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00:00:00i love this place every twinkling light every tray of sugar cookies but love doesn't pay the
00:00:12rent if something doesn't change soon sweet claire's bakery won't make it to the new year
00:00:17i could really use a christmas miracle
00:00:20oh my god are you okay
00:00:29i'm fine don't bother calling an ambulance the roads are packed
00:00:41sorry i didn't mean to crash here
00:00:46this is holly creek and we don't leave anyone in the snow one moment of peace that's all i wanted
00:00:56one moment where i wasn't nicholas rudolph the air the sun the puppet when i asked for a christmas
00:01:04miracle i meant one to save my bakery but instead a gorgeous stranger is in my lap not that i'm
00:01:14complaining
00:01:18you still haven't told me your name or what you're doing in holly creek
00:01:23well i'm nick rudolph i was just passing through on business but the storm had other plans for me
00:01:30they tend to do that around here
00:01:33thanks for not leaving me out there
00:01:35oh i could never
00:01:36you're welcome to hang out until the storm passes
00:01:40but keep in mind um everyone watches everyone in this small town so folks already know that i brought
00:01:49you here and the sheriff lives next door
00:01:51great well don't try anything funny okay
00:01:55claire oh my god look what i found taped to the bakery door
00:02:02you don't come up with the rent money asap sweet claire's bakery is gone
00:02:07but forget pesky foreclosure for a second who's the christmas cookie
00:02:14i'm nick claire rescued me tonight oh it's a christmas miracle
00:02:22what nick you can rescue claire right back by entering the christmas couples contest with her
00:02:29i mean wedding would pay the bakery's rent for a year tessa be serious okay i'm not parading around
00:02:35town faking a relationship with a stranger i mean claire you did rescue me tonight i really don't
00:02:42mind repaying the favor i don't like having unpaid debts kindness isn't a debt besides how would i
00:02:51explain to my daughter that her mother's boyfriend is actually a scam to win a contest you want to save
00:02:56the bakery don't you fine okay that's all then um and according to the contest rules you technically
00:03:07have to be married so congratulations wait what
00:03:19married why did i agree to this
00:03:22oh yeah
00:03:30not exactly the ring i was expecting hello why aren't you answering
00:03:38i will look after you and sophie i promise okay uh well the contest ends on christmas eve
00:03:46so you just have to be fake married for 12 days 12 days of christmas of course
00:03:55we can just wear these when we leave the house great
00:03:58luckily i work remote so i have nowhere to be right oh
00:04:03sweetie this is my friend nick um we kind of entered the christmas couples contest together and
00:04:15well now we are sort of married i know that it's not honest but um uh mom stop you're doing it to save
00:04:26the bakery aren't you i can't lose it so i know me neither i'm keeping an eye on you fair enough
00:04:38what's your credit score
00:04:43listen before you sleep here i need to make sure you're not a serial killer
00:04:47absolutely okay uh you said your name is nick rudolph type nicholas instead of nick and you'd see the
00:04:57weight i left behind the company the fortune the fiancee nothing suspicious
00:05:06guess you passed the test fake husband
00:05:08i was worried there for a minute
00:05:14so what do you do mr rudolph i do consulting finance you know a little this a little that it's you know
00:05:24a little uh guiding santa sleigh on christmas eve okay that's the one rudolph joke you get
00:05:32why would you even agree to this it's been a minute since i've done something kind for
00:05:38someone else so i figure fake marriage beautiful woman there are definitely bigger crosses to bear
00:05:48what about you
00:05:52no matter how hard i fight i can't save my bakery it's my whole world we don't win i'm gonna lose it
00:06:08hey we're gonna win
00:06:24where are you call me
00:06:26what are you hiding nick rudolph
00:06:40oh sorry i uh didn't see you good morning to you too bye
00:06:46good morning we're married now sweetheart there's no harm in looking i wasn't looking i i was forced
00:07:01to look when you planted yourself into my view with your body and towel i mean i can take it off if you
00:07:08want no no there will be none of that my daughter will be up soon so if you will excuse me i have laundry to do
00:07:23i have laundry to do this way
00:07:38if it isn't holly creek's newest sweethearts mayor betty welcome in what can i get for you oh no i'm just
00:07:46browsing of course so tell me how'd you two meet i thought i knew all the goings on around here but
00:07:56wow this was a big surprise um
00:08:02we met at the christmas market of course our uh hands touched reaching for the same gingerbread cookie
00:08:08oh he's good too good sounds like fate sure does you two are gonna win the contest
00:08:20oh i can feel it i sure hope so
00:08:31oh wow it smells amazing in here thank you so much what can i get for you oh uh i'd love a dozen
00:08:38sugar cookies and i'd like six of your candy cane cookies please well and i'll take six of each
00:08:43of those cookies too darling sounds great um those will be ready in just a minute this is the busiest
00:08:49i've been in months maybe people are starting to remember this place exists i can help you don't need
