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This time, she walks away forever after being left at the altar.
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00:00He smoked half the night. At dawn, stubbing out his cigarette.
00:04I have a duty to her, but I love you.
00:08Hearing that, I put on my wedding dress, deciding to give him one last chance.
00:12However, what I got was.
00:14Sorry Mrs. Southwell, Mr. Vox says the wedding is cancelled.
00:18Mrs. Woods has suffered a heart attack and is undergoing emergency resurgitation.
00:22I ran outside just in time to see his car speeding away.
00:25Julian! If you dare to go to her today I'll be at the hospital tomorrow.
00:29You'll lose your child!
00:31He was silent for a moment, and then hung up.
00:34Only the dialed tone remained in my ear.
00:36I stood at the hotel entrance, still in my wedding dress.
00:40The guests around me whispered as they stared.
00:42The host froze on stage, unsure what to say.
00:45Sophia, go inside first, don't let them see it.
00:50The wedding is off.
00:52Nonsense!
00:53Julian just had a momentary merry lapse of judgment.
00:57Vivian's situation is critical.
00:59He couldn't ignore her.
01:01So he could ignore me?
01:03You're going to be his wife.
01:05Don't make a scene.
01:10I'm done being his wife.
01:13Leave today and forget being a Vorg ever again!
01:18Outside the hotel, the sky was overcast.
01:21I hailed a taxi.
01:24Trinity Hospital, please.
01:25Vivian had been Julian's responsibility ever since her brother died saving him five years ago.
01:31This responsibility had weighed on Julian for five years.
01:35I used to think it was right for him to take care of Vivian.
01:38Today, I realized just how far he'd let that responsibility go.
01:42Julian was sitting on the long bench outside the emergency room.
01:46Head down, elbows propped on his knees, hands dug into his hair.
01:50He sat there with his suit jacket tossed carelessly to one side.
01:54Hearing my footsteps, he looked up and stood up when he saw me.
01:58Sofia, why are you here?
02:00I'm sorry.
02:02How is she?
02:03The doctor said it was cute heart failure.
02:06They're still trying to stabilize her.
02:07She's in critical condition.
02:10I see.
02:13Sofia, please don't be like this.
02:15Leonard died because of me.
02:17I can't abandon Vivian.
02:19She has no family in this world.
02:22Julian, I'm not doing anything.
02:24I just feel our wedding doesn't seem as important as a girl you've known for five years.
02:29No!
02:30Sofia, you're the most important to me!
02:32The doctor didn't say she's dying.
02:34But she's dying!
02:37Just then, the emergency room door opened.
02:40Family of Vivian?
02:42I am.
02:44The patient's heart rate spiked due to excitement.
02:46It's stable now, no danger.
02:48She'll be transferred to a regular board for observation for two days.
02:53See?
02:54She's so pitiful.
02:56Can't you be a little understanding?
03:00I said nothing.
03:02The hospital bed was wheeled out.
03:04As she passed me, her eyelashes fluttered, and her eyes opened a slit.
03:09Seeing me, she soon got tears welling up.
03:12Julian immediately held her hand.
03:14Vivian, don't be afraid.
03:16I'm here.
03:17I turned and walked out of the hospital.
03:19The cold wind hit my face.
03:21Only then did I realize my heart was pounding wildly.
03:24The night before...
03:28The next day, Julian didn't come home.
03:32The house was deathly silent.
03:34I called a real estate agent to list the house.
03:37Yes, we need to sell it right away.
03:39In the afternoon, Julian came back.
03:41Sophia, I apologize on Vivian's behalf.
03:45She didn't mean it yesterday.
03:48Can't she apologize herself?
03:52She's still very weak.
03:53Julian, don't talk about her.
03:55Let's talk about us.
03:57What about the wedding?
03:58How do we explain to our relatives and friends?
04:01He was silent for a while.
04:04Once things settle down, we can have the wedding again.
04:09Again?
