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00:00:05i love this place every twinkling light every tray of sugar cookies but love doesn't pay the
00:00:12rent if something doesn't change soon sweet claire's bakery won't make it to the new year
00:00:17i could really use a christmas miracle
00:00:27oh my god are you okay
00:00:38i'm fine don't bother calling an ambulance the roads are packed
00:00:44sorry i didn't mean to crash here
00:00:49this is holly creek and we don't leave anyone in the snow one moment of peace that's all i wanted
00:00:56one moment where i wasn't nicholas rudolph the air the sun the puppet when i asked for a christmas
00:01:04miracle i meant one to save my bakery but instead a gorgeous stranger is in my lap not that i'm
00:01:14complaining
00:01:18you still haven't told me your name or what you're doing in holly creek
00:01:23well i'm nick rudolph
00:01:25i was just passing through on business but the storm had other plans for me
00:01:30they tend to do that around here thanks for not leaving me out there
00:01:35oh i could never
00:01:38you're welcome to hang out until the storm passes
00:01:42but keep in mind um everyone watches everyone in this small town so
00:01:47folks already know that i brought you here
00:01:50and the sheriff lives next door
00:01:52great well don't try anything funny okay
00:01:58claire oh my god look what i found taped to the bakery door
00:02:03you don't come up with the rent money asap sweet claire's bakery is gone
00:02:10but forget pesky foreclosure for a second who's the christmas cookie
00:02:17i'm nick claire rescued me tonight
00:02:20oh it's a christmas miracle
00:02:23what nick you can rescue claire right back by entering the christmas couples contest with her
00:02:29i mean winning would pay the bakery's rent for a year
00:02:32tessa be serious okay i'm not parading around town faking a relationship with a stranger
00:02:38i mean claire you did rescue me tonight i really don't mind repaying the favor
00:02:44i don't like having unpaid debts kindness isn't a debt
00:02:49besides how would i explain to my daughter that her mother's boyfriend is actually a scam to win a
00:02:55contest you want to save the bakery don't you
00:03:01fine okay that's settled then um and according to the contest rules you technically have to be
00:03:07married so congratulations wait what
00:03:19married why did i agree to this
00:03:24oh yeah
00:03:30not exactly the ring i was expecting hello why aren't you answering
00:03:38i will look after you and sophie i promise
00:03:42okay uh well the contest ends on christmas eve so you just have to be fake married for 12 days
00:03:5012 days of christmas
00:03:51yes of course luckily i work remote so i have nowhere to be right oh
00:04:04sweetie this is my friend nick um we kind of entered the christmas couples contest together and
00:04:12well now we're sort of married i know that it's not honest but um
00:04:20uh mom stop you're doing it to save the bakery aren't you
00:04:26i can't lose it so i know me neither i'm keeping an eye on you
00:04:33fair enough what's your credit score
00:04:41listen before you sleep here i need to make sure you're not a serial killer
00:04:47absolutely okay uh you said your name is nick rudolph type nicholas instead of nick and you'd see the weight
00:04:54i left behind
00:04:55the company the company the fortune the fiancee nothing suspicious
00:05:03guess you passed the test fake husband
00:05:06i was worried there for a minute
00:05:11so what do you do mr rudolph
00:05:16i do consulting finance you know a little this a little that it's you know a little uh guiding
00:05:23santa sleigh on christmas eve okay that's the one rudolph joke you get
00:05:29why would you even agree to this it's been a minute since i've done something kind for
00:05:35someone else so i figure fake marriage beautiful woman there are definitely bigger crosses to bear
00:05:45what about you no matter how hard i fight i can't save my bakery it's my whole world
00:05:57we don't win i'm gonna lose it
00:06:07hey we're gonna win
00:06:21where are you call me
00:06:29what are you hiding nick rudolph
00:06:38oh sorry i uh didn't see you good morning to you too bye
00:06:50good morning we're married now sweetheart there's no harm in looking i wasn't looking at
00:06:56i was forced to look when you planted yourself into my view with your
00:07:03body and towel i mean i can take it off if you want no
00:07:10uh no there will be none of that my daughter will be up soon sir if you will excuse me
00:07:18i have laundry to do
00:07:25i have laundry to do this way
00:07:35if it isn't holly creek's newest sweethearts
00:07:38mayor betty welcome in what can i get for you oh no i'm just browsing of course
00:07:45uh so tell me how'd you two meet hmm i thought i knew all the goings on around here but
00:07:52oh wow this was a big surprise
00:07:55um
00:07:58we met at the christmas market of course our uh hands touched reaching for the same gingerbread cookie
00:08:06he's good too good sounds like fate sure does you two are gonna win the contest
00:08:27oh wow it smells amazing in here thank you so much what can i get for you oh uh i'd
00:08:34love a dozen
00:08:35sugar cookies and i'd like six of your candy cane cookies please well and i'll take six of each of
00:08:40those cookies too darling sounds great um those will be ready in just a minute this is the busiest
00:08:46i've been in months maybe people are starting to remember this place exists i can help you don't need
00:08:53to uh how did you even okay we need to get you an apron you are a disaster but a
00:09:04charming one right
00:09:04what if this wasn't just pretend we'll add some wedding cookies to my order too uh of course
00:09:18she stole my fiancee oh she'll pay for it
00:09:32damn i mean darn i gotta take this i'll be right back i'm so sorry no no sure yeah your
00:09:39phone is
00:09:40obviously important
00:09:49i thought i smelled sulfur in the air end this charade before you ruin us us no you mean the
00:09:56empire
00:09:57the name the brand that's all you've ever cared about of course and you would throw it all away
00:10:04the status the power the billions of dollars all for what some small town baker for a real life
00:10:16i am done being your puppet i don't need the company i don't need hunter and i sure as hell
