Chapter 2

My colleagues' eyes went wide, and even Elliot and Clover turned pale.

Everyone froze in place. Before the rolling snow reached us, I shouted at the top of my lungs, "Follow me! There's a cave over there!"

The group snapped out of their daze and ran with me to a nearby cave. As soon as the last person entered the cave, the avalanche struck. Snow heaped at the entrance, cutting off every ray of light.

"What do we do now?" someone whispered in the dark. "We're not going to die here, are we?"

"It's all the two idiots' fault. If it weren't for them, we'd be home by now."

Arguments broke out, and I switched on the ultra-bright emergency light I always carried. The cave glowed.

When my coworker spotted Clover, he lost control and swung his fist toward her. "Clover, this is all your fault!"

Elliot stepped between Clover and the angry coworkers. "Do you think hitting a woman makes you impressive? If you want to fight, take it out on me."

"Fine, then we'll take you both on," several others shouted, wanting to teach them a lesson.

Some even turned on me. "Rowan, don't think you can hide either. If you hadn't recommended such an irresponsible guide, we wouldn't be in this mess."

Just as I was about to plead with them to stop, fists were raised toward me and Clover.

"Stop!" Elliot shouted urgently. "If you keep this up, I won't get you out of here."

All eyes turned to him. "You can get us out?"

Elliot nodded and raised his wrist. "See this watch? My father had it custom-made. It automatically sends a distress signal if I'm in danger. It already sent a signal during the avalanche. In less than three days, my family will send someone to rescue us."

The cave fell silent for a few seconds, then someone voiced doubt.

"A watch that magically calls for help? Do you think we're in a movie?"

"How is it even supposed to send a signal in this weather?"

"Wait, I heard the son of a billionaire has one of those because he loves the outdoors. Are you the billionaire's son?"

Elliot lowered his head sheepishly. "My dad told me not to reveal my identity."

That was as good as admitting it.

Clover frowned and asked, "Elliot, didn't we agree not to reveal who you are?"

"Clover, it's too late for that. If we don't say something now, we'll get beaten to death," Elliot said urgently. "I don't want anyone to get hurt. After we're rescued, I'll have my dad give everyone a little compensation."

The promise of guaranteed rescue and compensation thrilled everyone. Only I stood in the corner with a frown.

It was true that the billionaire's son had a watch capable of sending distress signals and tracking his location.

The catch was that the watch was on my wrist, and I had never heard of my father having another son.

As I watched Clover fawn over Elliot, memories of my previous life came rushing back. After Elliot's accident, Clover had received a letter from him.

The letter revealed that Elliot had loved Clover for a long time, yet he hadn't confessed because of me and wouldn't come between her and anyone else.

Clover cried all night after reading it, and by the next day, she declared she wanted to marry me.

I had planned to introduce her to my father at the engagement party, but she dragged me to the snow mountain and cruelly killed me.

At the time, I had thought she had belatedly realized her feelings for Elliot. Now, it seemed far more likely that that wasn't the case. She had only ever treated him well because he was the billionaire's son.

She killed me because I had ruined her chance at marrying into wealth.

I sneered quietly. After everything came to light, would Clover treat Elliot like she treated me once she realized she had missed her chance with the billionaire's son again?