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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
00:24rid 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
02:25didn't send for me. Not right away. That was when the dread hit. Something was wrong. And when I
02:31finally got home, I found out the truth. My place had already been filled. This time, after being
02:36reborn, I went to see the queen mother first. She was the only person in the world who had
02:40ever truly loved me. I'm better now.
02:43She took my hand and held it tight. That's all I wanted to hear. You're back. Come see
02:49me 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.
03:21Every single face looked surprised. And behind them stood a woman in a soft lilac dress. Pretty.
03:27Gentle looking. Sweet in that careful, polished way.
03:30Olivia? Why are you home today? As she hurried over and grabbed my hand.
03:36The house manager never sent word. It's my home. I don't need a formal announcement to walk into it.
03:42Right, mum?
03:45Ethan 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.
03:56Olivia, you haven't met her yet. This is Lana. I hired her to teach Sophie Needlework.
04:04My name is Lana Brooks. It's a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Barone.
04:08She was my mother-in-law's distant niece. A widow. She'd come to stay after her husband died.
04:14She 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
04:24while I was away. Mum! You have no idea how great Aunt Lana is!
04:30I gently smoothed her hair back. You can tell me all about it later, sweetheart.
04:34In my last life, I noticed it right away. How every person in that house had a soft spot for
04:39Lana.
04:39How none of them were really mine anymore. And I let it show. My face turned cold. The whole house
04:45froze. By the first night, everything had already gone bad. Not this time. This time, I smiled. I
04:51joked with them. I sat through dinner like nothing was wrong. After dinner, Ethan was clearly on edge.
04:57Restless. Distracted. 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 the
05:10trip I want
05:10to turn in early. Could I trouble you to sleep in the studio tonight, Duke? His face changed on the
05:16spot. He looked relieved. Thrilled, almost. Of course. Get some rest, Olivia. I slept well that
05:25night. The next morning, I picked my moment. And then I blew it all up. At breakfast, Lana was there
05:32again. Still standing by my mother-in-law. Still serving her like she ran the house. We had barely
05:38finished eating when a servant rushed in. And announced that someone from the palace had
05:41arrived. That was my moment. I let the bowl slip from my hand. It smashed hard against the floor.
05:47Everyone stared at me. My mother-in-law frowned. Ethan frowned too. Neither of them got it yet.
05:52I stood up and said it loudly. I'm the wife of this house. If my husband is taking a mistress,
05:57why was I the last to know? And if mom doesn't see me as her daughter-in-law anymore, then
06:03fine.
06:03Hand me divorce papers. I never should have come back. The whole room went dead. My son,
06:09Mason, spoke up like some tiny little judge. Mom, you smashed a bowl in front of dad and grandma.
06:15This is embarrassing. My daughter looked stunned. Mom, who's been filling your head with this stuff?
06:21You've got Lana all wrong. Olivia, you are way too spoiled. Is this really how the queen mother
06:28raised you? Only Ethan caught on fast. He walked over to me at once. Soft voice. Calm face. Olivia,
06:35maybe 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
07:07the servant 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? Tears instantly sprang to my eyes.
07:18I didn't know someone else had taken over this household. Last night, my bedding was damp. I tried to
07:23have 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
07:34Barone think I'm throwing a fit. I swear I'm being framed here. Mrs. Gable looked at every face in that
07:40room. My mother-in-law wasn't stupid. Not really. She realized it then. It'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 brought
07:59in 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,
08:11I would have thought she was just some guest. And once people call me jealous, who do they blame?
08:16They 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 I'd lost it.
08:54She'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.
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. Why, after his lawful
09:32wife took an arrow for him and got sent away to heal, there was suddenly another lady of the house
09:36running his estate? I went with Mrs. Gable to the Queen Mother's palace. The second she saw me,
09:41she pulled me close. This time, she didn't say what she'd said before. She didn't remind me that
09:46I had chosen Ethan myself. She didn't say she'd never liked 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 trampled
09:57by the baronies. In my last life, she told me to leave him. She told me to get a divorce.
10:02I refused. Divorce meant my husband didn't want me. My kids didn't want me. I couldn't swallow that.
10:08I had to fight. I had to beat them all. So I stayed, and it killed me. When I died,
10:14only one person truly cried for me. The Queen Mother. Back then, I never fully believed her
10:19love was real. She was ruthless. Sharp. The kind of old woman who could wipe out a whole bloodline
10:24and sleep just fine after. So how much could she really care about me? I thought it was politics.
10:29A show. A way to keep my father's old allies loyal. But after 20 years as a ghost, I watched
10:35her.
10:36And every time my name came up, she cried. People can get attached to a cat after enough years.
10:41Then what about 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 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 is just a widowed relative with nowhere else to go.
11:17She is not a mistress. And Olivia, she wants a divorce. Just because she can't allow her husband
11:23another woman, she's also hurting her own reputation. In her mind, a good wife should
11:28help bring in more women. More women meant more children. More children meant a stronger family
11:32line. So no, according to her, that was not a valid reason for divorce. I lowered my eyes.
11:38Thought for a second. You'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,
11:46the 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?
12:14I was out helping your father climb the ladder. I took an arrow for him. I let that injury become
12:19a weapon
12:19for the crown prince. Without the story of Lady Olivia was badly wounded and never fully healed,
12:24why would your grandfather's old military allies turn against the third prince? And why are they
12:28slowly moving towards the crown prince instead?
