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Shattered Glass 1
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00:00I was my husband's ghostwriter. He betrayed me. I want a divorce. Who is gonna believe a housewife?
00:09Dad is about to become CEO of Roy Publishing House. The chairwoman of Roy Publishing is me.
00:17I 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 delusional. You're just a filthy kitchen man. I am Roy, stand before you reclaiming everything that belongs to me.
00:37This 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.
00:48You 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.
01:05But while I wrote page after page, he betrayed me. He was having an affair with another woman.
01:13And how did I find out? A kiss cam that caught them at a concert.
01:16He humiliated me in front of the whole world. 25 years of marriage. Gone. Just like that.
01:31Have fun at the Real Play concert. I wish I could join you. Especially since tonight's our anniversary.
01:36It's a work thing, honey. Besides, you don't even like your music.
01:43Oh, actually, I do like...
01:44Honey, I gotta go. Can't wait for dinner. Make me, uh, something delicious.
01:49Okay, honey.
01:50And, John's new book is a masterpiece. If I were to guess, I'd say you probably had a pretty heavy part in writing the book.
02:11The only thing you could do is give us some credit, right?
02:13Henry, you know I don't like the spotlight. Plus, Jonathan's my husband. What's mine is his and vice versa.
02:18I've already prepared everything for Jonathan to take over as CEO.
02:22Jan, why publishing's 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.
02:44That's weird. The concert should be over by now.
02:48Don't you want to answer your wife's call?
02:54She's so annoying. She can't go a single day without calling to blab about some unimportant shit.
03:01Hang on, baby.
03:04Yes, honey.
03:05I 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.
03:30Oh, I swear on my life.
03:32You 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. Maybe I'm going to go. I'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. I 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. Just hurry home.
03:57Hi, honey. We're back.
04:03And just in time, dinner's ready.
04:05How was the concert? Was it fun?
04:07No, not really. You know how these work things are.
04:10Well, maybe next time I should join you, then it'll be more fun.
04:14Oh, come on. Let me have your coat.
04:22Oh, Olivia called. She said she'll be back soon.
04:27Oh, my God. Wait. That looks just like famous author Jonathan Asher.
04:32No way. Isn't he married? Who's he with?
04:35Oh, shit.
04:37Honey, did you hear me?
04:39Huh? What? I'm sorry, honey. What did you say?
04:42Olivia and Cam, they're going to be joining us for dinner.
04:44Okay, that's great, honey.
04:45Yeah.
04:57He may not have taken me to that Real Play concert, but he got me this beautiful necklace I've chosen a good man to marry.
05:13Hey, Dad.
05:18It's the big sober anniversary today, right?
05:2125 years of marriage. Wow.
05:23Don't you think our amazing little housewife deserves a little something?
05:27Yes, of course.
05:29Anne, my angel,
05:32whatever you do,
05:33do not forget you're not just my wife.
05:36You're my whole life.
05:43Thank you, my love.
05:44Hurry up and open it, Mom.
05:54A pen.
05:56Do you remember the last award ceremony I attended?
05:58I couldn't stop thinking about how much you've done for this family, so I picked up this pen in my hotel bed, and I wrote about how much I missed you all night long.
06:09Wow. Dad, you're such a romantic.
06:13I noticed you write the same acknowledgment 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. It's no big deal.
06:26What you need to learn, Ken, is that for a good wife, love is much more valuable than jewelry.
06:33Price?
06:36Insignificant.
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 reasons.
06:54What's wrong with your mother?
06:56She's just being dramatic.
06:58Look, 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 awards ceremony, I 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.
07:32Anne, is it just me, or does this look kind of like your husband?
07:35Is Jonathan cheating on me?
07:44Is Jonathan cheating on me?
07:44Lily Ann.
07:58Lily Ann.
08:12My muse.
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.
08:30He 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
09:01evidence 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
09:23dressed in lacy laundry.
09:24We're for an unmistakable child, and you're ruining our anniversary, and I am not going
09:29to 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.
