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00:00I took an arrow from my husband. It pierced deep, damaged my organs. I got shipped off to a country
00:06estate down south to heal. Four years. When I finally came home, another woman was living my
00:11life. My son relied on her. My daughter adored her. My mother-in-law praised her. And my husband?
00:18He whispered her name in my ear when we were in bed. I snapped. I raised help. So they got
00:23rid
00:24of me. Clean and easy. Like I was the problem all along. And their perfect little family lived
00:29happily ever after. As a ghost, I watched them for 20 years. Watching what came for them
00:34in the end. And then I woke up. Right on the road home. I was back. Don't take me home
00:41yet.
00:42Take me to the palace. I'm seeing the queen mother first.
00:46My name is Olivia Shaw. I'm the orphan daughter of a fallen war hero. My dad died in battle
00:52when I was nine. The queen mother took pity on me. She brought me into the palace and raised
00:56me like her own. I got married at 16. By 18, I had twins. A boy and a girl. My
01:03marriage
01:03to Ethan Barone was perfect. Or so I thought. When the twins turned six, I went on a royal
01:09hunt with Ethan. That day, the third prince pulled a bow on him. He smiled like it was
01:13a joke. But his eyes said something else. So I stepped in front of Ethan. The arrow hit
01:18me instead. It wrecked my insides. I was badly hurt. And yes, I used it. I cried in front
01:25of the king. I cried in front of the queen mother. I made sure they saw every bit of
01:29my pain. The third prince got hammered for it. My husband's family had backed the second
01:34prince for years. My injury lit a fire. The king turned cold on the third prince. My father's
01:39old men in the army also turned on him. The second prince's path to the throne got a whole
01:43lot cleaner.
01:45Olivia, that wound isn't healing any time soon. The third prince hates us now. So let's
01:52finish this. Let's use this chance to bury him for good.
01:55I believed him. I thought we were one team. One name. One future. His win was my win.
02:01His shame was mine too. So for the bigger plan, I had to disappear. I had to stay far from
02:06London.
02:07Heal somewhere quiet.
02:103 years. Maybe 5. Long enough for the court to keep using my injury as a weapon. Long enough
02:16for the second prince's people to keep dragging the third prince through the mud. So I went.
02:21To the southern estate. And when the second prince was finally named heir. Ethan still
02:25didn't send for me. Not right away. That was when the dread hit. Something was wrong. And
02:31when I finally got home, I found out the truth. My place had already been filled. This time,
02:35after being reborn, I went to see the queen mother first. She was the only person in the
02:39world who had ever truly loved me. I'm better now. She took my hand and held it tight.
02:45That's all I wanted to hear. You're back. Come see me often. Don't leave me worrying like
02:50this. I won't.
02:53Before I left, I quietly slid the gold bracelet from my wrist. And tucked it deep into the
02:58cushions. Right into her favorite armchair. Her throne. It had belonged to my birth mother.
03:03The queen mother had put it on me with her own hands. She knew what it meant to me. She
03:07knew I
03:07never took it off. I got back to the Barone estate late in the afternoon. The sun was dropping.
03:12Golden light broke through the trees and scattered across the yard. My husband was there. My kids
03:17too. They were all gathered around my mother-in-law. Every single face looked surprised. And behind
03:24them stood a woman in a soft lilac dress. Pretty. Gentle looking. Sweet in that careful,
03:29polished way. Olivia. Why are you home today? As she hurried over and grabbed my hand. The house
03:36manager never sent word. It's my home. I don't need a formal announcement to walk into it. Right
03:43mum? Ethan stepped up next. Asked about the trip. Asked if the road was rough. Then my twins came over.
03:51Ten years old now. They greeted me properly. All polished manners and distance. Olivia. You haven't met her
03:57yet. This is Lana. I hired her to teach Sophie needlework. My name is Lana Brooks. It's a pleasure
04:06to meet you, Mrs. Barone. She was my mother-in-law's distant niece. A widow. She'd come to stay after
04:12her
04:12husband died. She was amazing with embroidery. Even better in the kitchen. And with those two things,
04:18she had won over my entire family. No need to be so formal. Thank you for looking after Sophie while
04:25I
04:25was away. Mum! You have no idea how great Aunt Lana is! I gently smoothed her hair back. You can
04:32tell me all about it later, sweetheart. In my last life, I noticed it right away. How every person in
04:37that house had a soft spot for Lana. How none of them were really mine anymore. And I let it
04:42show.
