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I was a CEO in Kingston, wealthy, good-looking, living a life most people could only fantasize about. By all reasonable measures, I should have felt like the luckiest man alive. But then there was Edward Carter, the one person I simply could not stand. He was also a major force in Kingston, and somehow, he had always been a little richer and a little better looking than I was. People had been comparing the two of us since we were kids, and I never once came out on top. That was the root of my dislike for him, plain and simple. Ever since I took over the family business, I had gone out of my way to avoid him entirely. People liked to say we were like two rival lions who never shared the same territory. My plan was to keep watching him from the shadows, and the moment I finally pulled ahead, I would stride right up to him, plant my hands on my hips, and laugh in his face. But then, one morning, I woke up to find myself locked in a pitch-black room with him. A voice said, "Welcome to the Escape Room of Fated Choices. "To leave this place, the two of you must keep your bodies within four inches of each other. Fail, and you'll be trapped here forever." I glared at Edward, whose ears had turned bright red, while the veins in my forehead throbbed visibly. I snapped, "Who the hell is messing with me?"