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00:08five years after leaving the country i returned to attend mrs sterling's birthday gala at the
00:13plaza my former fiancé sierra sterling i'd been engaged to since we were eight pulled
00:19out a custom designed tom ford tuxedo and proposed to me in front of everyone
00:31the ballroom erupted
00:36they all expected me to fall to my knees in tears of joy say yes beg her to take me
00:42back
00:43after all i'd love sierra sterling with the kind of desperate embarrassing devotion that became
00:49manhattan society legend but they seem to have forgotten something five years ago at our wedding
00:55she ripped the custom armani suit off my body in front of 300 guests stomped on it with her laobao
01:01teens for another man she publicly accused me of academic fraud scientific misconduct the wedding
01:09was cancelled i stood there in front of everyone judged mocked destroyed that day i left for europe
01:15alone but now that i am back mrs sterling grips my shoulder des ethan sierra missed you terribly
01:22these past five years even after what you did she never forgot you after you left she spent a fortune
01:28burying those scandals if you're willing to give her another chance the sterling family will give you
01:33an even grander wedding than before ethan quinn will you marry me when i don't answer sierra repeats her
01:39proposal ethan quinn will you marry me mrs sterling watches me with expectant eyes like i am a charity
01:46case who should be grateful i thought seeing sierra again would make me angry but standing here looking
01:52at her holding that tuxedo like a peace offering i feel nothing absolutely nothing the ballroom falls
02:00silent some curious most waiting for the drama when i left new york five years ago i never came back
02:07they don't know i am married that i have a daughter so i don't know if sierra orchestrated
02:12this public proposal herself or if she is planning to humiliate me again for sport
02:18a flash of mockery crosses my expression but i keep my face polite detached thank you for the honor
02:23miss sterling i was young and foolish back then i don't have those feelings anymore
02:29what he rejected her is he insane didn't he literally beg her to marry him for years now she's
02:34proposing and he said no everyone stares at me like i've lost my mind because five years ago i did
02:43more than a few foolish things for sierra sterling i made waves that rippled through all of manhattan's
02:48elite circles like the time i spent nine million dollars on fireworks at the brooklyn bridge spelled
02:53out sierra sterling in the sky for her birthday or when i hired drones to fly over times square for
02:57an
02:58entire month displaying sierra 30 ethan on continuous loop two weeks before our wedding i bought every digital
03:03billboard in manhattan had our engagement photos rotating fighter at 25 i loved her like a man
03:09possessed wanted the whole world to witness our perfect love story never imagined she'd betray me
03:15after all this was sierra sterling my first constant my childhood promise she learned my
03:19name before she learned most words learned how to spell ethan long before she cared about spelling
03:24her own growing up she was always just there reminding me to take care of myself quietly fixing the
03:29things i forgot folding my shirts without being asked like it was simply part of loving me
03:33for 20 years we were closer than siblings more in sync than most married couples even when i became
03:38the notoriously strict professor quinn at mit with her i was still the little boy who called her sierra
03:43bear and chased her around with flowers always tender always devoted always hers the year our love
03:48burned brightest we stood at the love lock bridge in paris and vowed to be together forever i believed
03:53love like ours was eternal until one month before the wedding when liam carter was brought into
03:58the sterling household as their ward supposedly he was the orphan son of mr sterling's old army
04:03buddy his father had saved mr sterling's life so they took liam in out of obligation at first sierra
04:10and i were both kind to him i even took him to nick's games and taught him to golf but
04:15somehow somewhere
04:16along the way sierra started spending more and more time with liam she started bringing him on our dates
04:21our private dinners for two became dinners for three on valentine's day sierra promised to come
04:27with me for the final fitting of the custom tuxedo she designed for our wedding i called her a hundred
04:33times waited in our penthouse for two hours all i got was a text something came up rain check frustrated
04:40i went to the tailor alone and found liam carter standing there wearing my custom tuxedo sierra
04:45adjusting his collar her cousin circling him like vultures calling him brother and law their praise
04:51and laughter made it seem like liam and sierra were the engaged couple and i was the outsider
04:55rage and humiliation burned through me my vision went red do you even remember i'm your fiancee i
05:01demanded voice shaking sierra finally looked up from liam no guilt no shame just annoyance i told you
05:08something came up why are you here can you stop being so paranoid and jealous all the time you're