00:08:56to uh how did you even okay we need to get you an apron you are a disaster but a charming one right
00:09:08what if this wasn't just pretend we'll add some wedding cookies to my order too
00:09:15uh of course
00:09:17she stole my fiancee oh she'll pay for it
00:09:34damn i mean darn i gotta take this i'll be right back i'm so sorry no no sure yeah your phone is
00:09:43obviously important
00:09:53i thought i smelled sulfur in the air and this charade before you ruin us us
00:09:58no you mean the empire the name the brand that's all you've ever cared about of course and you would
00:10:05throw it all away the status the power the billions of dollars all for what
00:10:16some small town baker for a real life i am done being your puppet i don't need the company i don't
00:10:24need hunter and i sure as hell don't need a fortune if it means living a life that's not mine you will
00:10:29marry hunter the date is set the press is waiting and this ring belongs on her finger and you will put it
00:10:41there son or else
00:10:48no that choice was never mine and it never will be and maybe i'll regret it but at least then it'll be my
00:10:55choice and not yours mother then you are a bigger fool than i feared
00:11:05that's the last time you touch me
00:11:09what the hell was that about mom are you okay okay honey why don't you go brush your teeth and get into
00:11:18bed i'll tuck you in to bed i'll tuck you in soon fine
00:11:25nicholas
00:11:33but there aren't any photos of this nicholas could he really be my nick that's ridiculous
00:11:40he can't be why would he lie about who he is
00:11:50claire
00:11:53who are you really nick who keeps blowing up your phone who is that woman outside i borrowed a
00:12:00suitcase for my friend nicholas this is his luggage tag what is going on you just happen to somehow
00:12:07be best friends with a billionaire who shares your exact name no he's nicholas i'm nick it's a pretty
00:12:13common first name and rudolph is a pretty standard last name too is it now yeah trust me i wouldn't
00:12:19want anyone mistaking me for a billionaire what about the rest of my questions okay the woman outside and
00:12:28the phone calls and text messages it's all work related i didn't tell anyone i was leaving town or
00:12:33that i'd be staying through christmas well if you need to go no no no claire come here i want
00:12:42to be here i want you to win the contest i promise there's nothing you need to worry about
00:12:49can i help you clean up yeah thanks
00:13:00now i know where you live bitch mom mom honey what's wrong there was a lady outside my window she's
00:13:18watching us what i don't see anybody she was there i saw her i believe you sweetie okay but don't
00:13:30worry i'm right here sophie stay with your mom i'll go make sure it's safe
00:13:45you miss me hunter don't oh stop how long is this joke gonna go on for oh i'm not joking
00:14:01we're doing business my way now wow whoever she is he shot her down fast but they look so good
00:14:08together if nick has a chance with someone who looks like that i wouldn't blame him i'm a mess
00:14:15oh really yes really now i told you to back off i know we have a plan but i just i need some time to
00:14:24think okay she's relentless maybe nick could use some backup
00:14:29huh you excuse me oh you must be the owner of this little shop it's cute shame about the decor and
00:14:44that yeasty smell triple chocolate turnovers freshly baked care to try one oh i wouldn't eat a thing from
00:14:54this podunk town let alone your bakery well then perhaps you don't have any business here you're
00:15:00welcome to leave oh gladly sweetie you know you couldn't pay me to get out of here fast enough
00:15:07oh are you serious this coat is mark jacobs it's dry clean only
00:15:22i'm so sorry she's a lot everybody's got that one person yeah she and i have closed a lot of deals
00:15:32together and she's had it bad for me for years lucky you no no i'm not interested at all
00:15:44i should have told her the truth about hunter but i'm trying to forget all about that life
00:15:48just for a little while meet me tomorrow night no excuses
00:16:02all right what first all right uh you may have a gingerbread cookies
00:16:06only if i get to try one first you get one it's supposed to be pretend so why does it feel real
00:16:14she makes me forget why i ever had to lie
00:16:21here all day if you do this you know
00:16:33if only other messes were this easy to clean up
00:16:40perfect almost perfect
00:16:44well sorry to interrupt don't be sorry we weren't doing anything uh-huh sure
00:17:01uh i should get home anyway and tuck sophie in
00:17:05i want to maybe tuck her in with me i actually have some phone calls i have to make but i'll be there
00:17:16later right of course i want my real husband you've got business to do that was a silly idea
00:17:22i like nick mom i know sweetie just remember he's not really a part of our family but you're married
00:17:38i know that it's complicated um we just can't get too attached okay because at some point he's gonna
00:17:47have to leave but what if i want him to stay that's up to him you want him to stay right
00:17:57like i said it's complicated i love you sweetie love you
00:18:04welcome in
00:18:15i just had to come back to see your charming little shop and check if things got any better
00:18:19it's good to see you you look a little less powdery today
00:18:27you know none of this is nick by the way he's on a break from his real life but that's all this is
00:18:35a break i'm not holding him hostage oh no of course you're not but once he's tired of this little
