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00:00For 25 years, I was my husband's ghostwriter.
00:05I helped him become a best-selling author.
00:08But while I wrote page after page, he betrayed me.
00:13He was having an affair with another woman.
00:15And how did I find out?
00:17A kiss cam that caught them at a concert.
00:20He humiliated me in front of the whole world.
00:2425 years of marriage.
00:27Gone.
00:28Yeah, just like that.
00:33Have fun at the Real Play concert.
00:35I wish I could join you.
00:37Especially since tonight's our anniversary.
00:41It's a work thing, honey.
00:42Besides, you don't even like their music.
00:45Oh, actually, I do like-
00:46Honey, I gotta go.
00:48Can't wait for dinner.
00:48Make me, uh, something delicious.
00:52Okay, honey.
00:58And Jonathan's new book is a masterpiece.
01:09If I were to guess, I'd say you probably had a pretty heavy part in writing the book.
01:13The least he could do is give us some credit, right?
01:15Henry, you know I don't like the spotlight.
01:17Plus, Jonathan's my husband.
01:19What's mine is his, and vice versa.
01:21I've already prepared everything for Jonathan to take over at CU.
01:25Dan, Roy Publishing's your family business.
01:27I'm just looking over it on your behalf.
01:29We'll talk about this later.
01:30Gotta run, Henry.
01:31Have to call Jonathan to see what time he's coming home.
01:33That's weird.
01:48The concert should be over by now.
01:54Don't you want to answer your wife's call?
01:56She's so annoying.
01:58She cannot go a single day without calling to blab about some unimportant shit.
02:03Hang on, baby.
02:06Yes, honey.
02:08I just wanted to know if you'd be back soon.
02:11Dinner's almost ready.
02:12Okay, yes.
02:12I will be right home, honey.
02:16All right.
02:18When was the last time you fucked your wife, Jonathan?
02:22It has been years.
02:25I can't stand her body anymore.
02:27Especially now that I have someone like you.
02:31You better be telling the truth.
02:32Oh, I swear on my life that you are the only woman I know of.
02:40Fuck!
02:42Okay.
02:43Either they are having an affair or just really, really shy.
02:46Okay, I got it.
02:47Baby, I'm going to go.
02:48I'm going to catch you later.
02:49Okay.
02:50But you better divorce her soon.
02:52I'm sick of this.
02:54Olivia, I need you to hurry home.
02:55I need you to cover me in front of mom in case something goes wrong.
02:57No, I'm going to explain when I get home.
02:59Just hurry home.
03:03Hi, honey.
03:04You're back.
03:05And just in time, dinner's ready.
03:08How was the concert?
03:09Was it fun?
03:10No, not really.
03:11You know, these work things are.
03:13Well, maybe next time I should join you, then it'll be more fun.
03:16Oh, come on.
03:17Let me have your coat.
03:25Oh, Olivia called.
03:27She said she'll be back soon.
03:30Oh, my God.
03:31Wait.
03:32That looks just like famous author Jonathan Asher.
03:35No way.
03:36Isn't he married?
03:36Who's he with?
03:38Oh, shit.
03:39Honey, did you hear me?
03:42Huh?
03:42Wait.
03:44I'm sorry, honey.
03:44What did you say?
03:45Olivia and Ken, they're going to be joining us for dinner.
03:47Okay, that's great, honey.
04:08He may not have taken me to that Real Play concert,
04:12but he got me this beautiful necklace.
04:14Guys, I've chosen a good man to marry.
04:19Hey, Dad.
04:21It's the big sober anniversary today, right?
04:2425 years of marriage.
04:25Wow.
04:26Don't you think our amazing little housewife deserves a little something?
04:30Yes, of course.
04:32Anne, my angel.
04:35Whatever you do, do not forget you're not just my wife.
04:39You're my whole life.
04:41Thank you, my love.
04:47Hurry up and open it, Mom.
04:48A pen.
04:58Do you remember the last award ceremony I attended?
05:01I couldn't stop thinking about how much you've done for this family.
05:05So I picked up this pen in my hotel bed,
05:08and I wrote about how much I missed you all night long.
05:11Wow, Dad, you're such a romantic.
05:15I noticed you write the same acknowledgement in every book to my most beloved Anne.
05:22Without you, none of this would be possible.
05:24You are my muse.
05:26Everyone writes acknowledgments.
05:28It's no big deal.
05:28What you need to learn, Ken, is that for a good wife,
05:32love is much more valuable than jewelry.
05:36Price, insignificant.
05:39You better not learn that from my dad.
05:41Look, I'm not some simple housewife that's going to be satisfied with a hotel pen and a left note.
05:47I'm a career woman, and career women appreciate investment pieces.
05:57What's wrong with your mother?
05:58She's just being dramatic.
06:01Look, after all, she's only a housewife.
06:05Dad, allow me to raise a glass to you.
06:09Ever since you invited me to be your guest at your awards ceremony,
06:13I actually have a contract at a Fortune 500 company.
06:16Let me also congratulate you, Mr. Asher, to the next CEO of Roy Publishing.
06:21No, maybe he got that necklace for Olivia.
06:30I shouldn't be so quick to jump to conclusions.
06:34Anne, is it just me, or does this look kind of like your husband?
06:37Is Jonathan cheating on me?
06:47Is Jonathan cheating on me?
06:47Lily and my muse.
07:16Happy anniversary.
07:18Every book I write is a declaration of my love for you.
