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00:00I was my husband's ghostwriter. He betrayed me. I want a divorce. Who is going to believe? A housewife. Dad is about to become CEO of Roy Publishing House. The chairwoman of Roy Publishing is me. I am more than Jonathan's ex-wife. I am Anne Roy, the heiress of the Roy empire and the true author of this company's best-selling books.
00:27She's a delusion. You're just a filthy kitchen man. I am Roy, stand before you, reclaiming everything that belongs to me.
00:38This is your last warning. I'm exposing the truth. A housewife wants to bring me down. The real world is not as simple as you think it is. You have no idea how badly you'll regret this.
00:57For 25 years, I was my husband's ghostwriter. I helped him become a best-selling author. But while I wrote page after page, he betrayed me.
01:10He was having an affair with another woman. And how did I find out? A kiss cam that caught them at a concert. He humiliated me in front of the whole world.
01:2125 years of marriage. Gone. Just like that.
01:27Have fun at the real play concert. I wish I could join you. Especially since tonight's our anniversary.
01:38It's a work thing, honey. Besides, you don't even like their music.
01:43Oh, actually, I do like...
01:44Honey, I gotta go. Can't wait for dinner. Make me, uh, something delicious.
01:48Okay, honey.
02:03Anne, I found this new book. It's a masterpiece.
02:06If I were to guess, I'd say you probably had a pretty heavy part in writing the book.
02:11The least you could do is give us some credit, right?
02:13Henry, you know I don't like the spotlight.
02:14Plus, Jonathan's my husband. What's mine is his, and vice versa.
02:19I've already prepared everything for Jonathan to take over as CEO.
02:22Anne, why publish change your family business? I'm just looking over it on your behalf.
02:26We'll talk about this later. Gotta run, Henry. Have to call Jonathan to see what time he's coming home.
02:33The sun will die, the lights will go.
02:39We got some love, the light will go.
02:42That's weird. The concert should be over by now.
02:51Don't you want to answer your wife's call?
02:54She's so annoying.
02:56She cannot go a single day without calling to blab about some unimportant shit.
03:01Hang on, baby.
03:04Yes, honey.
03:04I just wanted to know if you'd be back soon. Dinner's almost ready.
03:09Okay, yes. I will be right home, honey.
03:11All right.
03:16When was the last time you fucked your wife, Jonathan?
03:19It has been years.
03:22I can't stand her body anymore.
03:25Especially when I have someone like you.
03:28You better be telling the truth.
03:29Oh, I swear on my life.
03:31You are the only woman I know.
03:34Fuck.
03:39Okay.
03:40Either they're having an affair or just really, really shy.
03:44Okay, I got it.
03:44Baby, I'm going to go.
03:45I'm going to catch you later.
03:46Okay.
03:48But you better divorce her soon.
03:50I'm sick of this.
03:51Olivia, I need you to hurry home.
03:53I need you to cover me in front of mom in case something goes wrong.
03:55No, I'm going to explain when I get home.
03:56Just hurry home.
04:00Hi, honey.
04:01You're back.
04:03And just in time, dinner's ready.
04:05How was the concert?
04:06Was it fun?
04:07No, not really.
04:08You know, these work things are.
04:10Well, maybe next time I should join you, then it'll be more fun.
04:14Oh, come on.
04:14Let me have your coat.
04:22Oh, Olivia called.
04:24She said she'll be back soon.
04:26Oh, my God.
04:28Wait.
04:29That looks just like famous author Jonathan Asher.
04:32No way.
04:33Isn't he married?
04:34Who's he with?
04:35Oh, shit.
04:37Honey, did you hear me?
04:39Huh?
04:40What?
04:40I'm sorry, honey.
04:41What did you say?
04:42Olivia and Cam, they're going to be joining us for dinner.
04:44Okay, that's great, honey.
04:45Yeah.
04:45He may not have taken me to that real play concert, but he got me this beautiful necklace.
05:11I've chosen a good man to marry.
05:16Hey, Dad.
05:18It's the big silver anniversary today, right?
05:2125 years of marriage.
05:22Wow.
05:23Don't you think our amazing little housewife deserves a little something?
05:26Yes, of course.
05:29Anne, my angel, whatever you do, do not forget you're not just my wife.
05:37You're my whole life.
05:38Thank you, my love.
05:44Hurry up and open it, Mom.
05:54A pen.
05:56Do you remember the last award ceremony I attended?
05:59I couldn't stop thinking about how much you've done for this family.
06:02So I picked up this pen in my hotel bed, and I wrote about how much I missed you all night long.
06:09Wow.
06:10Dad, you're such a romantic.
06:12I noticed you write the same acknowledgement in every book to my most beloved Anne.
06:19Without you, none of this would be possible.
06:22You are my muse.
06:24Everyone writes acknowledgments.
06:25It's no big deal.
06:26What you need to learn, Ken, is that for a good wife,
06:29love is much more valuable than jewelry.
06:33Price, insignificant.
06:36You better not learn that from my dad.
06:38Look, I'm not some simple housewife that's going to be satisfied with a hotel pen and a left note.
06:45I'm a career woman, and career women appreciate investment pieces.
06:54What's wrong with your mother?
06:56She's just being dramatic.
06:57Look, after all, she's only a housewife.
07:02Dad, allow me to raise a glass to you.
07:07Ever since you invited me to be your guest at your award ceremony,
07:10I actually have a contract at a Fortune 500 company.
07:14Let me also congratulate you, Mr. Asher, to the next CEO of Roy Publishing.
07:19No, maybe he got that necklace for Olivia.
07:27I shouldn't be so quick to jump to conclusions.
07:31Anne, is it just me, or does this look kind of like your husband?
07:34Is Jonathan cheating on me?
07:44Lily Ann, my news.
08:14Happy anniversary.
08:15Every book I write is a declaration of my love for you.
08:18You deserve only the finest gold and gems to adorn your precious body.
08:23Lily Ann.
08:26Lily.
08:27Anne.
08:28To my most beloved Anne.
08:31He was never talking about me.
