Chapter 1

For our New Year's honeymoon, my husband, Carter, and his female bestie, Mia, secretly changed our destination from sunny Maui, Hawaii, to a freezing, rugged mountain cabin in Aspen, Colorado.

I had severe car sickness and lay in the back seat the whole time, completely exhausted.

When we finally stopped at a diner to eat, I took just one bite of my pasta and immediately had a massive allergic reaction.

There was crab meat hidden in the sauce.

Mia looked at me with pure disdain. "Oh, come on. Who is actually allergic to crab? Are you seriously faking this right now?"

Carter didn't hesitate. He raised his hand and slapped me right across the face.

"Stop being so dramatic, Chloe. If you eat it more often, you'll build immunity."

I didn't even have the strength to speak. My hands were shaking violently, and my vision began to blur.

I pointed at my purse, struggling to squeeze out a single word: "Epi...Pen..."

He didn't care at all. He casually kicked my bag under the seat, further out of my reach.

"Just suck it up. It'll pass."

Using the absolute last ounce of my strength, I speed-dialed my father.

"Dad... Carter is trying to kill me."

Before I could say another word, Carter snatched the phone from my hand.

But he had no idea. If anything happened to me, my billionaire father would make sure he paid with his life.