07:21You deserve only the finest gold and gems to adorn your precious body.
07:26Lily-Ann.
07:28Lily-Ann.
07:31To my most beloved Ann.
07:34He was never talking about me.
07:36Who is this woman?
07:37How could you use the book that I wrote to proclaim your love for another woman?
07:46Oh, come on. What is wrong with you, woman?
07:52Is this the work you've been so busy with?
07:54Who the hell is Lily-Ann?
07:57Did you go through my things?
07:59This is an invasion of my privacy.
08:00Oh, 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?
08:05Lily-Ann and I are professional acquaintances.
08:08We discuss art and literature.
08:09Every book I write is a declaration of my love for you.
08:13I shall ensure that only the finest gold and gems adorn your precious body.
08:19That is a literary reference, and that is something you would not understand.
08:21I suppose you're going to tell me that she finds it necessary to discuss your work dressed in lacy lingerie.
08:26I'm honest.
08:28You are.
08:28And you're ruining our anniversary, and I am not going to just sit here and listen to your insane accusations.
08:34I'll be in my study.
08:39No, you don't.
08:40No, you don't.
08:40You are going to stand there.
08:41You are going to explain everything to me.
08:43Mom, calm down.
08:44This is all a big misunderstanding.
08:46Okay, Lily-Ann is a good person.
08:48Her and dad have a professional relationship.
08:51You know her?
08:53You're going to defend some other woman?
08:55Mom, Lily-Ann is a literary agent at Roy Publishing House.
08:59Her and dad work together.
09:00It's her job.
09:01Look, I get it.
09:02You've been a stay-at-home mom my whole life.
09:05Obviously, you don't know how the publishing world works.
09:07Wait a second.
09:10How long have you known about them?
09:12Olivia, you're my daughter.
09:16I carried you inside of me for nine months.
09:19I gave up everything for you.
09:21And as thanks you've been helping your father hide his affair from me, let it go!
09:25Clearly, you watched too many soap operas, and they filled your head with crazy ideas.
09:29My own baby calling me crazy.
09:35Is that what you think, too?
09:36That I'm just some silly housewife with my head full of conspiracies?
09:40That I would stir up trouble for no reason?
09:41Well, it does seem like that's what ruined our anniversary.
09:46So, darling, maybe you should stick to the housework.
09:50Let us deal with the thinking.
09:52Stick to the housework.
09:54As if I haven't given up 25 years of my life for the both of you.
09:57To keep you happy and healthy and fed.
10:01Did those pants fold themselves and jump on into your drawer?
10:04Did those shoes shine themselves?
10:07Three meals a day for 25 years!
10:11These hands have been soaked in detergent and grease and filth.
10:17Every day you two come home and you kick up your feet just knowing everything will be cared for.
10:21That I have taken care of every little detail.
10:24But for me, for the past 25 years, I have worked around the clock like a goddamn maid!
10:32Have I ever gotten a break? Ever!
10:37So, first you're mad about some imaginary affair.
10:41Then you're mad about how you have chosen to spend your life.
10:47You're a stay-at-home mom, Anne.
10:49A housewife.
10:50Cooking, cleaning, raising the kids.
10:53That's the job.
10:53That's what you're supposed to do.
10:54What do you want us to give you a medal?
10:57You're right.
10:58I did choose this life.
10:59And I have done my best to live up to my duties as a wife.
11:03So, shouldn't you live up to your duties as a husband?
11:06At the very least, you should be faithful in your marriage.
11:09The one that should be faithful is the one that depends on the other's paycheck.
11:13My God.
11:15How could you say something so hurtful?
11:18You want to embarrass yourself?
11:21In front of your daughter?
11:23Her husband?
11:23For 25 years, I have been working my ass off while you have been sitting here indulging in a life of luxury.
11:35You should be grateful.
11:36Between the two of us, who should really be grateful?
11:39Have you forgotten who helped take you from a nameless writer to a best-selling author?
11:45Mom, I think you need to calm down.
11:47Oh, I'm calm.
11:49Your father's the one who needs to watch himself.
11:52Are you threatening me?
11:54I'm reminding you.
11:56I'm the one who wrote all of those books.
12:00What, are you going to go out there?
12:02Tell the whole world you wrote my collected works?
12:04Who is going to believe a housewife?
12:07Especially one that's gone mad, which you clearly have.
12:10I'll just show them my manuscripts.
12:12All of them in my handwriting for all of your novels.
12:16The manuscripts.
12:17God, I bet that's something you keep locked up, safe and sound, huh?
12:21God forbid something should happen to the manuscripts.
12:25You.
12:26No.
12:27No, no, no, no.
12:34No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
12:37You burned my manuscripts.
12:42I put 25 years of my heart into those.
12:45It wasn't dad, mom.
12:48It was me.
12:50And if you go and say anything,
12:53I'm going to go and tell the press that you're a liar.
12:58Dad is about to become the CEO of Roy Publishing House.
13:03And if anything happens to his reputation,
13:06all of our contracts will be canceled.
13:08And our entire family will take the hit.
13:11So this was all about your father becoming CEO.
13:15Wake up, mom.
13:17This is the real world, not some soap opera.
13:19Why can't you just act like any other housewife?
13:22Pretend it didn't happen.
13:24So why don't you just go and buy some clothes?
13:28Get your fucking nails done.
13:29What are you trying to achieve by causing a scene like this?