09:41Mom, 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?
09:50You'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?
10:13Olivia, 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.
10:22Let it go!
10:23Clearly, you watch too many soap operas, and they filled your head with crazy ideas.
10:27My own baby calling me crazy.
10:33Is 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?
10:40Well, 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.
10:56To 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, for the past 25 years, I have worked around the clock like a goddamn maid.
11:29Have I ever gotten a break? Ever!
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.
11:59To 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.
12:07The one that should be faithful is the one that depends on the other's paycheck.
12:12My God.
12:14How could you say something so hurtful?
12:17You want to embarrass yourself?
12:19In front of your daughter?
12:21Her husband?
12:21For 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?
12:52I'm reminding you.
12:54I'm the one who wrote all of those books.
12:56What, 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.
13:25No.
13:25No, no, no.
13:26No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
13:37You burned my manuscript.
13:41I put 25 years of my heart into those.
13:43It 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.
13:55Dad 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, not some soap opera.
14:18Why can't you just act like any other housewife and pretend it didn't happen?
14:22So why don't you just go and buy some clothes and get your fucking nails done?
14:28What are you trying to achieve by causing a scene like this?
14:31I want a divorce.
14:41I 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.
15:02Begging me to take her back.
15:04Oh.
15:05I left some belongings in your suitcase.
15:09What do they look like?
15:11Ooh, 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.
15:26Have 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.
15:50Miss 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?
16:25Ann, what 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.
16:36Yeah, but without your father's mentorship, I 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 to 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.
17:17That's what I've been giving him special treatment because of you.
17:21How dare I disrespect you?
17:23You know what?
17:24I'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.
18:00This plan will hold control over him.
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 Anne tries to expose me, we are going to go to the press, tell 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.
18:45Anne, 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?
19:05Are you getting cold feet?
19:06No.
19:07I, um, if Jonathan were to have a change of heart and show me that he still cares, I might give him another chance.
19:16Anne, do not give in so easily.
19:17You've done everything for your family.
19:19Henry, but please, it's time that you put yourself first for once.
19:25Thanks, 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.
19:44Anne, you're too nice.
19:49Mr. 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?
20:16Hmm?
20:17I'm going to be calling to him to tell him he'll be the next CEO of this company.
20:23Would you call that destroying his career?
20:27Oh, my God!
20:29What an incredibly wise decision.
20:33Why are you so happy about this?
20:35Are you and Mr. Asher that close?
20:38I...
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 author you're fangirling over is.
20:51I need you to hurry up and make that meeting with HR.
20:54I'm going to inform Jonathan personally.
21:02Hello, my darling.
21:04Johnny, I have amazing news.
21:07You're about to become the CEO.
21:13What did you say?
21:16Roy Publishing House is hiring me as CEO.
21:20Yes!
21:21I'm absolutely right.
21:23I'm about to wrap your meeting with HR.
21:25Henry has to foolfully with you.
21:27Anne's nonsense pointing one ear and not the other.
21:31I 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 your doors.
21:50Because I've got a lot of laundry to put in them.
21:53Your wish is my command.
22:07Anne, everything's been prepared.
22:10I'll await your instructions.
22:13Thank you, Henry.
22:14Jonathan, we built this house together from the ground up.
22:22We've been through thick and thin together for 25 years.
22:26Do 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.
23:07What's the meaning of this?
23:13Jonathan?
23:15That's exactly what you wanted, Anne.
23:17We're getting a divorce.
23:27Are you sure about this?
23:30Oh.
23:31I've already signed the papers.
23:32So, 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.
23:48Therefore, any hiring that's done, such as CEO, will require my approval.
23:53Are 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.
24:07Beg me.
24:07I'd never let you back in this house.
24:11Mom, it's one thing to throw a tantrum at home.
24:14But it's a different thing entirely to cause a scene at the company.
24:17Dad 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.
24:30He might have let you stay and write more books for him.
