Riley Sterling spends three years pretending to be an impoverished undergraduate, working odd retail jobs to test the sincerity of those around her. That illusion shatters when her greedy boyfriend dumps her to court her spiteful roommate, brazenly stealing an exclusive platinum card Riley left on her desk. Assuming they have conned an unsophisticated girl with no recourse, the treacherous pair flaunt their newfound wealth across high-end department stores.
Instead of shedding tears, Riley summons her family conglomerate and freezes the stolen line of credit mid-transaction. Backed by corporate titan Asher Vance, she reclaims her aristocratic identity and buys out the very companies employing her treacherous tormentors. Riley orchestrates an elegant public reckoning, leaving her ex-boyfriend and roommate bankrupt while taking her rightful place atop high society.
