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My Poor Husband is the Real Boss [ SHORT DRAMA WITH HIGH QUALITY 2026 ]
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00:00:00Everything we need for the next 72 hours.
00:00:30Liquid.
00:00:32Untouchable.
00:00:34Derek has already started moving against you.
00:00:36Lining up investors, whispering about Apex's collapse.
00:00:39He wants to destroy you, Chris.
00:00:42Exactly how I planned.
00:00:44You can't bait a shark without a little blood in the water.
00:00:47I've already sent over the forged balance sheets.
00:00:49The fake foreclosure notices.
00:00:51Enough evidence to convince the world that Apex is circling the drain.
00:00:54He'll think he scooped everyone.
00:00:56Good.
00:00:57Give him what he wants, the company on its knees.
00:01:00And while he gloats, we prepare the kill shot.
00:01:04The shareholder vote is in three days.
00:01:06When we move, Apex swallows Langford Capital whole.
00:01:10And when the dust settles, Derek won't just lose the company.
00:01:15He'll lose everything.
00:01:17Thank you
00:01:20all.
00:01:22Thank you
00:01:23And this one is all down.
00:01:24One of the main stories growing up and hit me.
00:01:27I'll see you.
00:01:29Lord, today we are blessed beyond measure, not only because it is the day of your wedding,
00:01:51but because we are blessed with a son-in-law that is a CEO of Apex Group, a man of vision,
00:01:56a man of means, a billionaire who will protect our daughter and build our family legacy.
00:02:03Finally, the Donovan name will carry the weight that it deserves.
00:02:06To Sophia and to a future where we will want for nothing.
00:02:20Do you, Sophia Donovan, take Chris Bell to be your lawfully wedded husband?
00:02:27I do.
00:02:29Then by the power vested in me, stop this wedding.
00:02:37Your billionaire groom is nothing but a fraud.
00:02:40Chris Bell, CEO of Apex Group?
00:02:53Right.
00:02:54Try bankruptly lose her.
00:02:56Whoa.
00:02:56That's right.
00:02:57Apex Group is ruined.
00:03:02Sophia, you're about to marry a penniless con man.
00:03:06And I have the proof.
00:03:15It can't be true.
00:03:16What is going on here?
00:03:18I think I'm going to be sick.
00:03:19Gentlemen.
00:03:22Gentlemen.
00:03:23Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:03:24Wait.
00:03:24Oh, my God.
00:03:25Help.
00:03:27By order of the courts.
00:03:28Help.
00:03:29Help.
00:03:29No.
00:03:30Move.
00:03:31You fraud.
00:03:36And property of the bank.
00:03:40No.
00:03:40Stop.
00:03:54That cake costs more than your salary.
00:03:56Oh, my God.
00:04:09Oh, my God.
00:04:13Oh, my God.
00:04:26Is it really true?
00:04:30Are you broke?
00:04:32I hate lying to her, but she can't know the truth.
00:04:39Not yet.
00:04:43Yes.
00:04:48Wedding is just such a nightmare.
00:04:49I mean, what a waste of an open bar.
00:04:51I didn't get one martini.
00:04:53I'm just embarrassed.
00:04:53I'm going to have to pay for this whole fucking thing.
00:04:58I tried to warn you.
00:04:59Chris was never the man he said he was.
00:05:01You don't have to go home to that deadbeat bum.
00:05:04You deserve better.
00:05:05You deserve someone who can actually take care of you.
00:05:07Not now, Derek.
00:05:09I just got married.
00:05:11Just think about it.
00:05:12You and me.
00:05:13We always made more sense.
00:05:17Sophia!
00:05:17Well, it worked.
00:05:31Still feels like I'm putting a knife in her back.
00:05:33No one can know that Apex is broke.
00:05:36Not even Sophia.
00:05:37And there's a bonus.
00:05:39She stays with you on your penniless.
00:05:40You'll know she truly loves you.
00:05:42She's not a test, Victoria.
00:05:44She's my wife.
00:05:45Full hostile takeover.
00:05:47We just need to wait 72 hours until the shareholder meeting.
00:05:50And when it lands, Derek won't know what hit him.
00:05:57I can't tell her yet.
00:05:59Not until the takeover is complete.
00:06:01And our future is secure.
00:06:09You have some nerve walking in here.
00:06:20This is Sophia's home.
00:06:23She's my wife.
00:06:24Wife?
00:06:24You tricked her.
00:06:26You tricked all of us.
00:06:28You brought gifts.
00:06:28Like, that makes you a part of this family?
00:06:31Well, I thought since we'll be spending time together.
00:06:33This is rich.
00:06:35Correction, not rich.
00:06:36More like bankrupt.
00:06:37You think money is the most important thing, but it's not.
00:06:41Chris is a good person.
00:06:43He's honest and he treats me with respect.
00:06:45All right.
00:06:46Well, let's see what you brought us anyway.
00:06:48Just a couple tokens of my appreciation, Charlotte.
00:06:52I'm aware you like a nice glass of red before bed.
00:06:54So I got that from you.
00:06:56And Jack, this is a very rare book.
00:06:58I thought it'd be good for your collection.
00:07:02Books?
00:07:03He brought us books?
00:07:04What are we supposed to do with a book, Chris?
00:07:06We're supposed to read our way out of debt?
00:07:08Yeah, you could have brought Monopoly money.
00:07:10It's the same value.
00:07:14Not even French.
00:07:15California.
00:07:16This is bottom shelf swill.
00:07:18You know, I got that from a small vineyard.
00:07:24I thought you would appreciate the back story.
00:07:27The back story?
00:07:28We love stories like fairy tales.
00:07:31You mean like the fairy tale where you're a billionaire?
00:07:34Oh, I love that one.
00:07:35That's a good one.
00:07:36Oh, you're so funny.
00:07:39Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:07:47Burns well.
00:07:48Look at that.
00:07:59Thank you, John.
00:08:00You're welcome.
00:08:01Nice.
00:08:12That's looks real.
00:08:14That seat is for family.
00:08:17What?