04:42My face turned cold. The whole house froze. By the first night, everything had already gone bad.
04:48Not this time. This time, I smiled. I joked with them. I sat through dinner like nothing was wrong.
04:54After dinner, Ethan was clearly on edge. Restless. Distracted. Like his mind was somewhere else.
05:00I knew why. By now, he had already slept with Lana. And tonight? He wanted her. Not me. So I
05:07made
05:07it easy for him. I'm wiped out from the trip I want to turn in early. Could I trouble you
05:13to sleep in
05:13the studio tonight, Duke? His face changed on the spot. He looked relieved. Thrilled, almost.
05:20Of course. Get some rest, Olivia. I slept well that night. The next morning,
05:26I picked my moment. And then I blew it all up. At breakfast, Lana was there again. Still standing
05:33by my mother-in-law. Still serving her like she ran the house. We had barely finished eating when a
05:38servant rushed in. And announced that someone from the palace had arrived. That was my moment.
05:43I let the bowl slip from my hand. It smashed hard against the floor. Everyone stared at me.
05:48My mother-in-law frowned. Ethan frowned too. Neither of them got it yet. I stood up and said it
05:53loudly.
05:54I'm the wife of this house. If my husband is taking a mistress, why was I the last to know?
05:59And if mom doesn't see me as her daughter-in-law anymore, then fine. Hand me divorce papers. I
06:05never should have come back. The whole room went dead. My son, Mason, spoke up like some tiny little
06:11judge. Mom, you smashed a bowl in front of dad and grandma. This is embarrassing.
06:17My daughter looked stunned. Mom, who's been filling your head with this stuff? You've got Lana all wrong.
06:24Olivia, you are way too spoiled. Is this really how the queen mother raised you?
06:28Only Ethan caught on fast. He walked over to me at once. Soft voice. Calm face.
06:34Olivia, maybe being home again feels strange. Maybe you didn't sleep well. It's just a bowl. That's nothing.
06:40Then he shot a look at the staff. At the same time, he tried signaling his mother and Lana.
06:45But they weren't quick enough. When did I say who the mistress was?
06:51That stopped them cold. Because that was the problem. Everybody in that house knew about Ethan
06:56and Lana. Everybody. Even my children. And right then, the queen mother's senior lady in waiting.
07:02Mrs. Gable walked in and saw the whole thing. I had people waiting at the front gate. The second the
07:07servant went to announce her. They let her right in. She stepped inside and looked around.
07:11What is going on here? My lady, were you wronged?
07:16Tears instantly sprang to my eyes.
07:18I didn't know someone else had taken over this household. Last night, my bedding was damp.
07:22I tried to have it changed, but I couldn't find anyone. I'm not used to being treated this way.
07:27So I barely slept. This morning, my hands gave out, and I dropped a dish. And now the Duke and
07:34Lady Barone
07:35think I'm throwing a fit. I swear I'm being framed here.
07:39Mrs. Gable looked at every face in that room.
07:41My mother-in-law wasn't stupid. Not really. She realized it then.
07:46It's all a misunderstanding.
07:48I took an arrow for my husband and left to recover. My mother-in-law wasn't in great health,
07:54so yes, of course I can understand bringing in help to run the house. But if she's been
07:59brought in as a concubine, why was I never told? Why keep it quiet? Why hide it from everyone?
08:05I took a shaky breath. I came home completely in the dark. If I hadn't seen the house keys on
08:11her, I would have thought she was just some guest. And once people call me jealous, who do
08:15they blame? They blame the Queen Mother for raising me wrong. Mrs. Gable, this is on me.
08:22I'm the fool here. Her face changed on the spot.
08:27Dark. Cold. Angry. And Ethan, my mother-in-law, and Lana all looked sick. Because now they were
08:34trapped. If Lana wasn't a mistress, why was she holding the house keys? Why was she acting like
08:39the lady of the house? And if she was a mistress, why had they kept the legal wife in the
08:43dark?
08:43I didn't keep screaming. I just cried. Then I went back to the palace with Mrs. Gable.
