My Billionaire Mom Went Nuclear After Finding Out I Was Eating Leftovers

Theresa is a college freshman whose wealthy CEO mother insists on teaching her frugality. Instead of sending money directly, her mother routes her living expenses through her academic advisor, who hands Theresa just two hundred dollars a month. That sum cannot cover meals, textbooks, class dues, or basic necessities, and Theresa soon finds herself picking through other people's leftovers in the dining hall.

When her mother arrives at the school by Maybach and sees her daughter eating scraps, she is furious, accusing Theresa of embarrassing her. The advisor, her mother's closest friend, quietly urges Theresa not to talk back, then soothes her mother by praising the girl's thrift. Theresa is left with nothing to say and no money to buy her mother a meal.

To survive, Theresa takes part-time work squeezing lemons and handing out flyers, stretching every dollar while her roommates drift away. The gap between her mother's fortune and her own hunger only widens.