00:08:17He can sit at the end if he's so desperate to eat.
00:08:21I hope you don't mind scraps, champ.
00:08:23That's usually all that's left over when it gets to the end of the table.
00:08:25Especially after you.
00:08:26Rah, rah, rah, rah.
00:08:27I love you.
00:08:31Sophia.
00:08:33You know, you could still get an annulment tonight.
00:08:38Oh, my dear dad is a brilliant idea.
00:08:41You know, I still have Judge Wagner on speed dial.
00:08:44I'll just give him a call.
00:08:45I bet he would be here in about 10 minutes.
00:08:47Mom, please.
00:08:48What?
00:08:48Just put your phone in.
00:08:51Fine.
00:08:52But I don't see the point in waiting.
00:08:54Okay, everyone.
00:08:55To my beautiful Sophia, you deserve the world, but instead you got a pathetic drifter.
00:09:12Looks good, is this a cab? Hey, handsome, bottoms up.
00:09:21Bottoms up.
00:09:25I guess I should have gone with the white.
00:09:33Butterfingers.
00:09:36Would you all give it a rest already?
00:09:38Whoa!
00:09:38Excuse me, you brought him into our home, and the next thing you know, he's eating our food,
00:09:45fucking our sister, and asking for gas money.
00:09:49That is not a son-in-law, it's a parasite.
00:09:52Don't talk about my husband like that.
00:09:54He doesn't even have the guts to defend himself.
00:09:57Just eat, please.
00:10:14What do you think you're doing?
00:10:17Sophia hasn't eaten much, so I thought I would...
00:10:23Oh, the pauper is trying to play the provider now.
00:10:27Maybe your wife just lost her appetite because she married a stone bro shithel.
00:10:33Don't strain yourself, Chris.
00:10:35Chris, you might pull a muscle trying to lift this chunk of protein.
00:10:39You know, Chris, the good food is for people that contribute, not you, princess.
00:10:51You sit under this room, eating our food, moving in, and freeloading.
00:11:04What is it exactly that you bring to the table?
00:11:08Well, for one, I married your daughter.
00:11:10And what, you think that makes you automatically a part of this family?
00:11:21You think that marrying Sophia is some kind of gift to us?
00:11:25It's not a gift. It's a burden. It's a liability. It's a state.
00:11:30Please, Mom.
00:11:31No, let him hear it.
00:11:32You want to be part of this family then?
00:11:33You need to know your place.
00:11:35Because you're nobody's son-in-law.
00:11:37You're just a dog that we let in the back door.
00:11:42So go ahead, kid. Eat up.
00:11:44Woof, woof.
00:12:04That's a good boy.
00:12:16That's a good boy.
00:12:21You know, Sun Tzu says patience is the key to victory, and I am a very patient man.
00:12:29Look at this guy. I mean, he doesn't even fight back. Not a word.
00:12:32It's because he knows it's true. He's nothing. Just a worthless half-wit.
00:12:36And to think my daughter is married to a man who can't even afford to buy her flowers,
00:12:41let alone put a roof over her head.
00:12:43Well, what do we have here, huh?
00:12:46The happy bride and her poor little groom.
00:12:49Derek, what a surprise. Well, you certainly have a hop in your step.
00:12:54Indeed I do.
00:12:55Langford Capital just secured a quarter of a billion dollars in financing.
00:12:59Record profits.
00:13:01We're expanding faster than any other company on the market.
00:13:03Oh, my God. A quarter billion? That's incredible.
00:13:06But we're just getting started.
00:13:08By next spring, Langford Capital will be the biggest and the best private equity fund in the country.
00:13:14Especially with Apex Groups circling the drain. Isn't that right, Chris?
00:13:18Imagine if Sophia married Derek.
00:13:25I think about that. Every single day.
00:13:28Mom, you were thrilled when I married Chris this morning.
00:13:31Yes, I was.
00:13:32But secretly, I was hoping you'd end up with Derek.
00:13:36I'll tell you what.
00:13:37Family sticks together.
00:13:38Tom?
00:13:39We're hiring brilliant minds over at Langford Capital, and I have just the position for you.
00:13:44How about head of the Strategic Wealth Fund?
00:13:47You hear that?
00:13:50That is what a son-in-law does.
00:13:53He builds, he protects, he provides.
00:13:57And he doesn't lie to you.
00:14:00Sophia, it's not too late.
00:14:03You can still fix it.
00:14:07Just unknow the marriage and walk away.
00:14:12I already told you.
00:14:13I don't want to hear it.
00:14:16You, well, sign this paper and annul this marriage.
00:14:23Mom, please, sign it.
00:14:26You will not drag the Donovan family down with you, monster.
00:14:32Sophia, sign the divorce papers, and annul this marriage now.
00:14:48Jack!
00:14:50Oh, my God.
00:14:50Jack!
00:14:55Somebody do something.
00:14:58Oh, my God!
00:14:58You're texting while my father is having a heart attack?
00:15:02He's probably texting his side piece already.
00:15:04I have been worried about Jack for a long time.
00:15:07So, for the past six months, I've been working with specialists at Apex to try to find a cure.
00:15:11Oh, right.
00:15:11Because Apex is some kind of, like, magic shop now.
00:15:14What's next, Chris?
00:15:15You're gonna try to sell us unicorn tears in a jar?
00:15:17Laugh all you want, but this could be the only thing that can actually cure him.
00:15:20This isn't some medical breakthrough.
00:15:23This is all about your ego.
00:15:26Because you cannot stand the fact that we all know that you are useless, so you just make up fantasies.
00:15:33I mean, what is next, Chris?
00:15:34You're gonna sprinkle fairy dust on my father and tell us that he's healed?
00:15:38What, are you just gonna bring him over to the garage and hook him up to jumper cables?
00:15:41You're a fraud, and you always have.
00:15:42If you lay a finger on him, you'll kill him faster than the disease itself.
00:15:46I've also been sending messages to someone who actually knows what they're doing.
00:15:53Dean Hargrove, chief of medicine over at Crestview Hospital.
00:15:57A real doctor with real credentials.