00:10:22don't
00:10:23need a fortune if it means living a life that's not mine you will marry hunter the date is set
00:10:30the press
00:10:31this is waiting and this ring belongs on her finger and you will put it there son or else
00:10:45no that choice was never mine and it never will be and maybe i'll regret it but at least then
00:10:52it'll
00:10:52be my choice and not yours mother then you are a bigger fool than i feared
00:11:02no that's the last time you touch me
00:11:06what the hell was that about mom are you okay okay honey why don't you go brush your teeth and
00:11:15get
00:11:15into bed i'll tuck you in to bed i'll tuck you in soon fine
00:11:22nicholas
00:11:30but there aren't any photos of this nicholas could he really be my nick that's ridiculous
00:11:36he can't be why would he lie about who he is
00:11:47claire
00:11:50who are you really nick
00:11:53who keeps blowing up your phone who is that woman outside i borrowed a suitcase for my friend nicholas
00:11:59this is his luggage tag what is going on you just happen to somehow be best friends with the
00:12:05billionaire who shares your exact name no he's nicholas i'm nick it's a pretty common first name and
00:12:11rudolph is a pretty standard last name too is it now yeah trust me wouldn't want anyone mistaking me for
00:12:17a billionaire what about the rest of my questions okay the woman outside and the phone calls and text
00:12:26messages it's all work related i didn't tell anyone i was leaving town or that i'd be staying through christmas
00:12:32well if you need to go no no no claire come here i want to be here i want you
00:12:40to win the contest
00:12:42i promise there's nothing you need to worry about can i help you clean up yeah thanks
00:13:06now i know where you live
00:13:07bitch mom mom honey what's wrong there was a lady outside my window she was watching us what
00:13:20i don't see anybody she was there i saw her i believe you sweetie okay but don't worry
00:13:28i'm right here sophie stay with your mom i'll go make sure it's safe
00:13:47you miss me hunter don't oh stop how long is this joke gonna go on for
00:13:56oh i'm not joking we're doing business my way now wow whoever she is he shot her down fast but
00:14:04they look so good together if nick has a chance with someone who looks like that i wouldn't blame
00:14:10him i'm a mess oh really yes really now i told you to back off i know we have a
00:14:19plan but i just i need
00:14:20some time to think okay she's relentless maybe nick could use some backup
00:14:30huh you excuse me oh you must be the owner of this little shop it's cute shame about the decor
00:14:41and
00:14:41that yeasty smell triple chocolate turnovers freshly baked care to try one oh i wouldn't
00:14:50eat a thing from this podunk town let alone your bakery well then perhaps you don't have any business
00:14:56here you're welcome to leave oh gladly sweetie you know you couldn't pay me to get out of here fast
00:15:04enough oh are you serious this coat is mark jacobs it's dry clean only
00:15:19i'm so sorry she's a lot everybody's got that one person yeah she and i have closed a lot of
00:15:29deals
00:15:29together and she's had it bad for me for years lucky you no no i'm not interested at all
00:15:40i should have told her the truth about hunter but i'm trying to forget all about that life just for
00:15:45a little while meet me tomorrow night no excuses
00:15:59all right what first all right uh hand me the gingerbread cookies
00:16:03only if i get to try one first you get one it's supposed to be pretend
00:16:09so why does it feel real she makes me forget why i ever had to lie
00:16:18be here all day if you do this you know
00:16:29if only other messes were this easy to clean up
00:16:36perfect almost perfect
00:16:49well sorry to interrupt don't be sorry we weren't doing anything uh-huh sure
00:16:58uh i should get home anyway and tuck sophie in
00:17:04i want to maybe tuck her in with me i actually have some phone calls i have to make
00:17:12but i'll be there later right of course i want my real husband who got business to do
00:17:18that was a silly idea
00:17:25i like nick mom i know sweetie just remember he's not really a part of our family but you're
00:17:33married i know that it's complicated um we just can't get too attached okay because
00:17:42at some point he's gonna have to leave but what if i want him to stay that's up to him
00:17:51you want him to stay right like i said it's complicated i love you sweetie love you
00:18:09welcome in
00:18:12i just had to come back to see your charming little shop and check if things got any better
00:18:18it's good to see you you look a little less powdery today
00:18:24you know none of this is nick by the way
00:18:28uh he's on a break from his real life but that's all this is
00:18:32a break i'm not holding him hostage oh no of course you're not
00:18:36but once he's tired of this little charade he'll leave
00:18:40and you'll go back to your small dull life
00:18:43i love my life
00:18:46mr spot
00:18:48you really gotta cut back on the yeast
00:19:03stay away from claire stop coming to the bakery or what you'll give everything up for
00:19:08a small town loser oh god snow i gave you up
00:19:15please you've always been so dramatic this is not you nick stop pretending
00:19:21i'm telling you stop this right now
00:19:25oh we both know there's no way out for you
00:19:28and soon enough you'll come crawling back
00:19:33right where you belong
00:19:37with me
00:19:43oh no claire
00:19:48so how's your business i mean it seems like you've got a lot going on
00:19:54i'd rather not talk about it if that's okay
00:19:57oh sure
00:20:00yeah
00:20:02it's just very stressful
00:20:04and to be honest it's not the best date conversation
00:20:08it's really kind of a mood killer you know
00:20:11is this a date
00:20:15i don't know
00:20:16we have some lovely wine we have candlelight
00:20:20i'm sitting here getting to know a beautiful woman whose company i'm thoroughly enjoying
00:20:25feels like a date to me
00:20:26okay but i mean like um is this a date because we're you know married or
00:20:35is this like a real date date
00:20:39you tell me
00:20:46so you've been staying here with me and my daughter
00:20:49do you want kids someday
00:20:51oh i would love kids yeah yeah mm-hmm if only to break the cycle of how i grew up