00:18:42charade he'll leave and you'll go back to your small dull life i love my life sure you do sweetie
00:18:52missed a spot you really gotta cut back on the yeast
00:18:56stay away from claire stop coming to the bakery or what you'll give everything up for a small town loser
00:19:17oh god no i gave you up
00:19:20please you've always been so dramatic this is not you nick stop pretending i'm telling you stop this
00:19:29right now oh we both know there's no way out for you and soon enough you'll come crawling back
00:19:39right where you belong with me
00:19:49oh no claire
00:19:54so how's your business i mean it seems like you've got a lot going on
00:20:00i'd rather not talk about it if that's okay oh sure
00:20:05sure yeah it's just very stressful and to be honest it's not the best date conversation it's
00:20:15really kind of a mood killer you know is this a date i don't know we have some lovely wine we have
00:20:26candlelight i'm sitting here getting to know a beautiful woman whose company i'm thoroughly enjoying
00:20:31feels like a date to me okay but i i mean like um is this a date because we're you know married or
00:20:41is this like a real date date you tell me
00:20:52so so you've been staying here with me and my daughter do you want kids someday i would love kids
00:20:58yeah yeah if only to break the cycle of how i grew up yeah oh what happened well when i was 12 my
00:21:08father passed away after that it was all responsibility i had to be
00:21:12the man of the house i had to hold up the family name it's just wow that sounds like a lot for a kid
00:21:19yeah that was a crown i never wanted and my mother made sure i never forgot about it sounds like you
00:21:30kind of needed a break and maybe a fake marriage to help you forget
00:21:35i did tell you the truth this is the most at home i've felt in years
00:21:47well that's just sad it is isn't it yeah
00:21:52i i think that it is time for more wine i think so okay okay
00:22:06who are you nick rudolph
00:22:36what are you doing what are you doing your coat looked like it was gonna fall off
00:22:50thanks you need any help with the wine nope nope why don't you go sit back down
00:22:59i'm a perfectly capable business owner i've gotten this far on my own
00:23:03you know we're fake married to help save your bakery right okay sir i think i can get some wine
00:23:11on my own okay
00:23:24okay come on claire keep it together this is a fake marriage he's just acting
00:23:31he's just really good at acting and at buying engagement rings way too fast
00:23:39i want it to be real no no no no you don't your life is great as it is you have everything you have
00:23:46ever wanted except maybe like a gorgeous husband who's kind with a smile and abs and
00:23:53you're sure you don't want my help yes no whatever it means that i don't need you
00:24:00i know you don't need me
00:24:10the question was
00:24:14do you want me
00:24:14do you want me for this
00:24:21okay
00:24:21damn it
00:24:23i'm sorry i
00:24:27sorry
00:24:27how am i supposed to get through six more days knowing he's hiding something
00:24:42it's not working we were supposed to expose them as a fake couple but look
00:24:51at how in love they look look at this we'll have to adjust our strategy
00:24:57because come hell or high water you will be marrying my son i'll just have to destroy her
00:25:05another way be careful my son still has a legacy waiting if you crush anyone let it be clear
00:25:16so what do you think it's amazing cookie butter hot chocolate i'm thinking of serving it at the
00:25:34bakery stop thinking about it and start doing it i mean this would go viral you think so claire
00:25:42speaking of things you should stop thinking about and start doing stop it
00:25:49and i thought this cocoa was the only thing hot and steamy in here
00:25:57it's only a few days to christmas and i realized we don't have a tree i know i've just been so busy
00:26:06with the bakery and everything i haven't even had time to think about it well luckily for you
00:26:11you don't have to and i was thinking that the three of us well me claire and sophie could
00:26:17decorate it together oh what a cute and fun christmasy thing to do together
00:26:23as a family just so cute and fun and christmasy and family are you finished well i know it's been a
00:26:31while since you finished leave oh my god have fun have tons of christmasy family fun
00:26:41so it's been a while no no no okay
00:26:49you know you're putting all the candy canes on one side right that's the best side we'll fix it later
00:27:00yeah wow that's true claire you caught me of course i'd never let you fall
00:27:14let's put it on let's put it on ready all right one two three
00:27:30yes great job
00:27:32it's perfect
00:27:36night mom night nick
00:27:39night honey
00:27:41brush your teeth
00:27:43nick
00:27:52how much of this
00:27:55it's real claire i'm so sorry i have to take this of course
00:28:12what is this
00:28:24hosted by lillian rudolph and hunter davis for the future mr and mrs nicholas rudolph
00:28:33it's tomorrow night
00:28:35this couldn't be for anyone else
00:28:38how long is this joke gonna go on for
00:28:41man there's like a thousand candy canes on here i don't know how she does it
00:28:49are you okay
00:28:53fine
00:28:54just
00:28:55tired
00:28:56about earlier
00:29:02no we don't need to talk about it
00:29:04this is a fake marriage
00:29:06nothing is real
00:29:08claire that's
00:29:09please i just i need a few minutes to myself
