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