00:20:56yeah
00:20:58oh what happened
00:21:00well when i was 12 my father passed away
00:21:04after that it was all responsibility i had to be
00:21:06the man of the house i had to hold up the family name
00:21:09it's just
00:21:11wow that sounds like a lot for a kid
00:21:15yeah
00:21:17it was a crown i never wanted and
00:21:20my mother made sure i never forgot about it
00:21:22sounds like you kind of needed a break
00:21:26and
00:21:27maybe a fake marriage to help you forget
00:21:32i did
00:21:33tell you the truth this is the most at home i've felt in years
00:21:41well that's just sad
00:21:44it is isn't it
00:21:45yeah
00:21:52i i think that it is time for more wine
00:21:54i think so
00:21:55okay okay
00:22:10who are you nick rudolph
00:22:35what are you doing
00:22:38what are you doing
00:22:40your coat looked like it was gonna fall off
00:22:44thanks
00:22:46you need any help with the wine
00:22:48nope
00:22:49nope
00:22:49why don't you
00:22:51sit back down
00:22:53i'm a perfectly capable business owner
00:22:55i've gotten this far on my own
00:22:57you know we're fake married to help save your bakery right
00:23:01okay
00:23:01sir
00:23:02i think i can get some wine on my own
00:23:17okay
00:23:18come on claire
00:23:20keep it together
00:23:22this is a fake marriage
00:23:24he's just acting
00:23:25he's just really good at acting
00:23:28numbed at
00:23:29buying engagement rings way too fast
00:23:33god i want it to be real
00:23:34god no no no you don't
00:23:36your life is great as it is
00:23:38you have
00:23:38everything you have ever wanted
00:23:41except
00:23:42maybe like a gorgeous husband
00:23:44who is kind
00:23:44with a smile
00:23:46and abs
00:23:48you sure you don't want my help
00:23:49yes
00:23:49i
00:23:51no
00:23:52whatever it means that i don't need you
00:23:59i know you don't need me
00:24:04the question was
00:24:07do you want me
00:24:15damn it
00:24:17i'm sorry
00:24:20i'm sorry
00:24:32how am i supposed to get through six more days knowing he's hiding something
00:24:40it's not working
00:24:41we were supposed to expose them as a fake couple but look
00:24:45at how in love
00:24:46they look
00:24:48look at this
00:24:49we'll have to adjust our strategy
00:24:51because come hell or high water
00:24:54you will be marrying myself
00:24:57i'll just have to destroy her another way
00:25:02be careful
00:25:03my son still has a legacy waiting
00:25:06if you crush anyone
00:25:09let it be clear
00:25:23so what do you think
00:25:24it's amazing
00:25:25cookie butter hot chocolate
00:25:27i'm picking up serving it at the bakery
00:25:29stop thinking about it and start doing it
00:25:31i mean this would go viral
00:25:33you think so
00:25:35claire
00:25:38speaking of things you should stop thinking about and start doing
00:25:41stop it
00:25:47and i thought this cocoa was the only thing hot and steamy in here
00:25:53it's only a few days to christmas and i realized
00:25:57we don't have a tree
00:25:58i know i've just been so busy with the bakery and everything i haven't even had time to think about
00:26:03it
00:26:03well luckily for you
00:26:05you don't have to
00:26:06and i was thinking that the three of us
00:26:08well
00:26:10me claire and sophie could decorate it together
00:26:13oh what a cute and fun christmasy thing to do together
00:26:18as a family
00:26:19just so cute and fun and christmasy and family
00:26:23are you finished
00:26:24well i know it's been a while since you finished
00:26:29leave
00:26:29oh my god
00:26:32have fun
00:26:33have tons of christmasy family fun
00:26:38so it's been a while
00:26:39no
00:26:40no
00:26:41no
00:26:47you know you're putting all the candy canes on one side right
00:26:50that's the best side
00:26:52we'll fix it later
00:26:54yeah
00:26:56wow
00:26:58mystery
00:27:00where
00:27:02you
00:27:03caught me
00:27:05of course
00:27:06i'd never let you fall
00:27:13let's put it on
00:27:16let's put it on
00:27:28let's put it on
00:27:32ready
00:27:33nick
00:27:34my honey
00:27:35brush your teeth
00:27:42nick
00:27:47how much of this is
00:27:50real
00:27:51claire
00:27:54i'm
00:28:00i'm so sorry
00:28:02i have
00:28:03to take this
00:28:05of course
00:28:13what is this
00:28:17hosted by lillian rudolph
00:28:20and hunter davis
00:28:21for the future mr and mrs nicholas rudolph
00:28:24it's tomorrow night
00:28:26this
00:28:27this
00:28:27couldn't be for anyone else
00:28:30how long is this joke gonna go on for
00:28:36man there's like a thousand candy canes on here i don't know how she does it
00:28:43are you okay
00:28:45fine
00:28:45fine
00:28:46just
00:28:47tired
00:28:52about earlier
00:28:53no we don't need to talk about it
00:28:56this is a fake marriage
00:28:58nothing is real
00:28:59claire that's
00:29:00i
00:29:00please i just i need a few minutes to myself
00:29:02i'll leave you to it
00:29:12hey
00:29:13i need you
00:29:15now
00:29:22meet lillian rudolph
00:29:23mother to nicholas rudolph
00:29:27that woman was here the other day
00:29:29nick said she was someone from his office
00:29:31come on
00:29:33there's gotta be a reason why he'd say that
00:29:40i knew he was hiding something but
00:29:43engaged
00:29:44and he's here pretending with me
00:29:47god no wonder his fiancee hates me
00:29:49he's pretending like he doesn't
00:29:50today in the alley
00:29:52they were
00:29:53more than friendly
00:29:55oh my god
00:29:56i didn't want to tell you because i know how much you need the prize money
00:29:59wow
00:30:01i am
00:30:03really stupid
00:30:05i've just been taking his word when the truth was in front of me all along
00:30:08you're not stupid
00:30:09you like him of course you wanted to believe him
00:30:14i'm confronting him
00:30:15no
00:30:16you can't blow up now
00:30:18not before the contest is over
00:30:19trust me is right
00:30:27hey
00:30:28hey
00:30:30the post office sent a letter for your friend nicholas
00:30:36yes
00:30:36yeah that
00:30:38that'll happen from time to time
00:30:43oh
00:30:45this is an invitation to a holiday gala
00:30:50would you want to go with me
00:30:53sure
00:30:54sure
00:30:55i didn't think you were gonna ask me
00:30:57why not
00:30:59you are my wife
00:31:03what's your game
00:31:08this is ridiculous
00:31:11i'll stick out like a candy cane in a sea of diamonds
00:31:27wow
00:31:28i got it from a thrift store
