Climbing the Social Ladder: The Stand-In Childhood Friend Is the Crown Prince's White Moonlight

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He said I reminded him of his first love. Honestly, I didn't even care what she looked like.

All I wanted was money. He paid me, I smiled at him. A fair deal, no tricks.

Until one day he got drunk and held me, saying, "Please don't leave like she did."

That's when I suddenly realized: Oh no, he'd fallen for me. And worse, I was actually hesitating.

So I packed my things that very night and went to find my childhood friend, ready to end this ridiculous arrangement.

Then I saw him using the money I'd given him to buy a bag for another girl.

I stood under the streetlight and laughed.

When I turned around, he was right behind me, holding an umbrella, his eyes red as a fool's. He said, "I knew you'd come back." I said, "Don't flatter yourself. How much money is left on your card?"