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Ich sollte seine Fake-Freundin sein  doch ich wurde seine größte Schwäche [DEUTSCH]

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00:00:00The champagne glass trembled in my hand as I stood alone by a marble column, watching Manhattan's elite swarm me.

00:00:08passed by as if I didn't exist.

00:00:12Crystal chandeliers bathed the room in gold, making the women's jewelry flash like tiny explosions of light.

00:00:20I borrowed this black dress from my roommate.

00:00:24It fit well enough, but I could feel how cheap the fabric was.

00:00:30Compared to the silk and satin that whispered around me.

00:00:35Every woman here spoke the secret language of wealth.

00:00:40The precise tilting of the child, the exact pressure of a handshake, the effortless confidence of knowing one belonged.

00:00:50I was proficient in none of it.

00:00:52More champagne?

00:00:53A waiter glided past me without waiting for my reply.

00:00:58Already heading towards a group of women whose laughter sounded like delicate bells.

00:01:04I placed my glass on a passing tray and pressed myself closer to the pillar.

00:01:09My boss, Vivian Hartley, had insisted that I attend this charity gala for the children's hospital,

00:01:17where I worked as a funding coordinator.

00:01:21Networking, she had said.

00:01:24As if the word alone could transform me into someone who belonged here.

00:01:28After three hours I had collected exactly zero business cards and survived exactly zero conversations.

00:01:34which lasted longer than a polite acknowledgment.

00:01:37The ballroom of the Plaza Hotel stretched out before me like a cathedral of exclusion.

00:01:44I recognized faces from magazines.

00:01:47A tech mogul who laughed too loudly.

00:01:50A socialite whose cosmetic surgeries had erased everything interesting from her face.

00:01:56A politician whose hand lingered too long on his assistant's lower back.

00:02:01And then there was the corner where the dangerous money gathered.

00:02:07Men in perfectly tailored suits, names spoken in a whisper.

00:02:13Business transactions that took place in rooms without windows.

00:02:16I shouldn't have looked at her.

00:02:18But my gaze kept wandering away to the group near the eastern windows,

00:02:23where the city behind them glittered like a kingdom they owned.

00:02:28And at the center of this constellation was a man who made everyone else seem slightly blurry.

00:02:36Rafael Caputo.

00:02:38Even I knew the name, although I had never met him in person.

00:02:43The tabloid press called him a business magnate,

00:02:46a property developer, polite euphemisms.

00:02:50For what everyone actually knew, he was younger than I had expected.

00:02:56Probably close to my age.

00:02:58With dark hair swept back.

00:03:00From a face that could have been carved from Renaissance marble.

00:03:05If Renaissance sculptors had understood cruelty.

00:03:09He wore his tuxedo like armor.

00:03:12And when he moved, the crowd instinctively adjusted.

00:03:16They stepped aside, seemingly without noticing.

00:03:19I forced myself to look away.

00:03:21Men like him did not exist in the same universe as women like me.

00:03:25I was here to survive the night.

00:03:28To collect my participation trophy from Vivian.

00:03:31And to go back to my shoebox apartment in Queens.

00:03:34Where I belonged.

00:03:36Alessia.

00:03:37Vivian's voice cut through my thoughts.

00:03:39It appeared at my elbow.

00:03:42Her silver dress reflected the light like a knife.

00:03:46You are lurking.

00:03:47I didn't bring you here to lurk.

00:03:49I mingled with the people.

00:03:52The lie tasted stale.

00:03:54You hid.

00:03:55She scanned the room with predatory efficiency.

00:03:59Do you see the group at the auction table?

00:04:01The woman in red owns three hospitals in Connecticut.

00:04:05Introduce yourself.

00:04:06Tell her about our literacy program.

00:04:09My stomach cramped up.

00:04:12Vivian, I really am not.

00:04:14If you want to continue working in the development of non-profit organizations,

00:04:19You need to learn how to ask for money.

00:04:21Without apologizing for existing.

00:04:25She squeezed my shoulder.

00:04:26Her nails pressed through the fabric.

00:04:29Go.

00:04:29Now.

00:04:30She disappeared into the crowd before I could protest further.

00:04:34I stood frozen, watching the woman in red as she held court amidst a circle of admirers.

00:04:43Everything about her screamed power.

00:04:45The way she gestured with her champagne glass.

00:04:48The diamond necklace around her neck probably cost more than my annual salary.

00:04:53The casual cruelty with which she dismissed a waiter who had brought the wrong hors d'oeuvre.

00:05:00I couldn't do it.

00:05:01I couldn't go there and pretend I had anything to offer their world.

00:05:07Instead, I turned towards the patio doors, hoping to slip outside for a bit of fresh air.

00:05:13Perhaps I was able to gather myself enough to attempt some networking before the night ended.

00:05:20I had taken three steps when someone's shoulder collided with mine so hard that I stumbled to the side.

00:05:27Champagne from someone's glass splashed across my chest.

00:05:31Cold and shocking.

00:05:33Watch out.

00:05:34The woman who had met me didn't even look back, she simply continued walking with her entourage.

00:05:39Their giggling lingered behind them like poisoned perfume.

00:05:43I stood there.

00:05:45Champagne dripped down the front of my dress.

00:05:49The wet fabric stuck to my skin.

00:05:51A few people glanced over.

00:05:53Their expressions ranged from pity and amusement to complete indifference.

00:06:00Nobody lifted a finger to help.

00:06:01I was a prop in the scene that malfunctioned.

00:06:06Nothing more.

00:06:07The heat burned behind my eyes.

00:06:09But I refused to cry.

00:06:11Not here.

00:06:12Not in front of these people.

00:06:14I made my way through the crowd towards what I hoped was a toilet.

00:06:19My head was bowed and my arms crossed over the wet patch that was spreading across my dress.

00:06:26The corridor behind the ballroom was thankfully empty.

00:06:29Only marble and guilt and blessed silence.

00:06:33I found a ladies' toilet and squeezed in, grateful for the temporary refuge.

00:06:39Der Spiegel confirmed what I had felt.

00:06:42I looked like someone who had been marked for humiliation.

00:06:46The champagne had slightly stained the cheap black fabric grey, and my careful make-up was smeared around my eyes.

00:06:56I grabbed some paper towels and tried to dab off the worst of it, but the fabric only spread the wetness further and made it worse.

00:07:05Spot.

00:07:07"Perfect," I whispered to my reflection.

00:07:10Absolutely perfect.

00:07:11I couldn't go out there.

00:07:13Vivienne would be furious, but I would text her an excuse that I felt sick.

00:07:19It wasn't even a lie.

00:07:21My stomach was churning with embarrassment and anger.

00:07:24On myself, because I had come.

00:07:27On Vivienne, because she had insisted.

00:07:30On the casual cruelty of people who could ruin your evening without even realizing it.

00:07:38I threw the wet paper towels in the trash and stepped back into the hallway.

00:07:43I had somehow gotten lost, because this corridor did not lead back to the ballroom.

00:07:48It extended to a pair of double doors I didn't recognize, in front of which stood two men in dark suits like guards.

00:07:56stood.

00:07:56Before I could retreat, the doors opened and a group stepped out.

00:08:02Five men in expensive suits.

00:08:04They spoke in low voices.

00:08:07And in their midst, effortlessly dominating the space, was Raphael Caputo.

00:08:13I froze.

00:08:15They walked straight towards me and there was nowhere to hide.

00:08:20No way to disappear gracefully.

00:08:22I pressed myself against the wall, hoping they would pass by without registering my existence.

00:08:30They almost did.

00:08:31The group was perhaps three meters away when one of the men, broader than the others, with a scar that marked his

00:08:39parted her left eyebrow and said something in rapid Italian.

00:08:43The others laughed, and Raphael's gaze wandered down the hallway.

00:08:47His eyes fixed on mine.

00:08:49The world swayed slightly.

00:08:51I had thought he was impressive from the other side of the ballroom.

00:08:56But from this close range, he was overwhelming.

00:08:59His eyes were so dark that they appeared black in the hallway light.

00:09:04With a kind of intelligence that felt like being dissected.

00:09:10He didn't smile.

00:09:11He didn't even glance at me beyond that one moment of eye contact, which seemed to last several heartbeats too long.

00:09:19Then his attention shifted to something one of his companions said, and the group continued walking past me.

00:09:27I breathed out.

00:09:28My shoulders slumped.

00:09:30Relief washed over me.

00:09:32I had taken five steps towards the safety of the main corridor when I heard his voice.

00:09:39Wait.

00:09:39The word was not loud, but it exuded absolute authority.

00:09:46The kind of voice that expected obedience and received it without question.

00:09:50I told myself that he couldn't talk to me.

00:09:53I continued walking.

00:09:55She was in a black dress.

00:09:57My feet stopped moving before my brain consciously decided to obey.

00:10:03I slowly turned around.

00:10:05My heart beat fast, pressed against my chest.

00:10:08Raphael Caputo stood five meters away.

00:10:11His companions observed me with expressions ranging from curiosity to calculation.

00:10:17He scrutinized me with the same intensity he had shown during that first glance, and I suddenly felt acutely,

00:10:25aware of my ruined dress.

00:10:27My smeared makeup made me feel completely out of place.

00:10:32Come here, no request.

00:10:35My legs carried me forward solely through sheer survival instincts.

00:10:39Men like Raphael Caputo were not rejected.

00:10:42Not if you had any sense of self-preservation.

00:10:46I stopped at a cautious distance.

00:10:49Close enough to be compliant.

00:10:51Far enough to preserve an illusion of dignity.

00:10:55Up close, I could see the subtle signs of violence that money couldn't completely erase.

00:11:02A thin scar along his jawline.

00:11:05The slightly crooked position of his nose suggested that it was broken and imperfectly healed.

00:11:12The way his hands remained loose at his sides.

00:11:15In the attitude of someone who had learned to fight before they had learned to negotiate.

00:11:21What are their names? His voice was soft, almost gentle, which somehow made it seem more dangerous.

00:11:28Alessia. My voice sounded stronger than I felt.

00:11:32Alessia Moretti. Something flickered in his expression.

00:11:36Perhaps interest. Or the recognition of the Italian surname.

00:11:41They work for Vivian Hartley, the children's hospital foundation.

00:11:46There was no question. Heat crept up my neck.

00:11:49How do they know? I make it my mission to know who is in my city.

00:11:54He stepped closer. Close enough that I could smell his perfume.

00:11:59Something dark and expensive with notes of bergamot and smoke.

00:12:04His gaze wandered down to the champagne stain on my dress, then back up to my face.

00:12:10Someone tagged her.

00:12:12The casual remark sent a chill down my spine.

00:12:16It was an accident. No. He said it with absolute certainty.

00:12:21It was a message. They were teaching them that they didn't belong.

00:12:26He tilted his head slightly and looked at me like a riddle.

00:12:30where he had not yet decided whether to solve it or throw it away.

00:12:36Will you accept the lesson?

00:12:38I should have said yes, nodded, stepped back, and found the nearest exit.