24:32Jonathan, you 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.
24:48So 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 and traded me in for some...
25:01shiny 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.
25:14But I cannot forgive you stabbing me in the back during 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.
25:28Look, without me, you would still be an unpublished wannabe and 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 or people are going to think you're a joke.
25:50That's right.
25:53I'm a joke.
25:55A 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.
26:09Olivia, how could I have spent 25 years of my life catering to you ungrateful liars?
26:16I must have been delusional.
26:21I'll sign the divorce papers.
26:24From now on, I have no connection to this family.
26:26Wait.
26:44Whoa, what are you doing?
26:46You can't just get a divorce like that.
26:49This 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 and now you want me to leave empty-handed?
27:09Olivia, you're my daughter.
27:13Don't you have any sympathy for me?
27:15I'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.
27:39Dad was the one who consistently worked, enslaved, and earned every penny that was put into this house.
27:48Not you.
27:50Did you ever stop to think about why Roy Publishing House gave your father a chance?
27:55Why they groomed him for all of these years?
27:59Well, obviously.
28:00Because Dad is incredibly talented.
28:04Dad is about to become the CEO of Roy Publishing House.
28:07He'll have stocks worth tens of millions of dollars.
28:13And if he even gave half to a housewife like you, he may as well throw all that money in the fire.
28:21Jonathan, is this the way you feel too?
28:32That you earned everything for this family?
28:35I 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 once you get to the 4-7.
28:52But, if ours was in this house, you don't get anything.
29:05Oh 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.
29:19And you're still saying that it had nothing to do with me.
29:25Fine, give me that paper.
29:28I'll sign whatever you want.
29:49Anne, I knew this would happen.
29:53I'll be there soon.
29:55Jonathan, Olivia, Ken.
29:57The way you've treated me today has destroyed any love that I still had left for this family.
30:02But you've also destroyed your futures.
30:08Oh, boo-hoo!
30:09Here you go again with the soap opera stuff.
30:12I think we're done here.
30:13Hurry up and leave.
30:14Oh, now that must be the CEO right now.
30:28God, I bet Henry's coming in person to announce the transfer of power.
30:33That old son of a gun, he's never got any patience, does he?
30:35See, the CEO himself came in person to notify us.
30:40Well, since the CEO is coming with such good news, I suppose you better hurry and let him in.
30:48Come quick, Mr. Asher.
30:49I think it's for you.
31:05So you're Lily-Anne.
31:21I'm sorry, have we not?
31:23No.
31:24But I've seen your noteworthy photos.
31:27Lily.
31:29Well, what brings you here?
31:30Yeah, Lily, we weren't expecting you to stop by.
31:32Well, of course I'd have come by and celebrate with you all.
31:37Congratulations on becoming the CEO of the Roy Publishing House.
31:43Oh, my God.
31:44Congrats, Dad.
31:46You've come at just the right time, Lily.
31:48Mr. Asher is now finally divorced.
31:51You and Dad were meant to be.
31:53It's a stroke of fate.
31:55Is this true?
31:56It's true, honey.
31:58I finally suffered all times with that miserable old true.
32:02Then we have two things to celebrate.
32:05We can keep the festivities going.
32:14Well, that is the best gift any man can get.
32:20Lily, from now on, you're a member of the family.
32:24You should just move in already.
32:27Yes, we've already emptied all the drawers for you.
32:30Don't you think you're all celebrating a bit prematurely?
32:34Jonathan, do you really think that you're CEO now just because your mistress brought you some cheap champagne?
32:41That's enough, Anne.
32:42I've already told you, Lily is not just a mistress.
32:45Oh.
32:46Oh, that's right.
32:46She's a literary agent.
32:48So I'm sure that she's here on official business.
32:57I think we all know what kind of work she does.
33:04Jealous hag!
33:06Don't worry, Mr. Asher.
33:11Let her say what she wants.
33:13I am here on official business.
33:16And the truth always prevails.
33:19That's right.
33:19Yeah.