08:34Who is this woman?
08:35How could you use the book that I wrote to proclaim your love for another woman?
08:47Oh, come on.
08:48What is wrong with you, woman?
08:49Is this the work you've been so busy with?
08:52Who the hell is Lily Ann?
08:55Did you go through my things?
08:57This is an invasion of my privacy.
08:58Oh, you're really going to turn this back around on me when you are the one who brought evidence of your affair into our home?
09:03Lillian and I are professional acquaintances.
09:06We discuss art and literature.
09:07Every book I write is a declaration of my love for you.
09:11I shall ensure that only the finest gold and gems adorn your precious body.
09:16That is a literary reference, and that is something you would not understand.
09:19I suppose you're going to tell me that she finds it necessary to discuss your work dressed in lacy laundry.
09:24I'm not sure what you are.
09:26Anne, you're ruining our anniversary, and I am not going to just sit here and listen to your insane accusations.
09:32I'll be in my study.
09:37You don't know.
09:38You don't.
09:38You are going to stand there.
09:39You are going to explain everything to me.
09:40Mom, calm down.
09:42This is all a big misunderstanding.
09:44Okay, Lily Ann is a good person.
09:46Her and dad have a professional relationship.
09:49You know her?
09:51You're going to defend some other woman?
09:53Mom, Lily Ann is a literary agent at Roy Publishing House.
09:57Her and dad work together.
09:58It's her job.
09:59Look, I get it.
10:00You've been a stay-at-home mom my whole life.
10:03Obviously, you don't know how the publishing world works.
10:05Wait a second.
10:08How long have you known about them?
10:12Olivia, you're my daughter.
10:14I carried you inside of me for nine months.
10:17I gave up everything for you.
10:18And as thanks you've been helping your father hide his affair from me, let it go!
10:23Clearly, you watched too many soap operas, and they filled your head with crazy ideas.
10:27My own baby calling me crazy.
10:31Is that what you think, too?
10:34That I'm just some silly housewife with my head full of conspiracies?
10:38That I would stir up trouble for no reason?
10:39Well, it does seem like that's what ruined our anniversary.
10:44So, darling, maybe you should stick to the housework.
10:48Let us deal with the thinking.
10:50Stick to the housework.
10:52As if I haven't given up 25 years of my life for the both of you.
10:55To keep you happy and healthy and fed.
10:59Did those pants fold themselves and jump on into your drawer?
11:02Did those shoes shine themselves?
11:04Three meals a day for 25 years?
11:09These hands have been soaked in detergent and grease and filth.
11:15Every day you two come home and you kick up your feet just knowing everything will be cared for.
11:19That I have taken care of every little detail.
11:22But for me?
11:24For the past 25 years, I have worked around the clock like a goddamn maid.
11:30Have I ever gotten a break?
11:32Ever?
11:33Ever?
11:35So, first you're mad about some imaginary affair.
11:39Then you're mad about how you have chosen to spend your life.
11:45Your stay-at-home mom and housewife.
11:48Cooking, cleaning, raising the kids.
11:51That's the job.
11:52That's what you're supposed to do.
11:53What do you want is to give you a medal?
11:55You're right.
11:56I did choose this life.
11:58And I have done my best to live up to my duties as a wife.
12:01So shouldn't you live up to your duties as a husband?
12:04At the very least, you should be faithful in your marriage.
12:07I should be faithful.
12:08It's the one that depends on the other's paycheck.
12:10My God.
12:13How could you say something so hurtful?
12:16You want to embarrass yourself in front of your daughter, her husband?
12:22For 25 years, I have been working my ass off while you have been sitting here indulging in a life of luxury.
12:33You should be grateful.
12:34Between the two of us, who should really be grateful?
12:37Have you forgotten who helped take you from a nameless writer to a best-selling author?
12:43Mom, I think you need to calm down.
12:46Oh, I'm calm.
12:48Your father's the one who needs to watch himself.
12:50Are you threatening me?
12:51I'm reminding you.
12:54I'm the one who wrote all of those books.
12:58What, are you going to go out there?
13:00Tell the whole world you wrote my collected works?
13:02Who is going to believe a housewife?
13:05Especially one that's gone mad, which you clearly have.
13:08I'll just show them my manuscripts.
13:10All of them in my handwriting for all of your novels.
13:14The manuscripts.
13:16God, I bet that's something you keep locked up, safe and sound, huh?
13:19God forbid something should happen to the manuscripts.
13:23You.
13:24No.
13:25No, no, no.
13:32I won't kill you.
13:35No, no, no.
13:37You burned my manuscripts.
13:41I put 25 years of my heart into those.
13:43But it wasn't Dad.
13:45Mom.
13:47It was me.
13:48And if you come and say anything, I'm going to go and tell the press that you're a liar.
13:56Dad is about to become the CEO of Roy Publishing House.
14:01And if anything happens to his reputation, all of our contracts will be canceled.
14:07And our entire family will take the hit.
14:09So this was all about your father becoming CEO?
14:13Wake up, Mom.
14:15This is the real world.
14:16Not some soap opera.
14:18Why can't you just act like any other housewife?
14:21Pretend it didn't happen.
14:23So why don't you just go and buy some clothes?
14:26And get your fucking nails done.
14:27What are you trying to achieve by causing a scene like this?
14:36I want a divorce.
14:37I want a divorce.
14:43I don't want to be part of this traitorous family anymore.
14:47I'm drawing up the divorce papers.
14:49Soon you'll see who really provided for this family.
14:52Mom!
14:53Okay, let her go.
14:56Go ahead!
14:57See what the real world's all about.
14:59Two weeks' time.
15:00She's going to be back here, begging me to take her back.
15:04Oh, I left some belongings in your suitcase.
15:09What do they look like?
15:10Ooh, they're red as flames.
15:15Soft to the touch.
15:17You need to hurry up over here and collect them.
15:20I'll only step foot in your house once I become your wife.
15:24You will be soon, honey.
15:25Have a little sneak preview in the meantime.
15:33Oh my god, baby, you look incredible.