00:15:59And expensive.
00:16:01But he's worth it, because unlike your made-up magical cure, he's not gonna kill my father.
00:16:07That's what a real son-in-law does. He is generous, and he is serious about families.
00:16:15Unlike this twisted truth, fucker.
00:16:18You think your limp dick husband is gonna compete with that? Please.
00:16:22This isn't a competition. I just want Jack to get better.
00:16:25It's not a competition.
00:16:27Oh, you just want Jack to get better, do you?
00:16:33Well, why don't you try this?
00:16:35Oh!
00:16:37Yay, finally some real entertainment.
00:16:39Yeah, maybe that'll shut him up.
00:16:41What is the matter with you?
00:16:42He is just a deadbeat gripper. He needs to get out of this house.
00:16:46Yeah, and he's as welcome as a turd in the family Punchbowl.
00:16:49Yeah, and the sooner you realize that, the sooner we can all move on.
00:16:53Oh, that must be Dr. Hargrove.
00:17:07Dr. D. Hargrove, Chief of Medicine at Crestview Medical.
00:17:12Only the best for my Jack and his family.
00:17:16Doctor, thank you so much for coming to our family. We know how precious your time is.
00:17:20When it comes to family health, nothing is more important.
00:17:23You hear that? Nothing's more important than family.
00:17:26A real doctor, unlike your, uh, snake oil, hmm?
00:17:32So why don't you just take your lies and get the hell out of this house?
00:17:39Listen, I think through you. I'm afraid I've got some bad news.
00:17:42Jack's condition has advanced.
00:17:52Oh, my God.
00:17:53His lungs are weak. Circulation is very poor.
00:17:56He might only have a couple of weeks to maybe a few months.
00:17:59Oh, my God.
00:18:00Right now, I can only suggest palliative measures.
00:18:02Palliative? You mean there's...
00:18:05There's nothing medicine can do. I'm sorry.
00:18:08Just cherish the time that you still have with him.
00:18:11And you trying to use my father as a guinea pig for your Frankenstein cure
00:18:17was only going to kill him faster.
00:18:21Dr. Hargrove, help her.
00:18:26He's crashing.
00:18:27We don't have time.
00:18:28I can't breathe.
00:18:29Do something if you are such a genius.
00:18:37I can't breathe.
00:18:38Just in time.
00:19:01What is this circus?
00:19:02And what the hell is that?
00:19:07I built Apex on breakthroughs the rest of the world thought where impossible.
00:19:10This vial right here is the first drug of its kind developed by a team of specialists
00:19:15for one man's condition.
00:19:18Jax.
00:19:18The old man needs a miracle, not some science fiction and a goddamn needle.
00:19:22Or this is his endgame.
00:19:25You kill him and then you inherit Sophia without all the trouble.
00:19:28You are not sticking that needle anywhere near my husband, over my dead body.
00:19:37Chris, please.
00:19:38You have two, maybe three minutes left unless you let me help you right now.
00:19:46Jack.
00:19:48Help me.
00:19:48If this kills him, I will kill you.
00:19:53Are you sure about this?
00:19:54I wouldn't risk it if I wasn't.
00:19:55Trust me.
00:19:57Do it.
00:19:58Doc.
00:20:10Okay, Jack.
00:20:12Over.
00:20:13Jess.
00:20:40Jess.
00:20:41I can breathe.
00:20:47His pulse is stronger.
00:20:52Remarkably stronger.
00:20:53It's just blind luck.
00:20:54It's some kind of fluke.
00:20:56Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
00:20:59I'll take that as a thank you.
00:21:02Jack, get some rest.
00:21:04I'll leave a monitor here overnight and check on you in the morning.
00:21:08Thank you, Dr. Hargrove.
00:21:10I'm sorry.
00:21:13Oh, let's get it.
00:21:14Oh, a bag, sweetie.
00:21:16Uh, babe, didn't you say that you had some special surprise in the car for a man?
00:21:22Yes, yes, I did.
00:21:23My favorite little guy.
00:21:24Max, let's go.
00:21:26Come on, buddy.
00:21:27That's enough doom and gloom around here.
00:21:29It's time for this family to have some fun.
00:21:31And for you to finally see how a real man provides for his family.
00:21:40Limited edition, custom a job.
00:21:45You can only get one of these if you know somebody.
00:21:48Go get it, tiger.
00:21:50Wow, Max.
00:21:53Thank you for a spin.
00:21:55You see, Chris, this is what a real son-in-law does.
00:21:59He provides status, toys, and joy.
00:22:04Boy's got a left foot on the pedal.
00:22:05I'm sorry, Chris.
00:22:07Everyone will come rude.
00:22:08Don't make it up to yourself.
00:22:10Promise.
00:22:10Won't be like this for long.
00:22:12Face it, Chris.
00:22:13You could literally never get anything like this for your kid.
00:22:17Well, unless you found an abandoned one at the thrift store he shops at.
00:22:21Oh, baby, look how fast he's going.
00:22:23That's my boy.
00:22:24Hey, Victoria, I need you to do me one more favor.
00:22:33This looks so cool.
00:22:35I have to leave.
00:22:36Only the best for my boy.
00:22:40Whoa.
00:22:42It's like a daycare.
00:22:47Yeah?
00:22:48Arriving now, boss.
00:22:49Thanks, Vic.
00:22:51Quick announcement, everyone.
00:22:52I have a surprise for you all outside.
00:22:55Oh, yeah?
00:22:55What is it?
00:22:56A coupon for a half-off pizza?
00:22:58Maybe it's a pawn shop conca truck.
00:23:01No.
00:23:03That's something money can't buy.
00:23:08Boogie.
00:23:09Max, come on.
00:23:10All right.
00:23:10Hey, let's go, Max.
00:23:12Let's go take this baby for a spin.
00:23:14Yeah.
00:23:18Look at it go.
00:23:19Let's go, Max.
00:23:21Oh, no.
00:23:21Oh, that has to be fake.
00:23:25No one would let a child play with something like that.
00:23:27What am I looking at?
