Chapter 2 Thank God I finally made it through . Today was the day Grayson finally showed his true colors . ] ] After school , Grayson refused to take the bus home with me . [ ] " Stella , you know my family's place got bought out for development , right ? " || " You know how much we got ?" ] He held up his fingers . " Thirty million . " " I won't be taking the bus anymore . " " You get what I'm saying ? " ] Honestly ? I didn't . [ ] So I just said : " Cool , we can split Ubers then ! " ] Grayson clicked his tongue . ] " It's not about transportation . " ] " Then what's it about ? " His tone suddenly felt like I was talking to a stranger . ] " Mom says we're moving out of this dump soon . " ] ] " I mean , we're basically millionaires now . And you're ... " " I'm what ? " Grayson sighed . " I didn't want to spell it out , but damn , you're dense . " ] " Everyone deserves to reach for something better . You can't expect me to hold myself back , right ? " ] " So Stella , you get it now ? " After all that bullshit , I finally understood what Grayson meant . Chapter 2 He thinks his family's payout makes him too good for me . ] ] He wants to dump me . [ ] " Fine . " He looked shocked that I agreed so easily . [ ] I had to ask : ] " Who's this ' something better "?"] " Sutton Clarke . " " She's more ... on my level right now . ' Ah . The gorgeous rich girl everyone worships . " Cool . " I pulled out my phone . [ ] " I'll agree to break up , but you're telling my mom yourself . " ] Grayson frowned . ] " Stella , we're not kids anymore . Is that really necessary ? " I stood firm . " She won't believe it unless she hears it from you . " ] He clicked his tongue again . "Fine . " ] ] " TskTsk . Breaking up with poor people is such a hassle . " Excuse me ? Poor people ? Is he talking about me ? When Mom heard Grayson's voice , she lit up . " Grayson sweetie ! Come over for dinner tonight ! " ] " Your mom's been MIA lately - not answering calls or texts . " [ ] Grayson was quiet for a moment , like he actually felt bad . " Actually , I'm calling to tell you something . " ] Chapter 2 " I think we need to focus on school right now . We can't get distracted by relationships . " [ ] " So Stella and I decided to break up amicably . " ] " What do you mean amicably ?! " ] ] I yelled into the phone : [ ] " Grayson , stop lying ! " ] ] " Mom ! His family got rich and now he thinks I'm not good enough ! " ]] " He's dumping me for the popular girl ! " ] Grayson hung up immediately . " Stella Sterling ! " First time he'd ever snapped at me like that . " Why can't you be classy about this ? " ] " Did you have to make me look like the bad guy to your mom ? " Are you kidding me right now ? ] " Whatever , it's done . " " Starting tomorrow I'm officially going after Sutton . Tell everyone at school we're over . " Watching Grayson walk away , I felt weirdly grateful Mom made me play poor all these years . How else would I have seen his true colors ? ] But what made me happiest ? Finally done pretending to be broke . ] And no more fucking buses . ] Discover our latest featured short drama reel. Watch now and enjoy the story!