15:38Years in advance for all that you promised me.
15:42Lily Ann, my goddess, my muse.
15:47Miss Roy, Mr. Henry's office is over here.
16:12Babe, where'd you go?
16:14I just saw your wife walk into the CEO's office.
16:19Could she be trying to report our relationship?
16:22What?
16:25Hey, Ann.
16:26What a pleasant surprise.
16:28What's going on?
16:30Henry, I came here today to ask you to stay on as CEO.
16:33You've led this company to become what it is.
16:35There's no reason for you to leave.
16:37Yeah, but without your father's mentorship,
16:39I never would have come this far.
16:41I promised him that I would look after you.
16:43Roy is always meant to have been your company.
16:46Henry, I knew I could put my faith in you.
16:48Thank you, but now it's time to return to its rightful owner.
16:53Per your request, I was just getting ready to call Jonathan
16:55to talk to him about taking over as CEO.
16:57The other reason that I came here today was to tell you to revoke that offer.
17:06John and I are getting divorced.
17:08He's been cheating on me for God knows how long.
17:12With another Ann, Lillian.
17:15His real muse, apparently.
17:17I've been giving him special treatment because of you.
17:21How dare he disrespect you?
17:23You know what?
17:25I'm going to fire that asshole right now.
17:27And that idiot Lillian.
17:30Listen, listen.
17:33I'll know.
17:35Fine.
17:37Listen, I don't want you to fire him.
17:39Why not?
17:42You still have feelings for him?
17:43We were married for 25 years.
17:45I mean, we've weathered so much together.
17:48Actually, Henry, go ahead and announce his position as CEO.
17:53But I will be adding one condition.
17:59This plan will hold control over her.
18:06Olivia, there's no need to be so nervous.
18:08Maybe your mom went to the CEO to beg for a job.
18:11No, she's definitely going to bring up the ghostwriting issue.
18:14Then Dad's reputation is going to be ruined and my contracts are going to be canceled.
18:18If I have to drag her back here myself, I will.
18:21Darling, listen.
18:23Do not worry.
18:24Lily's keeping an eye on her.
18:26Now, if Ann tries to expose me, we are going to go to the press,
18:30tell them it was her having the affair.
18:33And now she's trying to slander my reputation and steal half my essence.
18:37Great idea, Dad.
18:38That way, her public image will be ruined and nobody will believe Mom.
18:42A housewife wants to bring me down.
18:45And I am going to show you that the real world is not as simple as you think it is.
18:55Henry.
18:55Am I being too harsh on them?
18:59Jonathan and I were together for so long.
19:01He must care about me still, even just a little bit, right?
19:04Are you getting cold feet?
19:06No.
19:07I, um...
19:07If Jonathan were to have a change of heart and show me that he still cares,
19:14I might give him another chance.
19:16Ann, do not give in so easily.
19:17You've done everything for your family.
19:19But please, it's time that you put yourself first for once.
19:22Thanks, Henry.
19:26You're the best friend a girl could ask for.
19:28Actually, I'm the worst.
19:29I should have checked in on you a long time ago.
19:33I, uh, I chose this life, so I need to face those consequences.
19:37Let's do like we talked about.
19:40I'll keep you updated.
19:41Okay.
19:44Ann, you're too nice.
19:45Mr. Harper, wasn't the woman who just left Mr. Asher's wife?
19:55Mrs. Villanova, isn't it still work hours?
19:59Go back and set up a meeting with HR.
20:01I'm going to be calling Jonathan Asher and giving him notice about his position in this company.
20:05Mr. Harper, Jonathan is our best-selling author.
20:10You can't destroy his career over some one-sided statement.
20:13What one-sided statement are you talking about?
20:17Hmm?
20:18I'm going to be calling to him to tell him to be the next CEO of this company.
20:23Would you call that destroying his career?
20:26Oh, my God!
20:29What an incredibly wise decision.
20:33Why are you so happy about this?
20:35Are you and Mr. Asher that close?
20:37I...
20:39I'm a really big fan of his.
20:42So, naturally, I'm really happy for him.
20:47You don't even know what the real alter your fangirling over is.
20:51I need you to hurry up and make that meeting with HR.
20:54I'm going to inform Jonathan personally.
20:56Hello, my darling.
21:04Johnny, I have amazing news.
21:07You're about to become the CEO.
21:10What did you just say?
21:16Roy Publishing House is hiring me as CEO!
21:20Yes!
21:21I'm absolutely right.
21:23I'm about to prep your meeting with HR.
21:25Henry has to fool me in you.
21:27Anne's nonsense went in one ear and out the other.
21:34I hope you still remember the promise you made.
21:37Once you become the CEO, then I'll become your new Mrs. Asher.
21:43Ah, yes.
21:45I never go back on my work, my darling.
21:47Well, then you better hurry up and clear out his drawers.
21:50Because I've got a lot of laundry to put in them.
21:57Your wish is my command.
21:59Anne, everything's been prepared.
22:10I'll await your instructions.
22:13Thank you, Henry.
22:17Jonathan, we built this house together from the ground up.
22:22We've been through thick and thin together for 25 years.
22:25Do you really want to demolish it all?
22:29You said I was your life.
22:32But then, you turned around and embraced another woman.
22:36Was everything a lie?
22:40I'm willing to sacrifice everything for my family.
22:43But I will not tolerate betrayal.
22:46Today, I will tell you the whole truth.
22:49It will be your very last chance.
22:52What's the meaning of this?
23:13Jonathan?
23:14It's exactly what you wanted, Anne.
23:17We're getting a divorce.
23:18We're getting a divorce.
23:22Are you sure about this?
23:30Oh.
23:31I've already signed the papers.
23:35So I was willing to try and save our marriage.
23:38But you've already written it off.
23:40Henry, go ahead and announce his position as CEO.
23:43But I will be adding one condition.
23:45I'll be taking over as chairwoman again.
23:47Therefore, any hiring that's done, such as CEO, will require my approval.
23:54Are you in such a hurry to kick me out?
23:58What a shame.
24:00I was thinking about giving you all a second chance.
