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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 out a
00:20custom designed tom ford tuxedo and proposed to me in front of everyone
00:31the ballroom erupted
00:37they 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 there's 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
02:08they don't know i am married that i have a daughter so i don't know if sierra orchestrated
02:13this 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
02:58an
02:58entire month displaying sierra 30 ethan on continuous loop two weeks before our wedding i bought every
03:03digital billboard in manhattan had our engagement photos rotating fighter at 25 i loved her like a
03:09man possessed 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
03:20name before she learned most words learned how to spell ethan long before she cared about spelling her
03:24own growing up she was always just there reminding me to take care of myself quietly fixing the things i
03:29forgot folding my shirts without being asked like it was simply part of loving me for 20 years we were
03:34closer than siblings more in sync than most married couples even when i became the notoriously strict
03:39professor quinn at mit with her i was still the little boy who called her sierra bear and chased her
03:44around with flowers always tender always devoted always hers the year our love burned brightest we stood
03:50at the love lock bridge in paris and vowed to be together forever i believed love like ours was eternal
03:55until one month before the wedding when liam carter was brought into the sterling household as their
03:59ward supposedly he was the orphan son of mr sterling's old army buddy his father had saved mr sterling's
04:06life so they took liam in out of obligation at first sierra and i were both kind to him i
04:12even took him to
04:13nick's games and taught him to golf but somehow somewhere along the way sierra started spending more
04:18more time with liam she started bringing him on our dates our private dinners for two became dinners
04:24for three on valentine's day sierra promised to come with me for the final fitting of the custom
04:30tuxedo she designed for our wedding i called her a hundred times waited in our penthouse for two hours
04:35all i got was a text something came up rain check frustrated i went to the tailor alone and found
04:42liam
04:42carter standing there wearing my custom tuxedo sierra adjusting his collar her cousin circling him like
04:48vultures calling him brother-in-law their praise and laughter made it seem like liam and sierra were
04:53the engaged couple and i was the outsider rage and humiliation burned through me my vision went red
04:58do you even remember i'm your fiancee i demanded voice shaking sierra finally looked up from liam
05:04no guilt no shame just annoyance i told you something came up why are you here
05:12can you stop being so paranoid and jealous all the time you're acting pathetic like a child i'm ethan
05:19quinn son of wall street legend marcus quinn meet his youngest tenured professor i don't take disrespect
05:26from anyone sierra sterling who gave you permission to talk to me like that you're something was spending
05:32time with liam making him wear my tuxedo my voice cracked by the time i finished speaking i'd crushed my
05:39phone screen in my fist without realizing it sierra instinctively grabbed my bleeding hand but her
05:44tone was still accusatory ethan stop making a scene you always do this i'm tired of plaviting you
05:50i just had liam try on the tux for sizing why are you throwing a tantrum over something so small
05:55i was so shocked i forgot to respond sierra sterling was lecturing me blaming me for 20 years no matter
06:04what
06:04i did she never said a harsh word to me spoiled me rotten but now she is calling me unreasonable
06:10in
06:10front of all these people like she has forgotten that she is the one who made me this way my
06:16silence
06:16stretches too long sierra's expression softens with regret ethan i'm sorry i shouldn't have said that
06:23but you accused me me without knowing the full story that hurt i forced myself to stay calm
06:30decide to hear her explanation then explain why did you cancel on me today sierra soothes me
06:38by squeezing my fingers kisses my cheek then launches into her story didn't you notice the sapphire
06:45cufflicks on the tux came loose the original technique wasn't securing them properly so i switched to a new
06:51method i needed a model to test if they'd hold but my usual model cancelled so i grabbed liam as
06:56a last
06:57minute substitute her tone is earnest gentle it sounds reasonable my anger cools but i am still not
07:04satisfied then what about your cousins calling him brother-in-law oh ethan you're so spoiled my cousin
07:15talking about getting a tux for the brother-in-law meaning you you're taking it out of context
07:23she puts on a wounded expression teasing me with her eyes i'm already embarrassed about my outburst
07:29now i just want to grab her hand and leave but before i can touch her liam steps between us
07:37ethan this is all my fault i offered to be sierra's model please hit me if you want just don't
07:46be angry
07:46at her liam stares at me like a kicked puppy the people around us glare at me like i am
07:53a monster
07:55even sierra reaches out to comfort liam while gently suggesting i leave
08:04later liam bought me an expensive watch as an apology mrs sterling came to our penthouse to
08:09explain everything personally but something felt off they were apologizing to me sure but their
08:16words were laced with protectiveness toward liam sorry ethan liamly sorry he just got a little carried
08:22away ethan you know liam is the son of the man who saved my husband's life his father is gone
08:27now
08:28and liam's alone we have to take care of him sierra nodded along eagerly
08:35exactly ethan liam's young we should be looking out for him plus you're about to marry me you'll be
08:41his brother-in-law soon why fight with a family sierra looked 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
08:55being
08:55grumpy now i felt the warmth of her touch and finally relaxed i handed her a folder sterling
09:03industries wants to expand into tech right this is my latest research from mit ethan i love you
09:09before i could finish 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