08:49Mrs. Gable had actually come that morning to return my gold bracelet. The Queen Mother knew
08:53I'd lost it. She'd worry. So she sent it over first thing. And that gave me exactly what I needed.
08:59A witness. Just my word alone would never have been enough. I learned that the hard way in my last
09:03life. Especially with Ethan. He was born to a sophist. He could twist the truth into a lie.
09:09If nobody from the Queen Mother's side spoke for me. Every ugly label would land on my head.
09:14Jealous wife. Unstable. Ungrateful. Before long, my name would be trash all over London.
09:20And after I died? People cheered. They praised Lana instead. Called her kind. Called her loyal.
09:27Said she and Ethan were perfect together. Now Ethan had to explain one thing.
09:30Why? After his lawful wife took an arrow for him and got sent away to heal. There was suddenly
09:35another lady of the house running his estate? I went with Mrs. Gable to the Queen Mother's
09:39palace. The second she saw me, she pulled me close. This time, she didn't say what she'd
09:44said before. She didn't remind me that I had chosen Ethan myself. She didn't say she'd never
09:49liked him much. She only said this.
09:51If you've been hurt, then stay here a few days. A daughter of the Shaw family does not get
09:56trampled by the baronies.
09:58In my last life, she told me to leave him. She told me to get a divorce. I refused. Divorce
10:04meant my husband didn't want me. My kids didn't want me. I couldn't swallow that. I had to
10:09fight. I had to beat them all. So I stayed, and it killed me. When I died, only one person
10:15truly cried for me. The Queen Mother. Back then, I never fully believed her love was real.
10:20She was ruthless. Sharp. The kind of old woman who could wipe out a whole bloodline and sleep
10:25just fine after. So how much could she really care about me? I thought it was politics. A show.
10:30A way to keep my father's old allies loyal. But after 20 years as a ghost, I watched her. And
10:36every
10:36time my name came up, she cried. People can get attached to a cat after enough years. Then what
10:41about me? I was beautiful. Obedient. Raised by her own hand. She really did love me.
10:50I asked for a divorce. And I wasn't leaving empty-handed. When I got married, endless chests
10:55filled with the finest treasures. Lustrous silks, exquisite jewelry, ornaments of gold
10:59and jade. Every last one bestowed by the Queen Mother herself. Try her best. Give me everything.
11:05I wanted all of it back. Every last piece. The Buranas shut that down fast. My mother-in-law
11:11went to the palace in tears. She said I had it all wrong. Lana is just a widowed relative with
11:16nowhere else to go. She is not a mistress. And Olivia, she wants a divorce. Just because she
11:22can't allow her husband another woman, she's also hurting her own reputation. In her mind, a good
11:27wife should help bring in more women. More women meant more children. More children meant a stronger
11:32family line. So no, according to her, that was not a valid reason for divorce. I lowered my eyes.
11:37Thought for a second. Ethan came to the palace himself and brought me home. The Barone family
11:44sent Lana away. But after I came back, the whole house turned heavy. No one laughed. No one breathed
11:50easy. My mother-in-law even got so worked up that she fell sick. Then one day, my son, Mason,
11:55came to
11:56me and said, Mom, Grandma's sick. Go make her something to eat. I don't know how to cook. Aunt Lana
12:04always
12:04made good food. Grandma got better every time she ate what Lana made. Not just Grandma. When I got
12:10sick, Aunt Lena stayed by my bed. Where were you? I was out helping your father climb the ladder.
12:16I took an arrow for him. I let that injury become a weapon for the crown prince. Without the story
12:21of
12:21Lady Olivia was badly wounded and never fully healed, why would your grandfather's old military
12:25lies turn against the third prince? And why are they slowly moving towards the crown prince instead?
12:30My son froze. He was 10. He'd studied enough to understand a little about imperial power struggles.
12:36In my last life, I couldn't bear to tear the mask off his father in front of him. I never
12:41told him
12:41what kind of man Ethan really was. How hungry he was for power. How far he would go. So Mason
12:47blamed
12:47me instead. He said I was jealous. Small-minded. That I couldn't make room for another woman.
12:53What if Lana really had become Ethan's second wife? So what? In families like ours, men had women
12:59everywhere. Compared to other powerful men, Ethan already looked loyal. Already looked restrained.