24:03Oh, stop bluffing it.
24:04Your truth is, you could come in here, you could crawl, beg me.
24:08I'd never let you back in this house.
24:11Mom, it's one thing to throw a tantrum at home.
24:13But it's a different thing entirely to cause a scene at the company.
24:17A dad is a public figure.
24:19You almost destroyed his career.
24:21And you think he's going to be willing to reconcile?
24:23Exactly, Anne.
24:25You shouldn't have tried to expose Mr. Asher for using a ghostwriter.
24:29He might have let you stay and write more books for him.
24:34Jonathan.
24:35You know deep down inside that without me, you will never write another word.
24:41Do you really think that I need to rely on writing for a living?
24:46Soon the entire company will be mine.
24:49So you really think that you'll be unstoppable once you're CEO?
24:52Is that why you're in such a hurry to get rid of me?
24:55The faithful wife who stood by your side through thick and thin
24:59and trade me in for some shiny new toy?
25:04What or who I play with is none of your business.
25:08I have kept a roof over your head for years.
25:11I can forgive your ungratefulness.
25:13But I cannot forgive you stabbing me in the back
25:18during the most pivotal moment of my career.
25:21I mean, how am I supposed to stay with such a vile woman by my side?
25:24What on earth are you talking about?
25:26I have never stabbed you in the back.
25:29Without me, you would still be an unpublished wannabe
25:33and not the next CEO of Roy Publishing.
25:35Your storytelling skills have really gone down the drain.
25:39Mom, you should really stop with the soap opera shit.
25:42Like, what's next?
25:43You're going to tell us you're a wealthy heiress?
25:46You need to stop saying this idiotic stuff
25:48or people are going to think you're a joke.
25:51That's right.
25:53I'm a joke.
25:54A joke for being so blind.
25:58For choosing a selfish brood of a man to be my husband like him.
26:03For having a thankless daughter like you.
26:06For having a pushover for a son-in-law.
26:08You're right, Olivia.
26:10How could I have spent 25 years of my life
26:13catering to you ungrateful liars?
26:16I must have been delusional.
26:21I'll sign the divorce papers.
26:23From now on, I have no connection to this family.
26:40Wait.
26:40Wait.
26:44Whoa, what are you doing?
26:46You can't just get a divorce like that.
26:47This is a supplemental document.
26:52You must agree to its terms.
26:54Dad's assets aren't pocket change.
26:56You can't just take half.
26:58Especially since they'll eventually come to me.
27:01How can you be so cold?
27:05First you're kicking me out,
27:06and now you want me to leave empty-handed?
27:09Olivia, you're my daughter.
27:12Don't you have any sympathy for me?
27:14I'm not like you, Mom.
27:16I'm a career woman.
27:18Don't take it personally.
27:20She always was too emotional.
27:23Why does everyone in this family look down on me?
27:27I've taken care of you both for 25 years.
27:29I've given you everything that I had.
27:31Mom, you didn't do shit for 25 years.
27:33So what?
27:34You cooked us a few meals?
27:36You didn't earn a single cent for this family.
27:40Dad was the one who consistently worked,
27:44enslaved, and earned every penny
27:46that was put into this house.
27:48Not you.
27:50Did you ever stop to think about why
27:53Roy Publishing House gave your father a chance?
27:56Why they groomed him for all of these years?
27:59Well, obviously.
28:00Because Dad is incredibly talented.
28:02Dad is about to become the CEO of Roy Publishing House.
28:08He'll have stocks worth tens of millions of dollars.
28:13And if he even gave half to a housewife like you,
28:18he may as well throw all that money in the fire.
28:29Jonathan, is this the way you feel too?
28:32That you earned everything for this family?
28:36I had nothing to do with it.
28:38I want to hear you say it yourself.
28:42You haven't contributed anything.
28:48I'll tell you what.
28:49I'll give you a little bit of alimony
28:50once we get the divorce settled.
28:52But
28:53as far as what's in this house,
28:57you don't get anything.
29:00Oh my, what a generous offer.
29:10Roy Publishing House gave you everything.
29:14Made you a best-selling author.
29:16Gave you this huge house.
29:18A fancy car.
29:20And you're still saying that it had nothing to do with me.
29:23Fine, give me that paper.
29:28I'll sign whatever you want.
29:30Anne, I knew this would happen.
29:53I'll be there soon.
29:54Jonathan,
29:56Olivia,
29:57Ken,
29:57the way you've treated me today
29:59has destroyed any love
30:00that I still had left for this family.
30:02But you've also
30:03destroyed your futures.
30:07Oh, boo-hoo!
30:09Here you go again
30:10with the soap opera stuff.
30:12I think we're done here.
30:13Hurry up and leave.
30:14Oh,
30:23now that must be
30:24the CEO right now.
30:28God, I bet
30:29Henry's coming in person
30:30to announce
30:31the transfer of power.
30:33That old son of a gun,
30:34he's never got any patience,
30:35does he?
30:35See,
30:36the CEO himself
30:38came in person
30:39to notify us.
30:40Well, since the CEO
30:42is coming
30:43with such good news,
30:45I suppose
30:46you better hurry
30:46and let him in.
30:48Come quick,
30:48Mr. Asher.
30:49I think it's for you.
30:51So you're Lillianne,
31:20I'm sorry,
31:21have we not?
31:22No.
31:24But I've seen
31:25your noteworthy photos.
31:27Lily,
31:29what brings you here?
31:30Dad, Lily,
31:31we weren't expecting
31:32you to stop by.
31:33Well,
31:34of course I had to come by
31:35and celebrate
31:35with you all.
31:37Congratulations
31:38on becoming
31:39the CEO
31:40of the Roy Publishing House.
31:43Oh my God!
31:44Congrats, Dad!
31:46You've come
31:46at just the right time, Lily.
31:48Mr. Asher is now
31:49finally divorced.
31:51You and Dad
31:52were meant to be
31:53at the stroke of fate.
31:55Is this true?
31:57It's true, honey.
31:59I finally suffered
32:00all times
32:00with that miserable
32:01true.
