Chapter 1

The hundredth time I got down on one knee to propose to Lara at a gala, in front of all the flashing cameras, she called me pathetic.

Then she turned and threw herself into the arms of a senior from college who had been chasing her for months, flaunting their affection for everyone to see.

To appease him, she ran me off a cliff with her car.

I ended up with broken bones all over my body and multiple organ failure.

I spent two whole months in the ICU, clawing my way back from the brink of death.

This time, I didn't beg. I didn't plead. I just called my parents, who were living abroad.

"I was wrong," I told them. "I'm ready to give it all up and come home to take over the company."