04:10You think there's something that can be done again?
04:14Then what do you want me to do?
04:15It already happened.
04:18Sophia, I know you have endured a lot,
04:20but Vivian just came back from the brink of death.
04:23Can't we be a little more understanding?
04:28Again, understanding.
04:29I went into the bedroom, pulled out a suitcase,
04:32and started packing.
04:34What are you doing?
04:39The next day, his face darkened,
04:42folding my clothes neatly into the suitcase.
04:45I'm selling this house.
04:47Sophia, have you had enough of this scene?
04:49I'm not making a scene.
04:51I just don't want to live here anymore.
04:54Don't you dare sell it!
04:56This is our home!
04:58He is right.
05:00The moment you abandoned it for another woman,
05:03it stopped being our home.
05:05You're being utterly unreasonable!
05:09At this moment, his phone rang.
05:11He answered, and soon his tone shifted.
05:14What's wrong?
05:14Another nightmare?
05:15Don't be scared.
05:17I'm coming right now.
05:19After hanging up,
05:20he released me with impatience on his face.
05:23Sophia, stop this.
05:24Vivian's still shaking.
05:28I need to check on her.
05:29We'll talk when I get back.
05:31He thought I would compromise like before.
05:34If you leave,
05:35then don't come back.
05:41Sophia,
05:43my patience has limits.
05:45Then he left anyway.
05:46Listening to the door slam shut,
05:48I placed the last item in the suitcase
05:50and zipped it shut.
05:56His face...
05:58I moved back to my studio.
06:00A small loft,
06:02design work downstairs,
06:03living space upstairs.
06:05Julian never contacted me again.
06:07I didn't contact him either.
06:09A week later,
06:11Lydia asked to meet me.
06:12In a coffee shop,
06:14she slid a check across the table.
06:1810 million.
06:19Leave Julian.
06:22Lydia,
06:22it's not about money between him and me.
06:26I know.
06:27You two have been together for 10 years,
06:29but you must understand,
06:30the Vogue family needs a wife
06:31who is understanding
06:32and can share Julian's burdens,
06:34not a troublemaker
06:35who only causes trouble.
06:37Vivian is understanding?
06:39Vivian is simple and kind.
06:41Her brother saved Julian's life.
06:44It's only right Julian protects her.
06:47As his fiance,
06:49you should support him,
06:50not oppose him.
06:51I understood.
06:52In their eyes,
06:53all my grievances were causing trouble.
06:56I don't want the money.
06:58And I don't want Julian either.
07:01May he and Vivian have a lifetime of happiness.
07:06Stepping out of the coffee shop,
07:07I blocked all the Vogue's contacts.
07:10The world grew quiet.
07:15I moved.
07:18I began focusing on preparing
07:20for Milan Jewelry Design Competition
07:22three months later.
07:23That was my highest aspiration as a designer.
07:26My days were fulfilling and peaceful.
07:28Until that day,
07:30an uninvited guest
07:31showed up at my studio.
07:35Sophia,
07:36I came to apologize.
07:38On the wedding day,
07:39it was my fault.
07:41I shouldn't have
07:42get to the point.
07:43Julian
07:44has been in a terrible mood
07:46these past few days,
07:47drinking heavily.
07:48I know it's all because of me.
07:50Sophia,
07:50this is the card Julian gave me.
07:52I've saved all the money,
07:53never used it.
07:54I'm giving it back to you.
07:55Please don't be angry
07:56with him anymore, okay?
07:57Please?
07:58Please?
07:59Vivian,
08:00do you think this is funny?
08:02I don't know what you're talking about.
08:04Vivian's still shaking.
08:05I'm coming right now.
08:07Every time you got sick
08:08or had an accident,
08:09it coincided with crucial moments
08:11for him and me.
08:12Vivian,
08:13you planned this,
08:15didn't you?
08:16I didn't.
08:18Take your card
08:19and get out of my place.