13:37I want a divorce.
13:42I want a divorce.
13:45I don't want to be part of this traitorous family anymore.
13:48I'm drawing up the divorce papers.
13:50Soon you'll see who really provided for this family.
13:54Mom!
13:54Okay, let her go.
13:55Go ahead, see what the real world's all about.
14:00Two weeks' time, she's going to be back here,
14:03begging me to take her back.
14:05Oh, I left some belongings in your suitcase.
14:10What do they look like?
14:12Ooh, they're red as flames.
14:17Soft to the touch.
14:18You need to hurry up over here and collect them.
14:21I'll only step foot in your house once I become your wife.
14:26You will be soon, honey.
14:27Have a little sneak preview in the meantime.
14:34Oh my god, baby, you look incredible.
14:40Years in advance for all that you promised me.
14:44Lily-Ann, my goddess, my muse.
14:48Miss Roy, Mr. Henry's office is over here.
15:13Babe, where'd you go?
15:15I just saw your wife walk into the CEO's office.
15:20Could she be trying to report our relationship?
15:22What?
15:26Hey, Ann.
15:27What a pleasant surprise.
15:29What's going on?
15:30Henry, I came here today to ask you to stay on as CEO.
15:34You've led this company to become what it is.
15:36There's no reason for you to leave.
15:37Yeah, but without your father's mentorship,
15:40I never would have come this far.
15:42I promised him that I would look after you.
15:44Roy is always meant to have been your company.
15:46Henry, I knew I could put my faith in you.
15:49Thank you, but now it's time to return to its rightful owner.
15:53And per your request, I was just getting ready to call Jonathan
15:56to talk to him about taking over as CEO.
15:58The other reason that I came here today was to tell you to revoke that offer.
16:07John and I are getting divorced.
16:09He's been cheating on me for God knows how long.
16:13With another Ann, Lillian, his real muse, apparently.
16:17I've been giving him special treatment because of you.
16:22How dare he disrespect you?
16:23You know what?
16:25I'm going to fire that asshole right now.
16:27And that idiot Lillian.
16:31Listen, listen.
16:33Calm down.
16:35Fine.
16:38Listen, I don't want you to fire him.
16:40Why not?
16:42You still have feelings for him?
16:43We were married for 25 years.
16:45I mean, we've weathered so much together.
16:49Actually, Henry, go ahead and announce his position as CEO.
16:53But I will be adding one condition.
17:00This plan will hold control over him.
17:06Olivia, there's no need to be so nervous.
17:09Maybe your mom went to the CEO to beg for a job.
17:12No, she's definitely going to bring up the ghostwriting issue.
17:15Then Dad's reputation is going to be ruined and my contracts are going to be canceled.
17:18If I have to drag her back here myself, I will.
17:22Darling, listen.
17:23Do not worry.
17:25Lily's keeping an eye on her.
17:26Now, if Ann tries to expose me, we are going to go to the press, tell them it was her having the affair.
17:33And now she's trying to slander my reputation and steal half my assets.
17:37Great idea, Dad.
17:39That way, her public image will be ruined and nobody will believe Mom.
17:43A housewife wants to bring me down.
17:46Ann.
17:47I am going to show you that the real world is not as simple as you think it is.
17:55Henry.
17:56Hmm.
17:57Am I being too harsh on them?
17:59Jonathan and I were together for so long.
18:01I mean, he must care about me still, even just a little bit, right?
18:04Are you getting cold feet?
18:06No.
18:07I, um, if Jonathan were to have a change of heart and show me that he still cares, I might
18:14give him another chance.
18:16Ann, do not give in so easily.
18:17You've done everything for your family.
18:19But please, it's time that you put yourself first for once.
18:22Thanks, Henry.
18:26You're the best friend a girl could ask for.
18:28Actually, I'm the worst.
18:29I should have checked in on you a long time ago.
18:33I, uh, I chose this life, so I need to face those consequences.
18:37Let's do like we talked about.
18:39I'll keep you updated.
18:41Okay.
18:44Ann, you're too nice.
18:45Mr. Harper, wasn't the woman who just left Mr. Asher's wife?
18:55Mrs. Villanova, isn't it still work hours?
18:59Go back and set up a meeting with HR.
19:01I'm going to be calling Jonathan Asher and giving him notice about his position in this
19:04company.
19:05Mr. Harper, Jonathan is our best-selling author.
19:10You can't destroy his career over some one-sided statement.
19:13What one-sided statement are you talking about?
19:16Hmm?
19:18I'm going to be calling him to tell him he'll be the next CEO of this company.
19:23Would you call that destroying his career?
19:26Oh, my God!
19:28What an incredibly wise decision.
19:33Why are you so happy about this?
19:35Are you and Mr. Asher that close?
19:38I...
19:39I'm a really big fan of his.
19:42So, naturally, I'm really happy for him.
19:47You don't even know the real author you're fangirling over is.
19:51I need you to hurry up and make that meeting with HR.
19:54I'm going to inform Jonathan personally.
20:02Hello, my darling.
20:04Johnny, I have amazing news.
20:07You're about to become the CEO.
20:12What did you just say?
20:15Roy Publishing House is hiring me as CEO!
20:20Yes!
20:21I'm absolutely sure.
20:22I'm about to prep your meeting with HR.
20:25Henry has full sleep in you.
20:27Anne's nonsense.
20:28One ear and not the other.
20:30I hope you still remember the promise you made.