00:12:45But something in his tone of voice, the assumption that I would cave,

00:12:50that I was as weak as everyone else here seemed to think,

00:12:54It ignited rage in my chest.

00:12:56I don't need lessons from people whose greatest achievement is,

00:13:01to have been born rich.

00:13:02The words were out before I could stop them.

00:13:06The men behind Raphael fell completely silent.

00:13:10One of them, the scarred one, made a subtle movement towards his jacket.

00:13:16But Raphael slightly raised a hand and they all relaxed.

00:13:21Then, impossibly, he smiled.

00:13:24It transformed his face, softening the harsh lines,

00:13:29without making him any less dangerous.

00:13:31Interesting.

00:13:32He turned to his companions and said something in Italian,

00:13:36It was too fast for me to keep up.

00:13:40They dispersed immediately and melted away with coordinated efficiency.

00:13:45a military unit back towards the ballroom

00:13:49so that I was left alone in the hallway with Raphael Caputo,

00:13:52whose smile had faded,

00:13:55whose attention, however, remained fixed on me.

00:13:58Come with me, Alessia Moretti.

00:14:00He walked down the corridor without waiting for my permission.

00:14:05Every instinct screamed at me to run away.

00:14:08But I had already come so far.

00:14:10And something—pride, curiosity, or possibly stupidity—

00:14:15let me follow him deeper into the hotel's private corridors,

00:14:19away from the safety of the crowds and witnesses, regardless of the outcome.

00:14:25We walked silently through corridors that became progressively quieter and more isolated.

00:14:31Raphael moved with the confidence of someone,

00:14:35which owned not only buildings, but the air within them itself.

00:14:39I had trouble keeping up,

00:14:41while my borrowed heels clicked against marble,

00:14:45which probably cost more per square meter than my monthly rent.

00:14:49He pushed open an unmarked door that led into a private room,

00:14:54whom I didn't know existed.

00:14:57A small library with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves,

00:15:01Leather furniture that smelled of old money,

00:15:04and windows overlooking Central Park.

00:15:07The city glittered below us like scattered diamonds.

00:15:12Raphael approached a bar cart and poured two glasses of an amber-colored liquid.

00:15:17from a crystal decanter.

00:15:20He held one out to me.

00:15:21I didn't take it.

00:15:22What is that?

00:15:24Whiskey.

00:15:25Thirty-year-old McAllen.

00:15:27He placed the glass on the table next to me when I didn't move.

00:15:31They are afraid of me.

00:15:33I am cautious around a man,

00:15:36which drew me into a private space.

00:15:39Clever.

00:15:39He took a slow sip from his own glass.

00:15:43His eyes never left my face.

00:15:47But if I wanted to hurt them, we wouldn't be having a conversation.

00:15:50That statement should have frightened me.

00:15:53Instead, she clarified something.

00:15:55I was here because he had decided to have me here.

00:15:58What did it mean that he wanted something?

00:16:00And you can negotiate with people who want to do things.

00:16:05I took the whisky and took a cautious sip.

00:16:08It burned wonderfully in my throat and warmed me from the inside.

00:16:13Why am I here?

00:16:14Because they are the first person in that circus down there who has said something true.

00:16:20He sank into one of the leather armchairs with unconscious grace and gestured for me to sit down.

00:16:26Everyone else is putting on an act, pretending, playing elaborate games for status and submission.

00:16:33But they, they looked at me and saw exactly what I am.

00:16:38A criminal?

00:16:40His smile returned, this time sharper.

00:16:43A man who doesn't pretend that civilization is anything other than a thin layer of paint.

00:16:50I sat on the edge of the opposite armchair, keeping my back straight and my hands still around the whisky glass.

00:16:59That doesn't explain what they want from me.

00:17:02Direct.

00:17:02I like that.

00:17:04He leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees, a movement that brought him into my personal space without...

00:17:11to actually touch me.

00:17:13I need someone for a specific role.

00:17:16Someone who does not belong to this world.

00:17:19Who is not corrupted by their politics.

00:17:22Someone who can move through certain rooms without arousing suspicion.

00:17:25My heartbeat quickened.

00:17:28I am not interested in anything illegal.

00:17:32Nothing illegal.

00:17:34He cut me off with calm authority.

00:17:37I need someone to accompany me.

00:17:39I blinked.

00:17:40Of all the things I would have expected from him, that wasn't on the list.

00:17:45A companion.

00:17:47My mother is hosting a series of events over the next six weeks.

00:17:52Family reunion.

00:17:54Charity events.

00:17:55Business lunch.

00:17:56She aggressively tried to set me up with suitable women from respectable families.

00:18:01He uttered the words with the kind of contempt normally reserved for discussions about vermin.

00:18:08I need someone who plays the role of the girlfriend convincingly enough to make her stop.

00:18:14I laughed before I could stop myself.

00:18:17They're joking.

00:18:19I'm not joking about my mother.

00:18:21He took another sip of whisky and watched me over the rim of his glass.

00:18:27Six weeks.

00:18:28They attend events with me as my companion.

00:18:32We present a united front.

00:18:34And when the period ends, we part ways amicably.

00:18:39They will of course be compensated.

00:18:41How is it compensated?

00:18:43$50,000.

00:18:45Plus a wardrobe appropriate to the role, which they keep afterwards.

00:18:49Furthermore, I can open doors for her career.

00:18:52Vivian Hartley's foundation has been trying for two years to arrange a meeting with the Caputo Family Trust.

00:18:59This happens if they agree.

00:19:01The number hit me like a bucket of cold water.

00:19:05$50,000.

00:19:06That was more than I earned in a year.

00:19:09That meant paying off student loans.

00:19:12That was stability.

00:19:14That was a breathing room I hadn't had since graduating from college.

00:19:19But it was also insane.

00:19:21Why me?

00:19:22There are probably hundreds of women who

00:19:25those who would want something lasting, who would see this as an audition for the real role?

00:19:31He put his glass down with a soft click.

00:19:34They don't want me, Alessia.

00:19:36They don't want this life.

00:19:38That's exactly why they're perfect.

00:19:41When this ends, they will leave without looking back.

00:19:46No complications.

00:19:47No drama.

00:19:49Business only.

00:19:51I should have said no.

00:19:52Every rational cell in my body screamed that the involvement with Raphael Caputo,

00:19:58even in a sham relationship, it was dangerous in a way,

00:20:03which I could not fully foresee.

00:20:05But the exhaustion of living paycheck to paycheck,

00:20:09to observe how other people glided through life,

00:20:13while I fought for every inch of ground,

00:20:17made me reckless.

00:20:18"60,000," I heard myself say.

00:20:21And the meeting with her Family Trust takes place,

00:20:25before the six weeks end.

00:20:27Not after that.

00:20:28I don't trust that they will keep their word.

00:20:31when they no longer need me.

00:20:33His expression did not change.

00:20:35But something happened in his eyes.

00:20:38Respect, perhaps.

00:20:39Or amusement at my audacity.

00:20:4160,000, meetings within three weeks.

00:20:46But they follow my lead at every event.

00:20:49No improvisation.

00:20:50Nothing that isn't in the script.

00:20:52This only works if it's credible.

00:20:55And if her mother finds out that we're just actors,

00:20:58She won't, because we will be very, very convincing.

00:21:01He stood up and stretched out his hand.

00:21:05Do we have a deal?

00:21:07I looked at his hand.

00:21:09Tanned.

00:21:09Strong.

00:21:10With scars across their ankles that told stories,

00:21:14which I probably didn't want to know.

00:21:16This was the moment.

00:21:17I could get up, leave,

00:21:20return to my safe, little life

00:21:23and pretend that this conversation never took place.

00:21:27Or I could take the most significant risk,

00:21:31that I had ever entered,

00:21:32and see where it led.

00:21:35I stood up and took his hand.

00:21:38His grip was firm and warm

00:21:40and sent an unexpected electric shock through my arm.

00:21:44Deal.

00:21:45Well, he didn't let go immediately.

00:21:48The first event is tomorrow evening.

00:21:51Family dinner at my mother's estate in Greenwich.

00:21:54I will send a car for her at five.

00:21:56Dress formally, but not conspicuously.

00:21:59Conservative.

00:22:00She is old-fashioned when it comes to women.

00:22:04Morning?

00:22:05Panic fluttered in my chest.

00:22:07That's not enough time to

00:22:08It'll be fine.

00:22:10He let go of my hand

00:22:12and the lack of contact

00:22:14It felt strangely significant.

00:22:17All they have to do is smile.

00:22:20to be polite

00:22:21and look at me like that

00:22:23As if they found me tolerable.

00:22:25Do they think they can do it?

00:22:28I lifted my chin.

00:22:29I can hire anyone for $60,000.

00:22:32To pretend to tolerate.

00:22:34That made me laugh out loud.

00:22:36I thought of his,

00:22:38deep and full.

00:22:39We will get along splendidly together,

00:22:42Alessia Moretti.

00:22:43He led me back through the corridors,

00:22:46this time he took routes

00:22:47which kept us away from the main ballroom.

00:22:50We entered near the entrance.

00:22:53out of the plaza

00:22:54where the Vallett stood

00:22:55It was teeming with departing guests.

00:22:58Raphael gave a sign

00:23:00and within seconds

00:23:02A black Mercedes drove up.

00:23:04whose windows were tinted dark enough,

00:23:07to hide everything,

00:23:08what was happening inside.

00:23:10The driver got out,

00:23:12the same scarred man from before,

00:23:14and wordlessly opened the back door.

00:23:17Marco will take them home.

00:23:19said Raphael.

00:23:21Send me your address

00:23:22via text message.

00:23:24And Alessia?

00:23:25He waited until I looked at him.

00:23:27Don't tell anyone

00:23:29from our arrangement.

00:23:31Not your roommate,

00:23:32Not Vivienne, nobody.

00:23:35This only works if...

00:23:37when people believe,

00:23:38It's real.

00:23:39I nodded,

00:23:40I suddenly became aware

00:23:42how completely I entered his world,

00:23:44with all its secrets and shadows.

00:23:47I slid into the leather interior of the car,

00:23:50and Marco closed the door

00:23:52with a satisfying click,

00:23:54that felt

00:23:55like the sealing of a pact.

00:23:58As we drove away from the Plaza,

00:24:00I looked back through the rear window.

00:24:03Raphael was standing on the sidewalk,

00:24:05hands in pockets,

00:24:07and watched

00:24:08how the car disappeared into Manhattan traffic.

00:24:11The city lights bathed him

00:24:13in shifting shadows and gold

00:24:14and left him like something

00:24:16look like something out of a myth.

00:24:18Beautiful and dangerous

00:24:19and completely inhuman.

00:24:22What had I just gotten myself into?

00:24:25The question haunted me.

00:24:27the entire trip to Queens,

00:24:28by transmitting my number

00:24:30to Marco's phone

00:24:32and through his silent departure,

00:24:34after he led me to the entrance

00:24:35had accompanied my building

00:24:37as if I were something precious,

00:24:39that needed protection.