00:31:32i look ridiculous don't i
00:31:34claire
00:31:36claire
00:31:37you look
00:31:39the furthest thing
00:31:41from ridiculous
00:31:45you look perfect
00:32:05where's nicholas
00:32:07you know i think he stepped out for a second
00:32:09big crowds can kind of make him nervous
00:32:12damn
00:32:13i can't wait to meet him
00:32:15nick looks like he was born for this
00:32:19because he was
00:32:22so how did he need all these fancy people
00:32:25well all these people are from my old life
00:32:27a world i don't belong to anymore
00:32:31great
00:32:32a contest judge
00:32:34i can't blow this now
00:32:35not when i'm so close to saving my bakery
00:32:39claire
00:32:39nick
00:32:40how good to see you again
00:32:42huh
00:32:43uh
00:32:43what are you doing here
00:32:45not that i
00:32:46i mean
00:32:47i'm just surprised
00:32:48well it's the darndest thing
00:32:50i got this last minute invitation
00:32:52all the judges did
00:32:54and i'm so glad i came because this party is the fanciest thing i've ever seen
00:32:58wait
00:32:59you're all here
00:33:00oh yeah
00:33:01now don't tell anyone
00:33:03but you two are my favorites
00:33:05you're holly creek's picture perfect christmas couple
00:33:09you keep it up
00:33:11and you're a shoo-in
00:33:13thanks
00:33:13someone invited all the judges here tonight
00:33:17what's going on
00:33:20something's wrong
00:33:21i don't
00:33:21she knows
00:33:22she has to know
00:33:24claire can i talk to you for a second
00:33:25oh now you want to talk
00:33:27you sure your phone's not about to ring
00:33:29claire i know you're angry
00:33:30yeah of course i'm angry
00:33:31i'm done taking your lies
00:33:33nick
00:33:34fake marriage or not you owe me some real honesty
00:33:40hey
00:33:43nick darling
00:33:45yes baby
00:33:49oh no
00:33:50she had fabric i suppose
00:33:53hunter
00:33:54apologize to her
00:33:55right now
00:33:56for walking into a crowded room
00:33:58be serious
00:33:59where's my champagne
00:34:02you do not touch her
00:34:03you do not go near her
00:34:04do you understand me
00:34:07you know everyone's been whispering about this little arrangement
00:34:11why keep pretending
00:34:13nick is mine
00:34:15that's enough
00:34:17this charade has gone on long enough
00:34:20a girl like you
00:34:22from a town like this
00:34:24you will never
00:34:25be good enough for my son
00:34:27leave him claire
00:34:29you will never
00:34:30ever
00:34:31belong in our world
00:34:34claire
00:34:35please don't listen to them
00:34:36you belong with me
00:34:38it shouldn't hurt this much
00:34:40but it does
00:34:42i can't stay
00:34:52claire
00:34:53wait
00:34:53i am done waiting
00:34:56i'm over your lies nick
00:34:59let me tell you the truth
00:35:01i fell for you the moment we met
00:35:03i did
00:35:04claire you're a good person
00:35:05and i don't have very many good people in my life right now
00:35:10there you are
00:35:12claire you saved me
00:35:14you literally opened your home for a stranger
00:35:17and you didn't have any agendas or ask questions or even care about who i really was
00:35:22you saw a person in need and helped them
00:35:25it's what anyone would do
00:35:26no
00:35:27no
00:35:29no it isn't
00:35:31claire you make me feel human again
00:35:33you made me believe that you were someone i could see myself with
00:35:39as stupid as this fake marriage is
00:35:43my feelings for you became real
00:35:49i take you home
00:35:51okay
00:35:55nick
00:35:56what are you even doing with her
00:35:58come back to the party it's where you belong with me
00:36:01come
00:36:02i don't belong to you hunter
00:36:04i never did
00:36:11claire wait
00:36:12tell me the truth
00:36:14all of it
00:36:16yes
00:36:17i was engaged to hunter
00:36:19but it was never love
00:36:20it was a deal my mother forced on me
00:36:23it was a duty security
00:36:25it was a prison
00:36:27so what you just forgot to mention that you already belong to someone else
00:36:35is that what the engagement ring was in your coat pocket
00:36:39engagement ring
00:36:40oh god
00:36:42claire
00:36:43that ring was never mine
00:36:45it's something my mother gave me to try to force me back to hunter
00:36:49i never belonged to hunter
00:36:51i never belonged to anyone
00:36:52and that's the point
00:36:54for the first time in my life i feel free with you
00:36:58don't say things like that
00:36:59oh my god you think i want this
00:37:01you think i'm not tearing myself apart every second i'm near you
00:37:06i left my old life because i couldn't breathe
00:37:09my father had passed away
00:37:11my mother's grip was iron and
00:37:14hunter was a leash around my neck
00:37:16then why do you still let them control you
00:37:19because until you i never knew what it felt like to want more
00:37:22look every
00:37:24smile with hunter was staged
00:37:26every word was rehearsed
00:37:28until i stumbled into your bakery
00:37:30and you changed everything
00:37:33i want to believe him
00:37:35but if i do i'll lose everything when he breaks me again
00:37:39claire
00:37:41you are kind
00:37:43and loyal
00:37:45and you fight for what's right
00:37:46even when it's difficult
00:37:48you are everything hunter isn't
00:37:49everything my family isn't
00:37:52you're saying the words that i've waited my whole life to hear
00:37:57but how can i trust you when you've been lying to me
00:38:05you embarrassed me
00:38:07time to ruin your hick wife
00:38:14i'll leave you to your phone
00:38:16nick
00:38:19claire
00:38:26you're pushing away the one thing that makes you happy
00:38:28this isn't about happiness
00:38:30nick lied
00:38:31you're ready to torch him for it too remember
00:38:34i know but
00:38:35maybe
00:38:35why should i fix things with a liar
00:38:39because i've seen the way he looks at you
00:38:41like you hung the moon
00:38:42and i've never seen you happier than when you're with him
00:38:45and i'm not letting you give that up without a fight
00:38:48he doesn't want hunter
00:38:50he wants you
00:38:52then he needs to prove it
00:38:53i hope he does
00:38:56for both of your sakes
00:39:10sorry we're actually closed for the night
00:39:20you're not going to die
00:39:24you're not going to die
00:39:28no
00:39:29no
00:39:31no
00:39:33no
00:39:34no
00:39:34no
00:39:35no
00:39:36no
00:39:37no
00:39:39no
00:39:39no
00:39:40no
00:39:41Look at me.
