He Chose Her, So I Jumped Off the Cliff With My Brother’s Ashes

Jerome forces Leona to crawl a hundred kilometers up a snow mountain to beg forgiveness for the avalanche that he believes cost his first love, Zenobia, the use of her legs. At the summit, surrounded by jeering heirs and heiresses placing bets, he orders her to strip off her parka and lay it beneath Zenobia's feet. Everyone expects Leona to grovel as she always has.

But Leona has nothing left to lose. Her brother Duncan, who sold his blood to raise money for her, died the night before, and she has stopped asking for forgiveness. When a caretaker delivers Duncan's belongings, Jerome seizes the knotted rope inside—the rope from the avalanche, kept by Duncan to clear her name. Jerome refuses to give it back, calling it evidence of her guilt.

Leona stands at the cliff's edge, her brother's ashes and last words her only company, while the crowd waits to see whether she will kneel one final time.