Chapter 1

New Year's Eve.

Scarlett Hayes shivered, freezing in her short skirt while hiking.

I casually remarked, "Maybe don't wear a short skirt for hiking," and her eyes immediately welled up.

My boyfriend, Ethan Blackwood, instantly frowned. "Scarlett, why do you have to be so cruel?"

"You'll stay on the peak alone and reflect. You can come down when you've apologized to Chloe Davis."

Our friends were stunned, trying to talk him out of it.

He leaned against his car door, looking at me with absolute certainty. "You're too proud. It's time you learned a lesson."

I looked at him and asked, "Are you sure?"

He nodded, then drove off with Chloe.

I stood on the peak for five minutes.

Then I called my dad:

"Dad, send a helicopter to pick me up."

Then I called my assistant:

"Also, close the mountain. Effective immediately, no one goes up or down."

Half an hour later, the helicopter landed.

Ethan's phone calls came flooding in, but I didn't answer.

Finally, he sent a text message:

"Chloe collapsed from the cold. Are you happy now?"

I told my assistant, "Let them spend the rest of New Year's Eve up there before they come down."