00:29:11okay
00:29:12tomorrow's gonna be really busy so
00:29:15okay
00:29:16i'll leave you to it
00:29:19hey
00:29:27i need you
00:29:29now
00:29:31meet lillian rudolph
00:29:38mother to nicholas rudolph
00:29:40that woman was here the other day
00:29:44nick said she was someone from his office
00:29:46come on
00:29:48there's gotta be a reason why he'd say that
00:29:50i knew he was hiding something but
00:29:57engaged
00:29:59and he's here pretending with me
00:30:01god no wonder his fiance hates me
00:30:04he's pretending like he doesn't even care about her
00:30:06okay i didn't want to say anything until i was sure but i
00:30:10saw her with him the other day in the alley
00:30:12they were
00:30:13more than friendly
00:30:15oh my god
00:30:17i didn't want to tell you because i know how much you need the prize money
00:30:20wow
00:30:21i am
00:30:23really stupid
00:30:25i've just been taking his word when the truth was in front of me all along
00:30:29you're not stupid
00:30:30you like him of course you wanted to believe him
00:30:34i'm confronting him
00:30:36no you can't blow up now not before the contest is over
00:30:40trust me we'll deal with him
00:30:43but when the time is right
00:30:45hey
00:30:52the post office sent a letter for your friend nicholas
00:30:57yeah that
00:31:01that'll happen from time to time
00:31:03oh
00:31:07this is an invitation to a holiday gala
00:31:12would you want to go with me
00:31:15sure
00:31:18i didn't think you were gonna ask me
00:31:21why not
00:31:22you are my wife
00:31:24what's your game
00:31:28this is ridiculous
00:31:34i'll stick out like a candy cane in a sea of diamonds
00:31:38wow
00:31:52i got it from a thrift store
00:31:54i look ridiculous
00:31:57don't i
00:31:58claire
00:32:00you look
00:32:03the furthest thing
00:32:05from ridiculous
00:32:06you look perfect
00:32:10where's nicholas
00:32:30you know i think he stepped out for a second
00:32:33big crowds can kind of make it nervous
00:32:35damn
00:32:37well i can't wait to meet him
00:32:39nick looks like he was born for this
00:32:42because he was
00:32:45so
00:32:46how did he meet all these fancy people
00:32:49well all these people are from my old life
00:32:51a world i don't belong to anymore
00:32:53great
00:32:56a contest judge
00:32:57i can't blow this now
00:32:59not when i'm so close to saving my bakery
00:33:01claire
00:33:03nick
00:33:04how good to see you again
00:33:06huh
00:33:06uh
00:33:07what are you doing here
00:33:09not that i
00:33:10i mean
00:33:11i'm just surprised
00:33:12well
00:33:13it's the darndest thing
00:33:14i got this last minute invitation
00:33:16all the judges did
00:33:18and i'm so glad i came
00:33:19because this party is the fanciest thing i've ever seen
00:33:22wait
00:33:22you're all here
00:33:24oh yeah
00:33:25now don't tell anyone
00:33:27but you two are my favorites
00:33:29you're holly creek's picture perfect christmas couple
00:33:33you keep it up
00:33:34and you're a shoe in
00:33:36thanks
00:33:37someone invited all the judges here tonight
00:33:40what's going on
00:33:42something's wrong
00:33:45she knows
00:33:46she has to know
00:33:47claire can i talk to you for a second
00:33:49oh now you want to talk
00:33:51you sure your phone's not about to ring
00:33:53claire i know you're angry
00:33:54yeah of course i'm angry
00:33:55i'm done taking your lies
00:33:57nick
00:33:58fake marriage or not
00:33:59you owe me some real honesty
00:34:01nick darling
00:34:08yes baby
00:34:09oh no
00:34:15cheap fabric i suppose
00:34:17hunter
00:34:18apologize to her
00:34:19right now
00:34:20for walking into a crowded room
00:34:22be serious
00:34:23where's my champagne
00:34:24you do not touch her
00:34:27you do not go near her
00:34:28do you understand me
00:34:29you know
00:34:32everyone's been whispering
00:34:33about this little arrangement
00:34:35why keep pretending
00:34:37nick is mine
00:34:39it's enough
00:34:40this charade has gone on long enough
00:34:44a girl like you
00:34:46from a town like this
00:34:48you will never
00:34:49be good enough for my son
00:34:51leave him claire
00:34:53you will never
00:34:54ever
00:34:55belong in our world
00:34:57claire
00:34:59please don't listen to them
00:35:00you belong with me
00:35:02it shouldn't hurt this much
00:35:04but it does
00:35:06i can't stay
00:35:07claire wait
00:35:17i am done waiting
00:35:19i am over your lies
00:35:21nick
00:35:22let me tell you the truth
00:35:24i fell for you
00:35:25the moment we met
00:35:26i did
00:35:27claire you are a good person
00:35:29and i don't have
00:35:30very many good people
00:35:31in my life right now
00:35:32there you are
00:35:34claire you saved me
00:35:37you literally opened
00:35:39your home
00:35:39for a stranger
00:35:40and you didn't have
00:35:41any agendas
00:35:42or ask questions
00:35:43or even
00:35:43care about who i really was
00:35:45you saw a person in need
00:35:47and helped them
00:35:48it's what anyone
00:35:50would do
00:35:50no
00:35:51no it isn't
00:35:54claire you make me feel
00:35:56human again
00:35:57you made me believe
00:35:59that you were someone
00:35:59i
00:35:59see myself with
00:36:02as stupid
00:36:04as this fake marriage is
00:36:06my feelings for you
00:36:09became real
00:36:10let me take you home
00:36:14okay
00:36:15nick
00:36:20what are you even doing
00:36:22with her
00:36:22come back to the party
00:36:24it's where you belong
00:36:24with me
00:36:25come
00:36:26i don't belong to you
00:36:27hunter
00:36:27i never did
00:36:29claire wait
00:36:36tell me the truth