20:37Once you become the CEO,
20:39then I'll become the new Mrs. Asher.
20:43Ah, yes.
20:44I never go back on my work, my darling.
20:46Well, then you better hurry up and clear out Anne's drawers.
20:50Because I've got a lot of lingerie to put in them.
20:53Your wish is my command.
21:07Anne, everything's been prepared.
21:10I'll await your instructions.
21:12Thank you, Henry.
21:17Jonathan,
21:18we built this house together from the ground up.
21:21We've been through thick and thin together for 25 years.
21:25Do you really want to demolish it all?
21:29You said I was your life.
21:31But then,
21:32you turned around and embraced another woman.
21:36Was everything a lie?
21:39I'm willing to sacrifice everything for my family,
21:42but I will not tolerate betrayal.
21:46Today,
21:46I will tell you the whole truth.
21:48It will be your very last chance.
22:07What's the meaning of this?
22:13Jonathan?
22:13It's exactly what you wanted, Anne.
22:17We're getting a divorce.
22:27Are you sure about this?
22:29Oh,
22:29I've already signed the papers.
22:31So I was willing to try and save our marriage.
22:37But you've already written it off.
22:39Henry,
22:39go ahead and announce his position as CEO.
22:42But I will be adding one condition.
22:44I'll be taking over as chairwoman again.
22:47Therefore,
22:48any hiring that's done,
22:49such as CEO,
22:50will require my approval.
22:52Are you in such a hurry to kick me out?
22:57What a shame.
22:59I was thinking about giving you all a second chance.
23:02Oh,
23:02stop bluffing it.
23:03Your truth is,
23:04you could come in here,
23:04you could crawl,
23:06beg me.
23:08I'd never let you back in this house.
23:10Mom,
23:10it's one thing to throw a tantrum at home,
23:13but it's a different thing entirely
23:14to cause a scene at the company.
23:16Hey,
23:16Dad is a public figure.
23:18You almost destroyed his career.
23:19And you think he's going to be willing to reconcile?
23:22Exactly,
23:23Anne.
23:24You shouldn't have tried to expose Mr. Asher
23:26for using a ghostwriter.
23:29He might have let you stay
23:30and write more books for him.
23:34Jonathan,
23:35you know deep down inside
23:37that without me,
23:37you will never write another word.
23:40Do you really think
23:42that I need to rely on writing for a living?
23:45Soon the entire company will be mine.
23:48So you really think
23:48that you'll be unstoppable
23:50once you're CEO.
23:51Is that why you're in such a hurry
23:53to get rid of me?
23:54The faithful wife
23:55who stood by your side
23:57through thick and thin
23:58and traded me in
24:00for some shiny new toy?
24:03What or who I play with
24:05is none of your business.
24:07I have kept a roof
24:08over your head for years.
24:10I can forgive your ungratefulness,
24:12but I cannot forgive you
24:16stabbing me in the back
24:17during the most pivotal moment
24:18of my career.
24:20I mean, how am I supposed to stay
24:21with such a vile woman
24:22by my side?
24:23What on earth
24:24are you talking about?
24:25I have never stabbed you in the back.
24:28Without me,
24:29you would still be
24:30an unpublished wannabe
24:32and not the next CEO
24:33of Roy Publishing.
24:34Your storytelling skills
24:36have really gone down the drain.
24:38Mom, you should really stop
24:40with the soap opera shit.
24:41Like, what's next?
24:42You're going to tell us
24:43you're a wealthy heiress?
24:45You need to stop saying
24:46this idiotic stuff
24:47or people are going to think
24:48you're a joke.
24:50That's right.
24:52I'm a joke.
24:54A joke for being so blind.
24:56For choosing a selfish
24:59brood of a man
25:00to be my husband like him.
25:02For having a thankless
25:03daughter like you.
25:05For having a pushover
25:06for a son-in-law.
25:08You're right, Olivia.
25:09How could I have spent
25:1125 years of my life
25:12catering to you
25:13ungrateful liars?
25:16I must have been delusional.
25:17I'll sign the divorce papers.
25:23From now on,
25:24I have no connection
25:25to this family.
25:39Wait!
25:43Whoa, what are you doing?
25:44You can't just get
25:45a divorce like that.
25:48This is a supplemental document.
25:51You must agree
25:51to its terms.
25:53Dad's assets
25:54aren't pocket change.
25:55You can't just take half.
25:56Especially since
25:57they'll eventually
25:58come to me.
26:00How can you be
26:01so cold?
26:04First, you're kicking me out
26:05and now you want me
26:06to leave empty-handed?
26:08Olivia,
26:09you're my daughter.
26:11Don't you have
26:12any sympathy for me?
26:13I'm not like you, Mom.
26:15I'm a career woman.
26:16Don't take it personally.
26:19She always was
26:20too emotional.
26:22Why does everyone
26:23in this family
26:23look down on me?
26:25I've taken care of you
26:26both for 25 years.
26:28I've given you
26:29everything that I had.
26:30Mom, you didn't do shit
26:30for 25 years!
26:32So what?
26:33You cooked us
26:34a few meals.
26:35You didn't earn
26:36a single cent
26:37for this family!
26:39Dad was the one
26:40who consistently
26:41worked,
26:43enslaved,
26:43and earned every penny
26:45that was put
26:45into this house!
26:47Not you.
26:49Did you ever stop
26:50to think about why
26:51Roy Publishing House
26:53gave your father a chance?