08:22Sophia,
08:23I know you hate me,
08:25but if the person
08:26who died five years ago
08:27was Julian
08:28instead of my brother,
08:29what would you have done?
08:30Believe it or not,
08:31I never meant
08:32to break you two up.
08:33I'm just so terribly lonely.
08:35She left.
08:36I threw the card
08:37in the trash.
08:38Sophia,
08:39what did you do to Vivian?
08:43I began.
08:46Sophia,
08:46what did you do to Vivian?
08:49She slid her wrist
08:50after she went home
08:51if the housekeeper
08:51hadn't found her in time,
08:52she'd be dead.
08:53Are you satisfied now?
08:54I did nothing to her.
08:55Still lying.
08:56She's so kind,
08:57even giving you
08:58all her savings
08:58to pay you back.
08:59Why did you still provoke her?
09:01Julian,
09:01do you believe her
09:02or me?
09:06I'm taking you
09:07to the hospital.
09:08Apologize to her.
09:09I'm not going.
09:10You have no choice.
09:12Julian,
09:13you're crazy.
09:14You're the crazy one.
09:15You weren't like this before.
09:17When did you become
09:18so vicious,
09:18so unreasonable?
09:20Yeah,
09:20I wasn't like this before.
09:22The old me believed
09:23his every word,
09:24understood his every difficulty,
09:25and took his responsibilities
09:27as my own.
09:28When did I change?
09:30Probably from the moment
09:31he kept choosing
09:32another woman over me.
09:33He dragged me
09:34all the way downstairs.
09:36His car was parked
09:37right at the door.
09:38He opened the door,
09:39trying to shove me inside.
09:41I used all my strength
09:42to break free.
09:44We're over.
09:46What did you say?
09:47I said we're breaking up.
09:49From now on,
09:50you and Vivian
09:50have nothing to do with me.
09:51Sophia,
09:52don't regret this.
09:53The thing I regret most
09:54is pulling you out
09:55of the mind 10 years ago
09:56and spending another 10 years
09:57watching you push me back in.
09:58I went upstairs,
10:00locked the door,
10:01and then leaned against it,
10:02listening to him
10:03pounding on the door.
10:05Then the car's engine started.
10:07He left.
10:08I slid to the floor,
10:10hugging my knees.
10:11A sharp pain
10:12stabbed through my lower abdomen.
10:14I looked down.
10:15Blood was trickling
10:16down my thigh.
10:227 weeks pregnant.
10:24Signs of threatened misnarriage.
10:25Your emotional state
10:26is too volatile.
10:27Can my baby be saved?
10:29You need to be hospitalized
10:30for observation.
10:31As for saving your baby,
10:32we need a family member's consent.
10:34Where is your husband?
10:35He's away on business?
10:37Then have another relative come.
10:39I had no relatives.
10:40My parents passed away
10:42when I was very young.
10:43I was raised by my grandfather,
10:45who had also passed away
10:47five years ago.
10:48In this world,
10:49I thought I still had Julian.
10:51Now,
10:52I had no one.
10:53I sat on a bench
10:54in the hallway
10:55for a long time.
10:56My phone lit up.
10:57It was a photo from Daniel.
10:59Miss Southwield,
11:00Mr. Vox says
11:01he will come find you
11:02once Ms. Wood's condition stabilizes.
11:04Then I stood up
11:05and walked back
11:06to the doctor's office.
11:07Doctor,
11:10made a decision.
11:11I don't want this child.
11:13Then I lay on the operating table.
11:16The anesthesia coursed
11:17through my body.
11:18In the last second
11:19before my consciousness faded,
11:21I thought,
11:22Julian,
11:22we're even now.
11:27Seven weeks ago.
11:29The day I was discharged,
11:31it was raining.
11:32I didn't return to the studio.
11:34Instead,
11:35I went to the airport.
11:36I bought a one-way
11:38ticket to Milan.