00:36:38all of it
00:36:39yes
00:36:41i was engaged
00:36:42to hunter
00:36:43but it was never love
00:36:44it was a deal
00:36:46my mother
00:36:46forced on me
00:36:47it was
00:36:47a duty
00:36:48security
00:36:49it
00:36:49it was a prison
00:36:51so what
00:36:52you just
00:36:53forgot to mention
00:36:54that you already
00:36:54belong to someone else
00:36:55is that what the
00:37:00engagement ring was
00:37:01in your coat pocket
00:37:02engagement ring
00:37:04oh god
00:37:05claire
00:37:07that ring
00:37:08was never mine
00:37:09it's something my mother gave me to try to force me back to hunter
00:37:13i never belonged to hunter
00:37:15i never belonged to anyone
00:37:16and that's the point
00:37:17for the first time in my life
00:37:19i feel free with you
00:37:20don't say things like that
00:37:23oh my god you think i want this
00:37:25you think i'm not tearing myself apart every second i'm near you
00:37:29i left my old life
00:37:31because i couldn't breathe
00:37:32my father had passed away
00:37:34my mother's grip was iron
00:37:36and
00:37:36hunter was a leash around my neck
00:37:39then why do you still let them control you
00:37:43because until you
00:37:44i never knew what it felt like
00:37:45to want more
00:37:46look
00:37:47every
00:37:47smile
00:37:48with hunter was staged
00:37:50every word was rehearsed
00:37:51until i stumbled into your bakery
00:37:53and you changed
00:37:55everything
00:37:56i want to believe him
00:37:59but if i do
00:38:00i'll lose everything
00:38:01when he breaks me again
00:38:03claire
00:38:04you are kind
00:38:06and loyal
00:38:08and you fight for what's right
00:38:10even when it's difficult
00:38:11you are everything hunter isn't
00:38:13everything my family isn't
00:38:15you're saying the words
00:38:17that i've waited my whole life to hear
00:38:20but how can i trust you
00:38:22when you've been lying to me
00:38:24you embarrassed me
00:38:31time to ruin your hick wife
00:38:33i'll leave you to your phone
00:38:40nick
00:38:41claire
00:38:43you're pushing away the one thing that makes you happy
00:38:52this isn't about happiness
00:38:54nick lied
00:38:55you're ready to torch him for it too
00:38:57remember
00:38:57i know but
00:38:59maybe
00:38:59what
00:39:00why should i fix things with a liar
00:39:02because i've seen the way he looks at you
00:39:05like you hung the moon
00:39:06and i've never seen you happier than when you're with him
00:39:09and i'm not letting you give that up without a fight
00:39:11he doesn't want hunter
00:39:13he wants you
00:39:15then he needs to prove it
00:39:17i hope he does
00:39:19for both of your sakes
00:39:21sorry we're actually closed for the night
00:39:36claire
00:39:44let her go
00:39:47claire
00:40:05look at me
00:40:06i'm fine i'm okay but
00:40:08but you he had a knife
00:40:09you shouldn't have attacked him
00:40:11i had to
00:40:11i could have already hurt you
00:40:12your arm
00:40:16no i'm fine
00:40:16it's fine
00:40:17but that's it's okay
00:40:18i know that you're safe
00:40:19all right
00:40:19claire i do it a thousand times
00:40:21okay
00:40:21nick
00:40:22but you can count on me
00:40:23always
00:40:25if this is what it feels like to be loved by him
00:40:28how could i ever let it go
00:40:30thank you officer
00:40:32if i think of anything else i'll let you know
00:40:34hey
00:40:40i should stay
00:40:43figure out what's next
00:40:44okay
00:40:46then
00:40:46i'm staying too
00:40:48nick
00:40:49don't make me need you
00:40:52not tonight
00:40:54need me
00:40:55let me in
00:40:56you should go
00:40:58i've got this
00:41:00okay
00:41:05well if you need me
00:41:07then
00:41:08i won't
00:41:09come home by christmas eve
00:41:18or you lose everything
00:41:19you don't scare me
00:41:24don't play the hero
00:41:25i don't just want you married in the new year
00:41:28i want you married to hunter
00:41:29she has proof nicholas
00:41:31proof that your little marriage is fake
00:41:34enough to ruin her
00:41:35unless something unfortunate happens first
00:41:39this town used to be so safe
00:41:42what is this world coming to
00:41:44you could have killed her
00:41:45as if anyone would care
00:41:47she's just a nobody from some dead-end town
00:41:50you touch her again and i swear you'll be sorry
00:41:52dad isn't here to protect you anymore
00:41:55you try it
00:41:57your father will be rolling over in his grave
00:41:59try me
00:42:01every step feels heavier
00:42:05i finally found someone who sees me
00:42:08the man not the name
00:42:09and now i have to walk away
00:42:11from her
00:42:12from sophie
00:42:14from a life that could have been mine
00:42:17nick
00:42:18how are you
00:42:20i've been better
00:42:23well
00:42:24one of the judges said he saw you and claire having a spat with someone at the gala
00:42:31what
00:42:31i told him that you and claire are solid
00:42:34i'm not so sure
00:42:36you love her don't you
00:42:38yeah
00:42:39i do love her
00:42:41good
00:42:43just lean into that huh
00:42:45and you'll surely win
00:42:46huh
00:42:47hey i'll see you on christmas eve
00:42:51thank you mayor
00:42:51all right
00:42:52good night
00:42:52i could have lost everything tonight
00:43:02all that i built
00:43:04for myself
00:43:05for sophie
00:43:06all of it
00:43:07we're still here
00:43:09still standing
00:43:11well
00:43:17you're resilient
00:43:18i'll give you that
00:43:20but resilience
00:43:22won't protect you from what's coming
00:43:24we're closed
00:43:26let's not waste time
00:43:29you want money
00:43:31i can make you comfortable