26:54Why they groomed him
26:55for all of these years?
26:57Well, obviously.
26:59Because Dad is
27:00incredibly talented.
27:02Dad is about to become
27:04the CEO
27:04of Roy Publishing House.
27:07He'll have stocks
27:08worth tens
27:09of millions
27:11of dollars.
27:12And if he even
27:13gave half
27:14to a housewife
27:15like you,
27:16he may as well
27:18throw all that money
27:19in the fire.
27:20Jonathan,
27:29is this the way
27:30you feel too?
27:31That you earned
27:32everything
27:33for this family?
27:35I had nothing
27:36to do with it.
27:37I want to hear
27:38you say it yourself.
27:40You
27:41haven't contributed
27:44anything.
27:46I'll tell you what.
27:48I'll give you
27:48a little bit of alimony
27:49once you get
27:50the divorce settled.
27:51But
27:52as far as
27:55what's in this house,
27:57you don't get anything.
28:04Oh my,
28:05what a generous
28:06offer.
28:08Roy Publishing House
28:10gave you
28:11everything.
28:13Made you
28:13a best-selling author.
28:15Gave you
28:15this huge house,
28:17a fancy car.
28:18And you're
28:19still saying
28:19that it had
28:20nothing
28:20to do with me.
28:24Fine,
28:24give me that paper.
28:27I'll sign
28:28whatever you want.
28:28I'll sign
28:29whatever you want.
28:31and I knew this
28:50would happen.
28:51I'll be there soon.
28:53Jonathan,
28:54Olivia,
28:55Ken.
28:56the way you've
28:57treated me today
28:57has destroyed
28:58any love
28:59that I still
28:59had left
29:00for this family.
29:01But you've also
29:02destroyed
29:04your futures.
29:06Oh, boo-hoo!
29:08Here you go again
29:09with the soap opera stuff.
29:10I think we're done here.
29:12Hurry up and leave.
29:13Oh, now that must be
29:22the CEO right now.
29:26God, I bet
29:27Henry's coming in person
29:29to announce
29:29the transfer of power.
29:31That old son of a gun,
29:32he's never got any patience,
29:33does he?
29:34See,
29:35the CEO himself
29:36came in person
29:37to notify us.
29:38Well, since the CEO
29:40is coming
29:41with such good news,
29:43I suppose you better
29:44hurry and let him in.
29:46Come quick,
29:47Mr. Asher.
29:47I think it's for you.
30:08So you're Lillianne.
30:19I'm sorry,
30:20have we met?
30:21No.
30:22But I've seen
30:23your noteworthy photos.
30:26Lily,
30:27well, what brings you here?
30:28Yeah, Lily,
30:29we weren't expecting
30:30you to stop by.
30:31Well, of course,
30:32I had to come by
30:33and celebrate with you all.
30:35Congratulations.
30:36I'm becoming the CEO
30:38of the Roy Publishing House.
30:41Oh my God.
30:43Congrats, Dad.
30:44You've come at
30:45just the right time, Lily.
30:46Mr. Asher is now
30:47finally divorced.
30:50You and Dad
30:50were meant to be.
30:51It's a stroke of fate.
30:53Is this true?
30:56It's true, honey.
30:57I finally severed
30:58all ties
30:59with that miserable
30:59old shrew.
31:01Then we have
31:02two things to celebrate.
31:04We can keep
31:05the festivities
31:05going.
31:13Well, that
31:14is the best gift
31:16any man can get.
31:18Lily,
31:19from now on,
31:20you're a member
31:21of the family.
31:23You should just
31:23move in already.
31:25Yes,
31:26we've already
31:26emptied all the drawers
31:27for you.
31:28Don't you think
31:29you're all celebrating
31:30a bit prematurely?
31:32Jonathan,
31:33do you really think
31:34that you're CEO now
31:35just because your
31:35mistress brought you
31:36some cheap champagne?
31:38That's enough, Anne.
31:40I've already told you.
31:40Lily is not just
31:41some mistress.
31:42Oh.
31:43Oh, that's right.
31:44She's a literary agent.
31:47Hmm.
31:47So I'm sure that she's here
31:48on official business.
31:50I think we all know
31:57what kind of work she does.
32:02Jealous hag!
32:05Don't worry,
32:07Mr. Asher.
32:09Let her say what she wants.
32:11I am here
32:11on official business.
32:13And the truth
32:14always prevails.
32:17That's right.
32:17Yeah.
32:18You're just a junior agent
32:19at Roy Publishing,
32:20aren't you?
32:21Are you even qualified
32:22to make this kind of announcement?
32:24Because I was under
32:25the impression
32:25that Henry Harper,
32:27the CEO,
32:29was the only one
32:29with that kind of authority.
32:31You stupid housewife!
32:34You don't understand
32:35what happens
32:36in the professional world.
32:37The CEO
32:39is a very busy man.
32:42And so I am entrusted
32:43to deliver this announcement.
32:45Hmm.
32:46Did he really
32:47entrust you
32:48with this announcement?
32:49Well, then,
32:51why don't we just go ahead
32:52and give him a call
32:53to confirm?
33:00Mom,
33:01stop embarrassing yourself.
33:03Why would a housewife
33:04like you
33:04have the CEO's number?
33:06Roy Publishing House
33:07has tens of thousands
33:09of employees.
33:10Do you really expect
33:11the CEO to do
33:11everything himself?