13:04Why should he be expected to belong to me alone? But this life? I don't care anymore. How my son
13:10sees me means nothing now. So I told him the truth. All of it. His face went red. Don't use
13:15the royal
13:16family to make yourself sound important. I didn't even flinch. If you don't believe me, go to the
13:21estate. Ask the manager. Go ask what your father was doing while your grandmother was sick.
13:28Or if he was sneaking around with your precious Aunt Lana. He spun around and stormed out.
13:33My daughter, Sophie, took it even harder. She wasn't angry like her brother. She just looked hurt.
13:39Mom, I promised the Queen Mother I'd give her a lace embroidery piece for her 50th birthday.
13:45I can't do it without Aunt Lana. Is she teaching you, or is she doing it for you?
13:50She's teaching me. She's not the only person in the world who can do that.
13:54My daughter shook her head. But the one I'm making now is special.
13:57Only Aunt Lana knows this pattern. It's one of a kind. That's how I make the Queen Mother happy.
14:03I almost laughed. You're my daughter. You could hand the Queen Mother a scrap of old cloth,
14:09and she'd still be happy. If you weren't, you could stitch a miracle, and she still wouldn't care.
14:15The palace is full of master artist. You think she's lacking embroidery?
14:21Mom, you can't talk about Aunt Lana like that.
14:23When Lana talks herself up, you don't notice? But the second I tell the truth,
14:27suddenly I'm the cruel one?
14:28My son was foolish. My daughter was naive. Just like I used to be. So be it.
14:34Whatever bond one had with them, I leave it to fate now. I brushed the sleeve of my dress flat.
14:39Once the divorce is done, I'll leave instructions with the estate manager.
14:42He can look after the children here and there. I'll leave them enough money to live on.
14:46Enough to get them to adulthood. Enough to see them married. I'll do what a mother is supposed to do.
14:52They are still my children. But beyond that? I expect nothing.
14:56When I first left home, the twins were six. Old enough to know me. Old enough to remember.
15:01I had left trusted people behind to care for them. But by the time I came back,
15:05my people around them had been replaced. My mother-in-law did that.
15:09The people loyal to me had started clashing with the people loyal to her.
15:12And she was never going to let my side stay. So the people around my children changed.
15:16And then their hearts changed. But that's fine. I'm not clinging anymore.
15:21If this is all the fate I get with them, then that's all it is.
15:26I was waiting for the right reason to leave him. A reason no one could argue with. And I knew
15:31it was
15:31coming. Soon. Just like the last time. By the first day of September. I had been back at the
15:37Barone estate for three months. That morning, my mother-in-law got up early. And said she was
15:42going to the church to pray. She didn't ask me to come. Didn't ask the kids either. She only wanted
15:47Ethan to take her. The second they left, I called for my son and daughter.
15:51I'm taking you somewhere.
15:53My daughter was a little scared of me now. Her grandmother had been telling her.
15:57I was jealous and mad. And Sophie had believed it.
16:00Where are we going?
16:01Already sounding hostile.
16:02To pray.
16:03His face hardened. Grandma and dad just left for that? And now you suddenly want to go?
16:08What are you trying to do? I'm not going. You're full of trick.
16:12My daughter just stood there. Unsure. So I gave them a better reason.
16:16It's not just me going. Princess Anne will be there too. I thought I'd introduce you to her son.
16:22I heard you've been dying to learn spear work from him.
16:24Princess Anne was my older cousin. For years older than me, her son was everything boys his age dreamed
16:29of being. Built like he was born for battle. He trained with top masters.
16:33His spear work was famous. People talked about it all the time. He'd even beaten the royal
16:37marshal champion once. Or maybe the champion had thrown him a little glory. Either way,
16:42my son had wanted to know him for a long time. But while I was gone, Princess Anne's household
16:46barely gave Mason the time of day. Then I turned to my daughter.
16:49Sophie, do you want to meet Princess Anne?
16:51She's one of the queen mother's favorites. That got her. My son hesitated. Then finally nodded.
16:57Once we met up with Princess Anne, we all climbed into her massive carriage. It was huge.
17:01The kind only true royalty could get away with. And my son got exactly what he wanted. He saw
17:06the young lord he admired. And just like that, he was grinning. Then the carriage turned. Not
17:10toward the church. Toward the country estate.