05:16acting pathetic like a child i'm ethan quinn son of wall street legend marcus quinn me t is youngest
05:23tenured professor i don't take disrespect from anyone sierra sterling who gave you permission to
05:29talk to me like that you're something was spending time with liam making him wear my tuxedo my voice
05:36cracked by the time i finished speaking i'd crushed my phone screen in my fist without realizing it sierra
05:42instinctively grabbed my bleeding hand but her tone was still accusatory ethan stop making a scene
05:47you always do this i'm tired of plaviting you i just had liam try on the tux for sizing why
05:53are
05:53you throwing a tantrum over something so small i was so shocked i forgot to respond sierra sterling was
06:00lecturing me blaming me for 20 years no matter what i did she never said a harsh word to me
06:06spoiled me
06:07rotten but now she is calling me unreasonable in front of all these people like she has forgotten
06:13that she is the one who made me this way my silence stretches too long sierra's expression softens with
06:19regret ethan i'm sorry i shouldn't have said that but you accused me me without knowing the full story
06:26that hurt i forced myself to stay calm decide to hear her explanation
06:33then explain why did you cancel on me today sierra soothes me by squeezing my fingers kisses my cheek
06:41then launches into her story didn't you notice the sapphire cufflicks on the tux came loose
06:47the original technique wasn't securing them properly so i switched to a new method i needed a model to test
06:52if they'd hold but my usual model canceled so i grabbed liam as a last minute substitute her tone is
06:59earnest gentle it sounds reasonable my anger cools but i am still not satisfied then what about your
07:07cousins calling him brother-in-law oh ethan you're so spoiled my cousin talking about getting a tux for
07:17the brother-in-law meaning you you're taking it out of context she puts on a wounded expression
07:24teasing me with her eyes i'm already embarrassed about my outburst now i just want to grab her hand
07:30and leave but before i can touch her liam steps between us ethan this is all my fault i offered
07:40to
07:40be sierra's model please hit me if you want just don't be angry at her liam stares at me like
07:50a kicked
07:50puppy the people around us glare at me like i am a monster even sierra reaches out to comfort liam
07:58while gently suggesting i leave later liam bought me an expensive watch as an apology mrs sterling came
08:08to our penthouse to explain everything personally but something felt off they were apologizing to me
08:14sure but their words were laced with protectiveness toward liam sorry ethan liam lee sorry he just got
08:21a little carried away ethan you know liam is the son of the man who saved my husband's life his
08:27father
08:27is gone now and liam's alone we have to take care of him sierra nodded along eagerly
08:34exactly ethan liam's young we should be looking out for him plus you're about to marry me you'll be his
08:41brother-in-law soon why fight with the family sierra looks so sincere i let it go sierra smiled
08:49took an emerald ring from a velvet box and slid it onto my finger there is mr quim and done
08:54being grumpy
08:55now i felt the warmth of her touch and finally relaxed i handed her a folder sterling industries
09:03wants to expand into tech right this is my latest research from mit ethan i love you before i could
09:10finish sierra threw herself into my arms her enthusiasm made me blush i was so focused on
09:16our future together i didn't realize her love wasn't exclusive that it was quietly shifting toward liam
09:22carter her instagram became a shrine to liam photos of them together every single day rumors started
09:33spreading through manhattan's elite circles the quinn sterling engagement was off the sterling family
09:38was planning to marry sierra to their ward instead i heard the whispers and wanted to confront the
09:42sterlings immediately but before i could liam showed up at my mit office gone was the scared timid
09:48boy from a week ago now his expression dripped with smug satisfaction ethan you've heard the rumors
09:53right that's not just the sterling family's intention it's sierra's too if you don't want to embarrass
10:00yourself cancel the engagement i clenched my fists to control my rage i promised sierra i'd be patient
10:07with liam but liam misread my silence's weakness his smile widened still in denial ethan don't worry
10:16you'll see sierra's choice soon enough i snapped my fist connected with his jaw
10:23get out liam stumbled backward shocked that i'd actually hit him he fled furious i opened my phone
10:30and sent sierra the audio recording of liam's taunts waited for her to apologize but instead of
10:35apologizing she questioned me ethan is there some misunderstanding liam's always been kind and
10:42thoughtful he'd never do this are you sure someone didn't trick you i stared at the screen in disbelief
10:4820 years of history audio evidence and she still chose to believe liam over me she doubted me for
10:53a kid she'd known less than a month i threw my phone across the room decided i was done trying