33:13Sweet Lillianne
33:14is one of his top agents.
33:16And she absolutely
33:18has the authority
33:18to come here
33:19and notify us.
33:20I wasn't talking
33:21to you.
33:23You're just starting off.
33:24You only have a few clients,
33:25don't you, dear?
33:26What do you know
33:27about how an elite
33:28publishing company works?
33:30I know more than you do.
33:32What do you think
33:33real work is?
33:34Going out and buying
33:35groceries are doing
33:36the laundry?
33:38Please, just stop, Mom.
33:40You're embarrassing yourself.
33:42Be gentler to your mother,
33:44Olivia.
33:45Oh, and...
33:48You know,
33:48I completely understand
33:49where you're coming from.
33:50You've been in the house
33:51for so long.
33:54Of course,
33:54you're a little ignorant.
33:55I really do take pity
33:59on you.
34:00But now it's time
34:01for someone more
34:02worthy
34:03to take over
34:04as woman's house.
34:06And I'm lucky
34:07to have found one.
34:08Mm-hmm.
34:10Dad,
34:11I'm so happy
34:12for you, too.
34:13With your reputation
34:14and Lily's business acumen,
34:16you guys are a match
34:18made in heaven.
34:18Johnny,
34:24it's the CEO.
34:26You must be checking in
34:27to see if you've heard
34:27the good news yet.
34:29Hurry up,
34:30answer it.
34:31Yeah,
34:31and put it on speaker
34:32so someone
34:33can hear what the CEO
34:34really has to say.
34:37Hello?
34:38Mr. Harper?
34:39Yeah,
34:39I told you it's gonna
34:40be in a meeting with HR.
34:41Where the hell
34:42do you want off to,
34:42you idiot?
34:42Hi,
34:50Mr. Harper,
34:51I'm at Mr. Asher's house.
34:53I told you
34:54to set up that meeting
34:54with HR.
34:55Did you skip out
34:56in work hours?
34:57Didn't you think
34:58to inform Mr. Asher?
34:59I told you
35:00I would personally
35:01inform him.
35:02You are just an agent.
35:05What right do you have
35:06doing my job for me?
35:08I'm sorry,
35:09Mr. Harper,
35:10I just thought
35:11I'd take the initiative.
35:12I'll be there soon.
35:14Stay right where you are.
35:16Yes, sir.
35:24What's wrong?
35:27Yeah,
35:28the CEO
35:29didn't sound too happy.
35:32Nothing's wrong.
35:33I was just
35:34in such a rush
35:35to share the good news.
35:36I completely
35:37forgot
35:39that Mr. Harper
35:40actually wanted
35:41to personally tell you.
35:43So he's actually
35:44on his way now.
35:45Whoa, whoa.
35:46The CEO
35:46is personally
35:47coming to my house
35:49to announce
35:49me as his successor?
35:51But it's like
35:52I said,
35:53you didn't have
35:54that authority.
35:55If the CEO
35:56is coming here
35:57to congratulate
35:58Dad personally,
35:59I think he respects him.
36:02Of course he does.
36:03Your father
36:04is a best-selling author
36:06and renowned
36:06in the industry.
36:08It's only fitting
36:09that he succeeds
36:10as the next CEO.
36:12Oh,
36:13my, my, my.
36:15I think you're
36:16all mistaken.
36:18You see,
36:18the CEO
36:18is only coming here
36:20because the chairwoman
36:21asked him to.
36:23Jonathan's appointment
36:24as CEO?
36:25Well,
36:26ultimately,
36:26that decision
36:27lies with her.
36:29What chairwoman?
36:30Lily,
36:31does Roy Publishing House
36:33even have a chairwoman?
36:35Not that I know of.
36:37Well,
36:38who is she?
36:40Like she even knows.
36:43Oh,
36:43but I do.
36:44The chairwoman
36:45of Roy Publishing
36:46is me.
37:00Drop the act,
37:06Mom.
37:06Like,
37:06do you even know
37:07what a chairwoman does?
37:09Oh,
37:09she probably asked
37:10ChatGPT.
37:13Anne,
37:14please,
37:14you've got to stop
37:15flaunting your ignorance.
37:16When we were younger,
37:17we called it naivete,
37:18but now that you're old
37:19and washed up
37:20and haggard,
37:21it's just plain foolishness.
37:25She probably read
37:25so many trashy novels,
37:27she can't even
37:28keep up with reality anymore.
37:29She's stuck
37:30in her own
37:31fantasy world.
37:33That's what it is.
37:35She's delusional.
37:36Okay,
37:37yeah,
37:37I can play along
37:38with that.
37:42Greetings,
37:43chairwoman Anne.
37:49They're laughing
37:50at me now,
37:51but soon they'll see.
37:52Oh,
38:11pardon me,
38:12chairwoman Anne.
38:13Are you going to
38:14reject my appointment
38:15as CEO?
38:16Are you going to
38:17strip me of everything
38:18I've ever earned?
38:19Are you going to
38:20kick me out
38:21of Roy Publishing Group?
38:22Yes,
38:28chairwoman Anne,
38:29are you going to
38:30blacklist me
38:31from the publishing world
38:32and shutter my company?
38:34Are you going to
38:35make your
38:36ungrateful daughter
38:37regret everything?
38:40Oh, no,
38:40no, no, no.
38:41Maybe Anne
38:42wants to be treated
38:43like a queen.
38:44Ooh.
