mean you get to steal Shaun!" one girl spat. "Look at your cheap clothes. Stay away from him, you freak." Outside the stall, Emma put on an Oscar-worthy sob. "Halle, please. I am begging you to give Shaun back to me. We have ten years of history together." I leaned against the partition, bored out of my mind listening to this circus. Fighting over a guy? How pathetic. I could have finalized the pitch for my third tech patent in the time it is taking them to bully me. If Cobb Corp spent half as much time on actual R&D instead of cheap cosmetics, overseas tech giants wouldn't be crushing them right now. Suddenly, the bathroom went dead silent. Emma's fake crying stopped instantly. The mean girl holding a bucket of water froze mid-air. The door slammed open. Shaun stood in the hallway, looking completely rattled. "Halle Bond. What the hell did you just say?"