32:02Then we have
32:03two things
32:04to celebrate.
32:06We can keep
32:06the festivities
32:07going.
32:08going.
32:14Well,
32:15that
32:16is the best gift
32:17any man can get.
32:20Lily,
32:21from now on,
32:22you're a member
32:23of the family.
32:24You should just
32:25move in already.
32:27Yes,
32:28we've already
32:28emptied all the drawers
32:29for you.
32:30Don't you think
32:31you're all celebrating
32:32a bit prematurely?
32:34Jonathan,
32:35do you really think
32:35that you're CEO now
32:36just because your mistress
32:37brought you
32:38some cheap champagne?
32:41That's enough, Anne.
32:42I've already told you.
32:43Lily is not
32:43just a mistress.
32:45Oh.
32:45Oh, that's right.
32:46She's a literary agent.
32:49Hmm.
32:49So I'm sure
32:50that she's here
32:50on official business.
32:57I think we all
32:59know what kind
33:00of work
33:01she does.
33:05Jealous hag!
33:06Don't worry,
33:09Mr. Asher.
33:11Let her say
33:11what she wants.
33:13I am here
33:13on official business.
33:16And the truth
33:17always prevails.
33:19That's right.
33:19Yeah.
33:20You're just a junior
33:21agent at Roy Publishing,
33:22aren't you?
33:23Are you even qualified
33:24to make this kind
33:25of announcement?
33:26Because I was under
33:27the impression
33:27that Henry Harper,
33:29the CEO,
33:31was the only one
33:32with that kind
33:32of authority.
33:34You stupid housewife!
33:36You don't understand
33:37what happens
33:38in the professional world.
33:40The CEO
33:41is a very busy man.
33:44And so I am entrusted
33:45to deliver
33:46this announcement.
33:47Hmm.
33:48Did he really
33:49entrust you
33:50with this announcement?
33:51Well, then,
33:52why don't we just
33:54go ahead
33:54and give him
33:54and give him
33:54a call
33:55to confirm?
34:02Mom,
34:03stop embarrassing
34:04yourself.
34:05Why would a housewife
34:06like you
34:07have the CEO's number?
34:09Roy Publishing House
34:10has tens
34:11of thousands
34:11of employees.
34:12Do you really expect
34:13the CEO
34:14to do everything
34:14himself?
34:16Sweet Lillianne
34:17is one of his
34:18top agents.
34:19And she absolutely
34:20has the authority
34:21to come here
34:21and notify us.
34:22I wasn't talking
34:24to you.
34:25You're just starting off.
34:26You only have
34:27a few clients,
34:28don't you, dear?
34:29What do you know
34:29about how an elite
34:30publishing company works?
34:32I know more
34:33than you do.
34:34What do you think
34:35real work is?
34:37Going out
34:37and buying groceries
34:38or doing the laundry?
34:40Ha ha ha!
34:41Please,
34:41just,
34:42just stop, Mom.
34:43You're embarrassing
34:43yourself.
34:44Be gentler
34:45to your mother,
34:46Olivia.
34:47Oh,
34:49Ann,
34:50you know,
34:50I completely understand
34:51where you're coming from.
34:53You've been in the house
34:54for so long.
34:56Of course,
34:57you're a little
34:57ignorant.
34:59I really do
35:00take Kitty
35:01on you,
35:02but now
35:03it's time
35:04for someone
35:04more worthy
35:05to take Oprah's
35:07woman's house.
35:09I'm lucky
35:10to have found one.
35:11Mm-hmm.
35:13Dad,
35:14I'm so happy
35:15for you two
35:15with your reputation
35:17and Lily's
35:18business acumen.
35:19You guys
35:20are a match
35:20made in heaven.
35:26Johnny,
35:27it's the CEO.
35:28You must be
35:29checking in
35:29to see if you've
35:30heard the good news yet.
35:32Hurry up,
35:32answer it.
35:33Yeah,
35:34and put it on speaker
35:34so someone
35:35can hear
35:36what the CEO
35:37really has to say.
35:38Hello?
35:41Mr. Harper?
35:41Yeah,
35:42I told you
35:42you're going to
35:42be in a meeting
35:43with HR.
35:44Where the hell
35:44do you want off
35:44to,
35:45you idiot?
35:52Hi,
35:53Mr. Harper.
35:54I'm at Mr. Asher's
35:55house.
35:55I told you
35:56to stop that meeting
35:57with HR.
35:58Did you skip out
35:58and work hours?
36:00Didn't you think
36:00to inform Mr. Asher?
36:02I told you
36:03I would personally
36:04inform him.
36:05You are just
36:06an agent.
36:07what right
36:08do you have
36:08doing my job
36:09for me?
36:10I'm sorry,
36:12Mr. Harper,
36:12I just thought
36:13I'd take the initiative.
36:15I'll be there soon.
36:16Stay right where you are.
36:18Yes, sir.
36:28What's wrong?
36:30Yeah,
36:30the CEO
36:31didn't sound too happy.
36:34Nothing's wrong.
36:35I was just
36:36in such a rush
36:37to share the good news.
36:38I completely
36:40forgot
36:41that Mr. Harper
36:42actually wanted
36:43to personally
36:44tell you
36:45that he's actually
36:46on his lane.
36:47Whoa, whoa.
36:48The CEO
36:49is personally
36:50coming to my house
36:51to announce
36:52me as his successor?
36:54But it's like
36:55I said,
36:56you didn't have
36:56that authority.
36:57If the CEO
36:58is coming here
36:59to congratulate
37:00Dad personally,
37:01I think he respects him.
37:04Of course he does.
37:06Your father
37:06is a best-selling author
37:08and renowned
37:09in the industry.
37:10It's only fitting
37:12that he succeeds
37:12as the next CEO.
37:14Oh,
37:16my, my, my.
37:18I think you're all
37:19mistaken.
37:20You see,
37:20the CEO
37:21is only coming here
37:22because the chairwoman
37:24asked him to.
37:25Jonathan's appointment
37:26as CEO?