09:22toward liam carter her instagram became a shrine to liam photos of them together every single day
09:32rumors started spreading through manhattan's elite circles the quinn sterling engagement was off the
09:37sterling family was planning to marry sierra to their ward instead i heard the whispers and wanted to
09:42confront the sterlings immediately but before i could liam showed up at my mit office gone was the
09:47scared timid boy from a week ago now his expression dripped with smug satisfaction ethan you've heard
09:53the rumors right that's not just the sterling family's intention it's sierra's too if you don't
10:00want to embarrass yourself cancel the engagement i clenched my fists to control my rage i promised sierra
10:07i'd be patient with liam but liam misread my silence's weakness his smile widened still in denial ethan
10:15don't worry you'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 apologizing
10:36she questioned me ethan is there some misunderstanding liam's always been kind and thoughtful he'd never
10:44do this are you sure someone didn't trick you i stared at the screen in disbelief 20 years of
10:49history audio evidence and she still chose to believe liam over me she doubted me for a kid
10:54she'd known less than a month i threw my phone across the room decided i was done trying that night
11:00sierra flew five hours from a conference in london to new york just to smooth things over when i saw
11:05her exhausted face at my door i couldn't turn her away the moment i opened the door she kissed me
11:11deep and desperate we didn't pull apart until we were both breathless ethan i only see liam as a
11:17brother i'd never have feelings for him you believe me right but he's my father's savior's son there are
11:23things i can't control you understand don't you besides we're getting married next week you wouldn't
11:28abandon me now would you she looked up at me with those wide pleading eyes so careful so vulnerable
11:33my resolve crumbled i chose to believe her unconditionally i didn't know that trust wasn't
11:38mutual that she was about to push me into hell with her own hands on our wedding day i stood
11:46outside the
11:46sterling estate in my tuxedo for hours sierra never came out when i finally checked my phone the internet
11:53had exploded the number one trending topic number ethan quinn academic fraud i was about to click
12:00when sterling industries project manager called mr quinn the press is destroying us can you explain why
12:08the research data you gave us is fraudulent i froze that is impossible the data was from month of
12:14sleepless nights in my mighty lab every number meticulously recorded i'd already produced working
12:19prototypes there was no way it was wrong i wouldn't have given my research to sterling industries if
12:25sierra hadn't asked me to help expand their tech division mr quinn we want to believe you but liam
12:32carter pointed out errors in your formulas the truth crashed over me like ice water i'd given my research
12:38to sierra first kept it confidential didn't publish it yet how would liam college drop out with a sports
12:45management degree even get my research let alone find errors in advanced quantum physics equations in
12:51a matter of days eliminate the impossible and whatever remains however painful is the truth sierra
12:58gave my research to liam let him claim it as his own accused me of stealing from him but i
13:04still
13:05couldn't believe it made excuses for her in my head this was sierra sterling my sierra
13:11the girl i'd loved for 20 years i couldn't accept it i raced to the sterling estate in my wedding
13:19tuxtado not even stopping to change when i arrived i found sierra standing protectively in front of liam
13:25facing a crowd of reporters sterling and industry vouches for liam carter the research he published
13:30yesterday is entirely his own work her words were a knife to my chest the final confirmation this was my
13:38fianchi the woman i'd loved for two decades and i'd never truly known her at all the reporters
13:45spotted me and swarmed what's your response to the academic fraud allegations miss dalling just
13:49confirmed liam carter's research is legitimate does that mean you plagiarized his work
13:56before i could answer liam spoke to the cameras with fake tears in his eyes
14:02ethan did threaten me while i was working on this research
14:05but i don't believe he'd steal my work
14:10he pulled out his phone and played the video i looked at liam coldly then turned to sierra
14:16miss 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 reputation 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
15:08i tolerated your jealousy before but liam is innocent you've done enough damage are you really
15:13going to use the sterling family's power to destroy him decorations 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
15:59so 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
16:27i catch my daughter as she runs across the ballroom floor boop her tiny nose ava were you naughty
16:33again didn't mommy tell you to stay home ava pouts dodging my hand ava was good but mommy missed daddy
16:40so she brought ava here our conversation isn't loud but in the silent ballroom everyone hears shock
16:46ripples through 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
16:59lightning you're married i smooth ava's soft hair genuinely confused isn't it obvious how else would
17:07i have 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 no way
17:26he loved sierra sterling for years he can't have moved on that fast this has to be fake remember the
17:31fireworks the billboards he's probably just trying to make her jealous exactly sierra sterling is
17:36manhattan's most eligible bachelet ethan would never give that up unless wait the only woman
17:42new york who could compete would be celeste whitmer from the old money families but she got married five
17:47years ago too the gossip swirls around me but i am calm focused on peeling an orange for ava time
17:52is
17:52rain it washed away all the rage and pain when i look back now there is nothing left but clean
17:57pavement
17:57but no one else seems to understand that they're all still living in five years ago sierra stares at me
18:03with a complicated expression her voice turns pleading ethan stop this charade i admit i was