00:24:41I climbed five flights of stairs

00:24:42up to my apartment.

00:24:44My mind swirled through everything,

00:24:46what had happened.

00:24:48My roommate Sophie was asleep inside.

00:24:50on the couch,

00:24:51a nursing textbook

00:24:53openly on her chest.

00:24:54I covered her with a blanket

00:24:56and went into my room,

00:24:58where I was in my ruined dress

00:25:00I sat on my bed

00:25:02and stared at my phone.

00:25:04I had Raphael Caputo's number.

00:25:06In less than 24 hours

00:25:09I would meet his mother

00:25:10and pretend

00:25:12as if I were his girlfriend.

00:25:13And somehow,

00:25:16impossible,

00:25:16I had agreed to pay $60,000.

00:25:19and negotiated a career opportunity,

00:25:21who could change everything.

00:25:23I called his contact.

00:25:25and typed,

00:25:26Thank you for tonight.

00:25:27Then I deleted it.

00:25:29Too familiar.

00:25:30I tried again.

00:25:32Looking forward to tomorrow.

00:25:34Too eager.

00:25:35Finally, I reached an agreement.

00:25:37Address?

00:25:388047,

00:25:3942nd Street.

00:25:41Epton 4B.

00:25:42Elegant

00:25:43and yet subtle.

00:25:44Not noticeable.

00:25:46Understood.

00:25:46His reply came within seconds.

00:25:49Sleep well, Alessia.

00:25:51Tomorrow you will be someone else.

00:25:53I put the phone aside.

00:25:55and lay down on my back on my bed.

00:25:58Still in the dress.

00:25:59Still vaguely yearning for champagne and whisky

00:26:02and smelling Raphael's perfume.

00:26:05Tomorrow I will become someone else.

00:26:07The type of person,

00:26:09the mafia bosses are dating

00:26:11and family meals

00:26:12participates at an estate in Greenwich.

00:26:14The type of person,

00:26:16who belongs in this world.

00:26:18Even if it's all just a ruse.

00:26:21The champagne stain had turned into a darker shadow.

00:26:23dried on the fabric.

00:26:24I touched him gently.

00:26:26and reminded me of the humiliation,

00:26:29to stand in this ballroom.

00:26:31Invisible

00:26:32and unwanted.

00:26:34Alessia felt like someone

00:26:35from another life.

00:26:37Tomorrow I will be Raphael Caputo's girlfriend.

00:26:41And perhaps,

00:26:42only maybe

00:26:43If I were to learn the secret language of power,

00:26:46which I had been searching for all night.

00:26:48Even if it were only for six weeks.

00:26:51Even if everything

00:26:52would be a beautiful, dangerous lie.

00:26:55I closed my eyes

00:26:57and tried to sleep.

00:26:58But all I could see,

00:27:00was Raphael's face.

00:27:01At that moment he smiled.

00:27:04Dangerous and amusing.

00:27:06And he looked at me,

00:27:07as if I were something,

00:27:08that was worth his attention.

00:27:10As if I mattered.

00:27:12It was addictive.

00:27:13And addiction,

00:27:14so I learned,

00:27:16possessed a kind of

00:27:17to rewrite all your plans.

00:27:19The next day

00:27:20disappeared into a fog

00:27:22out of fear

00:27:23and preparation.

00:27:25I called in sick

00:27:26at work.

00:27:27Ignored Vivian

00:27:29Irritated messages

00:27:30about my early departure

00:27:31from the gala.

00:27:32A package arrived around noon.

00:27:35A garment bag,

00:27:36who wore a deep navy blue dress

00:27:38contained a subtle neckline.

00:27:40And a hem,

00:27:41which ended just below my knee.

00:27:44Add nude-colored heels.

00:27:45and understated jewelry.

00:27:48A note hidden inside read:

00:27:50"For tonight."

00:27:52The dress fit perfectly.

00:27:54What did that mean?

00:27:55that Raphael

00:27:56somehow my size

00:27:57in those brief moments

00:27:59had estimated it in the hallway?

00:28:00The idea would have been

00:28:02They should feel invasive.

00:28:04But instead

00:28:05did he excite me

00:28:06in a way,

00:28:07which I don't know too well

00:28:08wanted to investigate.

00:28:09He paid attention to that.

00:28:11He noticed details.

00:28:12And he had chosen something,

00:28:14which made me look elegant.

00:28:16Without trying too hard.

00:28:19Demanding.

00:28:19Without appearing calculated.

00:28:22Sophie noticed the garment bag,

00:28:24when she came off her shift

00:28:25came home from the hospital.

00:28:27"Where does that come from?"

00:28:28"Work event",

00:28:29I lied outright.

00:28:30"Vivian sent it."

00:28:32Vivian never sends anything

00:28:34except for passive-aggressive emails.

00:28:36Sophie looked me up and down.

00:28:37with her nurse instinct

00:28:39for irregularities.

00:28:41"What's wrong with you?"

00:28:42"You've been acting strangely since last night."

00:28:45Just tired.

00:28:46The gala was exhausting.

00:28:48I retreated to my room,

00:28:50before she could ask further questions,

00:28:52and closed the door

00:28:53before their suspicious

00:28:54Facial expression.

00:28:56Precisely at five o'clock

00:28:58My phone vibrated.

00:28:59Below.

00:29:01I grabbed my handbag.

00:29:03Also new.

00:29:04Also expensive.

00:29:06Equally mysteriously perfect.

00:29:08And went downstairs.

00:29:10The same Mercedes

00:29:11waited at the curb.

00:29:13But this time

00:29:14Raphael was sitting in the back seat.

00:29:16He wore a

00:29:17anthracite-colored suit

00:29:18with a white shirt

00:29:20with open collar

00:29:21and looked relaxed at the same time

00:29:23and completely controlled.

00:29:26As I slid down next to him,

00:29:28his gaze wandered

00:29:29in a single

00:29:30A probing inspection of me.

00:29:33"Perfect," he said.

00:29:35"They look like someone,

00:29:36which I would choose

00:29:37not like someone,

00:29:38which I would buy.

00:29:40I'm not sure,

00:29:41Is that a compliment?

00:29:42It is one.

00:29:44Trust me.

00:29:46Marco threaded himself into the queue

00:29:47into traffic

00:29:48and Raphael

00:29:49turned to me

00:29:50more completely.

00:29:52"Basic rules,

00:29:53before we arrive."

00:29:54"First.

00:29:55Physical contact.

00:29:56We must

00:29:57Feeling comfortable together.

00:29:59So it will be

00:29:59Give touches.

00:30:01My hand

00:30:01on her back.

00:30:03Her arm

00:30:03in mine.

00:30:05Possibly

00:30:05my arm

00:30:06around her shoulders.

00:30:07Nothing inappropriate,

00:30:09but durable enough,

00:30:10to increase intimacy

00:30:11for sale.

00:30:12Heat crept

00:30:13my neck up

00:30:14But I nodded.

00:30:16OK.

00:30:17Secondly.

00:30:18The backstory.

00:30:19We have

00:30:20three months ago

00:30:21during a fundraising campaign

00:30:23made for the hospital.

00:30:24They were passionate

00:30:26for the

00:30:27Literacy program

00:30:28and I was impressed

00:30:30from their commitment.

00:30:31We have

00:30:32They have been meeting secretly ever since.

00:30:34because I them

00:30:35from my business life

00:30:36wanted to separate

00:30:37until I was sure,

00:30:38that it is serious.

00:30:39And now it's serious?

00:30:41Now I am ready,

00:30:42that my mother

00:30:43learns from you

00:30:44what in our family

00:30:46is important.

00:30:47His expression

00:30:48It hardened slightly.

00:30:50She will examine them.

00:30:53Probably several times

00:30:54tonight.

00:30:55Questions,

00:30:55which are designed to

00:30:57they threw them off balance

00:30:58bring to.

00:30:59Observations,

00:30:59which serve to

00:31:01to make them feel

00:31:02to be inadequate.

00:31:05Don't bite.

00:31:06Stay calm.

00:31:07Be respectful.

00:31:08But let yourself be

00:31:10Don't be intimidated by her.

00:31:11What if I did that?

00:31:12can't manage it?

00:31:13They will make it.

00:31:15He said it with a

00:31:16such certainty,

00:31:17I almost believed it.

00:31:19They told me last night

00:31:20stood up to

00:31:21than most people

00:31:22would have buckled.

00:31:23They negotiated.

00:31:25That requires backbone.

00:31:27Channel this energy

00:31:29Just tonight.

00:31:31The journey to Greenwich

00:31:32took longer,

00:31:33than I had expected,

00:31:34which gave me time

00:31:36the details

00:31:36our fake relationship

00:31:38to learn by heart.

00:31:40His favorite restaurant,

00:31:42in which we our first

00:31:43had a real date.

00:31:45The way,

00:31:46how I drank my coffee.

00:31:48The little things,

00:31:49the couples

00:31:50would know about each other.

00:31:52Raphael fed me

00:31:53with information

00:31:54in efficiency

00:31:55from someone

00:31:56the military

00:31:58conducted a briefing.

00:31:59And I recorded everything.

00:32:01My memory

00:32:02It sharpened under pressure.

00:32:03The Caputos estate

00:32:05emerged from the landscape

00:32:06from Connecticut

00:32:08like something out of a movie.

00:32:10Stone walls.

00:32:11Well-maintained facilities.

00:32:12A main house,

00:32:14more like a palazzo

00:32:15as a residence.

00:32:17Guards waved

00:32:18us through iron gates,

00:32:20without Marco

00:32:21had to slow down.

00:32:22And we bent

00:32:23into a driveway

00:32:24those of ancient oak trees

00:32:26was lined.

00:32:27My palms

00:32:28sweating.

00:32:29I wiped them discreetly.

00:32:30off my dress.

00:32:32Raphael noticed the gesture.

00:32:33Alessia.

00:32:35He waited,

00:32:35until I looked at him.

00:32:37Breathe.

00:32:38You are here,

00:32:39because I chose you.

00:32:40That means something

00:32:41in this family.

00:32:43They will be curious,

00:32:45possibly suspicious.

00:32:46But you will

00:32:47Respect the choice.

00:32:49Simply follow

00:32:50my leadership.

00:32:51Marco opened our door

00:32:52and Raphael got out.

00:32:54Then he offered me his hand,

00:32:56to help me.

00:32:57The gesture was chivalrous,

00:32:59protective

00:33:00and I was

00:33:01with a shock, clear

00:33:02that he already

00:33:03played a role.

00:33:04So I took his hand

00:33:06and let me

00:33:07lead him out.

00:33:08And then I didn't let go,

00:33:10when I was standing next to him.

00:33:12His fingers

00:33:13closed more tightly

00:33:14about mine.

00:33:15Approval.

00:33:16Perhaps.

00:33:17Or simply

00:33:18the confirmation

00:33:19of the script.