00:43:32very comfortable
00:43:34i don't want your money
00:43:35everyone wants money darling
00:43:39especially
00:43:41single moms with
00:43:43struggling vagaries
00:43:45you think you can buy me off like you buy everything else
00:43:49as if nick were a thing to own
00:43:51not a man
00:43:52not the man
00:43:52nick and i are not for sale
00:43:56nick will never choose you
00:43:59over his real life
00:44:01do you know what it costs to be a rudolph
00:44:04nick's never lived without it
00:44:06he doesn't know how
00:44:08he will resent you
00:44:10for making him lose everything
00:44:13and he will blame you for it
00:44:14and he will blame you for it when the glitter fades
00:44:16i don't scare easily
00:44:19lillian
00:44:19we'll see
00:44:23last chance
00:44:26be smart
00:44:27take the money
00:44:30he deserves so much better
00:44:32than the life you caged him in
00:44:34and i deserve better than your bribes
00:44:36so be it
00:44:38nick will hate you
00:44:43blame you for losing
00:44:45everything
00:44:46clean this up
00:44:52it's disgusting
00:44:54she's wrong
00:44:56she has to be wrong
00:44:57but why
00:44:59why does her voice sound so certain
00:45:02we were lucky
00:45:05if nick showed up one minute later i wouldn't be here
00:45:09sophie wouldn't have a mother
00:45:11nick saved us
00:45:12but how do i trust a man who lies
00:45:15i want to tell her everything
00:45:18but every time i try i'm interrupted
00:45:21or i say the wrong thing
00:45:23and i just end up pushing her further away
00:45:25i should report you to the police for sending the attacker
00:45:36i only heard about the attack after the fact
00:45:38and honestly i was horrified
00:45:40yeah
00:45:41horrified it didn't work
00:45:43that's a disgusting accusation
00:45:45and one you would need proof in a court of law
00:45:48oh i know
00:45:49just like i know it would never get traced back to you
00:45:53seems you haven't lost all your smarts after all
00:45:57okay enough games
00:45:58if you and hunter back off just long enough for claire to win the contest
00:46:03i will do what you want
00:46:05come home for christmas day
00:46:08marry hunter in the new year and then
00:46:11claire's little bakery will be safe
00:46:14it was never about hunter was it
00:46:17it was about destroying claire
00:46:19destroying claire
00:46:21that girl will destroy you
00:46:23she will take everything
00:46:25and when the lights fade
00:46:27you
00:46:29will resent claire
00:46:31just like i warned her
00:46:32you want me home christmas day
00:46:34fine
00:46:35i'll be there
00:46:36but do not mistake this
00:46:39for obedience
00:46:40because the second claire is safe
00:46:41i will tear down everything you've built
00:46:43and when i do
00:46:44it won't be hunter standing next to me
00:46:46it'll be claire
00:46:48we'll see about that
00:46:49she thinks she's won
00:46:52she has no idea how far i'll go for claire
00:46:54hello holly creek
00:46:57and welcome to the annual holly creek
00:47:00merrily merry christmas couple contest
00:47:03the attack
00:47:05hunter smirk in my bakery
00:47:07that ring box
00:47:08i can't unsee any of it
00:47:10i can't stop wishing none of it was true
00:47:12so our first competition
00:47:14is the three-legged race
00:47:16so i want you to give it up
00:47:18for our couples
00:47:19mike and michelle
00:47:20and claire and nick
00:47:23she doesn't know the truth
00:47:24but i'm playing along with my mother
00:47:26only to shield her
00:47:27are you almost done
00:47:29yeah
00:47:31on your mark
00:47:33get set
00:47:34and go
00:47:36you are enjoying this way too much
00:47:57guilty
00:47:58i shouldn't want this
00:48:00i shouldn't want him
00:48:01but i do
00:48:02i want to fix this
00:48:04you deserve better than all this
00:48:06and i swear
00:48:07i'm going to make it up to you
00:48:08all right
00:48:09is it
00:48:10nick and claire
00:48:11or
00:48:15mike and michelle
00:48:16i can't let myself
00:48:23want him again
00:48:23not when he's tangled
00:48:25too deep in their world
00:48:26this is all i get
00:48:28these stolen moments
00:48:29i'll make every one of them count
00:48:32and that was the last time we ate shellfish
00:48:34i love you
00:48:36yes well thank you mike
00:48:43that was
00:48:44beautiful
00:48:45how do you tell the truth in front of the world
00:48:49when you don't even know if it's real anymore
00:48:51i won't let her stand up here alone
00:48:54um
00:48:56now for our last couple
00:48:57they will now share their love story
00:49:00when nick showed up
00:49:07i didn't believe in love
00:49:09i believed in working hard
00:49:11keeping my head down
00:49:13and
00:49:14making sophie's life brighter than mine ever was
00:49:17then
00:49:21this
00:49:22mysterious
00:49:24stranger
00:49:25turned everything upside down
00:49:27he made me laugh
00:49:30when i wanted to cry
00:49:31he made me believe
00:49:34that i deserved more
00:49:35than just
00:49:36survival
00:49:37i hate him for lying
00:49:39but i can't lie to myself
00:49:41i love him
00:49:44i had a life that looked perfect
00:49:52but
00:49:52felt hollow
00:49:53and then i met claire
00:49:55and she saw me
00:49:56not
00:49:57what was in my bank account
00:49:58just
00:49:59me
00:50:00and i never knew i could feel this alive
00:50:04and if i could only carry one christmas memory with me forever
00:50:08it would be seeing claire smile through that bakery window
00:50:11because the moment i saw that
00:50:13i knew it was home
00:50:16and i'll fight like hell
00:50:21not to lose her
00:50:22nick?