38:46In which case,
38:46I will be your
38:48butler
38:49and we'll be
38:50your maid.
38:52And let us
38:53atone
38:54for our sins.
38:56Oh,
38:56and
38:57well,
38:58what about me?
38:59What would you
39:00like me to do?
39:02Go ahead and laugh.
39:03The CEO
39:04will be here soon.
39:06He'll confirm
39:06whether or not
39:07I'm telling
39:07the truth.
39:08All right.
39:09That's enough.
39:10Playtime's over.
39:12Now,
39:12get the hell
39:12out of here
39:13or I'm going to
39:14remove you myself.
39:18Stop!
39:25Henry!
39:25You old son of a gun!
39:27You didn't tell me
39:28you're coming over here!
39:31My daughter,
39:32Olivia,
39:33her husband,
39:33Kenneth.
39:34And who is that
39:35woman over there
39:35on your floor?
39:37Oh,
39:37that is my ex.
39:38A silly woman.
39:39In fact,
39:40we were just
39:40getting rid of her
39:41because she was
39:41trying to tarnish
39:42my reputation,
39:43let alone
39:43Roy Publishing House.
39:45Kicking her out?
39:46The whole family decided
39:47we support my father
39:48and we won't let
39:50anyone tarnish
39:50his good name,
39:52related or not.
39:55That sounds like
40:02personal business to me.
40:03I'm here to talk
40:04strictly about
40:05company business,
40:06so let's stay
40:07focused on that.
40:09Yes.
40:10Great idea,
40:11Henry.
40:11Let's talk business.
40:13No wonder you're
40:14the leader of the
40:14company, Mr. Harper.
40:16Always cutting
40:17to the chase.
40:18Jonathan,
40:19as CEO of
40:20Roy Publishing House,
40:22I've decided
40:22to step down.
40:23I will now make
40:24my formal succession
40:25announcement.
40:28I, Henry Harper,
40:30due to personal
40:31circumstances,
40:32step down
40:33as CEO
40:34of Roy Publishing Company.
40:36If you are willing
40:37to secede me
40:38for this position,
40:39Mr. Asher,
40:40I'll need you to sign
40:41these documents.
40:44Oh, Henry.
40:46My friend.
40:50Thank you
40:51for trusting me.
40:54Congrats, Dad.
40:55Johnny,
41:01the moment we've been
41:02waiting for
41:02is finally here.
41:04Thank you
41:05for coming over
41:05so quickly
41:06and for shedding
41:07some light
41:07on the truth.
41:08Just now,
41:10someone
41:10was spreading
41:12a rumor
41:12that you don't have
41:14the ultimate
41:14decision-making power
41:16and that they made up
41:17some ridiculous
41:18chairwoman position.
41:20Such a trashy
41:21rumor.
41:22in all my years
41:23at the company,
41:24you are the only one
41:25with the absolute
41:26authority.
41:28I mean,
41:29have we ever
41:30had a chairwoman?
41:3525 years ago,
41:36the chairwoman
41:37stepped down
41:38from her position
41:38and gave me
41:40full authority
41:41to this whole company.
41:42Did you hear that, Mom?
41:44This is real life,
41:45not some soap opera.
41:46Miss chairwoman,
41:47it's time to wake up, honey.
41:49Stop laughing.
41:57Johnny,
41:58we need to be
41:59the perfect hosts
42:00to Mr. Harper
42:01and get our unwelcome
42:02guest out.
42:04Yes, darling,
42:05you are correct.
42:07Mr. Harper,
42:08forgive us
42:08for this unsightly mess.
42:10Ken, Olivia,
42:11get her out of here.
42:12Mom,
42:12you need to leave.
42:14Step away from her.
42:20I am not
42:21done speaking.
42:2325 years ago
42:24when I took over
42:24this company,
42:26there was no
42:26active chairwoman.
42:27But as of today,
42:28as of right now,
42:30I am reinstating
42:31a chairwoman
42:31who will have
42:33total control
42:33over the Roy
42:34Publishing House
42:35company.
42:35And you must all
42:37obey that chairwoman's
42:38orders,
42:39including the CEO.
42:40What?
42:45Henry,
42:46I don't understand.
42:47Why the change of plans?
42:48Where did this new
42:49chairwoman come from?
42:51I haven't heard
42:51a thing about her.
42:53Unless.
42:59No.
43:01That's impossible.
43:05What?
43:05There's no way.
43:06This is a joke.
43:08A terrible one at that.
43:09Going by the looks
43:10on your faces,
43:12you've already
43:13guessed who it is.
43:14That's right.
43:15Miss Anne Roy
43:16will be reinstated
43:17as the chairwoman
43:18of this company.
43:22Madam Chairwoman.
43:33Welcome back,
43:34Chairwoman.
43:34Anne isn't qualified
43:41for this.
43:41Wait, Anne is
43:42completely unqualified
43:43for this position.
43:44Is Roy publishing
43:45a joke?
43:46Are you telling me
43:47that the woman
43:49that was baking
43:49pies in the kitchen
43:51yesterday
43:51is a chairwoman
43:53of a company
43:54worth billions?
43:55Oh my God,
43:55this cannot be true.
43:57No.
43:58Mr. Harper,
44:00there must be
44:00a mistake.
44:01She's just a housewife
44:02who cooks and cleans
44:03all day.
44:05She'll ruin the company.
44:06Silence.
