Chapter 1

My boyfriend, Mason, was crippled and deep in debt after a brutal attack.

In just one month, he tried to end it all four times:

slashing his wrists, jumping from a building, carbon monoxide poisoning, and even mixing prescription pills with liquor.

Every single time, I found him just in time to stop him!

To make him abandon his suicidal thoughts, I worked multiple jobs and even pawned my mother's heirloom jade bracelet to pay off his debts.

To get him back on his feet, I decided to be a living donor, offering my own spinal cord stem cells.

Just as I was thrilled about his improving health, I accidentally discovered that his legs were never paralyzed, and he wasn't in debt at all.

Turns out, he was actually Mason Blackwood, the heir to the colossal Blackwood Conglomerate.

His poverty, his paralysis, our entire relationship...

it was all a sick, drunken bet among his trust fund friends: A "pauper's love test"!

Ha! Well, I’d give *him* a test.

But then, why did *he* suddenly crack?