00:23:28The fleet of top-of-the-line prototypes.
00:23:30Fully safe, fully licensed.
00:23:32The only one of its kind in the country.
00:23:34Do you expect us to believe that he could afford to bring something like this to our house?
00:23:39That's pretty neat, huh?
00:23:40This is the coolest thing.
00:23:42Dad, can it happen?
00:23:43What?
00:23:43No, no.
00:23:44You know, Max, don't get too excited.
00:23:46Yeah.
00:23:46I hate the app.
00:23:47They're knockoffs.
00:23:48Cheap imports made to look expensive.
00:23:51Yeah, it happens all the time.
00:23:51They're probably defective, sweetie.
00:23:53Facts.
00:23:54Facts.
00:23:54And yet, he parades it on my front lawn in some kind of pathetic attempt to convince
00:24:00us that he's some powerful big shot.
00:24:03Chris, how did you afford this?
00:24:05It must have cost millions of dollars.
00:24:07Yeah, Chris.
00:24:08Are you actually bankrupt, or are you just putting on some sort of BS act?
00:24:14Are you actually bankrupt, or are you just putting on some sort of BS act?
00:24:19Damn it.
00:24:19I overplayed my hand.
00:24:21Showing off a fleet of DARPA prototypes was a bad move.
00:24:25I didn't buy them.
00:24:27I borrowed them from a friend.
00:24:29They're on loan from a defense contractor I did some consulting for.
00:24:35Chris, you don't have to keep doing this.
00:24:37Trying to prove yourself to my family?
00:24:39Let them think whatever they want.
00:24:42The more they underestimate me, the better.
00:24:45I didn't see it before.
00:24:50Now, it's clear as day.
00:24:52You're a real con man, aren't you, Chris?
00:24:54Just squirreling away whatever scraps of money you can find, and then just linging it at gadgets.
00:25:01Mom.
00:25:01No, Sophia.
00:25:02Look at us.
00:25:03My husband is sick.
00:25:05This house is bleeding us dry.
00:25:08And you, instead of improving her station in life, you just throw cash at toys.
00:25:15You disgust me.
00:25:16He didn't buy them.
00:25:17Then he took out a bunch of IOUs.
00:25:19Listen to me.
00:25:20When that company comes to collect, we are all in a lot of trouble.
00:25:27You know, I'm just going to say it.
00:25:28I'm not giving you a cent.
00:25:30No, no, no.
00:25:31I'm not going to be bankrolling my grifter of a brother-in-law who is just trying to hustle us all out of money.
00:25:37Listen.
00:25:37None of you need to pay anything.
00:25:39So if you don't pay, then who does?
00:25:41How does a skid row reject like you afford something like that?
00:25:44I don't have to pay either.
00:25:46So what?
00:25:47You just call in a favor at the Pentagon?
00:25:50Oh, you have DARPA on speed dial?
00:25:53Oh, wow!
00:25:55As a matter of fact, yes, I do.
00:25:59Anyway, it's none of your concern.
00:26:02You know, all this idle chit-chat I completely forgot?
00:26:05You two need to sign the annulment papers.
00:26:08And I'd be happy to take you as my wife.
00:26:11Sophia, you deserve a partner who can put a diamond on your finger and not dirt under your nails.
00:26:16It's time to move on from this charlatan.
00:26:20Sophia, why don't we just put an end to this and we can forget it ever happened.
00:26:24Sophia.
00:26:38Sophia.
00:26:39No.
00:26:39Sophia.
00:26:41Don't let pride get in the way of you making the right decision.
00:26:48Sophia, he is not the same man that you married.
00:26:51no one would blame you it's modern times so nobody takes wedding vows seriously anymore it's all
00:26:58free love free marriage you should trade up while you still can we can go to the courthouse right
00:27:03now we can get it all done tonight an annulment marriage two for one enough god i am still right
00:27:12here and if you keep insulting me and sophia don't be surprised if we walk out of here for good
00:27:17together there it is anger typical impotent man's weapon violence and empty threats
00:27:27don't make it worse sophia are you listening to what they're saying they're trying to force us
00:27:32to annul our marriage talk but they're just in shock i'm not in shock tomorrow morning chris you
00:27:41will take my daughter down to the courthouse and get an annulment and end this sham of a
00:27:47union i'll be right there to say i do
00:27:53he thinks he's already won but in less than 72 hours lankford capital will belong to me
00:28:00your company going under wasn't the only bombshell i discovered a little birdie told me that a hundred
00:28:05million dollars went missing from apex group's cash reserves so you're a liar and a thief and after i
00:28:13spilled the beans of chris's bankruptcy i got another tip apparently apex group's fortune 500
00:28:19cover boy supposedly rewired a massive loan from a swiss bank to an offshore account oh chris have you no
00:28:28shame that explains the miracle medicine and the military toys outside this house it matches all of it
00:28:36case closed i knew it you're not only worthless but you are a criminal did you hear that if i deliver
00:28:42you a deadbeat fraud to the authorities i get a major reward could you imagine the headlines and i would
00:28:49earn good favor with the president his whole campaign was run on bringing down corporate corruption
00:28:54i'd probably get invited to the white house derrick you're the fraud not me
00:29:01lock the doors we need to make sure he doesn't make a run for it
00:29:11lock the doors we need to make sure he doesn't make a run for it he's still my husband he's family
00:29:17family if chris gets arrested it drags us all down you want a hundred million dollar debt tied to our
00:29:23family name who do you think the government's gonna come after when chris can't pay you oh my god
00:29:29you're right honey
00:29:33sophia honey listen to me i don't owe anything
00:29:38he's lying is he or have you been deceiving me all long
00:29:51exactly you know from what i can tell it's chris telling the lies you steal a hundred million dollars
00:29:57you come to the house of an innocent family and you flaunt it that is disgusting you're sick man
00:30:01there is one way out annulment immediately as long as sophia cuts off these ties as long
00:30:07as the donovan family draws clear lines his debt dies with him sophia i can still give you the future
00:30:15you deserve with me
00:30:24yes divorce him and then you can marry derrick i mean look at him he has real power and real money
00:30:33and then this family can rise instead of crashing with chris why are you just standing around go on
00:30:41annul the marriage and ended with this fraud mom he just lost his way for a moment why are you still
00:30:50shielding him i don't mind if the two of you want to sink but you will not drown the donovan family with
00:30:56you he may be going through a rough patch but he's been good to me
00:31:03i'll leave with him
00:31:07we won't be your burden
00:31:10sophia i will always protect you i'll always make you happy even if it's the last thing i do