44:07The Roy family
44:08owns Roy Publishing Company.
44:10And it's only natural
44:11that Anne,
44:12the sole heiress
44:14to the company,
44:15become the chairwoman.
44:16None of you
44:17have any right
44:18to question her.
44:20What?
44:20Wait, my wife
44:30of 25 years,
44:32the woman who cooked
44:33and cleaned for me
44:34is the sole heiress
44:37of the Roy family fortune?
44:40Jonathan,
44:41I told you
44:42you'd live to regret
44:43the way you treated me today.
44:46Mom,
44:47how could you hide
44:48this from us
44:48for so long?
44:49We're your own
44:50flesh and blood!
44:52Were you afraid
44:53of splitting
44:54your assets with us?
44:59Don't use
44:59your twisted logic
45:01to put words
45:01in my mouth.
45:02The only reason
45:03I hid my identity
45:04was to protect
45:05your father's
45:05fragile ego.
45:07Jonathan,
45:08when I first met you,
45:10you were just
45:10a nameless,
45:11aspiring writer.
45:12But I fell in love
45:13with your passion.
45:14We built this life
45:15together.
45:16I supported you
45:17from the sidelines
45:18every step of the way.
45:19and helped you
45:20reach the position
45:21you're in now.
45:22I looked forward
45:22to the day
45:23when I could
45:24tell you
45:25my true identity.
45:26When you would
45:27finally become
45:28the CEO.
45:29I never thought
45:30that you could be
45:30so cruel
45:32to the loyal,
45:34loving wife
45:35who stayed by your side
45:36and made you
45:37into what you are.
45:38It took me
45:3925 years
45:41to see your true nature.
45:42I feel like a fool.
45:44But I see it now.
45:47Henry.
45:48Yes,
45:49Chairwoman Roy.
45:50What would you
45:51like me to do?
45:56Don't sue us.
45:58I was bewitched
45:59by this vixen.
46:00I always loved you.
46:07You can save
46:08your fake affection.
46:10It disgusts me.
46:12Please give me
46:13another chance.
46:14If you go through
46:15with this,
46:16you'll ruin my life.
46:19You ruined your life
46:20all by yourself.
46:21I didn't need
46:22to help you with that.
46:23Please.
46:28I'm begging you.
46:36You thought
46:37that you were
46:38destroying my work.
46:40But what you
46:40really destroyed
46:41was the last shred
46:43of affection
46:43that I had
46:44for this family.
46:47I wrote my manuscripts
46:49while making
46:50your meals.
46:52While changing
46:53our daughter's
46:53diapers.
46:54While making
46:55our house
46:56a home.
46:57Every single word
46:59that I put down
46:59on that page
47:00is a testament
47:00to what I have
47:01done for this
47:02family.
47:04Every page,
47:07every book,
47:08every accolade
47:09belongs to me,
47:11Anne Roy.
47:13And you're
47:14just the parasites
47:15who feasted off
47:16my blood, sweat,
47:17and tears.
47:18Please.
47:19I'm begging you.
47:23You can repent
47:25in jail.
47:33You know,
47:36thanks to you,
47:37I'm thinking about
47:38maybe a promotion
47:39in your future.
47:40Oh, I don't know.
47:41Oh.
47:43I'm a Nobel Prize
47:44winning author.
47:44I'll ghostwrite you
47:45a novel.
47:46I'll do anything you want
47:47for food or a place
47:49to sleep.
47:51Anything you want.
47:52Just sleep, please.
47:53Don't, don't, don't hurt me.
47:55Jonathan?
47:56I'll leave, I'll leave.
48:00Hi.
48:01I'll leave, I'll leave.
48:31Henry.
48:42Sorry, I didn't mean
48:43to scare you.
48:45Well, I spoke
48:46to the agent.
48:46Seems as though
48:47Olivia and Jonathan
48:48had a massive
48:49falling out.
48:51Jonathan
48:51sold his house
48:53and Olivia
48:54fled to Mexico.
48:57I guess they couldn't
49:01do so well
49:01without you
49:01after all.
49:03It's no longer
49:03my concern.
49:13I love that sofa.
49:15I used to lie there
49:16when I would write.
49:19And the dining room table,
49:21no matter how many times
49:23I bumped it,
49:24whatever I spilled on it,
49:25it would just
49:26wipe right up.
49:29Did you know
49:30that I designed
49:31the kitchen?
49:32You did.
49:33I did not know that.
49:34Impressive.
49:35I used to love
49:36cooking in there.
49:38Did you ever
49:38want to cook
49:39in there again?
49:39Didn't you say
49:42that the house
49:43has a buyer?
49:45I don't understand
49:46how can I cook
49:47in someone else's
49:47kitchen.
49:49I'm the buyer.
49:53I bought the house
49:54for you.
49:56After all the love
49:56and time you put
49:57into this home,
49:58only you deserve
50:00to have it.
50:02Henry,
50:03that...
50:04I can't accept
50:06that kind of gift.
50:07It's too much.
50:08Well, hold on
50:09because there's more.
50:10Anne,
50:11in this life
50:12I will never
50:13let you down.
50:15I'll be loyal
50:16to you
50:17and our family
50:19and I will be
50:21an amazing husband
50:22to you.
50:24Anne Roy,
50:24will you marry me?
50:31I don't know
50:32what to say.
50:36Say yes.
50:37yes.
50:38Yes.
50:39Yes.
50:40Oh, my God.
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