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CLAIMED BY THE CALLAHAN HEIR

Chapter 4 The Callahan Rule

Word Count: 1421    |    Released on: 04/10/2026

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“I came to Montclair Crown University to earn my scholarship and disappear into a better future. I didn't expect my past to be projected onto a giant screen in front of the entire university. One photograph. My mother standing beside Zayn Callahan's father-twenty-one years ago. I had never seen that photo in my life. Before I can even breathe, a priceless Callahan family heirloom disappears. And somehow, all the evidence points to me. The board wants me expelled. The students want me destroyed. Everyone except him. Zayn Callahan. Cold. Arrogant. Untouchable. The heir to the Callahan dynasty-and the one man who should hate me the most. Instead, he steps between me and his own family. "She's not the thief." I look at him, shaking. "How do you know?" His eyes never leave mine. "Because you're the reason they stole it in the first place." Suddenly, my scholarship is a lie. Someone is following me after class. My mother's name is being erased from the university archives. And the Callahans are hiding a secret that began the night I was born. To survive, I have to work with Zayn. Forced proximity. Fake dating to silence the scandal. Jealousy that feels far too real. The closer we get to the truth, the harder it becomes to pretend we hate each other. But Zayn is hiding something from me. Something about my mother. Something about why my scholarship was approved before I even applied. And when I finally discover what he knew all along, I'll have to choose between trusting the boy I was never supposed to fall for... or exposing the truth that could destroy his entire empire. I didn't come to Montclair Crown to fall for the Callahan heir. I came for a future. I just didn't know he would become my biggest scandal.”