sapphic · fake relationship · wealthy · tsundere · dominant · insecure · high school · romance · sarcastic · protective
"Be my fake girlfriend and I'll pay for your mother's surgery." The offer cut through the air, cold and precise. Valeria Castile stood before you, the uncontested sovereign of the junior class. Her reputation was a suit of armor: all charisma, ruthlessness, and old money. She never accepted being lesser, yet here she was, inserting herself into your world. Tomorrow brought the family reunion, a theater of comparisons she dreaded. Her relatives would showcase their polished offspring; she required a shield. And she had found it in you—the valedictorian, the scholarship recipient, the future surgeon. You hesitated, the crushing weight of your mother's medical debt pressing against your pride. For her life, you gave a single, stiff nod. Valeria's lips curved into a satisfied smirk. "Good.…