33:20You're just a junior agent at Roy Publishing, aren't you?
33:23Are you even qualified to make this kind of announcement?
33:26Because I was under the impression that Henry Harper, the CEO, was the only one with that kind of authority.
33:33You stupid housewife!
33:36You don't understand what happens in the professional world.
33:40The CEO is a very busy man.
33:44And so I am entrusted to deliver this announcement.
33:48Did he really entrust you with this announcement?
33:51Well, then, why don't we just go ahead and give him a call to confirm?
33:56Mom, stop embarrassing yourself.
34:05Why would a housewife like you have the CEO's number?
34:09Roy Publishing House has tens of thousands of employees.
34:12Do you really expect the CEO to do everything himself?
34:16Sweet Lillian is one of his top agents.
34:19And she absolutely has the authority to come here and notify us.
34:22I wasn't talking to you.
34:24You're just starting off.
34:27You only have a few clients, don't you, dear?
34:29What do you know about how an elite publishing company works?
34:32I know more than you do.
34:34What do you think real work is?
34:37Going out and buying groceries or doing the laundry?
34:41Please, just stop, Mom.
34:43You're embarrassing yourself.
34:44Be gentler to your mother, Olivia.
34:46Oh, and, you know, I completely understand where you're coming from.
34:53You've been in the house for so long.
34:56Of course, you're a little ignorant.
34:59I really do take Kitty on you.
35:02But now it's time for someone more worthy to take Oprah's woman's house.
35:08And I'm lucky to have found one.
35:13Dad, I'm so happy for you, too.
35:16With your reputation and Lily's business acumen, you guys are a match made in heaven.
35:26Johnny, it's the CEO.
35:28You must be checking in to see if you've heard the good news yet.
35:32Hurry up, answer it.
35:33Yeah, and put it on the speaker so someone can hear what the CEO really has to say.
35:39Hello?
35:41Mr. Harper?
35:41Yeah, I told you I could have been in a meeting with HR.
35:44Where the hell do you want off to, you idiot?
35:52Hi, Mr. Harper.
35:54I'm at Mr. Asher's house.
35:55I told you I stopped that meeting with HR.
35:58Did you skip out in work hours?
36:00Didn't you think you're informed, Mr. Asher?
36:01I told you I would personally inform him.
36:05You are just an agent.
36:07What right do you have doing my job for me?
36:11I'm sorry, Mr. Harper.
36:12I just thought I'd take the initiative.
36:15I'll be there soon.
36:16Stay right where you are.
36:18Uh, yes, sir.
36:19What's wrong?
36:30Yeah, the CEO didn't sound too happy.
36:34Nothing's wrong.
36:35I was just in such a rush to share the good news.
36:38I completely forgot that Mr. Harper actually wanted to personally tell you.
36:46So he's actually on his lane.
36:47Whoa, whoa.
36:48The CEO is personally coming to my house to announce me as his successor?
36:54But it's like I said, you didn't have that authority.
36:57If the CEO is coming here to congratulate Dad personally, I think he respects him.
37:04Of course he does.
37:06Your father is a best-selling author and renowned in the industry.
37:10It's only fitting that he succeeds as the next CEO.
37:13Oh, my, my, my.
37:18I think you're all mistaken.
37:20You see, the CEO is only coming here because the chairwoman asked him to.
37:25Jonathan's appointment as CEO?
37:28Well, ultimately, that decision lies with her.
37:31What chairwoman?
37:33Lily, does Roy Publishing House even have a chairwoman?
37:37Not that I know of.
37:39Well, who is she?
37:42Like she even knows.
37:45Oh, but I do.
37:47The chairwoman of Roy Publishing is me.
38:07Drop the act, Mom.
38:09Like, do you even know what a chairwoman does?
38:11Oh, she probably asked ChatGPT.
38:16Anne, please, you've got to stop flaunting your ignorance.
38:19When we were younger, we called it naivete.