00:50:33it's you
00:50:34it's always been you
00:50:36i think that goes without saying
00:50:48this year's contest winners are
00:50:50claire and
00:50:52nick
00:50:53we got what we wanted
00:50:59we won
00:51:01i can't do this drama anymore
00:51:05you can stay for christmas morning
00:51:09for sophie's sake
00:51:11and then you have to go home
00:51:13claire listen to me
00:51:14i don't want hunter
00:51:15i don't want any of this
00:51:16i want you
00:51:16if i let myself believe him
00:51:19i'll burn
00:51:20and i can't drag sophie into the fire
00:51:23bye bitch
00:51:28well that was quite the kiss
00:51:32i don't think you've ever kissed me like that
00:51:34because i never loved you
00:51:36as if love had anything to do with us
00:51:40look you got your deal
00:51:42i played along for mother
00:51:45but don't mistake it as a victory
00:51:47as soon as i can find a way
00:51:49you both lose me for good
00:51:51how do you tell someone they saved you
00:51:54that they made you want to stay
00:51:56i love how you wrinkle your nose
00:52:00when you taste the frosting
00:52:01how you hum when you think no one's listening
00:52:05how you see sophie
00:52:07and really see her
00:52:09and how you looked at me like i was worth something
00:52:13she'll find it when i'm gone
00:52:18and maybe
00:52:20she'll know
00:52:22yes yes i know
00:52:24i will get carrots for the reindeer
00:52:26i'll see you when you get home
00:52:27foolish trusting little claire
00:52:41you never leave your spare key under your doormat
00:52:44you're basically inviting an intruder
00:52:47not like anybody would want to come in
00:52:50oh
00:52:51oh
00:53:02gotcha
00:53:04gotcha
00:53:05sophie will be awake soon
00:53:13let's just try to give her the perfect christmas morning before you go
00:53:17time to go nicholas
00:53:23excuse me
00:53:24why are you here so early we haven't had christmas morning yet
00:53:27file that under things i couldn't care less about
00:53:29you promised me
00:53:30you promised me now it's time to go
00:53:32you can't just barge in here
00:53:35i can and i did
00:53:36and i did come now nicholas or i'll ruin claire publicly right here right now
00:53:43your time is up
00:53:45annulment papers sign them and the bakery stays open you two remain contest winners no scandal
00:53:55no mess
00:53:56nicholas
00:53:57you still think you can buy me off this is not about you i'm saving my son from making a mistake
00:54:03she is not a mistake don't ever say that again then prove it by letting her keep her dream and walking away
00:54:12you promised me you would marry hunter nicholas do not go back on your word now
00:54:18if i play this right i can turn my mother's game back on her
00:54:22nick
00:54:23don't do this for me
00:54:25do it for you if that's what you want
00:54:28claire
00:54:30i need you to trust me
00:54:32even if i can't say why
00:54:34be smart nicholas
00:54:36one signature
00:54:37this all goes away
00:54:39ink
00:54:43or ruin
00:54:44your choice
00:54:51your choice
00:54:53this
00:54:56this was a mistake
00:55:00just signed the damn papers claire
00:55:06it's really what you want
00:55:11it's not
00:55:13god it's not
00:55:15wise choice
00:55:17no
00:55:18no don't go
00:55:20oh baby
00:55:21i thought you loved us
00:55:27idiot child
00:55:29it was only for the contest
00:55:35tell her nick
00:55:37it was only for the contest
00:55:43see
00:55:45as if he could ever love
00:55:48the two of you
00:55:50no
00:55:51bastard
00:55:53i will never forgive you for this
00:55:56i don't need your forgiveness
00:55:57just your obedience
00:56:00come now nick
00:56:02back to where you really belong
00:56:05it's okay
00:56:07he was the first thing i ever chose for myself
00:56:21and he chose someone else
00:56:24i'm so sorry
00:56:28i'm fine
00:56:30sophie is all that i need
00:56:33this isn't about sophie
00:56:35this is about you
00:56:37and what you deserve
00:56:38my life is great tessa
00:56:41really i'm fine
00:56:42yeah
00:56:43because you just put half a cup of salt
00:56:45in that cookie dough
00:56:46stop lying to yourself
00:56:48i'm not
00:56:50like i said
00:56:52sophie is perfect
00:56:54i have you
00:56:55and
00:56:55and the town
00:56:56i hate
00:56:59that it hurts so much
00:57:00i really wanted it to be
00:57:03i know you did
00:57:05hey
00:57:08i found this in the driveway
00:57:09it's all messed up
00:57:10but
00:57:10i think someone dropped it
00:57:13next handwriting
00:57:14open it
00:57:17claire
00:57:21i never wanted this life
00:57:23not the money
00:57:24not the name
00:57:25with you
00:57:26for the first time
00:57:27i felt free
00:57:28you saw me
00:57:30not the air
00:57:31not the deal maker
00:57:32just me
00:57:33you made me want a future
00:57:34i never thought i could have
00:57:36if i could stay
00:57:37i would
00:57:38if i can't protect you in person
00:57:41let this be my promise
00:57:43i will
00:57:44find a way back
00:57:46if this is true
00:57:48why would he make me sign those papers
00:57:51it's over
00:58:10stop calling
00:58:12you don't speak for me
00:58:15if you call her again
00:58:17i will make sure
00:58:18that her bakery
00:58:19burns to the ground
00:58:21by morning
00:58:22an unfortunate accident
00:58:24tragic
00:58:25hang in there claire
00:58:28i'll figure this out
00:58:29i love you
00:58:35please nick
00:58:37call me
00:58:38why doesn't nick love us
00:58:44honey it's complicated
00:58:46you always say it's complicated
00:58:47does he love us or not
00:58:49i think so
00:58:52and do you love him
00:58:54i think so
00:58:57see it's not complicated
00:58:59she's got a point
00:59:02i really wish it was that simple
00:59:04if i trust him
00:59:06i could lose everything
00:59:08if i don't trust him
00:59:10i've already lost him
00:59:12that's weird
00:59:16if you want the truth
00:59:23meet me in new york city
00:59:25on new year's eve
00:59:26he's still reaching for me
00:59:28what is it
00:59:29mom
00:59:31it's
00:59:34a chance
00:59:36so
00:59:40why don't you go to your room for a little bit
00:59:43i need to talk to tessa
00:59:44mom
00:59:45so