00:33:20We went together

00:33:21to the entrance.

00:33:22His thumb

00:33:23absentmindedly

00:33:25over my ankles

00:33:26in a gesture,

00:33:27who are far too intimate

00:33:29for something rehearsed

00:33:30felt.

00:33:31The front door opened,

00:33:33before we reached them

00:33:34and revealed a woman

00:33:36in their sixties

00:33:37with Raphael's dark eyes

00:33:39and the kind of beauty,

00:33:41the age

00:33:42not so much touched

00:33:43but had refined it.

00:33:46She wore a simple

00:33:47black dress,

00:33:48that probably more

00:33:50cost as much as my car

00:33:51and smiled with warmth

00:33:53a cobra

00:33:54who assesses their prey.

00:33:57Raphael,

00:33:57She kissed them both.

00:33:58his cheeks

00:33:59and then turned

00:34:00this penetrating

00:34:01Look at me.

00:34:03And you must

00:34:04Be Alessia.

00:34:06Mrs. Caputo,

00:34:07I'm honoured,

00:34:08to get to know you.

00:34:10I stretched

00:34:10my hand out

00:34:11thankful,

00:34:12that she shook them,

00:34:14instead of on the

00:34:14To give a kiss on the cheek.

00:34:16I wasn't ready yet

00:34:17for this measure

00:34:18of false intimacy.

00:34:20Please call me Francesca.

00:34:22Her accent was pure

00:34:24Old-world elegance.

00:34:26Come in,

00:34:27comes in.

00:34:28Everyone is eager to...

00:34:30to get to know the woman

00:34:31which the attention

00:34:33has aroused my son.

00:34:34She led us

00:34:35through a foyer,

00:34:36that in a museum

00:34:37would have heard.

00:34:39Marble floors,

00:34:40Renaissance paintings,

00:34:41a staircase

00:34:42which are like something

00:34:43from a fairy tale

00:34:45swung upwards.

00:34:46But this was no fairy tale.

00:34:48This was the cave

00:34:49the lion

00:34:50and I was about to

00:34:51in front of an audience

00:34:52to appear

00:34:53that makes me feel alive

00:34:54would eat

00:34:55when I wavered.

00:34:56We entered

00:34:57a dining room,

00:34:59in which a long table

00:35:00already for twelve people

00:35:01was covered.

00:35:03People were moving

00:35:04with cocktails around,

00:35:06Men in expensive suits,

00:35:08Women in elegant dresses.

00:35:10Everyone turned around,

00:35:11to inspect me,

00:35:13when we entered.

00:35:14The weight of their

00:35:15Attention was

00:35:16physically perceptible.

00:35:18Raphael's Hand

00:35:18moved

00:35:19in my lower back

00:35:21warm and steady.

00:35:23All together,

00:35:25This is Alessia.

00:35:26the ideas

00:35:27They blurred into one another.

00:35:29cousins,

00:35:29business partners,

00:35:31Family friends,

00:35:32all with Italian names

00:35:34which I painstakingly

00:35:35to distinguish

00:35:36tried.

00:35:37They shook

00:35:38my hand

00:35:39kissed my cheeks

00:35:40and murmured pleasantries,

00:35:43while their eyes

00:35:44They calculated my value.

00:35:45I smiled

00:35:47thanked them

00:35:48for reception

00:35:49and didn't try

00:35:50to remember

00:35:51how perfect

00:35:52overwhelmed

00:35:53I actually was.

00:35:55The dinner

00:35:56was formal,

00:35:57ritualistic

00:35:58corridors appeared

00:35:59and disappeared

00:36:00under supervision

00:36:01of silent staff.

00:36:03I sat next to Raphael,

00:36:05one hand

00:36:06casually under the table

00:36:07rested on my knee

00:36:09a gesture of possession,

00:36:11which also served as grounding.

00:36:13Whenever I felt,

00:36:15how I was under barrage

00:36:17questions

00:36:18about my origins,

00:36:19my family

00:36:20and my work

00:36:22panicked

00:36:24pressed his fingers

00:36:25gentle

00:36:25and reminded me

00:36:27to breathe on it.

00:36:28Francesca held court

00:36:30at the head of the table

00:36:31and steered the conversation

00:36:33with the skill

00:36:34a conductor.

00:36:35She asked me

00:36:36after my work

00:36:37at the hospital foundation,

00:36:39my training

00:36:40and the background

00:36:41my family,

00:36:42in a way,

00:36:43which felt casual,

00:36:45but clearly

00:36:46It served the purpose of gathering information.

00:36:50Moretti

00:36:51she mused.

00:36:52Where in Italy?

00:36:53My grandparents

00:36:55came from Naples

00:36:56I said.

00:36:57But they left,

00:36:58when my father was young.

00:36:59I was myself

00:37:00never been to Italy.

00:37:02Never,

00:37:03She seemed genuinely surprised.

00:37:06Raphael,

00:37:06You must take them with you.

00:37:08A woman should

00:37:09know their roots.

00:37:10We talked about it,

00:37:12Raphael said simply.

00:37:14Perhaps this autumn,

00:37:15if your work schedule

00:37:16it allows.

00:37:17The lie rolled

00:37:19so easily off his tongue

00:37:20that I almost

00:37:21believed it himself.

00:37:23I threw him

00:37:23a look at

00:37:24and he replied

00:37:25my gaze

00:37:26with an expression,

00:37:27which was pure performance.

00:37:30Affection,

00:37:31Proud.

00:37:32A man's gaze,

00:37:34something valuable

00:37:35had found.

00:37:36For a moment

00:37:37I forgot,

00:37:38that we only

00:37:38Actors had.

00:37:39Dessert arrived,

00:37:41something elaborate

00:37:42with chocolate

00:37:43and gold leaf

00:37:44and the conversation

00:37:45shifted

00:37:46on business matters.

00:37:47The men

00:37:48dominated

00:37:49this part of the evening.

00:37:50They discussed

00:37:52Real estate deals

00:37:53and construction projects

00:37:54consciously

00:37:55vague terms.

00:37:56I listened

00:37:57and tried

00:37:58to understand the subtext.

00:37:59But mainly

00:38:01I was simply grateful,

00:38:02that the focus

00:38:03had moved away from me.

00:38:06Raphael's cousin Dante,

00:38:07who smiled at me

00:38:09a predator

00:38:09sat opposite

00:38:11suddenly spoke to me

00:38:12directly.

00:38:13Well, Alessia,

00:38:14What do you think of

00:38:15Raphael's new development

00:38:17In Red Hook?

00:38:19I had no idea,

00:38:20what he was talking about,

00:38:21but Raphael's hand

00:38:23tensed up in warning

00:38:24on my knee.

00:38:26That was a test.

00:38:28I took a slow one

00:38:29sip of wine

00:38:30to gain time.

00:38:31I think,

00:38:32Raphael has excellent

00:38:33instincts

00:38:34for the growth patterns

00:38:35the city.

00:38:36Dante's Smile

00:38:37It became wider.

00:38:38But do you approve of it?

00:38:40A nice girl,

00:38:42that in one

00:38:42Is the children's hospital working?

00:38:45Certainly,

00:38:46all these construction projects,

00:38:47the low-income

00:38:49Families are being displaced

00:38:50worry you.

00:38:52The trap was now

00:38:53apparently.

00:38:54Either I criticized

00:38:56Raphael's business

00:38:57and appeared disloyal,

00:38:58or I was called repression

00:39:00good and seemed hypocritical.

00:39:02I put down my wine glass

00:39:04and encountered

00:39:05Dante's gaze is direct.

00:39:07I think,

00:39:08the development of the city

00:39:09is complicated

00:39:10and to pretend

00:39:11as if there were simple answers,

00:39:13is naive.

00:39:14I think so too,

00:39:16that Raphael

00:39:16the type of man he is

00:39:18who finds solutions

00:39:19instead of just problems

00:39:21to identify.

00:39:22I turned to Raphael

00:39:24and mitigated

00:39:25my facial expression.

00:39:28That's why I respect him.

00:39:30Raphael's View

00:39:31contained something

00:39:32that looked almost like real warmth.

00:39:35And that's why I respect them.

00:39:37He leaned forward

00:39:38and kissed my temple.

00:39:40A gesture,

00:39:41that so natural

00:39:42and was unexpected

00:39:43that I just barely managed to

00:39:45not to flinch.

00:39:47His lips were warm

00:39:48on my skin

00:39:49and for a dizzying

00:39:51I forgot for a second,

00:39:53that it was all a show.

00:39:54Then he withdrew.

00:39:56and the moment broke.

00:39:58Dante chuckled

00:39:59and raised his glass.

00:40:00Interesting choice, cousin.

00:40:02I approve it.

00:40:03The rest of dinner

00:40:05It passed without further interrogations.

00:40:07When the coffee was served,

00:40:09Francesca meant something to women,

00:40:11to follow her into the salon

00:40:12and let the men

00:40:13back at the table.

00:40:15I looked at Raphael in a panic,

00:40:17but he gave me

00:40:18a subtle nod.

00:40:20Join in.

00:40:21The salon consisted only of

00:40:22made from silk cushions and antiques,

00:40:24who were probably older

00:40:26than the constitution.

00:40:28Francesca went small glasses

00:40:29Limoncello

00:40:30and the other women

00:40:32could be engaged in discussions

00:40:33about summer plans

00:40:34and the services

00:40:35their children.

00:40:37I crouched at the edge

00:40:38a recamier

00:40:39and tried to look like this,

00:40:42as if I belonged there.

00:40:44Francesca sat down

00:40:45next to me

00:40:46their presence is authoritarian.

00:40:48You're nervous.

00:40:49It makes no sense to

00:40:50to deny it.

00:40:51Yes, good,

00:40:53That should be you.

00:40:54She took

00:40:55a delicate sip

00:40:56Limoncello.

00:40:58My son is complicated,

00:40:59even dangerous

00:41:00in a way,

00:41:01which you probably

00:41:02you don't fully understand.

00:41:03But he has you

00:41:05brought here.

00:41:06What means,

00:41:07That you mean something to him?

00:41:09So I will be direct.

00:41:11What do you want from Raphael?

00:41:13The question caught me off guard.

00:41:15unprepared

00:41:16through her bluntness.

00:41:17I was thinking of $60,000,

00:41:20the career opportunity,

00:41:22all the practical reasons,

00:41:24why I'm falling for this scam

00:41:26had agreed.

00:41:27But Francesca's eyes

00:41:29were too knowledgeable to lie.

00:41:30I want to understand him,

00:41:33I said,

00:41:33which was at least partly true.

00:41:36He is different from everyone else,

00:41:38which I knew previously,

00:41:39intense and cautious at the same time.

00:41:42I want to see

00:41:43who he is

00:41:44if he does not list any power.

00:41:45He is unlike anyone else.

00:41:46Something flickered across her face.

00:41:48Approval?

00:41:49Perhaps.

00:41:50Or surprise.

00:41:52Most women

00:41:53want to own it.