00:31:16eric please don't ruin him you're still defending him this cockroach of a man for the sake of our
00:31:30past i'm begging you have mercy absolutely not if he runs the fallout comes back on us sophia you are
00:31:39gonna send me to an early grave here's what's gonna happen my security detail is waiting just
00:31:48outside for me they come in they haul chris's ass down to langford capital while he's sitting in the
00:31:53basement storage room we'll have sophia sign the annulment papers brilliant you can teach this pawn
00:32:00scum a lesson that's him taken i dare you put one finger on me and you'll regret it for the rest of your
00:32:08life big talk coming from a broken con man i'll have you dragged out of here in cuffs and the donovan
00:32:14family will thank me you're gonna play this game come on derrick make your move detain him now
00:32:22don't worry once they're through with him you'll thank me for saving you sophia remember i did this for
00:32:42you for us
00:33:01after the bankruptcy week my board wants answers you don't believe the rumors leaks can be planted i don't
00:33:07buy for a second the apex is broke so this is a fact-finding mission if the headlines are true
00:33:12then we cut and run but if not this family may be sitting on a gold mine and not even realize it
00:33:18oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god i just saw a woman outside and she looks an
00:33:30awful lot like marina baron baron as in baron holdings are you sure yeah i googled her and the
00:33:37pictures on the google look like the pictures of the woman who's standing outside don't you know what
00:33:41this means she is the creditor come to collect on the money that chris stole oh my god we're so
00:33:46screwed and sophia is still legally tied to chris if she connects the dots the bastard he has been
00:33:51dragging us down since day one are you happy now what do we do we can't let her in she is the most
00:33:57powerful woman on the street if we don't let her in we look guilty okay but like hear me out like what
00:34:02if she's not here to collect on chris's debts sweetheart what don't be naive then okay here's what we do
00:34:08we tell her that we kicked chris out and then we forced sophia to sign the annulment papers and we
00:34:13never touched a dime of his money we should have gone to the courthouse hours ago hold on let me call
00:34:19my friend at the courthouse maybe he can backdate something for us daddy's got it no he isn't lying
00:34:28he didn't steal a hundred billion dollars okay sophia you look so demure right now but my priority is
00:34:35protecting my family he is my family well then you need to decide it's either him or us i'm not
00:34:42signing anything today do you want us you need to grow up the world runs on money and power and
00:34:49your husband has knight look at this what we're gonna do we're gonna let her in we're gonna smile
00:34:54we're gonna be gracious and we're gonna make it abundantly clear that we have cut ties with chris
00:34:59completely completely that means if she asks about the marriage you say it's already been annulled
00:35:06do you understand you are not gonna drag us down with him
00:35:11smith game time game time battery
00:35:17okay smiles oh miss barron what an honor thank you i believe your son-in-law works with one of
00:35:25our affiliate banks i thought since i'm in town i'd put a face to the name that i've heard such good
00:35:30things about tom hayden assistant vp commercial lending mentioned on our vendor list last year
00:35:37tom it's a pleasure anything you need you get my full attention i appreciate that thank you sweetheart
00:35:46while i'm here i thought i'd clear up a few questions that the market has been whispering about
00:35:53questions okay apex group if chris bell truly is at the helm then the bankruptcy rumors don't add up
00:36:01i know this was his last address on file is he here
00:36:07is he here uh chris oh no he is a loser who we kicked out and we cut ties with completely you did
00:36:29what and the marriage to our daughter that's been an old he is no longer part of the family actually
00:36:36he's a shit stain and if he's in trouble that's his problem these idiots have no idea what they've done
00:36:44miss barron i don't think you understand we despise him and if we could cut him up into like tiny
00:36:53little itty bitty bite-sized pieces we would excuse me cut him to what now small pieces and that's not
00:37:00all i would do if i could i would skin him alive i would break every bone in his body and then i would
00:37:09suck his blood dry he's scared he just never really knew his place he clung to sophia and then he used all of
00:37:21us so you thought chris bell was not good enough to marry into this family no no bingo don't you
00:37:30worry the world is better with him buried in a ditch i'm sorry where is he now derek's security
00:37:38detail took him to langford capital yes the guards have probably already beat him halfway to death but
00:37:43don't worry miss barron i mean none of us here feel sorry for him and i think i speak on behalf of
00:37:48everyone on this couch when i say we'd all be a lot happier if they just finished the job
00:37:56you said that he was at langford capital yeah in the storage room in the basement
00:38:00derek wanted to take him to a place where nobody could hear him scream ah right yes oh congratulations
00:38:08you just made the biggest mistake of your lives what oh what that did sound good what the hell's our
00:38:17problem yeah why all of a sudden does she care about chris and his well-being no she's sleeping with him
00:38:25oh yes yes yes excuse me i mean why else would a woman like that care about financial corpses oh it's all so
00:38:34clear now the drones that theatrics chris was trying to impress her baron holdings they protect
00:38:41their own she's probably funding him on the side probably a lot more than that that's true and
00:38:48they're still entangled we need to sever ties immediately tomorrow morning no delays the papers
00:38:54no enough whoa i won't be part of your gossip mill well it's not gossip if it's obvious sofia it's
00:39:02obvious that you'll do anything to make chris look better yup that's enough as long as you are still
00:39:07married to him our family is on the chopping block for his reckless failings you are either too naive or too stupid to say
00:39:32norman papers sign them and we're done you think this basement scares me you have no idea what's coming
00:39:48good news asshole your wife's family is ready to be reasonable
00:39:52what's going on then i guess i don't need to sign anything cute sign the goddamn papers
00:40:02derrick you keep taking my silence for surrender this is your last chance about it if you refuse
00:40:12i'll buy apex group myself and then i'll sell it for scraps like a junkyard car
