You were right. It’s a miracle. We just caught a guy drunk driving, going over a hundred. He ran the red light right where you said.]
Let them all get the hell out.
Beside me, Maximilian was still dazed with happiness.
I took his hand and started to run.
Running towards the future.
Running towards our happiness.
Later, I climbed to the highest echelons of Apex Corporation.
My success was a slap in the face to everyone who had called me a “corporate seductress.”
The System’s commentary appeared less and less frequently.
When it did, it was usually just fawning over Maximilian and me, and praising this great “Strong Female
Lead” story.
I was shining in my own right, in my own field.
I was no villainess
I was the main character of m
own life.