00:41:54You want to understand him,

00:41:55That's refreshing.

00:41:57She patted my hand

00:41:59with fingers,

00:42:00which were heavy with rings.

00:42:02Be careful, love.

00:42:04Understanding dangerous men

00:42:06possesses the property,

00:42:08to make oneself dangerous.

00:42:10Before I could reply,

00:42:12the men joined

00:42:13back to us.

00:42:14Raphael moved

00:42:15directly to my side.

00:42:18Ready to go?

00:42:19Relief washed over me.

00:42:21Yes.

00:42:22We said goodbye

00:42:24and Francesca

00:42:25kissed this time

00:42:26both of my cheeks

00:42:27and whispered in my ear.

00:42:30You made yourself this evening

00:42:32It went well.

00:42:33Then we were back in the Mercedes,

00:42:36drove away from the property

00:42:37And I could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

00:42:40Raphael waited,

00:42:41until we were through the gates,

00:42:43before he spoke.

00:42:44They exceeded expectations.

00:42:46Her cousin Dante tested me.

00:42:49He checks everyone.

00:42:50They handled it perfectly.

00:42:52He shifted his weight in the seat

00:42:54and turned towards me.

00:42:56The thing with my family is,

00:42:58They respect strength more than kindness.

00:43:01They showed backbone tonight.

00:43:03That's what counts.

00:43:05Her mother said something strange.

00:43:07She said to understand dangerous men,

00:43:10It also makes you dangerous.

00:43:13My mother is wise.

00:43:14His expression was illegible in the shadows of the car.

00:43:18Is that what you do, Alessia?

00:43:21Are you trying to understand me?

00:43:23Isn't that what you're paying me for?

00:43:26Enough to understand to be convincing?

00:43:30Perhaps.

00:43:31He looked out the window.

00:43:33on the dark landscape of Connecticut,

00:43:35which passed by.

00:43:36Or maybe I chose them,

00:43:39because they are the first person in years,

00:43:41who doesn't already have an opinion on the matter

00:43:44who I am supposed to be.

00:43:45The vulnerability in this statement

00:43:47It caught me completely unprepared.

00:43:50This was Raphael Caputo,

00:43:52Manhattan's most notorious power broker,

00:43:55and he sounded almost lonely.

00:43:58I didn't know,

00:43:59what should I do with this information?

00:44:02so I laid them

00:44:03set aside for later examination.

00:44:05We drove back to the city in silence.

00:44:08When Marco stopped in front of my building,

00:44:11Raphael accompanied me

00:44:12despite my protests to the door.

00:44:14The next event is on Friday.

00:44:16he said.

00:44:18Charity auction at the MET.

00:44:19I will send appropriate clothing.

00:44:21Thank you for tonight.

00:44:23The dress, the preparation, everything.

00:44:26You're welcome.

00:44:28He hesitated, then reached up.

00:44:30and tucked a loose strand of hair behind my ear.

00:44:33A gesture that was far too intimate.

00:44:36for what this should actually be.

00:44:38You're good at it, Alessia,

00:44:40he said quietly.

00:44:42Better than I expected.

00:44:43Just think about that.

00:44:45It's a performance.

00:44:46Don't be confused,

00:44:48which is real.

00:44:49The warning felt directed at him,

00:44:52as well as to me.

00:44:54Before I could reply,

00:44:56he turned around

00:44:57and went back to the waiting car,

00:44:59where he met me at the entrance

00:45:01left my shabby building standing,

00:45:03in a dress

00:45:04that cost more than my rent,

00:45:07and my head was spinning with everything,

00:45:09what had just happened.

00:45:10I collapsed on the bed in my apartment,

00:45:13without moving.

00:45:14Sophie was on another night shift,

00:45:17So I was alone.

00:45:19Alone with my thoughts

00:45:21and the faint trace of Raphael's perfume

00:45:24at that point,

00:45:25where he had kissed my temple.

00:45:29It is a performance,

00:45:30I remembered.

00:45:32None of it was real.

00:45:33He paid me for it,

00:45:35to pretend something,

00:45:36And I did exactly that.

00:45:38But when I closed my eyes,

00:45:39I could only see

00:45:40the way he looked at me.

00:45:42Across the dining table.

00:45:44As if I were something precious.

00:45:45That he had found

00:45:47and wasn't quite ready yet

00:45:49to share with the world.

00:45:50And the frightening thing was,

00:45:52a part of me wished,

00:45:54It would be real.

00:45:55I fell asleep,

00:45:57still in the navy blue dress,

00:45:59and dreamed of iron gates,

00:46:02dangerous men

00:46:03and the spirit of warm lips

00:46:06at my temple.

00:46:07The next three weeks

00:46:09vanished in a surreal fog

00:46:11from events and performances.

00:46:12A charity auction

00:46:14in medicine,

00:46:15at Raphael

00:46:16$50,000

00:46:17for a red cobot

00:46:19leaned towards me

00:46:20and whispered,

00:46:21That's it.

00:46:22what you mean to me

00:46:23while everyone watched.

00:46:25A private dinner

00:46:27in a restaurant

00:46:27without a sign

00:46:29where senators and judges

00:46:30ate at the neighboring tables,

00:46:32and so did

00:46:33as they noticed

00:46:34his presence was not.

00:46:35A weekend

00:46:36in the Hamptons,

00:46:37on the property

00:46:38from someone

00:46:39where I learned,

00:46:40that the really rich

00:46:42do not own things.

00:46:43They curate experiences.

00:46:46Through all of this

00:46:47played Raphael

00:46:48his role flawlessly,

00:46:49the attentive friend,

00:46:51the cautious protector,

00:46:54the man,

00:46:54who his hand

00:46:55in crowded rooms

00:46:56held in my back

00:46:57who was watching me,

00:46:59as if I were

00:46:59the only person,

00:47:01which would be worthwhile,

00:47:02to listen.

00:47:03In public

00:47:04We were perfect,

00:47:06private,

00:47:07during car journeys

00:47:08between events

00:47:09We wait

00:47:10a cautious distance,

00:47:12except that the distance

00:47:13shrank.

00:47:14I noticed it

00:47:15in the little things,

00:47:16the way,

00:47:17how he began,

00:47:18to text me during the day,

00:47:20about things

00:47:21which has nothing to do with our

00:47:22arrangement had to do

00:47:24in my opinion

00:47:25asked about articles

00:47:27Observations

00:47:28about the city

00:47:30the way,

00:47:31like his hand

00:47:31stayed at my waist

00:47:33a moment too long.

00:47:35After we had stopped

00:47:36to actors,

00:47:38the way,

00:47:38how I sometimes see him

00:47:39caught

00:47:41as he watched me,

00:47:43with an expression,

00:47:44which I couldn't quite name,

00:47:46when he thought,

00:47:48I'm not looking.

00:47:50The meeting with the

00:47:52Caputo Family Trust

00:47:53took place in the third week,

00:47:56exactly as promised.

00:47:58Raphael sat next to me

00:47:59during my presentation

00:48:01about the literacy program

00:48:02of the hospital

00:48:04and although he didn't say much,

00:48:07his presence was sufficient

00:48:08as a recommendation.

00:48:10The trustees

00:48:11approved funding

00:48:13the program

00:48:13would secure it for five years.

00:48:16Vivian called me personally,

00:48:17to their astonishment

00:48:18about my networking success

00:48:20to express.

00:48:21I would have felt triumphant

00:48:23They should feel.

00:48:24Instead, I felt

00:48:26hollowed out,

00:48:27as if I were living

00:48:28living another life.

00:48:29On Friday of the third week

00:48:31Raphael picked me up

00:48:32to another family meal.

00:48:34But this time

00:48:35was his expression

00:48:36darker than usual.

00:48:38He was silent during the drive.

00:48:40His jaw was tense.

00:48:42His fingers

00:48:43drummed against his knee.

00:48:45The only sign

00:48:46of excitement,

00:48:47that I had ever seen of him.

00:48:49What's up?

00:48:50I asked.

00:48:51He threw Marco

00:48:52in the front seat

00:48:53a look at,

00:48:54then me.

00:48:55There is a complication.

00:48:57One of the old partners

00:48:58my father's,

00:49:00a man named

00:49:01Salvatore Costa,

00:49:02has taken steps

00:49:04to the position

00:49:05our family

00:49:06to challenge.

00:49:08He is dangerous,

00:49:10unpredictable

00:49:11and he has questions

00:49:12It puts you above me.

00:49:14Ice formed

00:49:15in my stomach.

00:49:17What questions.

00:49:18Where you come from,

00:49:20whether you are a weakness,

00:49:21which he can exploit.

00:49:23Raphael's hand found mine

00:49:24and squeezed hard.

00:49:26I will not allow it

00:49:27that something happens to you

00:49:29But I need you.

00:49:30to be careful.

00:49:32If anyone

00:49:33coming towards you

00:49:34and I'm not there,

00:49:36anyone,

00:49:37Call me immediately.

00:49:39Raphael,

00:49:40Perhaps we should

00:49:41stop.

00:49:42If I put you in danger,

00:49:44You don't.

00:49:45He said it with a

00:49:46so grim conviction,

00:49:48that I believed him.

00:49:50Costa is testing the limits.

00:49:52That's it,

00:49:53what men like him do.

00:49:54But he will you

00:49:55do not touch

00:49:56because he knows

00:49:57what I would do

00:49:59when he tried.

00:50:00The greed

00:50:01in his voice

00:50:02It sent shivers down my spine

00:50:03over the back.

00:50:04This was not the performance,

00:50:06which we showed to the world.

00:50:08This was something quieter,

00:50:10More dangerous.

00:50:11And I was given

00:50:12with dawning horror

00:50:13clear,

00:50:14that the lines

00:50:15between fake

00:50:16and reality

00:50:17were blurry,

00:50:18without one

00:50:19had noticed from us

00:50:20when it happened.

00:50:21The dinner

00:50:23that night

00:50:24was tense.

00:50:25Raphael held me

00:50:26close to oneself.

00:50:27His body language

00:50:29cried out for protection.

00:50:30Francesca noticed it,

00:50:32her sharp eyes

00:50:33They didn't miss a thing.

00:50:34But she commented

00:50:36Not directly.

00:50:37Instead she pulled me

00:50:38after eating

00:50:39to her private office

00:50:40aside.

00:50:42Salvatore Costa

00:50:43is a snake

00:50:44She said it without hesitation.

00:50:46It revolves around my family,

00:50:47since my husband died,

00:50:49and looks for opportunities

00:50:51to strike.

00:50:52Now he has found one.

00:50:53You.

00:50:54I'm not really like that.

00:50:56I stopped myself,

00:50:57before I finished the sentence.

00:50:59I am actually

00:51:00not Raphael's girlfriend.

00:51:02But Francesca

00:51:03I wasn't supposed to know that.

00:51:05You're wondering,

00:51:06why I'm telling you this.

00:51:08She poured two glasses of grappa.

00:51:10one and handed me one.

