The Winning Ticket: Dumping the Leech

Chloe has spent three years scrimping for Arthur, the boyfriend who once saved her from thugs: cheap clearance clothes, street stalls, and a savings account whittled down to $5,000 while his family lived better and better. When she buys herself a $12,000 mink coat for the holidays, Arthur explodes, demanding she return it so the refund can buy his mother a massage chair and his sister a dowry.

But Chloe has just won a $10 million grand prize, and she has already thrown out everything from her old life except the boyfriend. She cuts the tag off the coat, slaps him, and refuses to hand over a single dollar more, even as Arthur threatens to break up unless she apologizes.

For the first time, Chloe looks at the man in front of her without the filter of love, and wonders why she ever compromised at all.