10:59that night sierra flew five hours from a conference in london to new york
11:03just to smooth things over when i saw her exhausted face at my door i couldn't turn her away
11:09the moment i opened the door she kissed me deep and desperate we didn't pull apart until we were both
11:14breathless ethan i only see liam as a brother i'd never have feelings for him you believe me right
11:20but he's my father's savior's son there are things i can't control you understand don't you
11:25besides we're getting married next week you wouldn't abandon me now would you she looked
11:30up at me with those wide pleading eyes so careful so vulnerable my resolve crumbled i chose to believe
11:35her unconditionally i didn't know that trust wasn't mutual that she was about to push me into hell with her
11:40own hands on our wedding day i stood outside the sterling estate in my tuxedo for hours
11:49sierra never came out when i finally checked my phone the internet had exploded the number one
11:55trending topic number ethan quinn academic fraud i was about to click when sterling industries project
12:01manager called mr quinn the press is destroying us can you explain why the research data you gave us is
12:09fraudulent i froze that is impossible the data was from month of sleepless nights in my mighty lab
12:15every number meticulously recorded i'd already produced working prototypes there was no way it
12:21was wrong i wouldn't have given my research to sterling industries if sierra hadn't asked me to help
12:26expand their tech division mr quinn we want to believe you but liam carter pointed out errors in your
12:33formulas the truth crashed over me like ice water i'd given my research to sierra first kept it
12:40confidential didn't publish it yet how would liam college dropout with a sports management degree
12:47even get my research let alone find errors in advanced quantum physics equations in a matter of
12:52days eliminate the impossible and whatever remains however painful is the truth sierra gave my research
12:59to liam let him claim it as his own accused me of stealing from him but i still couldn't believe
13:05it made excuses for her in my head this was sierra sterling my sierra the girl i'd loved for 20
13:12years
13:12i couldn't accept it i raced to the sterling estate in my wedding tuxtado not even stopping to change
13:21when i arrived i found sierra standing protectively in front of liam facing a crowd of reporters sterling and
13:27industry vouches for liam carter the research he published yesterday is entirely his own work
13:33her words were a knife to my chest the final confirmation this was my fianchi the woman i'd
13:40loved for two decades and i'd never truly known her at all the reporters spotted me and swarmed what's
13:46your response to the academic fraud allegations miss stalling just confirmed liam carter's research
13:51is legitimate does that mean you plagiarized his work before i could answer liam spoke to the cameras
13:59with fake tears in his eyes ethan did threaten me while i was working on this research but i don't
14:06believe he'd steal my work he pulled out his phone and played the video i looked at liam coldly then
14:14turned to sierra miss sterling what's your opinion on all this sierra couldn't meet my eyes after a long pause
14:29ethan even though you're my fiancee i can't lie for you
14:34her words were a public execution not only did she confirm i was a fraud she wanted liam to build
14:40his
14:40reputation on my corpse the last shred of hope died i closed my eyes
14:51i'll hold a press conference later to prove my innocence as for the quinn sterling engagement
14:57it's over i turned to leave but liam wasn't satisfied he grabbed my arm crying dramatically
15:02ethan i didn't want this to go public please stop sending people to hurt me i'm sorry i'm so sorry
15:07ethan i tolerated your jealousy before but liam is innocent you've done enough damage are you really
15:12going to use the sterling family's power to destroy him decoration still hung in the sterling windows
15:16i still wore the tuxedo sierra designed for me but none of it mattered anymore it only made me look
15:22more pathetic i looked sierra in the eye saw her clutching liam's hand protectively saw liam mouth
15:29something in mandarin idiot in the age of social media spreading lies takes seconds disproving them
15:42takes forever i held press conference after press conference to clear my name nothing worked the
15:48internet had decided i was a fraud a thief a rich boy using his family's power to cover up crimes
15:53everywhere i went people whispered pointed no amount of evidence could change their minds
15:58so when i received an offer from europe's top research institute a week later i didn't hesitate
16:04i left the country five years passed i returned with groundbreaking research that made headlines
16:09worldwide the fraud accusations evaporated overnight are you still angry at me sierra's
16:15voice pulls me back to the present i look at her holding that tuxedo face full of manufactured
16:20longing it is laughable i had my reasons back then you have to believe me a small voice interrupts
16:26i catch my daughter as she runs across the ballroom floor poop her tiny nose ava were you naughty again