38:21But now that you're old and washed up and haggard, it's just plain foolishness.
38:25She probably read so many trashy novels, she can't even keep up with reality anymore.
38:32She's stuck in her own fantasy world.
38:36That's what it is.
38:37She's delusional.
38:39Okay, yeah.
38:40I can play along with that.
38:45Greetings, chairwoman Anne.
38:46They're laughing at me now, but soon they'll see.
38:55Pardon me, chairwoman Anne.
39:15Are you going to reject my appointment as CEO?
39:18Are you going to strip me of everything I've ever earned?
39:21Are you going to kick me out of Roy Publishing Group?
39:29Yes, chairwoman Anne.
39:32Are you going to blacklist me from the publishing world and shutter my company?
39:36Are you going to make your ungrateful daughter regret everything?
39:42Oh, no, no, no, no.
39:43Maybe Anne wants to be treated like a queen.
39:47Ooh.
39:48In which case?
39:50I will be your butler and we'll be your maid.
39:54And let us atone for our sins.
39:58Oh, and what 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 I'm telling the truth.
40:11All right.
40:12That's enough.
40:13Playtime's over.
40:14Now get the hell out of here or I'm going to remove you myself.
40:20Stop!
40:28Henry, you old son of a gun.
40:30You didn't tell me you're coming over here.
40:31My daughter, Olivia, her husband, Kenneth.
40:37And who is that woman over there on your floor?
40:39Oh, that is my ex.
40:41A silly woman.
40:42In fact, we were just getting rid of her because she was trying to tarnish my reputation,
40:46let alone Roy Publishing House.
40:48You're kicking her out.
40:49The whole family decided we support my father.
40:52And we won't let anyone tarnish his good name, related or not.
40:55That sounds like personal business to me.
41:06I'm here to talk strictly about company business, so let's stay focused on that.
41:12Yes.
41:13Great idea, Henry.
41:14Let's talk business.
41:16No wonder you're the leader of the company, Mr. Harper.
41:18Always cut it to the chase.
41:20Jonathan, as CEO of Roy Publishing House, I've decided to step down.
41:26I will now make my formal succession announcement.
41:31I, Henry Harper, due to personal circumstances, stepped down as CEO of Roy Publishing Company.
41:39If you were willing to secede me for this position, Mr. Asher, I'll need you to sign these documents.
41:45Oh, Henry, my friend.
41:53Thank you for trusting me.
41:57Congrats, Dad.
42:03Johnny, the moment we've been waiting for is finally here.
42:07Thank you for coming over so quickly and for shedding some light on the truth.
42:11Just now, someone was spreading a rumor that you don't have the ultimate decision-making power
42:19and that they made up some ridiculous chairwoman position.
42:23Such a trashy rumor.
42:25In all my years at the company, you are the only one with the absolute authority.
42:31I mean, have we ever had a chairwoman?
42:3425 years ago, the chairwoman stepped down from her position
42:41and gave me full authority to this whole company.
42:45Did you hear that, Mom?
42:46This is real life, not some soap opera.
42:49Miss chairwoman, it's time to wake up, honey.
42:54Stop laughing.
43:00We need to be the perfect hosts to Mr. Harper.
43:04and get our unwelcome guest out.
43:07Yes, darling, you are correct.
43:09Mr. Harper, forgive us for this unsightly mess.
43:12Ken, Olivia, get her out of here.
43:14Mom, you need to leave.
43:20Step away from her.
43:23I am not done speaking.
43:2525 years ago, when I took over this company,
43:28there was no active chairwoman.
43:30But as of today, as of right now,
43:32I am reinstating the chairwoman
43:34who will have total control over the Roy Publishing House Company.
43:38And you must all obey that chairwoman's orders,
43:41including the CEO.
43:45What?
43:46Henry, I don't understand.
43:50Why the change of plans?
43:51Where did this new chairwoman come from?
43:54I haven't heard a thing about her.
44:00Unless...
44:00No.
44:02That's impossible.