00:51:11Because you,

00:51:12whether you planned it

00:51:13or not

00:51:14my son

00:51:15You have become important.

00:51:16I see the way,

00:51:18the way he looks at you.

00:51:19The way,

00:51:20how he

00:51:20between you

00:51:21and the world poses.

00:51:23That's not a strategy.

00:51:25This is something real.

00:51:26That is...

00:51:27My heart beat

00:51:28incredibly fast.

00:51:30You are mistaken.

00:51:31I am never wrong,

00:51:33as far as my children are concerned.

00:51:34She took

00:51:35a slow sip

00:51:36and looked me up and down

00:51:38over the edge.

00:51:39So here it is,

00:51:40which you need to understand.

00:51:42That you, Raphael

00:51:43You are important

00:51:44makes you a target.

00:51:45If he is dear to you,

00:51:47will you be wise,

00:51:48Regarding your safety.

00:51:50And if he doesn't give you

00:51:51is close to your heart?

00:51:52She left the sentence hanging,

00:51:54But the threat was clear.

00:51:56He is dear to me.

00:51:57The words came out,

00:51:59before I could check,

00:52:00whether they were true.

00:52:01But to speak them out,

00:52:03felt

00:52:04as if one were stepping from a

00:52:06Cliff to the open.

00:52:08Francesca's expression

00:52:09It became somewhat softer.

00:52:10Then be careful,

00:52:11Dear,

00:52:12and don't break it

00:52:13the heart.

00:52:14Dangerous men

00:52:15tend to

00:52:16to become catastrophic,

00:52:17when they are injured.

00:52:19The journey back

00:52:20to the city

00:52:20was that night

00:52:21silently.

00:52:22Raphael stared

00:52:23out of the window,

00:52:25lost in thought

00:52:26which he did not share.

00:52:27When we saw my building

00:52:28reached

00:52:29I expected

00:52:31that he me as usual

00:52:32by Marco

00:52:32would allow it to be deducted.

00:52:35Instead he climbed

00:52:36from the car

00:52:36and accompanied me

00:52:38up.

00:52:38You don't have to,

00:52:40I started.

00:52:40Yes, I have to.

00:52:42He waited,

00:52:43until I my

00:52:44Apartment door unlocked

00:52:45had and followed me

00:52:47then went in without asking.

00:52:49Sophie was in a

00:52:50further layer

00:52:51So the apartment was empty.

00:52:53Raphael crept

00:52:54through the small space

00:52:55and checked windows

00:52:57and locks

00:52:58with professional

00:52:59Efficiency.

00:53:01When he was finished,

00:53:03he turned around

00:53:03in my tiny

00:53:04living room turned into my living room.

00:53:06And for the first time,

00:53:07since I met him,

00:53:08He looked uncertain.

00:53:10I have something to tell you,

00:53:12he said.

00:53:13This arrangement,

00:53:14that we met.

00:53:16It doesn't work that way,

00:53:17as I had planned.

00:53:19My throat became dry.

00:53:20What do you mean by that?

00:53:22I mean,

00:53:23I can't pretend like this any longer.

00:53:24as if this were purely business.

00:53:26He bridged the distance

00:53:28between us

00:53:29in two steps

00:53:30and stopped so close to me,

00:53:32that I the head

00:53:33had to put it on his neck

00:53:34to hit his eyes.

00:53:36I meant it seriously,

00:53:38what I said in the meatloaf.

00:53:40You are worth more

00:53:41than that

00:53:42what I'll pay you.

00:53:43More value

00:53:44than this charade.

00:53:46Raphael,

00:53:47Let me finish.

00:53:48His hand came up,

00:53:50to frame my face.

00:53:52His thumb stroked

00:53:53with painful gentleness

00:53:55above my cheekbone.

00:53:57These three weeks with you

00:53:58were the most authentic

00:54:00in my life,

00:54:01as long as I can remember.

00:54:03You see me.

00:54:04Not the power

00:54:05or the money

00:54:06or fear.

00:54:07Just me.

00:54:08And I've never

00:54:09something as much wanted as that,

00:54:11that you continue to me

00:54:12That's how you look at it.

00:54:13My breath caught in my throat.

00:54:15That couldn't have happened.

00:54:16This should be fake.

00:54:18Controlled.

00:54:19Secure.

00:54:20But the way,

00:54:21how he touched me.

00:54:22The raw honesty

00:54:24in his voice.

00:54:25Nothing about it was fake.

00:54:27That's a bad idea.

00:54:29I whispered.

00:54:31You know that.

00:54:32Probably the worst idea,

00:54:34that I've ever had.

00:54:35His forehead lowered onto mine

00:54:37and I could relieve the tension

00:54:39feel it in his body.

00:54:41Mastery,

00:54:42which it cost him.

00:54:43The final distance

00:54:45between us

00:54:45not to close.

00:54:46Tell me,

00:54:47that I should leave.

00:54:48Tell me,

00:54:49that this

00:54:49business remains

00:54:50and I will at this moment

00:54:52Go out this door.

00:54:54I should have said so.

00:54:55It would have affected us both

00:54:57before the inevitable

00:54:58Disaster protected,

00:54:59to cross this line.

00:55:01But I had

00:55:03three weeks

00:55:04lied to myself

00:55:05and so did

00:55:06as if my racing heart

00:55:08and my sleepless nights

00:55:10Just stage fright.

00:55:12So done

00:55:13as if I weren't

00:55:13every casual touch,

00:55:16every moment of warmth

00:55:17in his eyes,

00:55:19every second of his attention

00:55:21how treasures play

00:55:23that I could hoard.

00:55:25Instead of speaking,

00:55:26I closed the distance

00:55:28and kissed him.

00:55:29He froze for a heartbeat.

00:55:33Surprise,

00:55:33perhaps.

00:55:35Or he gave me

00:55:36one last chance,

00:55:37to withdraw it.

00:55:38Then they lay down

00:55:39his arms around me

00:55:41and the kiss

00:55:42became engrossed in something,

00:55:43that every careful boundary,

00:55:45which we had constructed

00:55:47wiped out.

00:55:48It tasted like Grabber

00:55:49and danger

00:55:50and his hands

00:55:51moved

00:55:52over my back,

00:55:53as if he were the shape

00:55:54my body

00:55:55learn by heart.

00:55:56I buried my fingers

00:55:58in his hair

00:55:59and let me

00:56:00to fall into the catastrophic truth,

00:56:02which I had avoided.

00:56:04I was Raphael Caputo

00:56:05completely

00:56:06and expire irrevocably.

00:56:09When we finally

00:56:10separated from each other

00:56:11both breathing heavily,

00:56:13he pressed his forehead

00:56:14against mine again.

00:56:16We'll do it.

00:56:17No more pretending.

00:56:19Your mother warned me.

00:56:21She said,

00:56:22Understanding dangerous men,

00:56:23It also makes you dangerous.

00:56:26My mother is right.

00:56:28He withdrew far enough,

00:56:30to look me in the eyes.

00:56:31But I believe

00:56:32You have always been more dangerous,

00:56:34Alessia.

00:56:35You just didn't know it yet.

00:56:36He kissed me again.

00:56:38Gentler this time.

00:56:40And I felt the last bit

00:56:41my resistance crumbled.

00:56:44We still had three weeks

00:56:45in our original arrangement.

00:56:48Three more weeks,

00:56:49to find out

00:56:51whether what we see in the performance

00:56:53had found

00:56:54that reality could survive.

00:56:56Three weeks,

00:56:57before Salvatore Costa

00:56:59or someone else

00:57:00would decide

00:57:01to test

00:57:02how far Raphael would go

00:57:04to protect myself.

00:57:06But as I stood there in my apartment,

00:57:08with Raphael's arms around me,

00:57:11None of it seemed to be happening.

00:57:12to be important.

00:57:13For the first time,

00:57:15since I met this insane

00:57:16had agreed to the arrangement,

00:57:18I wasn't thinking about money,

00:57:21Career opportunities

00:57:21or exit strategies.

00:57:24I was just thinking about it,

00:57:25how right it felt,

00:57:27to be held by someone

00:57:29who painstakingly worked on all my

00:57:30erected walls

00:57:31The person behind him saw the person passing by.

00:57:34Someone,

00:57:35the dangerous

00:57:36and was damaged

00:57:37and completely unwilling,

00:57:40to let me go.

00:57:42Now,

00:57:43because he had found me.

00:57:44We stayed like that for a long time,

00:57:47forehead to forehead,

00:57:48breathing the other person's air,

00:57:51balancing on the edge

00:57:52of something

00:57:53that could destroy us both.

00:57:55And I was given

00:57:56crystal-clear clarity,

00:57:59that I didn't care about the danger.

00:58:01I was only thinking about him anymore.

00:58:03The next two weeks

00:58:04were different.

00:58:05We still attended events,

00:58:08still played our roles

00:58:10for his mother

00:58:10and the various observers,

00:58:13who tracked Raphael's movements.

00:58:15But now,

00:58:17when his hand

00:58:17in private moments

00:58:19which I found

00:58:20It was not a performance.

00:58:22If he puts me in the back

00:58:23of the car

00:58:24pulled close to him

00:58:25and kisses on my temple

00:58:28or my hair pressed

00:58:30was it,

00:58:31because he wanted to

00:58:32not because someone was watching.

00:58:34He began,

00:58:35to stay longer

00:58:36when he dropped me off,

00:58:38sometimes until dawn

00:58:40and we just talked.

00:58:44I learned something

00:58:45about his childhood,

00:58:46the violence,

00:58:47which he had witnessed,

00:58:49the burden of expectation,

00:58:51who as the eldest son

00:58:52burdened him

00:58:54the silent grief

00:58:55to see his father

00:58:57which he was still wearing.

00:58:59He learned about the fighting.

00:59:00my family,

00:59:02after my mother

00:59:02had died,

00:59:04my determination,

00:59:05to build something significant,

00:59:07although I with nothing

00:59:08had begun

00:59:09and my fear,

00:59:11that I never

00:59:12would be enough.

00:59:14You are more than enough,

00:59:16he had said

00:59:16and with his fingertips

00:59:18Patterns on my palm

00:59:20drawn.

00:59:21You are everything,

00:59:22but the shadow

00:59:23by Salvatore Costa

00:59:25It got longer.

00:59:27Raphael told me

00:59:28one of his men

00:59:30a quiet,

00:59:31efficient woman

00:59:32named Elena,

00:59:34who was supposed to accompany me

00:59:35when I went to work.

00:59:37First I protested,

00:59:39but after I

00:59:40three days in a row

00:59:42the same car

00:59:43had noticed

00:59:44that followed me

00:59:46I stopped

00:59:46to argue.

00:59:48Raphael's World

00:59:49seeped into my

00:59:50and resistance

00:59:51It felt pointless.

00:59:53The last event

00:59:54our six weeks

00:59:55was a gala

00:59:56on Raphael

00:59:57own property,

00:59:59a property

01:00:00on the waterfront in Brooklyn

01:00:01with views

01:00:02on Manhattan

01:00:03that took my breath away.

