Chapter 1 The day I found nt I was pregnant , my sus duddy Blake Hartwell humped ine . Three wall . Take it and pa I caught the band card and wrinkled my own . " Thats 117 ( That won't even cover private echioik . I thought , but bey - fire munry ! ] Tine , maka in five midinh . ' Ni hoà Be I was beying a shamn Humta ] ] 1 grabitved mis birkin bags and praemesily shipped out the door ] ] A med lane crkling past Kochen Detve in my BMW , I spotted the WILDEST thing Blake Hartwell - in a DoorDash uniform / delivering takeout || what the hell . Make ? You an Undercover Boss or something ? [ ] keskind me up and down , then let out this heavy sigh . ] ] " Tm þrekr , kaven Lost everything . Kicked you out because ... well , figured you'd ghost me anyway once you found out I was poor . " [ ] I almost fell back for him . ALMOST " What about Madison ? Your perfect little princess ? " ] x . " 0 Ha whole face went soft and gooey . " She came back . Said she'd love me even if we had to live in a cardboard box . " 2 slapped on my sunglasses . " Aw , how sweet . Hope y'all get your Disney ending . " [ ] Then I drove off laughing my ass off . Four Blake had no due I was pregnant with his heir - or that his whole "broke boy " act was about to BLOW UP in his face . [ ] Three things in life scare the shit outta me : Being broke . ] Bring dead "] being alive AND broke . ] I'm doing down Wilshire when Blake on his little scooter actually catches up . " What's your deal ? Don't tell me you want that cash back ! " " ] Dude followed nor for like ten blocks . Had to pull over and roll my window down just to cuss him out . ] " Kali , nah , you got at twisted " Blake's pretty - boy face is dripping sweat under that helmet , looking all nervous and shit . [ ] Just wondering you good on money ? ] ] That's when I chilled out a bat . " I'm managing Those two years with Blake , he never held back on spoiling me [ ] Back in the day , five mul would've been like six months of shopping money ] " Just managing ? " Blake repeated , looking worried . " So you gonna find another guy ? || 1 rolled my eyes so hard they practically popped out ] 000 With that , I rolled that window up and peeled out . [ ] This time , Blake didn't follow . Back home , my girl Piper hit me up [ OMG the DoorDash guy who brought my Chipotle was BLAKE HARTWELL ) ||| [ The same Blake who bought you that closet full of Birkin bags ?? ] ] [ Is this some kind of social experiment shit ? ] I texted back : [ Nah he's actually broke lol . We split last month , now he's delivering tacos to pay for his princess ] ] ] Piper : [ Damn.J [ That's actually kinda romantic tho ] ] ] Piper grew up rough - dad bounced when she was little , mom's on disability , never went to college . Been hustling at Starbucks just to survive . [ ] I've been helping her out these past couple years . [ ] End of our convo , I tried to Venmo her five grand . ] She sent it right back . [ Thanks babe but I landed this sales gig ! Starting next month pulling in six figures ! ] ] ] I smiled and didn't push it . ] After all , I got this little bundle of joy to worry about . [ ] After that , I didn't see Blake around . [ ] Used my savings to snag this sick penthouse in Beverly Hills . Got a wealth manager to handle my investments . [ ] Mostly stayed home , barely ordered out . ] One day , coming back from my OB appointment , I spotted some tea . ] Blake's princess - Madison Wells - sliding into the back of a Maybach . [ ] My nosy ass couldn't resist , so I tailed her in my BMW . [] Watched that car roll straight into this bougie ass mansion neighborhood in Malibu . ] Oh snap . Was Blake getting played ? I was living for this drama , so I camped out until evening when that Maybach finally rolled back out . ] ] Followed it again . This time it stopped in downtown LA . Madison hopped out , then grabbed an Uber . [ ] So I followed that too . This time it ended up at some trashy apartment complex in the hood . [ ] Madison got out and went inside . ] ] Pretty sure this shithole was where she and Blake were crashing now . Chapter 1 Total downgrade from his old mansion in the Hills . Whole place smelled like piss and regret . ] ] At , a delivery scooter pulled up . " Blake , " I called out , leaning against my ride . [ ] " Raven ? " He looked shocked as hell . " How'd you know where I live ? " ] Instead of answering , I dropped a hint : " Maybe treat Madison better , yeah ? " But he totally missed it , holding up a greasy bag: " I treat Maddie amazing ! Whenever customers don't pick up their orders , I bring the leftovers home . " || I stared at the soggy burgers in his bag . Then at him . ] Looked at this fool like he'd lost his damn mind . [ ] " You know what , never mind . " ] ] I laughed and got the hell outta there . Poverty had straight - up scrambled Blake's brain . [ ] Better keep my distance before it rubbed off on my baby . But I never expected that even though I stayed out of their drama , Madison would come knocking at MY door and immediately demand I give the money back . [ ] " Blake's living like a bum while you're out here stunting . " ] She walked right into my penthouse without taking her nasty shoes off , plopped on my white leather couch , looking around . " He gave you five mil before everything went to shit , right ? " || " You know how deep in debt he is ? " [ ] " If you had ANY conscience , you'd give it back . " [] Didn't waste time arguing . I called Blake straight up : " Did you send Madison to shake me down for cash ? " [ ]