44:08But there's no way.
44:09But this is a joke.
44:10There's a terrible one at that.
44:12Going by the looks on your faces,
44:14you've already guessed who it is.
44:17That's right.
44:18Miss Anne Roy will be reinstated
44:20as the chairwoman of this company.
44:25Madam Chairwoman.
44:26Welcome back, chairwoman.
44:43Qualified for this...
44:44Wait, Anne is completely unqualified for this position.
44:47Is Roy publishing a joke?
44:48Are you telling me that the woman
44:51that was baking pies in the kitchen yesterday
44:54is a chairwoman of a company worth billions?
44:57Oh my God, this cannot be true.
44:59No.
45:01Mr. Harper,
45:02there must be a mistake.
45:04She's just a housewife
45:05who cooks and cleans all day.
45:07Why did you ruin the company?
45:08Silence.
45:10The Roy family owns Roy Publishing Company.
45:13It's only natural that Anne,
45:15the sole heiress to the company,
45:17become the chairwoman.
45:18None of you have any right to question her.
45:22What?
45:23Wait, my wife of 25 years?
45:35The woman who cooked and cleaned for me
45:37is the sole heiress
45:39of the Roy family fortune?
45:42Jonathan,
45:43I told you you'd live to regret
45:45the way you treated me today.
45:49Mom, how could you hide this from us for so long?
45:52We're your own flesh and blood!
45:55Were you afraid of splitting your assets with us?
46:02Don't use your twisted logic
46:03to put words in my mouth.
46:05The only reason I hid my identity
46:07was to protect your father's fragile ego.
46:10Jonathan,
46:11when I first met you,
46:12you were just a nameless aspiring writer.
46:15But I fell in love with your passion.
46:16We built this life together.
46:19I supported you from the sidelines
46:21every step of the way
46:22and helped you reach the position you're in now.
46:25I look forward to the day
46:26when I could tell you my true identity,
46:29when you would finally become the CEO.
46:32I never thought that you could be so cruel
46:35to the loyal, loving wife
46:38who stayed by your side
46:39and made you into what you are.
46:41It took me 25 years
46:44to see your true nature.
46:45I feel like a fool.
46:47But I see it now.
46:50Henry.
46:51Yes, Chairwoman Roy.
46:53What would you like me to do?
46:57And their wish.
46:59From this day forward,
47:00I will have no connection to the Ashers.
47:02Our relationships
47:04will remain strictly business.
47:07Jonathan,
47:08I hereby rescind your position
47:10as CEO to Roy Publishing House.
47:13It cannot be led by a fraud.
47:15Furthermore,
47:16this company is canceling
47:17all contracts with you.
47:19Your book contracts?
47:21Canceled.
47:22Your advances?
47:23Rescinded.
47:24We expect full repayment.
47:26Lillianne,
47:27your depraved morals
47:29do not align with our company values.
47:30You built your career
47:32by seducing a married man.
47:34You're fired.
47:36In addition,
47:37my personal evaluation
47:38will be circulated
47:39throughout the industry.
47:40You will never work
47:41in publishing again.
47:52Olivia.
47:53Mom,
47:54I'm your daughter.
47:57From now on,
47:58you are not allowed
47:59to use Roy Publishing Houses
48:00name for personal gain.
48:03If you try to leverage
48:04our relationship
48:05for future contracts,
48:06I will bury
48:07your company in lawsuits.
48:09Mom,
48:09if you cut me off,
48:10I'll go bankrupt
48:11within a year.
48:12Do you really want to ruin
48:14your only daughter?
48:15Please, Anne,
48:16Olivia is your flesh and blood.
48:18Why are you treating her like this?
48:20If she wasn't my daughter,
48:21I would have sued her already.
48:23Instead,
48:24I am generously
48:25giving her the opportunity
48:26to prove that she is
48:28the self-made businesswoman
48:30she proclaims to be.
48:32Olivia,
48:32I took care of you
48:33for 25 years.
