Chapter 1
For ten days, our company team–building trip had become a nightmare–stranded on a deserted island with no hope of rescue.
When a ship finally appeared on the horizon, everyone erupted in Joy–except my husband, Cullen Tucker. He forbade us from signaling for help.
With sickening tenderness, he placed our only flare gun into Kim’s hands.
Kim Cooper, the intern girl of our company.” Let our sweet Kimmy be the hero who saves us all,” he coord.
Kim fumbled clumsily with the device, her manicured nails clicking uselessly against the metal. As the ship began to sail away, Isnatched the fare gun
and fired it without hesitation.
After we were rescued, Callen promoted me to general manager which was out of my expect
But at my inaugural meeting, he handed me over to a rival company like a sex object.
I asked him why in my tears. His eyes only burned with hatred:
“If you hadn’t stolen Kimmy’s hero moment, she wouldn’t have fallen into depression!”
“Since y
you love the spotlight so much, I’ll make sure you get plenty of it!”
I was tortured until my mind barsted out, and then I was sold to the most dirty and nasty areas of east Europe. Humiliated and broken, I died in a foreign
land all alone
When I opened my eyes again, I was
again, I was back on the day Kim Coope
Cooper was supposed to fire the flare.
This time, I smiled as I watched her shoot the only flare–straight into a tree.
When Cullen insisted on giving Kim the flare gun, the entire team’s faces twisted in frustration.
Only Kim beamed in joy, her voice dripping with saccharine sweetness.
“Cullen, thank you for giving me this chance to be a hero!
She lifted the flare gun dramatically, only to lower it again with a pout.
“Cullen, I don’t know how to fire it. Can you teach me please?
The ship was vanishing into the distance. The team’s desperation turned to fury.
Can you do it or not? If not, let someone else save us!!!
“If you keep stalling, we’ll all die because of you!”
Instead of shame, Kim’s eyes welled up with tears as she turned to Cullen.
“Cullen… they’re being so mean to me…”
“Am I really that useless? Maybe…. maybe I’m just not meant to be a hero.
Cullen’s expression darkened, his protective instincts flaring
“One more word from any of you, and you’re fired! Mind your own words”
Silence fell to the crowd.
Because Cullen wasn’t just my husband–he was everyone’s loss.
Under the awful economic situation nowadays, losing your job meant you’re totally screwed up, no matter if you just graduated from college or have been working for decades.
So Cullen coddled Kim explaining the flare gun with ridiculous detail, basking in her fale admiration. By the time he finished, the ship was nearly gone.
Kim raised the gun again.
In my past life, I had lost patience and fired it myself–only for Cullen to later destroy me for “stealing Kimmy’s moment.” humiliation still burn in my dream.
The nasty
feeling and the
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I crossed my arms and watched.
Kim squeezed her eyes shut and pulled the trigger.
Our only flare hit straight to the tree.
Our last hope one.