37:28Well,
37:28ultimately,
37:29that decision
37:29lies with her.
37:31What chairwoman?
37:33Lily,
37:34does Roy Publishing House
37:35even have a chairwoman?
37:37Not that I know of.
37:39Well,
37:41who is she?
37:43Like she even knows.
37:45Oh,
37:45but I do.
37:47The chairwoman
37:48of Roy Publishing
37:49is me.
37:51Okay.
37:51Okay.
37:57Drop the act, Mom.
38:09Like,
38:09do you even know
38:10what a chairwoman does?
38:11Oh,
38:12she probably asked
38:13ChatGPT.
38:16Anne,
38:16please,
38:17you've got to stop
38:18flaunting your ignorance.
38:19When we were younger,
38:20we called it naivete,
38:21but now that you're old
38:22and washed up
38:23and haggard,
38:24it's just plain foolishness.
38:27She probably read
38:28so many trashy novels,
38:30she can't even
38:30keep up with reality anymore.
38:32She's stuck
38:33in her own fantasy world.
38:36That's what it is.
38:37She's delusional.
38:39Okay,
38:40yeah,
38:40I can play along with that.
38:45Greetings,
38:46chairwoman Anne.
38:52They're laughing at me now,
38:54but soon they'll see.
38:57Pardon me,
39:14chairwoman Anne.
39:15Are you going to reject
39:16my appointment as CEO?
39:18Are you going to strip me
39:20of everything I've ever earned?
39:21Are you going to kick me out
39:23of Roy Publishing Group?
39:24Yes,
39:30chairwoman Anne,
39:32are you going to blacklist me
39:33from the publishing world
39:34and shutter my company?
39:37Are you going to make
39:38your ungrateful daughter
39:40regret everything?
39:42Oh, no,
39:43no,
39:43no,
39:43no,
39:43maybe Anne
39:44wants to be treated
39:45like a queen.
39:47Ooh.
39:48In which case,
39:49I will be your butler
39:51and we'll be your maid
39:53and let us atone
39:56for our sins.
39:58Oh,
39:59and
39:59what about me?
40:02What would you like me to do?
40:04Go ahead and laugh.
40:06The CEO will be here soon.
40:08He'll confirm whether or not
40:09I'm telling the truth.
40:11All right,
40:12that's enough.
40:13Playtime's over.
40:14Now get the hell out of here
40:15or I'm going to remove you myself.
40:20Stop!
40:28Henry,
40:28I,
40:29I,
40:29you old son of a gun.
40:30You didn't tell me
40:31you're coming over here.
40:31My daughter,
40:35Olivia,
40:36her husband,
40:36Kenan.
40:37And who is that woman
40:38over there on your floor?
40:39Well,
40:40that is my ex.
40:41A silly woman.
40:42In fact,
40:42we were just getting rid of her
40:44because she was trying to
40:44tarnish my reputation,
40:46let alone
40:46for a publishing house.
40:48Kicking her out?
40:49The whole family decided
40:50we support my father
40:51and we won't let anyone
40:53tarnish his good name,
40:54related or not.
40:55That sounds like
41:04personal business to me.
41:06I'm here to talk strictly
41:07about company business,
41:09so let's stay focused
41:11on that.
41:12Yes.
41:13Great idea,
41:14Henry.
41:14Let's talk business.
41:16No wonder you're the leader
41:17of the company,
41:17Mr. Harper.
41:18Always cut it to the chase.
41:21Jonathan,
41:22as CEO of Roy Publishing House,
41:24I've decided to step down.
41:26I will now make
41:27my formal succession announcement.
41:31I, Henry Harper,
41:33due to personal circumstances,
41:35stepped down
41:36as CEO of Roy Publishing Company.
41:39If you were willing
41:40to secede me
41:41for this position,
41:42Mr. Asher,
41:42I'll need you to sign
41:43these documents.
41:47Oh, Henry.
41:49My friend.
41:54for trusting me.
41:57Congrats, Dad.
42:03Johnny,
42:04the moment
42:04we've been waiting for
42:05is finally here.
42:07Thank you
42:07for coming over
42:08so quickly
42:09and for shedding
42:09some light
42:10on the truth.
42:11Just now,
42:13someone
42:13was spreading
42:14a rumor
42:15that you don't have
42:16the ultimate
42:17decision-making power
42:19and that they made up
42:20some ridiculous
42:21chairwoman position.
42:22Such a trashy
42:24rumor.
42:25In all my years
42:26at the company,
42:27you are the only one
42:28with the absolute
42:29authority.
42:31I mean,
42:32have we ever
42:33had a chairwoman?
42:3425 years ago,
42:39the chairwoman
42:40stepped down
42:41from her position
42:41and gave me
42:43full authority
42:43to this whole company.
42:45Did you hear that, Mom?
42:46This is real life,
42:48not some soap opera.
42:49Miss chairwoman,
42:50it's time to wake up, honey.
42:53Stop laughing.
42:54We need to be
43:01the perfect hosts
43:02to Mr. Harper
43:03and get our
43:04own welcome guest
43:05out.
43:06Yes, darling,
43:08you are correct.
43:09Mr. Harper,
43:10forgive us for this
43:11unsightly mess.
43:12Ken,
43:13Olivia,
43:13get her out of here.
43:14Mom,
43:15you need to leave.
43:20Step away from her.
43:23I am not
43:24done speaking.
43:2525 years ago
43:26when I took over
43:27this company,
43:28there was no
43:28active chairwoman.
43:30But as of today,
43:31as of right now,
43:32I am reinstating
43:33a chairwoman
43:34who will have
43:35total control
43:36over the Roy
43:36Publishing House
43:37company.
43:38And you must all
43:39obey that
43:40chairwoman's orders,
43:41including
43:42the CEO.
43:45What?
43:48Henry,
43:49I don't understand.
43:50Why the change
43:50of plans?
43:51Where did this
43:52new chairwoman
43:53come from?
43:53I haven't heard
43:54a thing about
43:55her.
43:56Unless.
44:01No.
44:04That's impossible.