11:39Before leaving,
11:40I sent Julian a final text.
11:42My lawyer will send you
11:43the divorce papers.
11:45I don't want the house
11:46or the car.
11:47Just sign it.
11:48After sending it,
11:49I deactivated my phone number.
11:52As the plane took off,
11:54watching the city grow smaller
11:55beyond the window,
11:57I told myself,
11:58Sophia,
11:59you are reborn.
12:00Sophia,
12:00you are reborn.
12:01Life in Milan
12:01was harder than I had imagined.
12:03Language barrier,
12:05no friends,
12:06no money.
12:06I lived in the cheapest apartment,
12:09ate the simplest food.
12:10By day,
12:11I audited classes
12:12at a jewelry institute,
12:14and by night,
12:14I washed dishes
12:16in a small restaurant.
12:17It was tough.
12:18But my heart was at peace.
12:20I devoted all my energy
12:22into designs.
12:23I poured all the love
12:24and pain of those 10 years
12:26into the drawings.
12:27Three months later,
12:28I stood on the stage
12:29of the Milan jewelry design competition
12:31with my entry,
12:32Caged Bird.
12:33I got the gold medal.
12:35That day,
12:36under the spotlight,
12:37I smiled at the sea
12:38of flashbulbs below.
12:40I was no longer the Sophia
12:41who needed Julian to survive.
12:43Now I was a designer,
12:45Sophia Safla.
12:46Three years later,
12:47I returned to my country
12:49with my personal brand,
12:50Glimmer Snow.
12:51My first major show
12:52was set in Rivermore.
12:54The runway was star-studded.
12:56Backstage,
12:57I watched models
12:58wearing my jewelry creation
12:59step onto the stage.
13:00My assistant,
13:02Anna,
13:02approached and handed me
13:03a glass of champagne.
13:05Mrs. Southdale,
13:06Julian Voth,
13:07the president of Voth Group,
13:08is here too.
13:09I swirled the liquid
13:10in my glass
13:11without responding.
13:12He's in the front row.
13:13Hasn't taken his eyes off you.
13:16Is that so?
13:18He's lost a lot of weight.
13:21Looks haggard.
13:23I took a sip of champagne.
13:25Anna,
13:26go prepare the showstopper.
13:29Yes,
13:29Mrs. Southwell.
13:32Ladies and gentlemen,
13:33let's put our hands together
13:34for the jewelry designer
13:35of tonight's show,
13:36Sophia Southbury.
13:49The day I was...
13:51Our gazes locked
13:53for three seconds.
13:54I gave him a faint smile,
13:56then left the stage.
13:57Backstage,
13:58Anna told me Julian
13:59wanted to see me.
14:01Tell him I'm busy.
14:04He says he'll wait.
14:06Then let him wait.
14:08I changed out of the dress.
14:10I left through a side entrance
14:12and got into my car.
14:13Thanks, Mia.
14:15Hello, miss.
14:16Hi.
14:16As we drove away,
14:18I glanced back.
14:19He was still standing there.
14:21Anna was right.
14:22He was thinner and older,
14:24no longer the vibrant man I remembered.
14:26The car radio played an old song.
14:29I finally learned how to love.
14:32But sadly you,
14:34you had long vanished into the crowd.
14:39I turned off the radio.
14:44Our gazes locked.
14:48My brand became an overnight sensation domestically.
14:52Orders poured in like snowflakes.
14:54I was swamped with work.
14:56Julian tried many ways to see me.
14:59He bought the coffee shop downstairs from my studio
15:01and sat by the window every day.
15:03He pressed the billboard opposite my company.
15:07Photos in four hours a day.
15:09He bought every single one of my designs.
15:12I ignored him completely.
15:14The more he acted like this,
15:16the more ridiculous I found it.
15:18Hindsight was always 20-20.
15:20Thank you, everyone.
15:22I had just finished a meeting when Anna came in.
15:25Miss Southwield?