00:40:17hmm so what's it gonna be time's ticking
00:40:25derrick you can go straight to hell
00:40:33they can regret that choice
00:40:35this is gonna make you sign one way or another last chance to take the easy way out what fun would that be
00:40:51oh light enough like a christmas tree
00:41:16is that all you got
00:41:21that's what's going on
00:41:32sign it properly i'll make sure that every nerve in your body is fried rendering you useless
00:41:38touch him again and i'll make sure this entire building is on lockdown before sunrise
00:41:50what the hell is this kidnapping extortion attempted murder
00:41:58he's a fraud and a liar he's a two-bit bernie madoff hack whatever rumors you've heard about
00:42:04alex group the story isn't adding up who the fuck are you marina baron
00:42:13baron holdings
00:42:17oh shit she's about to destroy my whole plan
00:42:24listen marina i really appreciate what you're trying to do here but
00:42:28he's right he's right i'm a fraud
00:42:35i have multiple contacts credible sources inside they're wrong trust me
00:42:44i'm toxic you don't want anything to do with me i must have been wrong about him
00:42:50we should sit down and talk i like the way you operate
00:42:59we never see that chris guy i don't think we will i think we really scared him off last time
00:43:04oh my god look at the cat's rag dude chris
00:43:08you thought you'd get rid of me huh well i'm not dead yet
00:43:23stay right there unbelievable he just crawls right back into our home like a stray
00:43:31somebody should call animal control no need we can evict him ourselves tonight look good
00:43:41sophia
00:43:46look at me
00:43:48no looks you are not a husband you are not a son-in-law and you are not part of this family
00:43:56you are not a son-in-law and you are not a son-in-law and you are not a son-in-law
00:44:00oh but don't let him step on the lawn because the gardener just planted my favorite flowers
00:44:04and if he steps on them i'll just be so obsessed
00:44:06of course i'll be
00:44:07all right i know where the door is tom
00:44:12are you coming with me
00:44:17don't you dare do you want to kill your father with the stress
00:44:26do you want that on your conscience
00:44:37chris i'm sorry
00:44:40you're gonna regret this
00:44:53all of you for every word every choice that you made today
00:45:01sure whatever just put it in a greeting card there's the door jim
00:45:04yeah yeah i'm not giving up on us
00:45:14oh good riddance
00:45:18hey yeah someone's gonna need to change the locks
00:45:23okay yes thank you you're welcome i love you
00:45:27big it's me
00:45:37do it
00:45:38all of them
00:45:40i want each one of them begging for mercy
00:45:46oh that's a cute one of max
00:45:48oh oh hello oh yeah whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa
00:45:58but i've what do you mean effective immediately
00:46:00i've headed that committee for three years
00:46:02no no no uh there has to be some mistake i just closed the full
00:46:05no no no no wait you can't revoke no i wait wait wait you can't just restructure me out
00:46:09i signed the the the promotion paperwork hello hello
00:46:17oh my god i was just fired me too
00:46:22and they're rolling back my bonus reviewing irregularities
00:46:27what just happened
00:46:31it's chris
00:46:33the man is so toxic he's taken us all down with him
00:46:36our brother-in-law's company is publicly outed as bankrupt and riddled with fraud and then both of
00:46:43our careers just go up in smoke that is not coincidence wait a minute so he shits the bed
00:46:51and you two are collateral damage yes you see this is why i say sever ties
00:46:58you don't know that chris was the cause of this oh don't be naive he makes enemies wherever
00:47:04he comes and we are expected to foot the bill we're not eating this not after everything the city
00:47:12still owes on a demolition payout chris's childhood home is in the redevelopment zone he is still owed
00:47:20a check for them tearing it down so we collect it as compensation for everything he put us through
00:47:25oh you can't just take it watch us we will file a claim through the executor loop or whatever place
00:47:32okay by the time chris figures out the money's gone it's too late it's ours yeah we don't need to suffer
00:47:39for his incompetence he will pay it out do it make him pay back every dollar he owes this family
00:47:47that house is the only memory he has left of his parents well he should have thought about that
00:47:53before he tanked his business and poisoned our names i'll get the paper we're going county records
00:47:59office opens in the morning oh my god you're so smart babe thank you you're saving the day
00:48:05you see we take care of god anyone fucks with the donovans
00:48:13to anyone else this is a rundown old house but for me it's home
00:48:29boss said you're the last holdout just sign the property over and no one gets hurt
00:48:33this house is the last thing left of my parents you want it
00:48:36we're gonna have to tear it down with me in it
00:48:44oh i knew chris would be here get him to agree and that demolition payment is ours it's his house
00:48:53and our survival don't you see it his mess has already cost us money jobs status you'll get him to
00:49:02sign it to sign it over because you're a donovil first
00:49:18sofia
00:49:21hi
00:49:26go on isn't there something you want to say to him
00:49:33chris i i know how important this is just spit it out already
00:49:40please don't ask me to do this don't listen to him he will just drag us down until we have nothing
00:49:48left go on talk some sense into him he is going to bury us with him sophia and what about dad huh
00:49:56he's going to kill him faster than the heart disease ever would
00:50:06chris i'm sorry
00:50:08it's just a lot of money okay that's enough talking excuse me excuse us i need more stuff
00:50:19oh i hate these stairs they're the first to go i think
00:50:31ugly hideous horrible
00:50:34oh well this has to be a knock-off chris's parents could never afford the real thing
00:50:43bag it babe yes ma'am
00:50:45oh ho what is in here huh pretty pricey for someone who can't even afford lunch meat huh
00:50:54those belong to my grandmother oh well then she should have taken them to the grave with her
00:51:00oh wow this is fancy tom off the wall in the bag now yep no let me ask you chris
00:51:12were your mom and dad kleptomaniacs oh look at this somebody was very busy in kindergarten art class
00:51:22my mother made that okay that's the last thing i have of hers oh well mom certainly wasn't michelangelo
00:51:37oops
00:51:42that was priceless well uh not anymore
00:51:49oh
00:52:06oh i hope you took pictures chris is this dump right here is about to be a pile of rubble let's go boys
00:52:12all right great you got a big bulldozer but this house does not move not one brick