00:39:43I'm fine.
00:39:43I'm okay.
00:39:44But you, he had a knife.
00:39:46You shouldn't have attacked him.
00:39:47I had to.
00:39:47I could have let it hurt you.
00:39:51Your arm.
00:39:52No, I'm fine.
00:39:53It's fine.
00:39:53Besides, it's okay.
00:39:54I know that you're safe, all right?
00:39:55Claire, I do it a thousand times, okay?
00:39:58Nick.
00:39:58But you can count on me.
00:40:00Always.
00:40:02If this is what it feels like to be loved by him, how could I ever let it go?
00:40:07Thank you, officer.
00:40:09If I think of anything else, I'll let you know.
00:40:15Hey.
00:40:17I should stay.
00:40:19Figure out what's next.
00:40:21Okay.
00:40:22Then, I'm staying too.
00:40:25Nick.
00:40:26Don't make me need you.
00:40:28Not tonight.
00:40:30Need me.
00:40:31Let me in.
00:40:33You should go.
00:40:35I've got this.
00:40:41Okay.
00:40:42Well, if you need me, then...
00:40:44I won't.
00:40:52Come home by Christmas Eve or you lose everything.
00:40:59You don't scare me.
00:41:00Don't play the hero.
00:41:01I don't just want you married in the new year.
00:41:04I want you married to Hunter.
00:41:06She has proof, Nicholas.
00:41:08Proof that your little marriage is fake.
00:41:10Enough to ruin her.
00:41:12Unless something unfortunate happens first.
00:41:16This town used to be so safe.
00:41:18What is this world coming to?
00:41:20You could have killed her.
00:41:21As if anyone would care.
00:41:23She's just a nobody from some dead-end town.
00:41:26You touch her again, and I swear you'll be sorry.
00:41:29Dad isn't here to protect you anymore.
00:41:32You try it.
00:41:33Your father will be rolling over in his grave.
00:41:36Try me.
00:41:39Every step feels heavier.
00:41:41I finally found someone who sees me.
00:41:44The man, not the name.
00:41:46And now I have to walk away.
00:41:48From her.
00:41:49From Sophie.
00:41:51From a life that could have been mine.
00:41:54Nick!
00:41:55How are ya?
00:41:58I've been better.
00:41:59Well, one of the judges said he saw you and Claire having a spat with someone at the gala.
00:42:07What?
00:42:08I told him that you and Claire are solid.
00:42:11I'm not so sure.
00:42:13You love her, don't you?
00:42:15Yeah.
00:42:16I do love her.
00:42:18Good.
00:42:19Just lean into that, huh?
00:42:21And you'll surely win.
00:42:22Huh?
00:42:24Hey, I'll see you on Christmas Eve.
00:42:27Thank you, Mary.
00:42:27Alright.
00:42:28Good night.
00:42:35I could have lost everything tonight.
00:42:38All that I built.
00:42:40For myself.
00:42:41For Sophie.
00:42:43All of it.
00:42:44We're still here.
00:42:46Still standing.
00:42:52Well, you're resilient.
00:42:55I'll give you that.
00:42:57But resilience.
00:42:58We'll protect you from what's coming.
00:43:01We're closed.
00:43:03Let's not waste time.
00:43:05You want money?
00:43:07I can make you comfortable.
00:43:09I can make you comfortable.
00:43:10I don't want your money.
00:43:13Everyone wants money, darling.
00:43:16Especially single moms with struggling bakeries.
00:43:22You think you think you can buy me off like you buy everything else?
00:43:25As if Nick were a thing to own.
00:43:27Not a man.
00:43:28Not the man.
00:43:30Nick and I are not for sale.
00:43:33Nick will never choose you over his real life.
00:43:37Do you know what it costs to be a Rudolph?
00:43:41Nick's never lived without it.
00:43:43He doesn't know how.
00:43:44He will resent you for making him lose everything.
00:43:49And he will blame you for it when the glitter fades.
00:43:53I don't scare easily, Lillian.
00:43:58We'll see.
00:44:00Last chance.
00:44:02Be smart.
00:44:05Take the money.
00:44:06He deserves so much better than the life you caged him in.
00:44:10And I deserve better than your bribes.
00:44:13So be it.
00:44:18Nick will hate you.
00:44:20Blame you for losing everything.
00:44:27Clean this up.
00:44:29It's disgusting.
00:44:31She's wrong.
00:44:32She has to be wrong.
00:44:34Why?
00:44:35Why does her voice sound so certain?
00:44:40We were lucky.
00:44:41If Nick showed up one minute later, I wouldn't be here.
00:44:45Sophie wouldn't have a mother.
00:44:47Nick saved us.
00:44:48But how do I trust a man who lies?
00:44:53I want to tell her everything.
00:44:55But every time I try, I'm interrupted or I say the wrong thing
00:44:59and I just end up pushing her further away.
00:45:09I should report you to the police for sending the attacker.
00:45:12I only heard about the attack after the fact and honestly, I was horrified.
00:45:17Yeah.