01:00:05It should

01:00:06be a celebration

01:00:07the highlight

01:00:08our arrangement.

01:00:09Instead

01:00:10It felt like

01:00:11as if one were running

01:00:12into a trap.

01:00:13I felt it

01:00:14at that moment,

01:00:15when we arrived.

01:00:16The safety

01:00:17was stronger

01:00:18than usual.

01:00:19Raphael's Men

01:00:20were at every

01:00:21Entrance positioned.

01:00:23Their mines

01:00:24screamed

01:00:24based on threat analysis.

01:00:26Raphael

01:00:26He himself was tense.

01:00:28His hand

01:00:28never left

01:00:29my back

01:00:30while we

01:00:31through the quantity

01:00:31the guests

01:00:32moved.

01:00:33Something is wrong

01:00:35I whispered.

01:00:36Costa is here

01:00:37unloaded.

01:00:39Raphael's jaw

01:00:39tensed up.

01:00:41He is making a statement.

01:00:42I scanned the quantity

01:00:44and found him.

01:00:45A silver-haired man

01:00:46in the sixties,

01:00:47with that type of face,

01:00:49that good looking

01:00:50had been

01:00:51before cruelty

01:00:52it had transformed.

01:00:53He was standing nearby

01:00:55the eastern windows

01:00:56with his own entourage

01:00:58and observed Raphael

01:01:00and me

01:01:00with an expression,

01:01:02which gave me goosebumps

01:01:03bestowed.

01:01:04What does he want?

01:01:06Prove,

01:01:07That I am weak?

01:01:08That you have a weakness

01:01:09are,

01:01:10which he can exploit?

01:01:12Raphael

01:01:12led me deeper

01:01:13into the ballroom,

01:01:14away from

01:01:15Costa's line of sight.

01:01:17Stay close to me.

01:01:19Leave my page

01:01:20Under no circumstances.

01:01:21But an hour

01:01:23after the start of the evening

01:01:24I apologized

01:01:25for the toilet,

01:01:26despite Raphael

01:01:28visible reluctance.

01:01:30Elena accompanied me

01:01:31and stood in front of the door guard.

01:01:33I had just finished

01:01:34with handwashing,

01:01:35when I got into a scuffle

01:01:36heard in the hallway.

01:01:38Something bounced

01:01:39against the wall.

01:01:39A cry of pain.

01:01:41I flung the door open.

01:01:43Elena was lying on the ground.

01:01:45Blood flowed

01:01:45from her nose

01:01:46and two men,

01:01:47which I did not recognize,

01:01:48They were standing in the hallway.

01:01:50Before I could scream,

01:01:51one of them pressed me

01:01:52a hand over the mouth

01:01:53and dragged me

01:01:54towards a service exit.

01:01:56Terror shot

01:01:58like electricity through me.

01:02:00I bit my hand hard,

01:02:01which covered my mouth

01:02:03and tasted blood.

01:02:04The man cursed.

01:02:06His grip loosened

01:02:07just far enough

01:02:08that I can break free

01:02:09and could run.

01:02:10Not towards the ballroom,

01:02:12but to the stages,

01:02:13which led to the roof.

01:02:14I didn't think about it,

01:02:16It only moved me.

01:02:17Pure survival instinct.

01:02:20Behind me

01:02:20thunderous footsteps.

01:02:22I pushed open the roof access door.

01:02:24and stepped out into the cold night air.

01:02:26The city sparkled around me.

01:02:28like false promises.

01:02:30I had nowhere to go.

01:02:32Nowhere to hide.

01:02:34The door behind me slammed open.

01:02:35and Salvatore Costa stepped out,

01:02:38flanked by his men.

01:02:40Up close, he was smaller,

01:02:42than I had expected,

01:02:43but the cruelty in his eyes

01:02:46was enlarged.

01:02:48Alessia Moretti.

01:02:50He said my name

01:02:51like a curse.

01:02:52Do you know,

01:02:53what do you represent?

01:02:55Raphael Caputos

01:02:56greatest weakness.

01:02:57The thing,

01:02:58which finally makes him vulnerable.

01:02:59I moved in the direction

01:03:00back to the roof edge.

01:03:02My thoughts

01:03:03looked for options.

01:03:04Whatever they believe,

01:03:06that I am for him

01:03:07You are wrong.

01:03:09Do I do that?

01:03:10He smiled.

01:03:11And that was the most terrifying thing,

01:03:13the best I had ever seen.

01:03:14Then you won't mind,

01:03:16if I remove you from the equation.

01:03:18Either Raphael lets you die

01:03:20and thus proves,

01:03:22that you don't matter.

01:03:23Or he tears his organization apart,

01:03:27to save you.

01:03:28And thus proves,

01:03:30that you are exactly the means of exerting pressure,

01:03:32that I need.

01:03:33The roof access door exploded again.

01:03:36and Raphael stepped out

01:03:38like something out of a nightmare.

01:03:40Violence barely restrained,

01:03:42he had already drawn his weapon.

01:03:44Behind him, Marco

01:03:45and six other men onto the roof.

01:03:48All armed.

01:03:49All with deadly precision

01:03:51in motion.

01:03:52Touch them and die.

01:03:54Raphael's voice was completely flat.

01:03:57Free from emotion.

01:03:58In that way,

01:03:59who promised unspeakable things.

01:04:02These are your only options.

01:04:04Salvatore.

01:04:05Go away now,

01:04:06or I'll paint this roof with that,

01:04:08what remains of you.

01:04:10Costa raised his hands

01:04:11in feigned surrender.

01:04:14So dramatic.

01:04:15I only dealt with your

01:04:16entertain pretty girls,

01:04:18she wanted to get to know her.

01:04:20By your dogs

01:04:21to put their hands on her?

01:04:22Raphael stepped forward

01:04:23and I saw the calculation

01:04:25in his eyes.

01:04:26Angle.

01:04:27Distances.

01:04:28Who would die first?

01:04:30if this

01:04:31escalated into a firefight?

01:04:34Last chance.

01:04:35Go away.

01:04:36For a breathless moment

01:04:38balanced the world

01:04:39on a knife edge.

01:04:40Then Costa smiled again

01:04:42and gave his men a signal.

01:04:44They moved in the direction

01:04:46back to the roof access door,

01:04:48moved slowly

01:04:49and kept their hands visible.

01:04:52This is not over yet,

01:04:54Costa said,

01:04:55when he reached the door frame.

01:04:57You believe,

01:04:57A woman is worth it,

01:04:58to start a war?

01:05:00Raphael's expression

01:05:01Nothing changed.

01:05:03I think,

01:05:03that you're testing me again.

01:05:05Means,

01:05:06that I don't

01:05:07I have expressed myself clearly enough.

01:05:09Alessia is taboo.

01:05:11Touch them,

01:05:12threaten them

01:05:13Just look at her the wrong way.

01:05:15And I will do everything,

01:05:16what you have built,

01:05:17Dismantle piece by piece,

01:05:19while you watch.

01:05:20Then I will kill everyone.

01:05:21who ever meant anything to you.

01:05:24Then,

01:05:24finally,

01:05:25I will kill you.

01:05:27Do we agree now?

01:05:29A change

01:05:30entered Costa's face.

01:05:32The realization,

01:05:33that Raphael

01:05:34I meant every word.

01:05:36He nodded once

01:05:37and then disappeared

01:05:38with his men

01:05:39down the stairs.

01:05:41At that moment,

01:05:42when they were gone,

01:05:43Raphael stuck

01:05:44his weapon away

01:05:45and bridged

01:05:46the distance

01:05:47to me

01:05:47in three steps.

01:05:49His hands

01:05:50framed my face.

01:05:51His eyes

01:05:52scanned me

01:05:53after injuries.

01:05:55Are you injured?

01:05:56Did they touch you?

01:05:58I'm doing well.

01:06:00I only have…

01:06:01My voice broke.

01:06:02The adrenaline

01:06:03It crashed through my system.

01:06:05He wanted to kill me,

01:06:07to prove a point.

01:06:09No.

01:06:10Raphael's Hands

01:06:11trembled slightly

01:06:12on my skin.

01:06:13The only sign of this,

01:06:15how close he

01:06:15total violence

01:06:17had come.

01:06:17I would have liked this city

01:06:19burned to ashes

01:06:20before I would have allowed,

01:06:22that he hurts you.

01:06:23Do you understand that?

01:06:24There is nothing.

01:06:26No business.

01:06:27No territory.

01:06:29No peace.

01:06:30That's more important

01:06:31as your safety.

01:06:32The explanation

01:06:33It should have scared me.

01:06:35Instead, she solidified

01:06:36something in my chest.

01:06:38I love you,

01:06:39I whispered.

01:06:40I know,

01:06:41This is not part

01:06:42our deal.

01:06:43I know,

01:06:44It's insane,

01:06:45but…

01:06:46He kissed me.

01:06:47Before I could finish speaking.

01:06:49Desperate

01:06:50and possessive

01:06:52and tender at the same time.

01:06:53When he withdrew,

01:06:55His eyes were burning.

01:06:57I have you

01:06:58loved in that moment

01:06:59when you me

01:07:00to $60,000

01:07:01You have highly valued it.

01:07:03I have loved you,

01:07:04when you were my mother

01:07:05You stood up to them.

01:07:06I have you

01:07:07every second

01:07:08loved ever since,

01:07:09even when I tried,

01:07:11to convince me of this,

01:07:12that I wouldn't.

01:07:14Around us

01:07:15were his men

01:07:16discreetly again

01:07:17disappeared downwards

01:07:18and gave us

01:07:19Privacy.

01:07:20The city

01:07:21glittered beneath us

01:07:22and somewhere

01:07:24in this tangle

01:07:24of light and shadow

01:07:26Salvatore Costa planned

01:07:27his next step.

01:07:29But up here,

01:07:30at this moment,

01:07:32nothing played

01:07:33one of them plays a role.

01:07:34What do we do now?

01:07:36I asked.

01:07:37Now?

01:07:38Raphael hugged me

01:07:39against his chest

01:07:40an arm around my

01:07:41Shoulders crossed,

01:07:43while the other

01:07:44still slightly

01:07:44trembled from the violence,

01:07:46which he almost

01:07:47would have unleashed

01:07:49Now I'm doing

01:07:50everyone in this city

01:07:51unmistakably clear

01:07:52that you under

01:07:53You are under my protection,

01:07:54that it is the same

01:07:56to threaten you,

01:07:57how to me the war

01:07:58to explain.

01:07:59And then we find

01:08:00out of here,

01:08:00what comes next.

01:08:02Because our six weeks

01:08:03are around

01:08:04and I'll let you

01:08:05not go.

01:08:06I don't want to

01:08:07that you let me go.

01:08:09Good.

01:08:10He pressed his lips

01:08:12on my temple

01:08:12and I felt

01:08:14how the absolute

01:08:15certainty in his

01:08:16Body slightly relaxed.