17:15Olivia, where exactly are we going? There's an estate nearby that belongs to my family.
17:19We're just stopping by. I need to deal with something.
17:22What kind of something?
17:23I leaned against her shoulder and smiled like I was still 16.
17:26Come on, Anne. Be nice to me.
17:28Your kids are practically grown. And you still know how to play spoiled.
17:33My daughter watched us and looked a little jealous. My son just stared at me,
17:36like he couldn't believe what he was seeing. He probably thought I meant nothing in the royal
17:40family anymore. That's what Ethan had told him. Then we reached the estate. We all got out.
17:45And walked straight into a private courtyard. The door opened. And there she was. A beautiful
17:50woman with the slightest roundness at her belly. Pregnant. My mother-in-law was holding her hand.
17:56Talking to her softly. And Ethan was standing right there beside them. Supporting her like she was
18:00something precious. Everyone froze. Everyone except me. I stepped forward and made my face go blank
18:05with shock. Lady Baron? Ethan? What's this? Then I reached for Lana's belly. Ethan reacted on
18:11instinct. He shoved my hand away. So I let myself fall. Hard. I cried out as I hit the ground.
18:17Inside
18:17my sleeve, I already had a shard of broken glass hidden and ready. The second I went down, I pressed
18:22it into my palm. It sliced right through. Princess and Rush to help me up. Then she turned on Ethan
18:26with fire in her eyes. Are you out of your mind? You lay hands on your lawful wife in front
18:31of me?
18:32Do you have any respect left for the king? And the queen mother?
18:37I acted like I couldn't take one more second. I stumbled to my feet and ran for the door.
18:42Princess and came after me. Her son stepped in front of Ethan and blocked him when he tried to
18:46follow. Back in the carriage, blood was pouring down my hand. The glass was still buried in the
18:50flesh. I clenched my jaw. Grabbed it. And ripped it out. Blood burst out fast. Like a faucet turned full
18:57open. Princess and watched me and said, You owe me for this. I looked up at her. I'll never forget
19:03what you did for me. She nutted. Divorcing him means you lose. If I were you, I'd stay. I'd drag
19:08every one of them through hell. I'd see who breaks first. You're being too soft. I gave her a bitter
19:13smile. Honestly, that's what most women would say. If you betray me, I'll burn everything down. You drown,
19:19I drown. Nobody walks away clean. But I already died once. This time, I choose to live. The only person
19:26who ever truly cared about me. I don't want her sitting there crying. Not every time my name
19:30comes up. I don't want the queen mother blaming herself. Saying she should have stopped me from
19:35marrying that piece of trash. Saying my whole life was her one mistake. She was fearless her entire
19:39life. And I was the one crack in all of that. My death only did two things. It broke the
19:44people
19:44who loved me. And made my enemies very, very happy. In my past life, when I came back to the
19:51house,
19:51I blew up. The Burana sent Lana away then. I knew where she was. At the country estate.
19:57And I knew she was pregnant. She made sure I knew. She had people leak it to me on purpose.
20:02I also knew that on September 1st, Ethan used the same excuse as before. He said he was taking
20:07his mother to pray. Instead, the two of them went to see Lana. Last life, I followed them in secret.
20:13The second I saw Lana's belly, I lost it. I wanted to drag that filthy pair straight to the queen
20:18mother. Then my mother-in-law panicked. She faked a fall. There was a broken piece of glass on the
20:23ground. Her hand got cut. And Ethan said I did it. In this kingdom, if a wife harms her husband's
20:29mother, she can be charged. So Ethan and his mother went to the queen mother first. They said they were
20:34willing to keep it a secret. As long as I stopped making a scene. The queen mother told me again
20:39to
20:39divorce him. I still said no. I wanted to fight. Back then, I was pure rage. I wanted to sink
20:45my teeth
20:46into them. Just to kill them. But rage makes people stupid, and stupid people lose. So this time,
20:52I changed the board. I asked Princess and to help me set the trap. I made sure my children saw
20:56the
20:57truth with their own eyes. And yes. I borrowed my mother-in-law's old trick. Now the whole city
21:02was saying one thing. Beat his lawful wife over a mistress. He crippled her hand. For days, the censor's
21:11office was buried in complaints against Ethan. In the previous life, Lana had that baby in secret.