00:59:46fine
00:59:47i'm taking this with me
00:59:49nick didn't want that annulment
00:59:58you saw his face claire
01:00:00this must be breaking him
01:00:02this is
01:00:03crazy
01:00:04a chance
01:00:06he signed the papers
01:00:07i signed the papers
01:00:09that's the end
01:00:10or maybe he was protecting you
01:00:12the only way he knew
01:00:13he's been fighting his family
01:00:15every step of this
01:00:17he didn't want to walk away
01:00:19i didn't want him to walk away
01:00:21so don't let it end like this
01:00:24what if i go and he's already with hunter
01:00:28then at least you'll know
01:00:31if i go
01:00:32i could break all over again
01:00:34if i stay
01:00:36i already am
01:00:37come to me claire
01:00:40let me make this right
01:00:42i'll fight for us
01:00:43if you walk through that door
01:00:45your car's here
01:00:47this is crazy
01:00:48i can't just go to new york
01:00:50on a maybe
01:00:51yes you can
01:00:52because that maybe
01:00:54that's the man you love
01:00:56do i
01:01:00or do i just want to believe in him
01:01:02for once in your life
01:01:04let yourself be crazy in love
01:01:06and go get your accidental christmas husband back
01:01:08that's exactly what this feels like
01:01:11crazy in love
01:01:13but sophie
01:01:15she loves him too
01:01:17if there's even a chance
01:01:20i owe her this
01:01:21okay i'm going
01:01:24for her
01:01:25and for me
01:01:27good
01:01:28oh i'll watch her while you're gone
01:01:30but hey when you're back
01:01:32i want a fairy tale ending
01:01:33oh my god
01:01:47if i may say a few words
01:02:00as you all know
01:02:01it has been a very difficult year
01:02:04my husband passing
01:02:06company in chaos
01:02:08and my son
01:02:10going off to find himself
01:02:12but as every good mother knows
01:02:16sometimes you need to let your children spread their wings
01:02:20and as every good son does
01:02:23my nicholas returned home
01:02:25with that said
01:02:27please
01:02:28help me
01:02:30welcome
01:02:30the future
01:02:32mr and mrs
01:02:34nicholas
01:02:35and hunter
01:02:36rudolph
01:02:37this isn't me
01:02:41it never was
01:02:42smile
01:02:44pretend you're happy
01:02:45we're so grateful
01:02:47you all came to celebrate our joy
01:02:49all i see is her face
01:02:52even when she's not here
01:02:54especially when she's not here
01:02:56i'm too late
01:03:09he's already theirs
01:03:10she came
01:03:11don't you dare
01:03:13remember what your father wanted
01:03:16dad would want me to be happy
01:03:18don't you dare
01:03:19what's she doing here
01:03:22security
01:03:24get her out of here
01:03:25touch her and you'll answer to me
01:03:28nick my love
01:03:30what are you doing
01:03:31nicholas
01:03:32don't do anything you'll regret
01:03:33i lost her once
01:03:35i won't let her go again
01:03:36he still wants me
01:03:38even now
01:03:39nick
01:03:39if you walk towards her
01:03:41you burn everything down
01:03:43the empire
01:03:44the fortune
01:03:45your father's name
01:03:47maybe everything needs to burn
01:03:52how dare you
01:03:59you're all fired
01:04:00claire my feelings for you
01:04:02have never been fake
01:04:03you're the best thing
01:04:05that's ever happened to me
01:04:06nicholas
01:04:07do not do something
01:04:08you will regret
01:04:09you humiliated me nick
01:04:12nicholas
01:04:12that's quite enough
01:04:14i am telling you now
01:04:15come to your senses
01:04:16before you ruin everything
01:04:17i ruined everything
01:04:19the moment i let you
01:04:20control my life
01:04:20this is me trying to fix it
01:04:25claire you saved me
01:04:27literally
01:04:29you cared about me
01:04:30when you didn't think
01:04:31i had anything
01:04:32i can't lose you again
01:04:33not to them
01:04:35this
01:04:36this nobody
01:04:37she'll destroy you
01:04:39destroy me
01:04:41she's the only one
01:04:43who's tried to put me
01:04:44back together
01:04:44do you feel the same way
01:04:46yes
01:04:52i love you
01:04:54nick
01:04:55as crazy as this all is
01:04:57and as fast as it happened
01:04:58i do
01:04:59i love you
01:05:00i choose her
01:05:05i choose love
01:05:07i choose my life
01:05:08not the one you tried to buy from me
01:05:10you'll regret this
01:05:13nicholas
01:05:18you are no longer a rudolph
01:05:21get out of my sight
01:05:22gladly
01:05:24but hear this mother
01:05:26if you ever try to come after claire again
01:05:28i'll publish all our family's dirty secrets
01:05:31and i know you don't want that
01:05:33get out of here
01:05:34get out
01:05:35both of you
01:05:36let's go home
01:05:38yes please
01:05:40no no no
01:05:45no no
01:05:46no
01:05:46come back
01:05:47come back
01:05:48it's not midnight yet
01:05:49no no no
01:05:49you can't leave
01:05:50the ball hasn't dropped
01:05:52i thought i lost you
01:06:03you'll never lose me
01:06:05not again
01:06:06claire i don't care about the money
01:06:11the empire or the name
01:06:12the only life i want
01:06:15is one with you
01:06:17you mean it
01:06:19even after everything
01:06:21especially after everything
01:06:24you're the only thing that's ever been real
01:06:26you chose me
01:06:29and i choose you
01:06:34happy new year
01:06:43i love you claire
01:06:46i love you too
01:06:48thank you
01:07:00thank you
01:07:04seriously
01:07:07relax
01:07:09i just set an alert on my phone
01:07:11you're gonna want to see this
01:07:14mhm
01:07:14i have a question
01:07:26can i
01:07:27maybe
01:07:28call you dad
01:07:30i had been chasing the wrong family my whole life
01:07:33but now
01:07:34i found it
01:07:35nothing would make me happier
01:07:36this is it
01:07:41the family i never thought i'd have
01:07:43the life i never dared to dream
01:07:46i love you nick rudolph
01:07:49should all
01:07:50should all
01:07:50acquaintance be
01:07:53forgotten
01:07:54and
01:07:55forgot to mind
01:07:58we'll drink
01:08:01a cup of
01:08:03life
01:08:04this
01:08:04for the sake
01:08:06of all
01:08:08time
01:08:08time
01:08:09i'm
01:08:09i'm
01:08:10i'm
01:08:11i'm
01:08:12i'm
01:08:13i'm
01:08:14i'm
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