18:10wrong i'll apologize you can punish me however you want just stop pretending you're married it it hurts
18:16before i can respond ava speaks up in her adorable little voice miss can't you understand daddy mommy
18:24really is married to daddy and they have a love fruit that's me ava puffs out her tiny chest proudly
18:31i give sierra an apologetic smile ava's still young please forgive her bluntness miss sterling
18:38but 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 a
18:59divorced man now i still want you will you wear this tuxu for me again i look at her performance
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 but
19:21i had my
19:21reasons give me one more chance i'll treat you right this time i am exhausted by her meaningless
19:26excuses my voice turns cold miss sterling i don't forgive trash and i don't take out garbage please
19:33have some dignity and stop harassing a married man my wife and i are very much in love i don't
19:39want her getting the wrong idea sierra's mask cracks she loses it ethan are you seriously still playing
19:44this game you chased me for 20 years we have hundreds of love locks hanging in paris with our
19:50names on them and now you're pretending you're married who's gonna believe that if you're really
19:55married where's your wife show me when she meets my calm indifferent gaze panic crosses her face she
20:02softens again ethan please i'm begging you stop being angry at me the people around us start to waver
20:09wait didn't sierra reject him at their wedding five years ago now it looks like he's the one who
20:15rejected her yeah ethan looks completely unbothered sierra's the one who can't let go sierra looks at
20:21me desperately then she does the unthinkable she kneels right there in the middle of the plaza
20:25ballroom holds up the tuxedo like an offering ethan quinn will you marry me he won't an icy voice
20:32cuts through the room everyone turns a woman in a tailored black evening dress stepped into view
20:37he doesn't she said her voice sharp and steady because he is already married with me
20:44she'd only gone to the bathroom for five minutes and someone was already trying to steal her husband
20:49whoever this woman was she had some nerve celeste whitmore reaches me and wraps her arm possessively
20:53around mine honey someone in the crowd gasps that's celeste whitmore from the old money whitmore's
20:59what's she doing here wait did she just call ethan quinn her husband i feel celeste script tight
21:04dangerously on my arm i sigh internally i've dealt with her jealousy before this won't end well who
21:08has been getting impatient with sierra's dramatics immediately tattles mommy you took so long the bad
21:14lady almost stole daddy celeste glares at sierra like she wants her dead and she looks at me with big
21:19wounded eyes ethan i got worried when you didn't come home after three hours ava said she missed you so
21:26i brought her to find you you're not mad right i squeeze her hand gently to reassure her i try
21:31to lead
21:31her toward the exit before she starts a fight but before we can leave sierra's broken voice stops us
21:36ethan 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 be
21:47leaving 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 sierra
22:15before i can comfort her celeste yanks two marriage certificates from her purse and slams them on the
22:20table this is what gives me the right and who cares if you were engaged at eight do you sign
22:27a
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
22:44ethan we have 20 years of history all those promises we made at the love lock bridge
22:50did you forget everything sierra's eyes are red like i am the one who betrayed her but this isn't
22:55five years ago i won't be manipulated by her crocodile tears i carefully pocket the marriage
22:59certificates take ava's hand in my left celeste's hand in my right walk toward the exit without
23:03looking back miss sterling our history ended five years ago don't bring it up again we have nothing
23:08more to say to each other my words dissolve into the air the engine of our car hums to life
23:13in the car celeste grips my hand anxiously ethan have you really let go of everything from before
23:20i hear the fear in her voice suddenly understand why she always carries our marriage certificate
23:26no matter who i married my 20-year history with sierra is real undeniable like everyone at the gala said
23:35how could anyone let go of that much history so easily but only i know the truth i've let go
23:40completely besides i am too proud to fall for the same person twice i run my thumb over our marriage
23:47certificate ask a narcissistic question with a smile celeste did you fall in love with me while i was
23:55still with sierra her eyes fill with indulgent warmth she sighs you have the right to remain silent
24:01but resist and there will be consequences her expression freezes for a split second i know
24:09i am right i can't help but grin slide my hand to her waist threateningly ethan do you remember when
24:16you were 16 you saved a girl in a narrow alley that day i just escaped from kidnappers if you
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 love
24:26with you at first sight but you only had eyes for sierra i didn't want to force you so i
24:30kept my feelings
24:31in for nine years until i finally invited you to europe i listened to her story marveling at fate
24:38nine years ago i saved her from death planted the seed of connection nine years later in the winter
24:44when the internet crucified me she pulled me out of the abyss that night our bedroom light stayed on for
24:50hours 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
25:24online i had no choice i just wanted to help you i laughed bitterly so you are saying you were
25:30being
25:31noble after all a slap that didn't even leave a bruise is definitely worse than destroying someone's
25:36entire career 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 to
25:48be 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
26:21nothing happened you have the audacity to say that if you two were so innocent why did your
26:26cousins call him brother-in-law why did he come to my office to gloat in 20 years i never
26:30saw you
26:31treat any guy that well but suddenly liam gets the family label and you are planning to spend your life
26:35time with him
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