00:45:18Horrified it didn't work.
00:45:19That's a disgusting accusation.
00:45:22And one you would need proof in a court of law.
00:45:25Oh, I know.
00:45:26Just like I know it would never get traced back to you.
00:45:30Seems you haven't lost all your smarts after all.
00:45:33Okay, enough games.
00:45:35If you and Hunter back off just long enough for Claire to win the contest,
00:45:40I will do what you want.
00:45:43Come home for Christmas Day.
00:45:45Marry Hunter in the new year and then
00:45:49Claire's little bakery will be safe.
00:45:51It was never about Hunter, was it?
00:45:53It was about destroying Claire.
00:45:56Destroying Claire?
00:45:57Claire, that girl will destroy you.
00:45:59She will take everything.
00:46:02And when the lights fade,
00:46:05you will resent Claire,
00:46:07just like I warned her.
00:46:09You want me home Christmas Day?
00:46:10Fine.
00:46:11I'll be there.
00:46:13But do not mistake this for obedience.
00:46:16Because the second Claire is safe,
00:46:18I will tear down everything you've built.
00:46:19And when I do,
00:46:20it won't be Hunter standing next to me.
00:46:23It'll be Claire.
00:46:24We'll see about that.
00:46:26She thinks she's won?
00:46:28She has no idea how far I'll go for Claire.
00:46:32Hello, Holly Creek.
00:46:34And welcome to the annual Holly Creek
00:46:36Merrily Married Christmas Couple Contest.
00:46:40The attack?
00:46:41Hunter smirk in my bakery?
00:46:43That ring box?
00:46:44I can't unsee any of it.
00:46:46I can't stop wishing none of it was true.
00:46:49So, our first competition is the three-legged race.
00:46:52So I want you to give it up for our couples
00:46:55Mike and Michelle
00:46:57and Claire and Nick.
00:46:59She doesn't know the truth,
00:47:01but I'm playing along with my mother
00:47:02only to shield her.
00:47:04Are you almost done?
00:47:06Yeah.
00:47:08On your mark,
00:47:09get set,
00:47:10and go!
00:47:30You are enjoying this way too much.
00:47:34Guilty.
00:47:34I shouldn't want this.
00:47:36I shouldn't want him.
00:47:38But I do.
00:47:39I want to fix this.
00:47:40You deserve better than all this.
00:47:42And I swear,
00:47:43I'm going to make it up to you.
00:47:45All right.
00:47:46Is it Nick and Claire?
00:47:51Or Mike and Michelle?
00:47:57I can't let myself want him again.
00:48:00Not when he's tangled too deep in their world.
00:48:03And this is all I get?
00:48:04These stolen moments?
00:48:06I'll make every one of them count.
00:48:08And that was the last time we ate shellfish.
00:48:10Shh.
00:48:11I love you.
00:48:17Yes, well, thank you, Mike.
00:48:19That was beautiful.
00:48:22How do you tell the truth in front of the world
00:48:25when you don't even know if it's real anymore?
00:48:28I won't let her stand up here alone.
00:48:32Now for our last couple,
00:48:34they will now share their love story.
00:48:41When Nick showed up,
00:48:43I didn't believe in love.
00:48:45I believed in working hard,
00:48:48keeping my head down,
00:48:49and making Sophie's life brighter than mine ever was.
00:48:57And this mysterious stranger
00:49:01turned everything upside down.
00:49:05He made me laugh when I wanted to cry.
00:49:09He made me believe that I deserved more than just survival.
00:49:14I hate him for lying.
00:49:16But I can't lie to myself.
00:49:19I love him.
00:49:26I had a life that looked perfect,
00:49:28but Valhalla.
00:49:30And then I met Claire.
00:49:31And she saw me.
00:49:33Not what was in my bank account.
00:49:34Just me.
00:49:39And I never knew I could feel this alive.
00:49:41And if I could only carry one Christmas memory with me forever,
00:49:45it would be seeing Claire's smile through that bakery window.
00:49:48Because the moment I saw that,
00:49:51I knew it was home.
00:49:55And I'll fight like hell not to lose her.
00:50:09It's you.
00:50:10It's always been you.
00:50:21I think that goes without saying.
00:50:24This year's contest winners are Claire and Nick.
00:50:34We got what we wanted.
00:50:36We won.
00:50:39I can't do this drama anymore.
00:50:43You can stay for Christmas morning.
00:50:46For Sophie's sake.
00:50:47And then you have to go home.
00:50:49Claire, listen to me.
00:50:50I don't want Hunter.
00:50:51I don't want any of this.
00:50:52I want you.
00:50:52If I let myself believe him,
00:50:55I'll burn.
00:50:56And I can't drag Sophie into the fire.
00:51:03Bye, bitch.
00:51:06Well, that was quite the kiss.
00:51:08I don't think you've ever kissed me like that.
00:51:11Because I never loved you.
00:51:13As if love had anything to do with us.
00:51:17Look, you got your deal.
00:51:19I played along for mother,
00:51:21but don't mistake it as a victory.
00:51:24As soon as I can find a way,
00:51:26you both lose me for good.
00:51:28How do you tell someone they saved you?
00:51:30That they made you want to stay?
00:51:34I love how you wrinkle your nose
00:51:36when you taste the frosting.
00:51:38How you hum when you think
00:51:40no one's listening.
00:51:42How you see Sophie
00:51:43and really see her.
00:51:47And how you looked at me
00:51:48like I was worth something.
00:51:53She'll find it when I'm gone.
00:51:55And maybe
00:51:57she'll know.
00:51:59Yes, yes, I know.
00:52:01I will get carrots.
00:52:02For the reindeer.
00:52:02I'll see you when you get home.
00:52:15Foolish, trusting little Claire.
00:52:17You never leave your spare key
00:52:19under your doormat.
00:52:21You're basically inviting an intruder.
00:52:23Not like anybody would want to come in.
00:52:26Whoa.
00:52:27Whoa.
00:52:39Oh, gotcha.