16:33didn't mommy tell you to stay home ava pouts dodging my hand ava was good but mommy missed daddy so
16:40she
16:40brought ava here our conversation isn't loud but in the silent ballroom everyone hears shock ripples
16:46through the crowd daddy that's his daughter ethan quinn got married but didn't he swear he'd never
16:53love anyone but sierra is this real maybe it is fake even sierra looks like she's been struck by
16:58lightning you're married i smooth ava's soft hair genuinely confused isn't it obvious how else would i
17:07have a daughter sierra stares at our joined hands like they're betraying her personally her voice cracks
17:12you need to say it out loud i sigh five years ago the wedding was in switzerland we didn't invite
17:19anyone from new york the ballroom erupts again five years ago he got married right after leaving
17:25no way he loved sierra sterling for years he can't have moved on that fast this has to be fake
17:30remember
17:31the fireworks the billboards he's probably just trying to make her jealous exactly sierra
17:35sterling is manhattan's most eligible bachelet ethan would never give that up unless
17:41wait the only woman new york who could compete would be celeste whitmer from the old money families
17:45but she got married five years ago too the gossip swirls around me but i am calm focused on peeling
17:51an orange for ava time is rain it washed away all the rage and pain when i look back now
17:55there is
17:56nothing left but clean pavement but no one else seems to understand that they're all still living in
18:01five years ago sierra stares at me with a complicated expression her voice turns pleading
18:07ethan stop this charade i admit i was wrong i'll apologize you can punish me however you want
18:13just stop pretending you're married it it hurts before i can respond ava speaks up in her adorable
18:20little voice miss can't you understand daddy mommy really is married to daddy and they have a love
18:30i give sierra an apologetic smile ava's still young please forgive her bluntness miss sterling
18:37but as for the past i've forgotten all of it
18:42the ballroom explodes into chaos again i have no interest in being gossip fodder i take ava's hand
18:48to leave but sierra won't let it go she grabs my arm and pulls out the tuxedo again eyes shining
18:54with
18:54fake devotion ethan i've thought about you every single day for five years i don't care that you're
18:59a divorced man now i still want you will you wear this tuxu for me again i look at her
19:03performance
19:03with disgust yank my arm away miss sterling this tuxedo was specially designed for liam carter wasn't
19:09it i wouldn't dare wear it after all i'll never forget how you testified against me for his sake
19:14sierra's face lights up ethan you're jealous you still care about me i know what i did was wrong
19:20but i had my reasons give me one more chance i'll treat you right this time i am exhausted by
19:25her meaningless excuses my voice turns cold miss sterling i don't forgive trash and i don't take
19:32out garbage please have some dignity and stop harassing a married man my wife and i are very
19:37much in love i don't want her getting the wrong idea sierra's mask cracks she loses it ethan are you
19:43seriously still playing this game you chased me for 20 years we have hundreds of love locks hanging in
19:49paris with our names on them and now you're pretending you're married who's gonna believe
19:53that if you're really married where's your wife show me when she meets my calm indifferent gaze
19:59panic crosses her face she softens again ethan please i'm begging you stop being angry at me
20:07the people around us start to waver wait didn't sierra reject him at their wedding five years ago
20:13now it looks like he's the one who rejected her yeah ethan looks completely unbothered sierra's the
20:19one who can't let go sierra looks at me desperately then she does the unthinkable she kneels right
20:24there in the middle of the plaza ballroom holds up the tuxedo like an offering ethan quinn will you
20:29marry me he won't an icy voice cuts through the room everyone turns a woman in a tailored black
20:36evening dress stepped into view he doesn't she said her voice sharp and steady because he is already
20:42married with me she'd only gone to the bathroom for five minutes and someone was already trying
20:48to steal her husband whoever this woman was she had some nerve celeste whitmore reaches me and wraps
20:52her arm possessively around mine honey someone in the crowd gasps that's celeste whitmore from the old
20:58money whitmore's what's she doing here wait did she just call ethan quinn her husband i feel celeste's
21:03grip tighten dangerously on my arm i sigh internally i've dealt with her jealousy before this won't end
21:08well who has been getting impatient with sierra's dramatics immediately tattles mommy you took so
21:13long the bad lady almost stole daddy celeste glares at sierra like she wants her dead and she looks at
21:19me with big wounded eyes ethan i got worried when you didn't come home after three hours ava said she
21:25missed you so i brought her to find you you're not mad right i squeeze her hand gently to reassure
21:30her
21:31i try to lead her toward the exit before she starts a fight but before we can leave sierra's broken