48:35I'm not going to spoil you
48:36any longer.
48:37Mom,
48:38you're going to ruin us!
48:40Dad!
48:41Don't that stand there!
48:42Fix it!
48:43Johnny,
48:44you have the tower!
48:45We only had
48:47a professional relationship!
48:48Please tell her
48:49to have mercy on me!
48:53You 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 the truth,
49:07it never would have
49:07gotten to this point.
49:08I just wanted to grow old
49:10with you.
49:10I just want to live
49:11my life with you.
49:12You can take your
49:13fake feelings
49:14and shove them.
49:14This faithful husband act,
49:17it disgusts me.
49:20Did you forget
49:21about this little thing
49:22that you did?
49:27How about these?
49:32Did you forget
49:33about these?
49:40How 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.
49:54From this day forward,
49:56this family and I
49:57are through.
49:59Anne,
50:00this is Asher.
50:01From now on,
50:02you will refer to me
50:04as chairwoman
50:05woman or Miss Roy.
50:07I'm done for.
50:17I'm done for.
50:31My career in the publishing
50:33industry is completely ruined.
50:36Jonathan,
50:37we are completely
50:39out of money
50:41and our careers.
50:42what are we going
50:45to do?
50:47Dad,
50:47you have to help me!
50:48All of my contracts
50:49have been canceled!
50:50The debt collectors
50:51are already banging
50:52down my door!
50:56Dad!
50:56What are we going to do?
50:58Hurry up
50:59and think of something!
51:00I'm going to do it!
51:00Stop!
51:08It's all right.
51:09I'll then 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,
51:25we are co-workers.
51:25We get flirted a little bit.
51:27That is it.
51:28Olivia is your daughter.
51:30You birthed her.
51:32What,
51:32you're just going to
51:33push us aside
51:33for some silly misunderstanding?
51:35How can you live it yourself?
51:37How dare you put blame
51:38on Anne?
51:39She sacrificed years
51:40of 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 she built?
51:46Don't you have
51:47any conscience?
51:50I promise you
51:52that if you do anything
51:53to 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.
52:07And if you
52:08and people here
52:08want to cause
52:09any more disturbances,
52:10I'll be forced
52:11to call security.
52:16Leaving.
52:17Here.
52:29Here.
52:39Henry, did I go too far?
52:54Ben, you've done everything for them.
52:57It's them who let you down.
52:58Ben, to get rid of Jonathan's influence, I think we should have a board meeting to announce your return.
53:14I agree.
53:15And then you need to go public and let them know that you were his ghostwriter.
53:18And get your copyrights back.
53:23Let me think about it.
53:24Well, the Nobel Foundation already called and they said he's the program we're in 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.
53:45What 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, but now she's a chairwoman of a top publishing company?
54:00This must be a joke.
54:06Oh, God.
54:07Hold your horses.
54:09We can still turn 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.
54:17Truly, the company must be falling apart by now.
54:21What are you planning?
54:22Well, I've received an invitation from the Nobel Prize Foundation.
54:31You 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, I am going to announce that Anne and Henry are having a scandalous affair.
54:49And when their reputations are completely destroyed and the company's stocks crash, the 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.
55:17We understand the Roy family holds the majority of shares, but you are still responsible for the rest of the shareholders.
55:26We members of the board wish for you to resign as a chairwoman.
55:33The 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, his 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, and I have done so without relying on Jonathan for a single penny.
56:40I admire your courage.
56:42But our trust comes with a price.
56:48Okay.
56:49Sign this agreement, stating that if you do not get back the copyrights,
57:01all of your stock holdings will be turned over to us.
57:09Dan, you can't do that.
57:11Okay.
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.
58:11The stuff had nothing to save his reputation.
58:13He's never going to admit that you were his ghostwriter.
58:16How are you going to get those copyrights back?
58:18I have the evidence in my possession.
58:21And also, I have a backup plan.
58:23Jonathan, that's where you come in.
58:25Tomorrow 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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