21:15Outside the family. Later, they brought the child back under some fake title. An adopted son.
21:21Lana was never made a concubine. Never named a mistress. Not on paper. And after I died,
21:27Ethan married her. That was the real plan all along. Because by law, a concubine can't be raised to a
21:32wife. A mistress can't become the legal wife either. If he had tried that openly, he could have gone to
21:37prison. So no, they didn't protect Lana's status for my sake. They protected it for hers. I should have
21:43understood that from the start. People like that are not worth fighting to the death over. The censors
21:48hammered Ethan for two months. Even the king got sick of it. So he asked what I wanted. By then,
21:53I had already moved out of the Barone estate. I was living back at my old family residence.
21:58The Shaw estate. It had been kept up. A few elderly staff still guarded it. People who remembered me from
22:03before I was handed off as a bride. Ethan came to see me there. Once, he had been the kind
22:08of man
22:08girls fell for on sight. Tall. Polished. Beautiful and not cold. Clean way. I fell for him fast.
22:15Now he looked stripped down. Gaunt. His cheekbones were sharp enough to cut.
22:22Olivia, can you stop doing this?
22:24I just looked at him.
22:25I'll make Lana a concubine. I'll hand her slave contract over to you.
22:29Is that enough? We're a family.
22:32That's your apology? Whether she becomes your concubine or gives birth to your bastard. Either way,
22:38it has nothing to do with me now.
22:40Then what do you want?
22:40A divorce. And I take every piece of property that came with me.
22:44You're not thinking about the children. Mason and Sophie are ten now. They'll be entering the
22:48marriage market soon. If you keep acting like this, who's going to marry into this family?
22:53Ethan, you really can talk.
22:55You slept with another woman. You hurt me.
22:57When you got into Lana's bed, did you think about their future then? Did I shove you onto her?
23:03That's not the same. Men take more than one woman. That's how the world works.
23:07I never said you couldn't.
23:08You're the head of that house, sure. But taking in a concubine doesn't only need your approval.
23:13It also needs mine. Did you ask me first?
23:17What exactly are you trying to do?
23:18He was angry now. Done pretending.
23:20My mother is sick because of this.
23:23I looked him dead in the eye. She raised a useless son. Of course she's sick.
23:27You do not get to talk about my mother like that.
23:32There you go again, using your mother as a shield. When did I disrespect her? I was talking about
23:38you, Ethan.
23:39That was the end of that. He left angry. I let him. After that, the whole Burana started showing
23:45up one by one. My mother-in-law came first. She lasted maybe three sentences.
23:50Why she handed the household keys to Lana. Why she helped Lana buy my children's loyalty.
23:54And suddenly she had nothing left to say. Then the children came. I put on my mother
23:59voice and gave them one warning. If you won't stand with me, then don't call yourselves good
24:04children. If that's how you want it, maybe we should cut ties now.
24:08The last one to come was Lana. Her belly was flat. She looked pale. Fragile. Like grief itself.
24:14The second she saw me, she dropped into tears. My lady. I lost the baby. It's all my fault.
24:21I forgot my place. Please forgive the Duke. I'll go back to my hometown. I'll never show
24:27my face in front of you again. I looked at Lana in silence. She had that soft, harmless face.
24:35Round cheeks. Big doe eyes. The kind of face that made people drop their guard. But that was the trick.
24:40She knew exactly how to get inside people's heads. She was tough. Cold where it counted. And she never
24:46lost sight of what she wanted. She wanted one thing. To be the lady of the Barone estate.
24:51In my last life, I only found out the truth much later. She and Ethan had been in love as
24:56teenagers.
24:57But Ethan's mother thought Lana's family had fallen too far. No money. No status. No use. So she forced
25:04Lana's cousin to marry her off far away. That left a wound in Ethan. A deep one. It wasn't that
25:09he didn't
25:09like me. I was raised by the Queen Mother herself. Plenty of sons from powerful families wanted me.
25:15I was gentle. Sheltered. Easy to love on the surface. And yes, I was beautiful. What man wouldn't
25:21want me? Ethan wanted me too. In his own way. He loved me while still missing Lana. He played the
25:27devoted husband in one hand. Kept mourning his lost love with the other. And because of Lana,
25:32he even started resenting his own mother. Back then, the two of them were at each other's throats.