00:52:48Sophie will be awake soon.
00:52:50Let's just try to give her
00:52:51the perfect Christmas morning
00:52:53before you go.
00:52:58Oh.
00:53:00Gotcha.
00:53:09Sophie will be awake soon.
00:53:11Let's just try to give her
00:53:12the perfect Christmas morning
00:53:14before you go.
00:53:18Time to go, Nicholas.
00:53:20Excuse me?
00:53:21Why are you here so early?
00:53:22We haven't had Christmas morning yet.
00:53:24File that under things
00:53:25I couldn't care less about.
00:53:26You promised me.
00:53:28Now it's time to go.
00:53:29You can't just barge in here.
00:53:32I can.
00:53:33And I did.
00:53:34Come now, Nicholas.
00:53:36Or I'll ruin Claire publicly.
00:53:38Right here, right now.
00:53:41Your time is up.
00:53:43Annulment papers.
00:53:45Sign them.
00:53:46And the bakery stays open.
00:53:48You two remain contest winners.
00:53:51No scandal.
00:53:52No mess.
00:53:53You still think
00:53:54you can buy me off?
00:53:55This is not about you.
00:53:57I'm saving my son
00:53:59from making a mistake.
00:54:01She is not a mistake.
00:54:03Don't ever say that again.
00:54:05Then prove it
00:54:06by letting her keep her dream
00:54:07and walking away.
00:54:10You promised me
00:54:12you would marry Hunter Nicholas.
00:54:13Do not go back on your word now.
00:54:15If I play this right,
00:54:16I can turn my mother's game
00:54:18back on her.
00:54:19Nick,
00:54:21don't do this for me.
00:54:23Do it for you
00:54:25if that's what you want.
00:54:26Claire,
00:54:27I need you to trust me.
00:54:29Even if I can't say why.
00:54:32Be smart, Nicholas.
00:54:33One signature.
00:54:36Ink or ruin.
00:54:44Your choice.
00:54:45Your choice.
00:54:49This.
00:54:53This was a mistake.
00:54:58Just sign the damn papers, Claire.
00:55:04That's really what you want?
00:55:06It's not.
00:55:07God, it's not.
00:55:09Wise choice.
00:55:10No!
00:55:12No!
00:55:13Don't go!
00:55:14Oh, baby!
00:55:19I thought you loved us.
00:55:22Idiot child.
00:55:26It was only for the contest.
00:55:30Tell her, Nick.
00:55:35It was only for the contest.
00:55:38See?
00:55:40As if he could ever love
00:55:42the two of you.
00:55:44No!
00:55:46Bastard.
00:55:48I will never forgive you for this.
00:55:50I don't need your forgiveness.
00:55:52Just your obedience.
00:55:55Come now, Nick.
00:55:57Back to where you really belong.
00:56:00It's okay.
00:56:01Okay.
00:56:03Okay.
00:56:03Okay.
00:56:04Okay.
00:56:04Okay.
00:56:05Okay.
00:56:11He was the first thing I ever...
00:56:14It's over.
00:56:16Stop calling.
00:56:20You don't speak for me.
00:56:21If you call her again,
00:56:23I will make sure
00:56:24that her bakery
00:56:25burns to the ground
00:56:27by morning.
00:56:28An unfortunate accident.
00:56:30Tragic.
00:56:33Hang in there, Claire.
00:56:34I'll figure this out.
00:56:39I love you.
00:56:42Please, Nick.
00:56:44Call me.
00:56:48Why doesn't Nick love us?
00:56:50Honey, it's complicated.
00:56:52You always say it's complicated.
00:56:54Does he love us or not?
00:56:57I think so.
00:56:59And do you love him?
00:57:02I think so.
00:57:03See, it's not complicated.
00:57:06She's got a point.
00:57:08I really wish it was that simple.
00:57:11If I trust him,
00:57:12I could lose everything.
00:57:14If I don't trust him,
00:57:16I've already lost him.
00:57:21That's weird.
00:57:28If you want the truth,
00:57:30meet me in New York City
00:57:31on New Year's Eve.
00:57:33He's still reaching for me.
00:57:35What is it?
00:57:37Mom?
00:57:39It's
00:57:41a chance.
00:57:46So,
00:57:46why don't you
00:57:47go to your room
00:57:48for a little bit?
00:57:49I need to talk to Tessa.
00:57:51Mom?
00:57:51So.
00:57:52Fine.
00:57:53I'm taking this with me.
00:58:02Nick didn't want that annulment.
00:58:04You saw his face, Claire?
00:58:07This must be breaking him.
00:58:09This is crazy.
00:58:11A chance?
00:58:12He signed the papers.
00:58:13I signed the papers.
00:58:15That's the end.
00:58:17Or maybe he was protecting you
00:58:18the only way he knew.
00:58:20He's been fighting his family
00:58:21every step of this.
00:58:23He didn't want to walk away.
00:58:25I didn't want him to walk away.
00:58:28So don't let it end like this.
00:58:32What if I go
00:58:33and he's already with Hunter?
00:58:35Then at least
00:58:36you'll know.
00:58:37If I go,
00:58:38I could break all over again.
00:58:40If I stay,
00:58:42I already am.
00:58:45Come to me, Claire.
00:58:46Let me make this right.
00:58:48I'll fight for us
00:58:49if you walk through that door.
00:58:52Your car's here?
00:58:53This is crazy.
00:58:55You can't just go to New York
00:58:56on a maybe.
00:58:57Yes, you can.
00:58:59Because that maybe,
00:59:01that's the man you love.
00:59:05Do I?
00:59:06Or do I just want
00:59:07to believe in him?
00:59:09For once in your life,
00:59:10let yourself be crazy in love
00:59:12and go get your accidental
00:59:13Christmas husband back.
00:59:15That's exactly what this feels like.
00:59:17Crazy in love.
00:59:20But Sophie,
00:59:22she loves him too.
00:59:24If there's even a chance,
00:59:26I owe her this.