01:08:18Because I will keep you,

01:08:20Alessia Moretti,

01:08:21as long as you let me.

01:08:23We were standing there like this

01:08:23on the roof,

01:08:25during the party

01:08:25continued below.

01:08:27Two people,

01:08:28that are real

01:08:29had stumbled into it,

01:08:30while they pretended,

01:08:32It's something counterfeit.

01:08:34The danger was not over.

01:08:36Costa would like

01:08:37reorganize.

01:08:38Other threats

01:08:39would appear.

01:08:40And Rafael's World

01:08:42would always cast a shadow

01:08:43entail,

01:08:44which I need to navigate

01:08:45would have to learn.

01:08:46But I had stopped

01:08:48To be afraid.

01:08:49Somewhere between the

01:08:51Plaza Hotel

01:08:51and this roof

01:08:53I had

01:08:54from someone

01:08:54who didn't belong

01:08:56transformed into someone

01:08:58who has its own place

01:09:00in Rafael's dangerous,

01:09:02complicated world

01:09:03had claimed.

01:09:05And I had it

01:09:06not done

01:09:07by changing,

01:09:08who I was

01:09:09but by I

01:09:10exactly myself.

01:09:12Stubborn,

01:09:13determined

01:09:14and unwilling

01:09:14to accept

01:09:16that love

01:09:16had to be sure

01:09:18to be real.

01:09:19Rafael's phone

01:09:20vibrated

01:09:21and he pulled it

01:09:22with visible

01:09:23Reluctance is expressed.

01:09:24His expression

01:09:25hardened

01:09:26when he read the message.

01:09:28Costa has formally

01:09:30I requested a discussion.

01:09:32Peace talks.

01:09:33is it good?

01:09:34It's better

01:09:35as an open war.

01:09:37He plugged in the phone

01:09:38away and took my hand.

01:09:40But it means

01:09:41that the next few weeks

01:09:42will be tricky.

01:09:43Can you handle that?

01:09:45I thought about the last

01:09:47six weeks

01:09:47the galas

01:09:48and family meals

01:09:50the careful

01:09:51Performances

01:09:52and the real moments,

01:09:53the terror

01:09:54on this roof

01:09:55and the absolute

01:09:57conviction

01:09:57in Raphael's eyes,

01:09:58when he had promised,

01:10:00to destroy everyone,

01:10:01who threatened me.

01:10:02I had all that

01:10:03survived

01:10:04was even in it

01:10:05blossomed.

01:10:06I can handle anything,

01:10:08I said,

01:10:09as long as you are honest

01:10:10to me

01:10:10what we are getting ourselves into.

01:10:12Always.

01:10:13He raised my hand

01:10:14to his lips

01:10:15and kissed my ankles

01:10:17with unconscious

01:10:18Chivalry.

01:10:20No more secrets,

01:10:21no more performance,

01:10:23Just the two of us now,

01:10:24who have that together

01:10:25find out.

01:10:26We went back

01:10:27downward

01:10:28to a party

01:10:29who are now

01:10:30felt different.

01:10:32I was not

01:10:33no longer an outsider,

01:10:34which claimed

01:10:35to belong,

01:10:36rather

01:10:36Raphael Caputos

01:10:38chosen partner,

01:10:40which is his own

01:10:41complicated weight

01:10:43which brought with it.

01:10:44People saw

01:10:45I look different

01:10:46spoke with me

01:10:47with a careful,

01:10:48of fear

01:10:49enforce

01:10:50With deepest respect.

01:10:51I was through

01:10:51association

01:10:52It has become dangerous

01:10:53just like Francesca

01:10:55had warned.

01:10:56And the strange thing is...

01:10:57was.

01:10:58It made me

01:10:59nothing.

01:11:00Francesca

01:11:01found us

01:11:02towards the end

01:11:02of the evening.

01:11:03Their sharp

01:11:04Eyes took

01:11:05our intertwined

01:11:06Hands true.

01:11:07The protective

01:11:08angle of

01:11:09Raphael's body

01:11:10the prints

01:11:11to my

01:11:12wrists,

01:11:12where Costas

01:11:13man me

01:11:14had packed.

01:11:15She didn't ask,

01:11:16what had happened.

01:11:17She already knew.

01:11:19Welcome to the

01:11:20Family,

01:11:21she said to me.

01:11:22And this time

01:11:23was not

01:11:23threat or

01:11:24a test.

01:11:25It was a

01:11:26simple

01:11:26recognition

01:11:27reality.

01:11:28Thanks.

01:11:29I encountered

01:11:31her gaze fixed.

01:11:32I will

01:11:32on him

01:11:33watch out.

01:11:34I know,

01:11:35that you

01:11:35you will.

01:11:36She smiled

01:11:37and for the first time

01:11:38It reached

01:11:39her eyes.

01:11:40You are stronger,

01:11:41than you look,

01:11:42Alessia Moretti.

01:11:43You will

01:11:44must be.

01:11:46After they

01:11:46had gone

01:11:47Raphael drew me

01:11:48onto the dance floor

01:11:49to a song

01:11:50that I don't

01:11:51recognized,

01:11:51something slow

01:11:53and old

01:11:54and impossible

01:11:55Romantic.

01:11:56We were weighing ourselves

01:11:57together,

01:11:58during his world

01:11:59watched

01:12:00and I was

01:12:00clear,

01:12:01that this

01:12:02the moment

01:12:03was

01:12:03the,

01:12:04in which

01:12:04everything complete

01:12:06and irrevocably

01:12:07changed.

01:12:08What happens

01:12:10with the

01:12:10$60,000?

01:12:11I asked

01:12:12to his chest

01:12:13leaned.

01:12:14What are

01:12:14$60,000?

01:12:16He withdrew

01:12:17back,

01:12:17to look at me

01:12:19its expression

01:12:19genuinely confused.

01:12:21Our deal,

01:12:22six weeks

01:12:23$60,000.

01:12:24This deal

01:12:25ended at that moment,

01:12:26when you me

01:12:27in your apartment

01:12:28you kissed.

01:12:29His hand

01:12:30moved

01:12:31in my

01:12:31lower back

01:12:32and pressed

01:12:33me closer

01:12:33per se.

01:12:35Everything after that

01:12:35was real

01:12:36what means,

01:12:38that you don't

01:12:38You get paid for it

01:12:39my girlfriend

01:12:40to be.

01:12:41You get

01:12:42instead

01:12:43everything else.

01:12:44Everything else?

01:12:45Protection,

01:12:46Devotion,

01:12:47Access to my world

01:12:48and all their

01:12:49Complications.

01:12:51He leaned

01:12:52down,

01:12:52until his lips

01:12:53brushed against my ear.

01:12:55Me.

01:12:57Completely

01:12:58and without

01:12:58Reservations.

01:13:00Is that enough?

01:13:01I thought

01:13:02to the woman,

01:13:02which I before

01:13:03six weeks

01:13:03had been

01:13:04the invisible

01:13:05at a gala

01:13:06stood and desperate

01:13:08tried

01:13:08somewhere related

01:13:09to belong.

01:13:10That woman

01:13:11would have the money

01:13:12required

01:13:13would have been on that

01:13:13passed

01:13:14things

01:13:15transactional

01:13:16and sure

01:13:16to keep.

01:13:17But I

01:13:18was

01:13:19More here.

01:13:20Somewhere

01:13:20on the way

01:13:21was I

01:13:21to someone

01:13:22become,

01:13:23the on

01:13:23a roof

01:13:24with a

01:13:24Mafia boss

01:13:25stand and

01:13:26honesty

01:13:27could demand.

01:13:28Someone,

01:13:29the with

01:13:30dangerous

01:13:30men

01:13:31negotiate

01:13:31and win

01:13:32could.

01:13:33Someone,

01:13:33the without

01:13:34Guarantees

01:13:35could love

01:13:35and it

01:13:36Strength

01:13:37instead of

01:13:37weakness

01:13:37named.

01:13:38It is enough,

01:13:40I whispered.

01:13:41It is

01:13:41everything.

01:13:43We

01:13:43danced,

01:13:44until the

01:13:44last

01:13:44Guest left

01:13:45was

01:13:45only

01:13:46still his

01:13:47Family

01:13:47and

01:13:48closest

01:13:48confidants

01:13:49were left

01:13:50until the

01:13:51Waiters began

01:13:52the tables

01:13:52to clear up and

01:13:53the city

01:13:54outside

01:13:54the windows

01:13:55their slow

01:13:56Ascent in

01:13:57Direction

01:13:57Morning thaw

01:13:58began.

01:13:59And through

01:13:59all that

01:14:00held me

01:14:00Raphael

01:14:01firmly,

01:14:02as if

01:14:02I that

01:14:03Most precious

01:14:04in his

01:14:04Universe.

01:14:05What I,

01:14:06how I

01:14:07slowly

01:14:07understand

01:14:08began

01:14:09actually

01:14:09was.

01:14:11Before

01:14:11six weeks

01:14:11was I

01:14:12on a

01:14:12party

01:14:13ignored

01:14:13have been

01:14:14until one

01:14:14Mafia boss

01:14:15me

01:14:16metaphorically

01:14:17on his

01:14:17lap

01:14:18pulled and

01:14:19me one

01:14:19Devil's pact

01:14:20offered.

01:14:21Now

01:14:21I stood

01:14:22in the

01:14:22Poor

01:14:22the same

01:14:23man,

01:14:24not as

01:14:24Part

01:14:25one

01:14:25Transaction,

01:14:26but as

01:14:27someone,

01:14:27who

01:14:28his

01:14:28Place

01:14:29through

01:14:29Fire

01:14:30and

01:14:30courage

01:14:31and

01:14:31the

01:14:31stubborn

01:14:32Refusal,

01:14:33someone

01:14:33other

01:14:34as they

01:14:34himself

01:14:35to be,

01:14:36earned

01:14:36had.

01:14:37The

01:14:38City

01:14:38sparkled

01:14:39outside,

01:14:40full of

01:14:41People,

01:14:41their

01:14:41own mountains

01:14:42climbed,

01:14:43their own

01:14:44Slaughter

01:14:44hit

01:14:45after their

01:14:46own

01:14:46Versions

01:14:47from

01:14:47affiliation

01:14:48searched.

01:14:49And I

01:14:50had my

01:14:50at

01:14:51most unexpected

01:14:52Location

01:14:52found,

01:14:53in the

01:14:53Poor

01:14:54one

01:14:54dangerous

01:14:55man,

01:14:55the through

01:14:56mine

01:14:56invisibility

01:14:57through

01:14:57on the

01:14:58Strength

01:14:58including

01:14:59looked

01:14:59had.

01:15:00Bring

01:15:01me

01:15:01after

01:15:01house,

01:15:02said

01:15:02I,

01:15:03although

01:15:03I

01:15:03me

01:15:03not

01:15:03more

01:15:04secure

01:15:04was

01:15:04which

01:15:05At home

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