21:35voice stops us ethan i feel the chill radiating off celeste against my better judgment i turn around
21:41miss sterling you've seen my wife now i hope that proves i'm married if there's nothing else we'll
21:47be leaving sierra stares at our intertwined hands sways like she might faint her face is sheet white
21:52celeste adds smugly that's right miss sterling my husband and i have things to do we can't waste time
21:57here that pushes sierra over the edge she loses all composure husband you have no right to call
22:04him that he's been engaged to me since we were eight celeste's fingers twitch she stays silent for
22:10a beat i've been with celeste for five years i know her biggest insecurity is my past engagement to
22:14sierra before i can comfort her celeste yanks two marriage certificates from her purse and slams them on
22:20the table this is what gives me the right and who cares if you were engaged at eight do you
22:27sign a
22:28marriage license have a wedding no legal documents no ceremony nothing i glance at sierra's devastated
22:35expression then at the marriage certificates on the table i have to admire my wife's possessiveness
22:39who carries their marriage certificate around like it is a frequent flyer card ethan we have 20 years
22:45of history all those promises we made at the love lock bridge did you forget everything sierra's
22:52eyes are red like i am the one who betrayed her but this isn't five years ago i won't be
22:56manipulated
22:56by her crocodile tears i carefully pocket the marriage certificates take ava's hand in my left
23:01celeste's hand in my right walk toward the exit without looking back miss sterling our history ended
23:05five years ago don't bring it up again we have nothing more to say to each other my words dissolve
23:09into the
23:10air the engine of our car hums to life in the car celeste grips my hand anxiously ethan have you
23:18really
23:18let go of everything from before i hear the fear in her voice suddenly understand why she always carries
23:24our marriage certificate no matter who i married my 20-year history with sierra is real undeniable
23:33like everyone at the gala said how could anyone let go of that much history so easily but only i
23:39know
23:39the truth i've let go completely besides i am too proud to fall for the same person twice i run
23:46my
23:46thumb over our marriage certificate ask a narcissistic question with a smile celeste did you fall in love
23:54with me while i was still with sierra her eyes fill with indulgent warmth she sighs you have the right
24:00to
24:01remain silent but resist and there will be consequences her expression freezes for a split second
24:08i know i am right i can't help but grin slide my hand to her waist threateningly ethan do you
24:15remember
24:15when you were 16 you saved a girl in a narrow alley that day i just escaped from kidnappers if
24:21you
24:21hadn't saved me i'd be dead people walked past me that day no one helped then you came i fell
24:26in
24:26love with you at first sight but you only had eyes for sierra i didn't want to force you so
24:30i kept my
24:30feelings in for nine years until i finally invited you to europe i listened to her story marveling at
24:37fate nine years ago i saved her from death planted the seed of connection nine years later in the
24:44winter when the internet crucified me she pulled me out of the abyss that night our bedroom light stayed
24:50on for hours confessions and passion intertwined when someone knocked on the door the next morning
24:56i had to answer with dark circles under my eyes the size of dinner plates the person at the door
25:02looked
25:02like a disaster i almost didn't recognize sierra sterling i made myself clear yesterday we have
25:10nothing to discuss i accidentally exposed the hickeys on my neck sierra's eyes turned bloodshot ethan i was
25:18wrong but i had my reasons liam said if i didn't help him he'd release the video of you hitting
25:24him online
25:25i had no choice i just wanted to help you i laughed bitterly so you are saying you were being
25:30noble
25:31after all a slap that didn't even leave a bruise is definitely worse than destroying someone's entire
25:36career with fraud accusations i still have the security footage from that day by the way should i
25:42release it let everyone judge whether a homewrecker who shows up at his target's house to gloat deserves
25:47to be hit sierra panics i only ever loved you all these years i only saw liam as a brother
25:57nothing in a breed ever happened between us i am running on three hours of sleep this conversation
26:02is a waste of my time i start to close the door sierra shoves her hand into the doorframe
26:07i have to stop or i'll crush her fingers now i am actually angry
26:14sierra sterling are you insane how long are you going to keep lying to yourself nothing happened
26:22you have the audacity to say that if you two were so innocent why did your cousins call him brother
26:26-in-law
26:27why did he come to my office to gloat in 20 years i never saw you treat any guy that
26:31well but
26:32suddenly liam gets the family label and you are planning to spend your life with him
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