00:52:30move aside bell unless you want to get flattened out like a pancake
00:52:36and you're gonna have to take me out
00:52:37if this house goes down it's landing on top of me pathetic he's gonna martyr himself over a
00:52:45shithole well at least that saves us the paperwork
00:52:58that bulldozer moves another inch i will bury your little demolition racket in federal court
00:53:26kickbacks forged bids half of your payroll are ghosts you don't think i see every wire transfer
00:53:37this isn't over yes it is walk
00:53:40how sad yet another woman swooping in to rescue you
00:53:53come on we're done here
00:53:54i didn't want it to be like this doesn't have to be if you just stay with me oh what so you can have
00:54:05another mistress look i can explain all of this just not yet oh mystery man has some secret timetable
00:54:15hmm maybe he's under an nda let me translate for you my dear a man who has to explain is a man who is alive
00:54:26you can do better than that okay you want to know the truth
00:54:29the truth is victoria is not my mistress she works for me she's apex group's fixer
00:54:41and i'm the queen of monaco
00:54:42she has no power your company is a laughing stock it is a disgrace not only are you delusional but you
00:54:49also think they were a bunch of fools do you see the sickness in this he has created this whole
00:54:55fantasy where he's still rich and his assistant is some kind of uh tony soprano if that's true
00:55:03why did you keep it from me why keep her secret because she works in the shadows and i i i couldn't
00:55:14oh there it is the sentence ends before the truth begins so what we're supposed to hang our livelihoods
00:55:22off of just just trust me babe he wants you to think it's a business relationship but it's a cover
00:55:30for a sham for an affair for a bunch of lies that he thinks you are too stupid to see
00:55:50i want to send you no one
00:55:54well compensation first let's do the calculations um let's see reputational harm
00:55:59employees lost and um distressed oh i was also very distressed and you know what sounds good to me
00:56:07round numbers you know i think eight figures keeps it neat but multiple aids keeps it fair
00:56:14you owe us for what you cost us
00:56:18off well not till we get what we want i tell you what why don't you send us a cool 50 mil from
00:56:24one of those offshore accounts that we heard you have
00:56:30called the police i did i reported a few trespassers
00:56:37we're not trespassing this is my son-in-law's home and we are reclaiming what is ours officer i'd like
00:56:43to report an active burglary no no no you you cannot arrest us sofia is still married to chris so his
00:56:50assets are community property sir is this your residence
00:56:56no belong to my parents well then consider it payback for the affair you've been having
00:57:03so obvious these two are sleeping together just look at them call me mistress one more time and
00:57:07triple your problems trespassing burglary slander okay well she didn't mean to too late
00:57:14i'll be like orange that'll be the only color in your closet for the next three to five years
00:57:20go ahead and arrest us parade us on the evening news and drag your boss through public humiliation
00:57:26and just see how the world reacts to this so-called affair you're having i don't bluff wait wait please
00:57:35don't press charges it's it's my mom my sister if you spare them i'll let chris go
00:57:44if you want them you can have them just don't destroy my family sofia i have never wanted him
00:57:51like that i respect him i'm his fixer not his mistress that's all at least escort them off the premises
00:57:58oh no no no need a donovan doesn't overstay their welcome
00:58:12hey sophie come on listen i can make it up to you okay promise i might have to start small but i don't
00:58:23know from the car that you were talking about i'll get it for you come on chris you can't afford it
00:58:30why do you keep trying to do this
00:58:34it's not the reason why i married you
00:58:36i promise you i'm gonna make this right trust me
00:58:46it's beautiful it certainly is it's yours if you want it if you can't afford it sweetie
00:59:08maybe don't touch
00:59:10lil look at what the cat dragged in chris bell
00:59:14professional failure and the girl dumb enough to still believe in him hi lauren what are you doing
00:59:20here this car starts at 100k this isn't a selfie museo we were just looking at what your reflections
00:59:30you can't afford the merchandise
00:59:32babes remember what i said the poor come to luxury rooms like tourists at the zoo they
00:59:38gawk and stare and then they leave
00:59:43what color would you like
00:59:47the pearl i've always liked white still playing billionaire i saw the headlines apex bankrupt fraudulent
00:59:56blah blah blah you went from visionary to visionary tell you what if you're real nice we'll let you
01:00:03sit in the back seat so you can smell the upholstery
01:00:09we need two white and black with the fastest trim on both oh baby look at that performance theater
01:00:18start the paperwork use crayons here's my card chris it's fine
01:00:28this is going to be fun
01:00:36hear that babes that's the sound of desperation it's so sad maybe it's a system issue
01:00:44the system works fine for people with money okay just run a manual authorization it says there's
01:00:54insufficient funds
01:00:59breaking news the apex group emperor has no clothes and no credit apparently honey
01:01:08there are plenty of great used lots in the valley and they have free coffee too
01:01:12all right just call your supervisor enable the corporate rails corporate rails someone learned
01:01:18a new phrase on tick tock cute shade is this a black diamond or the party city edition
01:01:30where'd you get those out of a claw machine at chuck e cheese counterfeits a crime is slick
01:01:36what's the problem here mr stone perfect timing this broke customer is trying to buy a vehicle with a
01:02:05a dead stack of plastic those are those those would be mine it looks like your terminal is refusing
01:02:13corporate authorization
01:02:17terminal two enable bank direct
01:02:23wait a minute this isn't just black diamond this is
01:02:27supreme tier only a few exist run it now
01:02:35a few exist run it now
01:02:41and sir of course
01:02:52my apologies mr bell mr bell
01:02:58welcome
01:02:59i do apologize that you weren't recognized sooner
01:03:02and on behalf of my sales people who are completely incompetent
01:03:06it must be a mistake no it's no mistake i want both of you off my floor let's head to the detail bay
01:03:12i've got a couple of cars that need to wash
01:03:14you were just trying to protect the dealership
01:03:17by insulting the iv and his lovely wife
01:03:22mrs bell i sincerely apologize
01:03:25in this showroom we take pride in excellence and discretion we failed you both today thank you