44:07But there's
44:08no way.
44:09But this is a joke.
44:10They're a terrible
44:11one at that.
44:12Going by the looks
44:13on your faces,
44:14you've already
44:15guessed who it is.
44:17That's right.
44:18Miss Ann Roy
44:19will be reinstated
44:20as the chairwoman
44:21of this company.
44:25Madam chairwoman?
44:36Welcome back,
44:36chairwoman.
44:37Ann is completely
44:45unqualified
44:46for this position.
44:47Is Roy
44:47publishing a joke?
44:48Are you telling me
44:50that the woman
44:51that was baking
44:52pies in the kitchen
44:53yesterday
44:54is a chairwoman
44:55of a company
44:56worth billions?
44:57Oh my God,
44:58this cannot be true.
44:59No.
45:01Mr. Harper,
45:02there must be
45:03a mistake.
45:03She's just
45:04a housewife
45:05who cooks
45:05and cleans
45:06all day.
45:07You ruined
45:08the company.
45:08Silence.
45:10The Roy family
45:11owns Roy
45:11Publishing Company.
45:13It's only natural
45:14that Ann,
45:15the sole heiress
45:16to the company,
45:17become the chairwoman.
45:18None of you
45:19have any right
45:21to question her.
45:22What?
45:23What?
45:27Wait.
45:31Wait.
45:31My wife
45:33of 25 years?
45:35The woman
45:35who cooked
45:36and cleaned
45:36for me
45:37is the sole
45:39heiress
45:39of the Roy
45:41family fortune?
45:42Jonathan,
45:43I told you
45:44you'd live
45:45to regret
45:45the way
45:45you treated
45:46me today.
45:49Mom,
45:50how could you
45:50hide this
45:51from us
45:51for so long?
45:52We're your own
45:53flesh and blood!
45:55Were you afraid
45:56of splitting
45:57your assets
45:58with us?
45:58Don't use
46:02your twisted
46:03logic
46:03to put words
46:04in my mouth.
46:05The only reason
46:06I hid my identity
46:07was to protect
46:07your father's
46:08fragile ego.
46:10Jonathan,
46:11when I first
46:12met you,
46:12you were just
46:13a nameless
46:13aspiring writer.
46:15I fell in love
46:16with your passion.
46:17We built
46:17this life together.
46:19I supported
46:20you from the
46:20sidelines
46:21every step
46:21of the way
46:22and helped
46:22you reach
46:23the position
46:24you're in now.
46:24I look forward
46:25to the day
46:26when I could
46:26tell you
46:27my true identity
46:29when you would
46:30finally become
46:30the CEO.
46:32I never thought
46:32that you could
46:33be so cruel
46:35to the loyal,
46:37loving wife
46:38who stayed
46:38by your side
46:39and made you
46:40into what you are.
46:41It took me
46:4225 years
46:44to see your
46:44true nature.
46:45I feel like a fool,
46:47but I see it now.
46:50Henry.
46:51Yes,
46:52Chairwoman Roy.
46:53What would you
46:54like me to do?
46:56give them their wish.
46:59From this day
47:00forward,
47:00I will have
47:01no connection
47:02to the Ashers.
47:03Our relationships
47:04will remain
47:05strictly business.
47:07Jonathan,
47:08I hereby
47:09rescind
47:09your position
47:10as CEO
47:11to Roy Publishing
47:12House.
47:13It cannot be
47:14led by a fraud.
47:15Furthermore,
47:16this company
47:16is cancelling
47:17all contracts
47:18with you.
47:19Your book contracts
47:20cancelled.
47:22Your advances
47:22rescinded.
47:24We expect
47:25full repayment.
47:26Lillianne,
47:27your depraved
47:28morals do not
47:29align with
47:29our company values.
47:31You built
47:31your career
47:32by seducing
47:32a married man.
47:34You're fired.
47:36In addition,
47:37my personal
47:37evaluation
47:38will be circulated
47:39throughout the industry.
47:40You will never
47:41work in publishing
47:42again.
47:52Olivia.
47:53Mom,
47:54I'm your daughter.
47:57From now on,
47:58you are not allowed
47:59to use Roy Publishing
48:00House's name
48:01for personal gain.
48:03If you try
48:04to leverage
48:04our relationship
48:05for future contracts,
48:06I will bury
48:07your company
48:08in lawsuits.
48:09Mom,
48:09if you cut me off,
48:10I'll go bankrupt
48:11within a year.
48:12Do you really
48:13want to ruin
48:14your only daughter?
48:15Please,
48:16Anne,
48:16Olivia is your
48:17flesh and blood.
48:18Why are you
48:19treating her like this?
48:20If she wasn't
48:20my daughter,
48:21I would have sued
48:22her already.
48:23Instead,
48:24I am generously
48:25giving her
48:25the opportunity
48:26to prove
48:27that she is
48:28the self-made
48:29businesswoman
48:30she proclaims
48:31to be.
48:32Olivia,
48:32I took care
48:33of you
48:33for 25 years.
48:35I'm not going
48:35to spoil you
48:36any longer.
48:37Mom,
48:38you're going
48:38to ruin us!
48:40Dad!
48:40Don't stand there!
48:42Fix it!
48:43Johnny,
48:44you have the tower!
48:46We only had
48:47a professional relationship.
48:48Please tell her
48:49to have mercy on me!
48:50You have the audacity
48:54to keep defending
48:55your mistress.
48:56I...
48:57I'm...
48:59I won't plead
49:01on their behalf,
49:01but...
49:02Anne,
49:03I'm just hurt
49:04that our family
49:04has come to this.
49:06If you had told
49:06the truth,
49:07it never would have
49:07gotten to this point.
49:08I just wanted
49:09to grow old with you.
49:10I just want to
49:10live my life with you.
49:12You can take
49:12your fake feelings
49:14and shove them.
49:15This faithful
49:16husband act,
49:17it disgusts me.
49:18Did you forget
49:21about this little
49:22thing that you did?
49:26How about these?
49:32Hmm?
49:33Did you forget
49:33about these?
