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00:01in college i bought a boyfriend he was a genius from a small town
00:08he was penniless but i got everything the deal was i paid his family's medical bills
00:14and he slept with me but eventually he hated every second of the four years
00:20then a nightmare happened my family went bankrupt overnight that same night he walked away
00:27no goodbye no looking back just gone for years later everything changed i'm a waitress at a
00:35stripper club working to pay off debts and him he's the new king of silicon valley for all these
00:42years i never thought i'd run into ryan like this i kept my head down when serving the drinks trying
00:47to hide tella was sitting right next to him they look perfect together i thought bitterly waitress
00:54slice up these oranges i turned my back to him and started slicing the orange juice splashed on my
01:00hands long ago whenever i craved oranges ryan would always slice for me his cuts were perfect
01:07slice was exactly the same back then i actually thought he loved me later i realized he was just
01:14a sweet person when he sliced those oranges he would think about codes scholarships and bills this month
01:20he thought about everything except me four years apart felt like a lifetime suddenly they started
01:26talking about college romances someone said i heard you had a girlfriend back then ryan
01:32my hand froze
01:35i heard you had a girlfriend back then ryan my hand froze
01:39yeah wow four years basically all of college ryan didn't respond it must be unforgettable right ryan
01:48stayed silent swirling the wine in his glass after a long pause he gave a faint cold smile not really
01:58believe me he couldn't stand that girl stella joked i went to the same college with them that
02:05girl was a totally nightmare if she hadn't been in the way ryan i would have been together years ago
02:13so true stella is killing it on social media the ex is old news compared to her the room
02:20is filled with laughter again i grabbed the tray wanting to get out of there suddenly the knife
02:26slips out the sound drew everyone's attention what is wrong with you can't you even cut fruit i'm so
02:32sorry i'll go get a new one wait ryan's voice stopped me cold turn around he spoke slowly one
02:41word at a time i froze i felt like i was nailed to the floor turn around i froze just
02:50then the manager
02:51stepped in i'm so sorry she's new this tray is on the homes today go get a new one now
03:02i finally escaped the room be more careful next time if they complain you're working for nothing
03:10tonight thank you that vip room is full of big shots especially that young ceo we cannot afford to
03:20offend him i'm scared could you deliver the oranges for me sure
03:28i stood in the hallway realized something bitter i am the nightmare x they were talking about
03:37i still remember our freshman year ryan stood in the crowd in his faded old clothes
03:43he was totally an outsider but he was the only one i saw until last week when he suddenly showed
03:50up
03:51i loved his cold calm voice when he was talking to me and i loved the way he looked down
03:57at me
03:59ryan was desperate for money back then
04:02so one night after class i grabbed his hand i like you ryan be with me i have money we
04:10can share
04:10i could even pay you for one night
04:14no he said no of course but i was young and spoiled i didn't know the word lose meant
04:23the more he said no no the harder i chased him
04:30everything changed when his grandfather got sick
04:34without thinking i paid all the medical bills that was the moment ryan finally gave in
04:41i was so stupid i thought i was being a hero
04:48it took me a long time to realize i got the man
04:56but i crushed his soul
05:02even after we started dating he worked every single day he barely touched my money but things
05:07got worse people started to spread rumors they said he have sold himself i was so naive i just held
05:14his hand and said ignore them i lived in my own little world never realized ryan was fighting his war
05:20all alone senior year my family lost everything i didn't tell him the truth i just called him out
05:26and said let's break up why i'm bored of you fine as you wish just like that
05:34we were over i figured he was happy to finally be free the day we broke up i changed my
05:40phone and
05:40left town to pay off the debts i didn't move back until three months ago ryan looks amazing now he
05:47was
05:47always a genius the top of our class only four years after graduation he's a tech mogul on the cover
05:53of fortune magazines now and stella she was our prom queen became a famous influencer i never expected
05:59them to be together they look good together they look good together
06:05they look good together standing by the elevator i tried to swallow the bitterness in my chest
06:10it was 4 a.m when i finished my shift i was the last one out of the club the
06:15lights were off
06:16and the elevator wasn't running i kept hitting the button hoping for a miracle you should call
06:21security a voice said behind me i looked back and there he was ryan i called my hands shaking the
06:29elevator opened we stood together in the tiny quiet space you always get off this late he asked casually
06:36we leave when the last guest leaves does it pay well it's okay i kept my head down he acted
06:42like i was a
06:43total stranger chatting away as if nothing happened this elevator is slow my girlfriend is waiting for me
06:48she must be worried my heart skipped a beat he was talking about stella what about you working so late
06:57doesn't your boyfriend pick you up doesn't your boyfriend pick you up i live nearby the elevator
07:04doors opened i tried to run but ryan grabbed my arm why are you always running chloe where else can