01:03:32mr stone please this man is not a vip he's a bankrupt loser i'm going to take back what i said you're
01:03:38both fire
01:03:41you can't do that i'm your top salesperson correction you were marriage is a liability
01:03:46oh this is crazy so it is approved once i mean it's a glitch
01:04:00mr stone we were only trying to do our job he's a con man haven't you seen the headlines
01:04:22maybe you shouldn't listen to everything you read on the internet
01:04:26sophia you were high school classmates please say something you were awful to me back then too
01:04:34you always will just be the same you think standing next to him makes you a somebody
01:04:41all it makes you is the plus one to a worthless nobody when the money dries up and it will
01:04:47you'll be the one hoarding food stamps while he's hiding in the deck i've heard enough security
01:04:54let's hoard these two you can play rich all you want but we know exactly what you are nothing
01:05:05get him out of here
01:05:10chris how can you afford all these cars
01:05:14uh the rumors about my company's death may be premature look i can't explain it not yet
01:05:31i need you to trust me just a little while longer okay i won't let you die
01:05:44hey vic yeah oh i'm ready it's time to finish what we started
01:05:55langford capitals hosting a shareholder meeting tomorrow at 3 p.m i'm going to be making a surprise
01:06:01keynote what are you up to just bring the whole family make sure you sit in the front row
01:06:14the security is in its place the press is in the pen the exit route is the service corridor in case
01:06:22anyone in the room gets feral they won't prepare for the worst case scenario and after after you can
01:06:28breathe maybe apologize to the one person who deserves it
01:06:32even if she never forgives me the truth is simple i did this for us
01:06:55good afternoon ladies and gentlemen thank you for coming before we begin today i'd like to make an
01:07:08announcement today langford capital has protected its future by joining forces with baron holdings
01:07:16hey wait up hey i was serious back there all right with apex group crashing and burning the future
01:07:26could be ours merge with langford capital we could bury our competition we'd be unstuck
01:07:35you see my dear well derek is building an empire your husband is circling the drain you chose wrong
01:07:50darling looking forward to today's agenda the first thing we will do is be looking at last quarter's
01:07:56financial results uh this is going to
01:08:14isn't that chris bell i heard he was homeless and bankrupt oh god he's about to humiliate himself
01:08:22again maybe they'll catch it on camera chris bell crashing my party bold move pointless but cold
01:08:33you don't belong in this room you said it yourself you're toxic correction i own this room and it's not
01:08:42the only thing that i own what are you babbling on about i own baron holdings too
01:08:49that's insane impossible impossible not possible calculate it you see what derek was busy gloating
01:08:59about my supposed bankruptcy apex global quietly built a shadow position in baron holdings so by the
01:09:07time he poured the champagne and whispered sweet mergers in marina's ear i already owned her board so
01:09:14when langford merged with baron just this morning guess who's controlling vote dictated the choice
01:09:26derek that merger that you bragged about it wasn't your crowning room it was my end game
01:09:36it wasn't your crowning move it was my end game baron swallowed
01:09:40langford hole and since i owned baron that makes me majority shareholder involved which means
01:09:47derek i'm not crashing your meeting
01:09:52i'm running it
01:09:54that can't be true we saw the bankruptcy filings he is bluffing he has to be buffing
01:10:01pathological he's such a liar you're finished effective
01:10:05immediately you can't do that i just did and marina
01:10:12that cushy seat next to him well that's gone too fortunately you aligned yourself with the wrong savior
01:10:18now you both report to me in fact let's make it official derek langford and marina baron you both
01:10:26you both are terminated
01:10:31i own the board i own the vote and now
01:10:39i own you
01:10:48i'm sure you all are wondering why i let the world think i was finished
01:11:07why i let everyone write my obituary why i just sat by quietly
01:11:11because when the predators start to circle you don't raise a red flag play dead you let them think
01:11:24that they've already won but i made the first move because if i didn't they certainly would have
01:11:32they weren't just eyeing a marriage between langford and baron they were coming for apex too
01:11:40every seat every share and when the dust settled they would have left us with absolutely nothing
01:11:48while you're making confessions to your wife you might as well tell her everything including our affair
01:11:55oh you hear that so your knight in shining armor is actually just another cheating bastard
01:12:02so what huh you're you're torching our family and then humiliating our sister look i already told you
01:12:10this guy's a reason tell me it's not true
01:12:16you already know the answer to that of course it's not she's desperate don't torture yourself
01:12:24sweetheart remember the documents you signed before the wedding i am sure they are an iron clan
01:12:31prenup yeah i bet every dollar that he shielded his stick with apex global so you'll be left with
01:12:37nothing either way you know it's funny that you bring up those documents
01:12:41go on read it out loud
01:12:52this isn't a prenup of course it is don't be blind you're not a lawyer sophia i'm sure he tricked you
01:13:03into giving away everything it's a transfer of controlling interest
01:13:07christian christian majority shareholder of apex global before the wedding
01:13:14no no no no no no no she's worth 80 billion dollars which makes her the richest person
01:13:24oh my god
01:13:29uh so sophia uh sweetheart um we we we were wrong uh we just we didn't understand look at us we're
01:13:37idiots oh yeah you know that we were here and and everything that we did i mean stupid maybe but
01:13:43but it's a family sofia please now listen we are on our knees please we're only looking out for your
01:13:52best experience sweetheart sweetheart after everything we did for you you owe us
01:14:00us we are your your flesh and blood and we need your help we we don't need much just um
01:14:12uh a billion or two which is after everything i finally see the truth chris believed in me when no one
01:14:20else did
01:14:27and i choose him so i'm sorry i had to hide this from you but trust me when i say i did this for us
01:14:40it was truthfully the only merger that ever really mattered was you and me so i love you
01:14:50so
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