49:34How dare you say
49:42you love me
49:42with the same mouth
49:43that kisses
49:44your mistress?
49:45Even thinking
49:46about growing old
49:47with someone like you
49:48makes me sick.
49:51I'll say it
49:51one last time
49:53from this day forward.
49:56This family
49:57and I
49:57are through.
49:59Anne,
50:00Paul,
50:00this is Asher.
50:01From now on,
50:02you will refer
50:03to me
50:04as Chairwoman
50:05or Miss Roy.
50:07I'm done for.
50:31My career
50:32in the publishing industry
50:33is completely ruined.
50:34Jonathan!
50:38We are completely
50:39out of money
50:41and our careers.
50:44What are we going
50:45to do?
50:47Dad,
50:47you have to help me!
50:48All of my contracts
50:49have been cancelled!
50:50The debt collectors
50:51are already banging
50:52down my door!
50:56Dad!
50:56What are we going
50:57to do?
50:58Hurry up
50:59and think of something!
50:59What are we going
51:00to do?
51:00What are we going
51:00to do?
51:00What are we going
51:01to do?
51:02What are we going
51:03to do?
51:04Stop!
51:08It's all right.
51:09Let them speak.
51:13Anne,
51:14we have been family
51:15for a long time.
51:18How can you be
51:18so cruel to us?
51:24Lillian and I,
51:24we are co-workers.
51:25We get flirted
51:26a little bit.
51:27That is it.
51:28Olivia is your daughter.
51:30You birthed her.
51:32What,
51:32you're just going
51:32to push us aside
51:33for some silly
51:34misunderstanding?
51:35How can you
51:35live with yourself?
51:37How dare you
51:37put blame on Anne?
51:39She sacrificed
51:40years of her life
51:40taking care of you.
51:42That little mistress
51:43and daughter
51:43trying to plan
51:44to kick her out
51:45of the life
51:45she built?
51:46Don't you have
51:47any conscience?
51:47I promise you
51:51that if you do
51:52anything to hurt Anne,
51:54I will make sure
51:56that you pay.
51:57Understand?
52:01Now,
52:02don't worry.
52:04I didn't make sure
52:05the publishing house
52:06is going to drop you.
52:07If you,
52:08the people here
52:08want to cause
52:09any more disturbances,
52:10I'll be forced
52:11to call security.
52:16Leaving.
52:17here.
52:42Here.
52:43Henry, did I go too far?
52:54And you've done everything for them.
52:56It's them who let you down.
53:08To get rid of Jonathan's influence,
53:11I think we should have a board meeting.
53:12To announce your return.
53:14I agree.
53:15And then you need to go public
53:16and let them know that you were his ghostwriter.
53:18Get your copyrights back.
53:23Let me think about it.
53:24Well, the Nobel Foundation already called
53:26and they said he's the frontrunner to win this year.
53:28We cannot let him keep making money off false pretenses.
53:31It's time to take back what's yours.
53:32Henry, I said just give me some time to think.
53:37And you're too nice.
53:38You might give in again, but Jonathan won't.
53:40What kind of a psychopath hides their identity for decades?
53:49You know what?
53:50I bet she did this just so she doesn't have to share her assets with us.
53:53She was just a boring housewife mopping floors yesterday,
53:56but now she's a chairwoman of a top publishing company?
53:59This must be a joke.
54:05Oh, God.
54:07Hold your horses.
54:09We can still train this around.
54:10Anne is just a housewife.
54:13She's got no experience.
54:14There's no way she can handle the position of chairwoman.
54:17Surely the company must be falling apart by now.
54:19Where are you planning?
54:24Well, I've received an invitation from the Nobel Prize Foundation.
54:34You two are looking at the future winner of a Nobel Prize in literature.
54:40And when I take the stage and give my acceptance speech,
54:43I am going to announce that Anne and Henry are having a scandalous affair.
54:50And when their reputations are completely destroyed and the company stocks crash,
54:54the board members are going to be begging me to take over.
55:00Your decision to reverse Jonathan's appointment to CEO has already affected this company's stocks.
55:18We understand the Roy family holds the majority of shares,
55:22but you are still responsible for the rest of the shareholders.
55:25We members of the board wish for you to resign as chairwomen.
55:34You're trying to fire Anne?
55:36Is this because of Jonathan's meddling?
55:38Disgusting old man.
55:40The revenue from Mr. Asher's books accounts for about 40% of this company's profits.
55:47Additionally, since he is poised to win the Nobel Prize,
55:51his market value is about to skyrocket soon.
55:55We cannot lose a cash cow like Jonathan Asher.
56:01Ms. Roy must make up for this loss.
56:08I'll take back the copyrights.
56:13How is that possible?
56:17Who in their right mind would ever hand over a golden egg to their ex-wife?
56:22I am more than just Jonathan's ex-wife.
56:30I am Anne Roy.
56:32I have achieved everything that I've ever set my mind to,
56:35and I have done so without relying on Jonathan for a single penny.
56:39I admire your courage.
56:43But our trust comes with a price.
56:46Sign this agreement stating that if you do not get back the copyrights,
57:01all of your stock holdings will be turned over to us.
57:10Dan, you can't do that.
57:11I, Anne Roy, hereby agree to the terms of this agreement.
57:34In 24 hours, I will take back the copyrights.
57:37If I cannot, I shall willingly forfeit the entirety of my shares.
57:51It's a deal.
57:55We look forward to the results.
57:57Yeah, that was foolish.
58:08Jonathan's an egotistical little man.
58:11He'll stop at nothing to save his reputation.
58:13He's never going to admit that you were his ghostwriter.
58:15How are you going to get those copyrights back?
58:18I have the evidence in my possession.
58:21And also, I have a backup plan.
58:23That's where you come in.
58:24Tomorrow is the Nobel Prize Award ceremony.
58:28I'll show Jonathan what a real regret looks like.
58:40I'm waiting on the lab results.
58:43I'll be waiting to hear from you.
58:45I'll be waiting to hear from you.
58:46I'll be waiting to hear from you.
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