15:26There's a lady downstairs asking to see you.
15:29She sees Vivian Woods.
15:30My pen paused.
15:32Let her come up.
15:34Years had changed Vivian a lot.
15:36She wore exquisite makeup and a designer suit
15:39with a hint of malice in her eyes.
15:41No longer the delicate, pitiable girl she once was.
15:45Sophia.
15:46Long time no see.
15:48She sat down in my office.
15:50What do you want to say?
15:52I come to ask you to leave Rivermore.
15:57My brand became an overnight sensation.
16:02I laughed.
16:03Why?
16:05Julian loves you now.
16:07Ever since you came back, he changed.
16:09He wants to send me away and break up with me.
16:14Isn't that good?
16:16You two never should have been together.
16:19No.
16:23It's me who stayed by his side these past three years.
16:26I took care of him at his lowest.
16:29How dare you take him away from me?
16:31I looked at her, feeling ridiculous.
16:35Vivian, have you forgotten?
16:36He was originally mine.
16:38You gave up on him.
16:39He gave up on me first.
16:42She was speechless with her face flushed red.
16:45Finally, she pulled a stack of photos from her bag and slammed them onto my desk.
16:51Sophia, don't get cocky.
16:53You think he really loves you?
16:54It's just guilt.
16:55Look at this.
17:01I picked up a photo.
17:03It showed a tombstone.
17:04The name on it was Leonard Woods.
17:07Next to it stood a smaller tombstone, bearing no name.
17:10Only a date.
17:11The date of my surgery.
17:13Below it was engraved two words,
17:15my son, with the signature, father, Julian Voigt.
17:19My mind exploded.
17:21He had actually set up a tombstone for our unborn child.
17:25Seeing my deathly pale face, Vivian laughed triumphantly.
17:28He told me the child was his greatest regret, so he wanted to make amends.
17:32He wanted to get you back.
17:34Sophia, you're just a tool he's using to compensate for that child.
17:38My hands shook so badly that I couldn't hold the photos.
17:41They scattered all over the floor.
17:43Get out!
17:44Get out?
17:47Sophia, you can't win against me.
17:49As long as my brother's favor remains, Julian can never truly ignore me.
17:54I walked up to her and slapped her face.
17:56She covered her face, staring at me in disbelief.
17:59You dare slap me?
18:01This slap is for my unborn child.
18:05I picked up the phone.
18:07Security, throw this person out.
18:09Being held by two security guards.
18:12Sophia!
18:13Sophia, just wait!
18:14I'll make you pay!
18:15Yeah.
18:16The office door closed.
18:18I crouched down, picking up the photos one by one.
18:21Looking at that small tombstone.
18:23My tears finally fell.
18:29I picked up a photo.
18:31I fell ill with a persistent high fever.
18:34Anna took me to the hospital.
18:36Lying in a hospital bed, I drifted in and out of consciousness.
18:40It felt like I was back in that cold operating room three years ago.
18:44I kept having nightmares.
18:46A tiny infant was crying out to me.
18:48Mommy, why didn't you want me?
18:50I woke up sobbing.
18:52The moment I opened my eyes, I saw Julian.
18:55He sat at my bedside, holding my hand, with his jaw shadowed by rough stubble and his bloodshot eyes.
19:02Sophia, you're awake.
19:03His voice was hoarse.
19:05I pulled my hand back and turned away, not wanting to see him.
19:09He said behind me,
19:10I'm sorry about the child.
19:13I'm sorry.
19:15Back then, I thought you ended the pregnancy because you hated me.
19:19I didn't dare ask, didn't dare look for you.
19:22I was afraid you'd hate me even more.
19:26I visit him every year.
19:28I named him Sasha Valk.
19:30My body stiffened.
19:32I looked for you for three years.
19:34Sophia, I know I was wrong.
19:36Give me another chance, please.
19:38I didn't turn around, nor did I speak.
19:41I'll handle things with Vivian.
