Chapter 1

In my rock climbing team, I'd always been paying out of my own pocket to get my friends the best equipment to keep everyone safe.

Until a new member joined the team.

"Twelve hundred for rock climbing gear? Are you robbing us, Elena?"

Someone explained, "Twelve hundred isn't bad, actually. This stuff goes for seven or eight thousand on the market."

"Elena owns a shop. She only charges us cost price."

Muniz continued, "Cost price? Don't make me laugh. My family owns a shop too. I know exactly how much markup there is."

"Why don't you all order from me instead? I'll give you the real cost price—two hundred a set."

Everyone in the group chat was tempted.

"Two hundred? That's way too big a difference."

"Let's have Muniz handle the equipment from now on."

"Elena, don't be upset, but how much have you made off us all these years under the guise of friendship?"

Made money?

All these years, to help the team win, I'd been giving them 1-on-1 custom-made gear.

The kind you couldn't buy on the market even if you had money.

I tapped my keyboard lightly and replied, "OK."

Two-hundred-dollar equipment—as long as they weren't afraid of falling off the rock wall, it was fine by me.