00:59:28Okay, I'm going.
00:59:30For her.
00:59:32And for me.
00:59:33Good.
00:59:35I'll watch her
00:59:36while you're gone.
00:59:36But hey,
00:59:37when you're back,
00:59:38I want a fairy tale ending.
00:59:41Oh my god!
01:00:04If I may say a few words,
01:00:06as you all know,
01:00:08it has been a very difficult year.
01:00:10my husband passing,
01:00:12company in chaos,
01:00:14and my son going off to find himself.
01:00:19But as every good mother knows,
01:00:22sometimes you need to let your children spread their wings.
01:00:26And as every good son does,
01:00:29my Nicholas returned home.
01:00:31With that said,
01:00:33please help me welcome
01:00:36the future Mr. and Mrs.
01:00:40Nicholas and Hunter Rudolph.
01:00:45this isn't me.
01:00:47It never was.
01:00:50Smile.
01:00:50Pretend you're happy.
01:00:52We're so grateful you all came to celebrate our joy.
01:00:57All I see is her face,
01:00:59even when she's not here,
01:01:01especially when she's not here.
01:01:14I'm too late.
01:01:15He's already theirs.
01:01:17She came.
01:01:18Don't you dare
01:01:19remember what your father wanted.
01:01:22Dad would want me to be happy.
01:01:24Don't you dare.
01:01:27What's she doing here?
01:01:29Security,
01:01:30get her out of here.
01:01:33Touch her and you'll answer to me.
01:01:35Nick, my love,
01:01:36what are you doing?
01:01:37Nicholas,
01:01:38don't do anything you'll regret.
01:01:39I lost her once.
01:01:41I won't let her go again.
01:01:42He still wants me,
01:01:44even now.
01:01:45Nick,
01:01:46if you walk towards her,
01:01:47you burn everything down.
01:01:49The empire,
01:01:50the fortune,
01:01:52your father's name.
01:01:54Ah!
01:01:56Maybe everything needs to burn.
01:02:04How dare you?
01:02:05You're all fired.
01:02:07Claire,
01:02:07my feelings for you
01:02:08have never been fake.
01:02:10You're the best thing
01:02:11that's ever happened to me.
01:02:12Nicholas,
01:02:13do not do something
01:02:14you will regret.
01:02:16You humiliated me, Nick.
01:02:18Nicholas,
01:02:19that's quite enough.
01:02:20I am telling you now,
01:02:21come to your senses
01:02:22before you ruin everything.
01:02:24I ruined everything
01:02:25the moment I let you
01:02:26control my life.
01:02:29This is me trying to fix it.
01:02:32Claire,
01:02:33you saved me.
01:02:34Literally.
01:02:35You cared about me
01:02:36when you didn't think
01:02:37I had anything.
01:02:38I can't lose you again.
01:02:40Not to them.
01:02:41This,
01:02:42this nobody?
01:02:43She'll destroy you.
01:02:46Destroy me.
01:02:48She's the only one
01:02:49who's tried to put me back together.
01:02:51Do you feel the same way?
01:02:57Yes.
01:02:59I love you, Nick.
01:03:01As crazy as this all is
01:03:03and as fast as it happened,
01:03:04I do.
01:03:05I love you.
01:03:10I choose her.
01:03:12I choose love.
01:03:13I choose my life.
01:03:14Not the one you tried
01:03:16to buy from me.
01:03:17You'll regret this.
01:03:23Nicholas.
01:03:24You are no longer
01:03:26a Rudolph.
01:03:27Get out of my sight.
01:03:30Gladly.
01:03:31But hear this, mother.
01:03:32If you ever try
01:03:33to come after Claire again,
01:03:35I'll publish
01:03:35all our family's
01:03:36dirty secrets.
01:03:37And I know
01:03:38you don't want that.
01:03:39Get out of here.
01:03:40Get out,
01:03:41both of you.
01:03:43Let's go home.
01:03:45Yes, please.
01:03:50No, no, no.
01:03:51No, not, no.
01:03:52Eric, come back.
01:03:53Come back.
01:03:54It's not midnight yet.
01:03:55No, no, you can't leave.
01:03:57The ball hasn't dropped.
01:04:07I'm glad I lost you.
01:04:10You'll never lose me.
01:04:12Not again.
01:04:15Claire, I don't care
01:04:16about the money,
01:04:17the empire,
01:04:18the name.
01:04:18The only life I want
01:04:22is one with you.
01:04:24You mean it?
01:04:26Even after everything?
01:04:28Especially after everything.
01:04:31You're the only thing
01:04:31that's ever been real.
01:04:33You chose me.
01:04:37And I choose you.
01:04:48Happy New Year.
01:04:51I love you, Claire.
01:04:53I love you, too.
01:04:54I love you, too.
01:04:55I love you, too.
01:04:56I love you, too.
01:04:57I love you, too.
01:04:58I love you, too.
01:04:59I love you, too.
01:05:06Yeah, right?
01:05:07No.
01:05:08I love you.
01:05:09It looks beautiful.
01:05:09Oh, thank you.
01:05:13Seriously?
01:05:15Relax.
01:05:16I just set an alert on my phone.
01:05:18You're going to want to see this.
01:05:30I have a question.
01:05:32Can I maybe call you dad?
01:05:36I had been chasing the wrong family
01:05:38my whole life.
01:05:39But now, I found it.
01:05:41Nothing would make me happier.
01:05:46This is it.
01:05:47The family I never thought I'd have.
01:05:50The life I never dared to dream.
01:05:53I love you, Nick Rudolph.
01:05:55Should all acquaintance be
01:05:59Forgotten and
01:06:02Forgotten to mind
01:06:04We'll drink
01:06:07A cup of wine
01:06:10Is for the sake
01:06:12Of all my time
01:06:15Thank you, Nick
01:06:15That is sorry
01:06:16Do you wonder
01:06:17Forgotten to mind
01:06:18I have a person
01:06:18Of all my time
01:06:19I have a person
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