19:42I swear, from now on, my world will only have you and the child.
19:46The child he spoke of was the one long gone.
19:49How laughable.
19:52Julian?
19:54Leave.
19:59I felt ill.
20:02I won't.
20:03He came to face me and tried to hug me.
20:06I avoided him.
20:07Sophia.
20:09You're right.
20:11I ended the pregnancy because I hated you.
20:13I hated you for abandoning our wedding,
20:16for abandoning our ten years,
20:18for choosing her again and again,
20:20so I abandoned your child.
20:21No, that's not true.
20:23You're not that kind of person.
20:25I am that kind of person.
20:27So it's impossible between us now.
20:30The person you see now is not the fool who loved you enough to give up everything.
20:36That fool died on the operating plate three years ago.
20:38The hospital room door opened.
20:42Anna entered with medicine.
20:44Seeing Julian, she paused.
20:47Mrs. Southwin, time for your medication?
20:52I nodded and told Julian.
20:55I need to rest.
20:56Please leave.
20:57He stood there, lips trembling.
21:00Finally, he gave me one last deep lip before walking out.
21:04His back was hunched, looking ten years older.
21:10I won't.
21:12After I was discharged from the hospital, Julian didn't come to bother me again.
21:17He must have finally given up.
21:20I poured myself into work.
21:21My brand grew larger and larger, expanding worldwide.
21:25I spent most of my time abroad.
21:28My returns to Rivermore were brief and hurried.
21:30News of Julian came from financial reports, resulting in heavy losses.
21:44I heard Julian kicked Vivian out, didn't give her a cent.
21:50Vivian isn't an easy person either.
21:52She's been telling the media Julian is ungrateful, even that he has a love child.
21:57But no one believes her.
21:59She's in a bad way now.
22:00I just listened, having no feelings.
22:02None of it concerned me anymore.
22:05A year later, my retrospective exhibition opened at Rivermore Art Museum.
22:09All my representative works from my debut until now were on display.
22:13Many people attended the opening ceremony.
22:16I was preparing my speech in the lounge.
22:19Anna suddenly rushed in.
22:20Miss Southfield, something's happened.
22:23What happened?
22:24Vivian is here.
22:25She's making a scene in the exhibition hall saying your breakthrough work is a copy of hers.
22:29Is she mad?
22:30She showed the so-called original design draft, almost identical to yours, with just minor difference.
22:35Now the reporters are all gathered around.
22:37This piece was designed in my brother Leonard Woods.
22:40It's his final work.
22:41Sophia was an assistant in my brother's studio.
22:43She stole my brother's draft.
22:49After...
22:49Mrs. Woods, do you have any evidence?
22:52The evidence is my manuscript.
22:53It has my brother's signature.
22:56Vivian.
22:58Sophia.
22:59You thief.
23:01How dare you show up?
23:02You say this work was designed by you and your brother together?
23:05Yes.
23:06When?
23:06Six years ago.
23:10Everyone.
23:11The inspiration for this work did come from one person.
23:13But it wasn't Leonard Woods.
23:14It was Julian Valt.
23:15I created this work during the most painful period after our breakup.
23:18It symbolizes my trapped love and my longing for freedom.
23:21As for Mrs. Woods' evidence, if I'm not mistaken, it was drawn by Julian, right?
23:24You...
23:25You're lying!
23:26Whether I'm lying or not, a handwriting expert can verify it.
23:29Julian has been painting for ten years.
23:31I can recognize his brush strokes even with my eyes closed.
23:34I don't know what you're talking about!
23:35This is my brother's!
23:36Is this...
23:36A deep voice came from behind the crowd.
23:39Julian walked in.
23:40He wore a black suit, looking more gaunt than the last time I saw him.
23:44It was drawn by me, not by Leonard.
23:45I drew it to atone to Sophia.
23:47I gave it to you to pass to her, not for you to frame her with.
23:52I didn't...
