My name is Evangeline Rosemont, but please, just call me Evie.

Yes, *that* Rosemont—heir to a fifteen-billion-dollar sports empire that owns four NFL teams. But at Texas State University, I'm just another scholarship cheerleader living in the cheapest dorm, working at a campus coffee shop, and pretending to stress about my Target budget.

Until my roommate Sienna starts getting suspicious.

She thinks she's a New Orleans socialite, strutting around in rented Gucci and spinning elaborate lies about her oil executive father, all while desperately chasing our school's star quarterback, Axel Kingsley.

The irony? Axel has been my best friend since we were eight years old. We agreed to pretend we don't know each other so I could experience college as a "normal" person.

But Sienna's getting too close to the truth. She's staging "accidental" locker room encounters with Axel, posting fake relationship photos on Instagram, and even faking injuries for sympathy. When she threatens to expose my real identity in front of the entire school, I realize—

Maybe it's time she finds out why my "used" Honda Civic sounds suspiciously like a Ferrari under the hood.

And when she discovers that my coffee shop boss just landed on campus in a private jet, calling me "sweetheart"...

Well, let's just say her reaction is going to be priceless.

The Billionaire's Secret Pom-Pom

"The key," David explained, "is to frame this as a love story, not a scandal. Two young people who met as children, stayed connected, and are now navigating their relationship in the public eye."
"What about the NCAA implications?" Patricia asked. "Any hint that the Rosemont family influenced Axel'...

Chapter 9