25:37The joke was on me. I had just married into that family. And I actually tried to fix their
25:42relationship. I thought I was helping. Lana was widowed first. That came before my injury.
25:47The second Ethan heard that her husband was dead, he was thrilled. He begged his mother to find a way
25:52to bring Lana back to the city. And just like that, he got two wins with one move. He told
25:57me to head
25:57south and recover after I got shot. Said the warmer air would help my wound heal. The second I left,
26:02his mother made her move to win back her son's heart. She used my daughter as the excuse. Said
26:07she was hiring a needlework tutor for Sophie. That was how she brought Lana into the house.
26:12Lana had lived a rough life with her late husband's family. She had already learned what it felt like.
26:17Live with no money, no power, no one backing you up. So she came back with one goal. Not to
26:22be some
26:22hidden woman. Not to be a mistress tucked out of sight. She wanted to marry Ethan for real.
26:27Right now, though, she had to play the long game. That meant getting rid of this baby.
26:31Even if it wrecked her body. Even if it meant she might never have another child again.
26:36She was still willing to do it. That was how ruthless she was. If I had even half that kind
26:40of nerve, I never would have let them kill me. Lana!
26:47I will never forgive Ethan. My lady. This is all my fault. I deserve whatever you do to me.
26:55I'll kneel. I'll beg. I'll knock my head on the floor if I have to. You could crack your skull
26:59open
27:00right here. And no one in this house would feel sorry for you. This is my family home. Everyone
27:06here answers to me. You could die on this floor and it still wouldn't buy you pity.
27:10Her lips trembled. Then she bit down on them. My lady. Please. Tell me what you want.
27:18If there's any way to solve, I'll do it. Can you turn back time?
27:25My lady. If time couldn't be reversed, her apologies meant nothing. I already took the
27:30wrong road once. All I wanted now was to get back to the right one. You lost the baby.
27:35Do you really think Ethan won't blame me for that? If I go back now, that whole family will
27:39see me as the enemy. And you want me to go back into a house full of people who hate
27:44me? To live
27:45under their roof? To sleep among enemies? So one day if I end up dead, no one even asks why?
27:51Do I
27:52look that stupid to you? She flinched. This little act of yours? It's not for me. You're stepping back
28:00now so Ethan, his mother, will love you more. You want them to pity you. You want them to protect
28:05you.
28:06That's all this is. So all that pain, you wasted. I'm not changing my mind. I am divorcing him.
28:15Killing your own child just to clear the board. Look at my two kids, foolish and cruel. But even then,
28:20I never thought of throwing them away. That hit her. Hard. Her hands curled into fists so tight her
28:25knuckles went white. I kept going. This little sob story has gone as far as she's going to go with
28:30me.
28:30Take the tears back to Ethan and his mother. Go sell your tragedy to them still dumb enough to buy
28:35it. Don't waste another minute here. Then I called in two older housemates. I told them to take her
28:41back to the Barone estate carefully. No bumps. No bruises. No accidents. I didn't want anyone
28:48saying I touched her. At the same time, I sent someone to buy off the storyteller at the tavern,
28:53where gossip spread faster than wildfire. I had them tell the whole thing under fake names.
28:57The great love story between Ethan Barone and Lana.
29:01The rich family. The old flame. The secret child. The betrayed wife. And that wife? That was me.
29:09The beautiful, loyal woman who took an arrow for her husband. The one who almost died for him. The
29:14one who spent four years healing while he was busy rebuilding his romance with another woman.
29:17They also talked about my father. A war hero. A good man. The kind that this country still
29:23respected. They talked about my looks. My innocence. My massive inheritance. And they
29:29shredded Ethan. People everywhere called him heartless. A traitor. A man who used love like
29:34a knife. The Barone name rotted in public for months. By the end of it, Ethan broke. He gave me
29:39the divorce. And he returned every property that came with me. The kids are not going with you.
29:44I smiled. Keep them. Take both of them. Once the love is gone, the weight is gone too. I don't
29:48waste my
29:49heart on people who never loved me back. This time, I'm choosing one thing. I'm staying alive.
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