23:53I really was on...
23:54Enough!
23:55I come here to tell you a thing.
23:57Leonard did not die saving me.
24:04Mrs. Woods, do you have any...
24:06The entire exhibition hall was deathly silent.
24:09Everyone was stunned into speechlessness.
24:12What...
24:12What did you say?
24:14I've been investigating the car crash from five years ago.
24:17I found several people to recover the dashcam footage at that time.
24:21A car was driving along a winding mountain road.
24:24Julian was the driver, and Leonard was sitting in the passenger seat.
24:28Suddenly, a large truck feared toward them.
24:31A second before impact, Leonard unbuckled his seatbelt and showed that Julian had his own body.
24:39See it clearly?
24:40That truck had brake failure.
24:42It wasn't a premeditated murder.
24:44As for Leonard, he was drowning in 30 million in gambling debt.
24:49He couldn't go on living anyway.
24:52He didn't die saving me.
24:54He just wanted to use his life to give you a secure future.
24:57He wrote it all clearly in his will, asking you to live well with my guilt.
25:02Not to use that guilt to hurt the one I love the most.
25:04I was held hostage by this so-called kindness for five years.
25:08I lost my love, my child.
25:10I've become a laughing duck.
25:12Vivian, if your brother could see you now, would he get peace?
25:19The entire exhibition...
25:23No! It's not true! It's not!
25:31The farce finally came to an end.
25:34Julian turned to look at me.
25:35Sophia, the truth is finally out.
25:39I no longer owe anyone anything.
25:43Can we...
25:45start over?
25:47Julian, it's too late.
25:51With that, I walked back to the lounge.
25:54Leaving everything behind me.
26:01After that day, Julian vanished.
26:04Voight Group announced bankruptcy liquidation.
26:06He dismissed all employees, liquidated all assets, and paid off all debts.
26:11Then he left Rivermore alone.
26:13No one knew where he went.
26:15My life finally returned to calm.
26:17My brand went public in Paris, becoming truly international.
26:21I lived mostly in Paris.
26:24Occasionally, Anna mentioned Julian.
26:27She said someone saw him doing volunteer work, and someone saw him teaching in a mountain village.
26:32He seemed to be punishing himself like an ascetic.
26:35While listening, I felt nothing.
26:37We ultimately took different paths in life.
26:40Five years later, I returned to my country and settled down.
26:43I bought a house with a garden in Rivermore.
26:46I adopted a little girl named Ava.
26:48She was adorable, with two dimples when she smiled.
26:52I loved her dearly.
26:53We lived happily together.
26:56One winter afternoon, I took Ava to a park.
26:59It was snowing heavily.
27:01Ava was building a snowman.
27:03I sat on a bench, watching her.
27:06Not far away, a man in a janitorial uniform was sweeping snow slowly and laboriously.
27:11He wore a hat and mask, his face obscured.
27:14He seemed to have a leg issue.
27:16A slight limp.
27:18Ava's snowball rolled to his feet.
27:20She ran over to retrieve it.
27:22The man stopped sweeping, bent down, and picked it up for her.
27:26When he looked up, his mask slipped down slightly.
27:29I saw his face.
27:34After that day, it was Julian.
27:38His hair was much grayer, his face weathered.
27:41Seeing me, he froze.
27:42The snowball fell from his hand and was shattered.
27:45Ava looked up, asking in a babbish voice.
27:48Sir, what's wrong?
27:50He didn't answer, and just looked at me with so many emotions in his eyes.
27:53I stood up and walked toward them while waving to Ava.
27:57Ava, come here, we're going home.
28:00Ava ran to me, taking my hand.
28:03Mom, he's crying.
28:05I glanced back.
28:06Julian remained motionless where he stood.
28:09His tears rolled down his face, mingled with snowflakes, and fell to the ground.
28:14A man nearing 40 cried like a child.
28:17Holding Ava's hand, I didn't look back.