07:11you go
07:11he looked exactly like the same boy from my past but his eyes were colder you just vanished chloe
07:19phone disconnected no one can reach you you're so good at disappearing i finally looked at him you've
07:26done your research haven't you ryan my family went bankrupt i'm still in debt why didn't you tell me
07:31then was your pride that important i was speechless chloe is that you it was stella she looked perfect even
07:39prettier than before chloe is that you where have you been after all these years i moved away stella
07:48looked at my coat wait is that your old coat from college it's literally falling apart why are you still
07:54wearing that she wanted to embarrass me it's fine it still works are things that bad stella pulled out a
08:02card said here take this don't worry about paying it back i looked at her then at ryan who was
08:09in her
08:09arm no thanks i can still pay my own bills i'm actually getting married next month to be exact
08:17i'd love for you guys to come to my wedding ryan's face suddenly went pale he never saw it coming
08:22the club
08:24gig is just my side hustle by day i have a real office job monday morning a big client arrived
08:30the office
08:31was buzzing with gossip i heard this guy's a total genius he built the system just to find someone
08:37who i heard it's his ex-girlfriend my heart skipped a beat so did he find her yet nobody knows
08:43but every
08:44big investor is chasing him i grabbed my files and headed to the meeting i heard a familiar voice inside
08:51i need to rethink this partnership i pushed the door open and set the files down ryan's eyes locked onto
08:57mine instantly what are you doing here working my boss looked surprised chloe do you know mr warren
09:06we've met met that's new to me he was upset but i didn't know why he was the one who
09:12walked away
09:13first ryan pointed at me and looked at my boss i'm willing to sign provided there's a small condition
09:19i want chloe as my private assistant of course absolutely my boss agreed before i could say a word
09:26then he had me run coffee back and forth while they talked business until sunset
09:31at pm i grabbed my bag to leave where are you going i didn't say you could leave i can't
09:37work late
09:37today mr warren what could be more important than your work i have another job i have to go deliver
09:45food
09:45now ryan just stared at me in total shock i used to be so spoiled i was the kind of
09:50person who wouldn't
09:51even touch take out back in college ryan spent all his after school hours delivering food his dinner
09:57was usually just a cheap free meal provided by the delivery company one day i went to find him i
10:03saw him
10:03squeezed into a tiny room with a bunch of other uber eat drivers they were all just shoving food into
10:09their mouths from plastic boxes i said ryan how can you eat that it's so unhealthy he looked so
10:16uncomfortable he looked at me and asked does it really matter if it's healthy come on let's go
10:22grab some steak i dragged him to a new steakhouse where a meal costs over 100 bucks he stood at
10:30the
10:30door for a long time then he silently took off his delivery uniform it wasn't until my family lost
10:37everything that i finally understood how he felt that day and i understood his pain just like i felt today
10:44it started snowing on the street the ground was so slippery and the food spilled everywhere
10:51i called the customer to explain but he just screamed at me hello i'm so sorry it's snowing
11:00and the roads are icy i fell off my bike and the food spilled don't make excuses you're late i'm
11:06so
11:06sorry i'm so sorry my palms were cracked and bleeding it hurt so badly but i didn't have time to
11:12care
11:13suddenly ryan appeared and grabbed my bike i had no idea how long he'd been standing there
11:18watching me i reflexively hid my hands behind my back
11:23stop hiding them i saw them go wash them right now his voice was raspy and his eyes were bloodshot
11:30i have to deliver the food first get in the car i'll take you the customer lived on the first
11:36floor
11:36when i handed him the meal he grumbled what the a porsche driver delivering takeout i checked my phone
11:44i had to pick up the next order stop don't go i can't i haven't made enough money tonight then
11:52i'll buy
11:52it then i'll buy it what i can't believe what i heard he reached into his coat and pulled out
11:59a
11:59thick stack of cash he didn't even count it he just pressed the money into my bleeding hands i'm
12:06buying your time for the rest of the night the porsche pulled up to ryan's house he opened the
12:11door for me i stepped out hesitantly standing at his front door i stopped stella wouldn't like it
12:17i refused to go inside you're still worried about her look at yourself you're a mess my palms were
12:24torn up and my clothes were soaked with dirty melted snow and look at this house does it look
12:30like a woman lives here you guys aren't living together i was never even with her ryan pulled
12:36out a contract and handed it to me six months ago she came to me for a deal she didn't
12:42want to be
12:43harassed by all those scumbags so she asked me to play her fake boyfriend he explained further
12:49making sure i understood and some gold diggers like to target tech ceos like us it's annoying
12:56stella could help me get rid of them as well i opened the contract and the words practically
13:01jumped off the page no interference in each other's private lives ryan took my hand and started treating
13:08my wounds then i saw a row of unopened hand creams on the shelf it was my favorite brand ryan
13:15had bought
13:16the entire set i talked to your co-works today you don't have a boyfriend you even told everyone