28:19We walked into the snow, getting further and further away.
28:22I knew he was watching, until we vanished from sight.
28:26Just like many years ago, I watched him leave without hesitation.
28:30We both had stood at life's crossroads.
28:32He chose his so-called responsibility, and I chose myself.
28:36Now, the dust had settled.
28:39We keep moving forward.
28:41Ava's laughter filled the way.
28:42The sun was shining, and the breeze was gentle.
28:48It was Julian.
28:53Hey, weirdo.
28:59We got this peanut cake especially for you.
29:01Yeah, for you.
29:03Go on.
29:03Eat it.
29:04I'm not going to eat that.
29:05I told you, I'm allergic to peanut.
29:09You got a choice.
29:11Eat it, cripple.
29:13Yeah, eat it.
29:18Enough!
29:20A peanut allergy can be deadly.
29:26Why are you doing this to him?
29:29What's it to you, nerd?
29:31Go play your violin somewhere else.
29:33I'm just trying to share a little deserve money.
29:50Then why don't you eat it first?
30:01You're dead!
30:22Are you okay?
30:23That chair hit you!
30:27I'm fine.
30:28What about you?
30:30Your hand?
30:33Oh, nothing.
30:36Create a scar.
30:38Mean girls will love this.
30:40As if I'm not ugly enough already.
30:43You're the prettiest, bravest girl I've ever met.
30:48Here, it's a good luck charm.
30:50I don't cover the scar.
30:56By the way, what's your name?
30:58Just...
30:59Call me Rory.
31:03I gotta go.
31:05Bye.
31:22Rory, where are you?
31:24You saved my life.
31:25Will I ever see you again?
31:34I'm sorry, sir.
31:36We made a replica of the price that you gave me to Rory.
31:39Stay away, but still haven't found her.
31:47Keep searching.
31:51I'm out of the cost.
31:53Understood.
31:54There's something else I need to report, sir.
31:56Your grandfather, Mr. Preston, is downstairs.
31:59Yes, ma'am.
32:00I'm picking out a wife for you.
32:02What?
32:09Good luck charm.
32:10Will you help me find the brave boy from high school?
32:18The richest man in the world is choosing a wife for his only grandson.
32:24Damien Preston.
32:27You have to get chosen.
32:29What?
32:31No, I want to marry someone I like, not someone I don't know.
32:35And no matter how rich he is, it shouldn't be like this.
32:38Picking a consort.
32:39He's not a king.
32:48You're staying.
32:52Next, Lily.
32:56No.
32:56This is so disrespectful.
32:58Rory.
33:00Everything is drowning in debt.
33:02Okay, this is the only...
33:06Right, just...
33:07Not bad, okay?
33:13Rosalie Cooper.
33:21I'm here.
33:34She looks so familiar.
33:36She looks so familiar.
33:40She looks so familiar.
33:46I'm sorry.
33:47You all right?
33:49Yes.
33:50Yes, I'm fine.
33:51Can I let you go?
33:52Yes.
34:09What are you doing?
34:11What are you doing?
34:11You know that this is very disrespectful to women, right?
34:15I'm trying to help you pick a wife with a big enough backside to bear children.
34:21You are a real piece of shit, huh?
34:24You know, maybe this is why grandma didn't want to stay with you.
34:28Why haven't you married yet?
34:31Because I am still looking for the girl that saved me.
34:34I can't wait another ten years for you to find her.
34:37I have cancer.
34:39My only wish is to hold my great-grandchild before I die.
34:45You must choose a wife.
34:48Today.
34:49Okay.
34:50Okay.
34:51Fine.
34:52I will choose her.
35:03You.
35:05What's your name?
35:09Rosalie.
35:14I choose her to be my wife.
35:18Good.
35:18Miss Cooper, you'll start as Damien's secretary tomorrow, and that way you can spend more time together.
35:27And don't worry, I'll handle your family's debts.
35:42Well...
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