13:23you were single last week tell me the truth there is no wedding chloe admit it
13:30you're wrong there is then show me a photo a photo of you and that guy we we don't have
13:39any photos
13:39together you you love taking pictures and you're telling me you don't have a single photo with your
13:47new man you just reminded me i'll take one next time and show it to you ryan let out a
13:55cold frustrated
13:55laugh suddenly he leaned over he pushed me back onto the couch trapping me completely i couldn't move even
14:04through my sweater i could feel the heat radiating from his body i bought your time for tonight i'll
14:12give your money back ryan i'm really getting married his hand slid down my shoulder slowly
14:17until he reached my wrist he stopped getting married and yet you're still wearing the bracelet
14:23your ex-boyfriend sent you that doesn't seem right does it i looked down there was a thin chain on
14:28my wrist
14:28over the years it had lost its shine it was the very first gift ryan ever gave me i was
14:3419 and the
14:35world was different then there was a week i barely saw him except for classes he was working every
14:40part-time job he could find he was working harder than ever on my birthday my parents threw a party
14:46for
14:46me at a fancy restaurant i invited ryan but he didn't show up i waited and waited finally when the
14:53party was over my phone rang i'm outside the restaurant i walked out in the middle of a heavy
14:59snowstorm there he was standing tall and straight he looked exhausted just like i do today his cheap
15:07yellow delivery uniform was covered in mud back then i didn't know what's happening all i did was
15:12complain about him being late ryan just smiled and rubbed my hair he told me he got me a gift
15:18it was a
15:19simple bracelet but i knew it was way more than he could afford i loved it so much that i
15:23couldn't
15:23wait to put it on and for years i never took it off my parents called me from inside the
15:28restaurant
15:29who are you talking to they asked who i was talking to they never liked ryan they thought he was
15:34too
15:34poor for me when i turned back around ryan was already gone disappearing into the snow looking back
15:40today i can't help but wonder back when we were 19 ryan did love me didn't he that bracelet he
15:47worked day
15:47and night just to buy it for me was he just like me tonight running through the snow falling down
15:53but getting back up just to get that gift to me but what about now he's now pressing me down
15:58into the
15:58sofa his shadow looming over me his house is filled with luxury brands i used to love does he still
16:04care
16:04about me or is he just trying to humiliate me i couldn't figure it out before i knew it tears
16:10started
16:10rolling down my face ryan froze he looked completely panicked he could never handle it when i cried
16:16that's the one thing about him that hasn't changed at all he scrambled to wipe the tears from my face
16:21don't cry please don't cry i'm sorry i didn't mean to make you cry today's your 26th birthday
16:31and i bought you a new bracelet i bought you a new bracelet what i had completely forgotten today was
16:40actually my birthday take a look do you like it he reached for my wrist trying to help me put
16:47on the
16:47new bracelet chloe could we could we try back before he could finish the doorbell rang
16:59where's chloe i'm here to pick her up who are you i'm her fiance didn't she tell you ryan's hand
17:05shook
17:05the new bracelet slipped from his fingers and fell i left with lucas he didn't open the windows but
17:11kept lighting one cigarette after another the smoke was thick making me cough uncontrollably
17:16i had known lucas for a long time before my family went bankrupt he confessed his feelings to me
17:21but back then i was so head over heels for ryan that i rejected lucas every single time until last
17:28week
17:28when he suddenly showed up marry me and i'll pay off all your debts marry me and i'll pay off
17:38all your
17:38debts why to prove you chose wrong i'm the only one who can save you that poor kid is just
17:44a burden
17:45so i'm just a trophy for his ego how pathetic i only asked him for a phone call just an
17:51excuse
17:51to escape ryan tonight i didn't expect him to show up at ryan's door why lie about being my fiance
17:59what's
18:01the difference we're getting married anyway i never said yes do you even have a choice wake up chloe
18:08you're drowning in debt only a sucker would marry you who else wants you that guy he was your broken
18:15college boyfriend right he's only back to humiliate you he must be laughing at you right now
18:22none of your business he stole my girl once now i want payback lucas i'm not an object i said
18:30no then
18:31and i say no now i had enough is it really up to you chloe think about your family looking
18:39at his
18:40smug face i thought of the past back then everyone mocked ryan just like this does ryan think of me
18:47that
18:47way now word got out that i was back everyone knew my family was bankrupt my old roommate jade
18:54reached out it was our old promise whoever got married last would be the bridesmaid on the wedding
19:00day i saw so many old faces chloe i always thought you'd be the first one to get married if
19:08i were
19:08married how could i be your bridesmaid don't even start four years no calls no texts i was so mad
19:18at you
19:19i'm sorry i promise i won't disappear again why did you just vanish then
19:28my whole world collapsed at that time jade i didn't want anyone's sympathy
19:33just hurt too much to stay so i left and deleted everything ryan was looking for you like crazy
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