12:30My son froze. He was ten. 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.
12:40I never told him what kind of man Ethan really was. How hungry he was for power. How far he
12:46would go.
12:46So Mason blamed me instead. He said I was jealous. Small-minded. That I couldn't make room for another
12:52woman. What if Lana really had become Ethan's second wife? So what? In families like ours,
12:58men had women everywhere. Compared to other powerful men, Ethan already looked loyal.
13:03Already looked restrained. Why should he be expected to belong to me alone? But this life?
13:07I don't care anymore. How my son sees me means nothing now. So I told him the truth. All of
13:13it.
13:14His face went red. Don't use the royal family to make yourself sound important. I didn't even flinch.
13:19If you don't believe me, go to the estate. Ask the manager. Go ask what your father was doing while
13:24your grandmother was sick. Or if he was sneaking around with your precious Aunt Lana. He spun around
13:32and stormed out. My daughter, Sophie, took it even harder. She wasn't angry like her brother. She just
13:38looked hurt. Mom, I promised the queen mother I'd give her a lace embroidery piece. For her 50th
13:44birthday. I 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. My daughter shook her head.
13:55But the one I'm making now is special. Only Aunt Lana knows this pattern. It's one of a kind.
14:01That's how I make the queen mother happy. I almost laughed. You're my daughter. You could hand the
14:07queen mother a scrap of old cloth and she'd still be happy. If you weren't, you could stitch a miracle
14:14and she still wouldn't care. The palace is full of master artist. You think she's lacking embroidery?
14:21Mom, you can't talk about Aunt Lana like that. When Lana talks herself up, you don't notice?
14:26But the second I tell the truth, suddenly I'm the cruel one? My son was foolish. My daughter was
14:31naive. Just like I used to be. So be it. Whatever bond one had with them, I leave it to
14:36fate now.
14:37I brushed the sleeve of my dress flap. Once the divorce is done, I'll leave instructions with
14:41the estate manager. He can look after the children here and there. I'll leave them enough money to live
14:46on. Enough to get them to adulthood. Enough to see them married. I'll do what a mother is supposed to
14:51do. They are still my children. But beyond that? I expect nothing. When I first left home, the twins
14:58were six. Old enough to know me. Old enough to remember. I had left trusted people behind to
15:03care for them. But by the time I came back, my people around them had been replaced. My mother-in
15:08-law
15:08did that. The people loyal to me had started clashing with the people loyal to her. And she was never
15:13going to let my side stay. So the people around my children changed. And then their hearts changed.
15:18But that's fine. I'm not clinging anymore. If this is all the fate I get with them, then that's all
15:23it
15:24is. I was waiting for the right reason to leave him. A reason no one could argue with. And I
15:31knew it
15:31was coming. 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 going to
15:42the
15:42church to pray. She didn't ask me to come. Didn't ask the kids either. She only wanted Ethan to take
15:48her. The second they left, I called for my son and daughter. I'm taking you somewhere. My daughter
15:54was a little scared of me now. Her grandmother had been telling her. I was jealous and mad. And Sophie
15:59had believed it. Where are we going? Already sounding hostile. To pray. His face hardened. Grandma and dad
16:05just left for that? And now you suddenly want to go? What are you trying to do? I'm not going.
16:11You're full of
16:11trick. My daughter just stood there. Unsure. So I gave them a better reason. It's not just
16:16me going. Princess Anne will be there too. I thought I'd introduce you to her son. I heard
16:22you've been dying to learn spear work from him. Princess Anne was my older cousin. For years
16:26older than me, her son was everything boys his age dreamed of being. Built like he was born
16:31for battle. He trained with top masters. His spear work was famous. People talked about it
16:36all the time. He'd even beaten the royal martial champion once. Or maybe the champion had thrown
16:40him a little glory. Either way, my son had wanted to know him for a long time. But while
16:44I was gone, Princess Anne's household barely gave Mason the time of day. Then I turned to
16:48my daughter. 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, we all climbed
16:59into her massive carriage. It was huge. The kind only true royalty could get away with. And my son got
17:04exactly what he wanted. He saw the young lord he admired. And just like that, he was grinning. Then
17:09the carriage turned. Not toward the church. Toward the country estate. Olivia, where exactly are we
17:16going? There's an estate nearby that belongs to my family. We're just stopping by. I need to deal
17:21with something. What kind of something? I leaned against her shoulder and smiled like I was still
17:2516. Come on, Anne. Be nice to me. Your kids are practically grown. And you still know how to play
17:32spoiled. My daughter watched us and looked a little jealous. My son just stared at me like he couldn't
17:37believe what he was seeing. He probably thought I meant nothing in the royal family anymore. That's
17:41what Ethan had told him. Then we reached the estate. We all got out and walked straight into a private
17:47courtyard. The door opened and there she was. A beautiful woman with the slightest roundness at her
17:52belly. Pregnant. My mother-in-law was holding her hand. Talking to her softly. And Ethan was standing
17:58right there beside them. Supporting her like she was something precious. Everyone froze. Everyone
18:03except me. I stepped forward and made my face go blank with shock. Lady Baron? Ethan? What's this?
18:08Then I reached for Lana's belly. Ethan reacted on instinct. He shoved my hand away. So I let myself fall.
18:15Hard. I cried out as I hit the ground. Inside my sleeve, I already had a shard of broken glass
18:19hidden
18:20and ready. The second I went down, I pressed it into my palm. It sliced right through. Princess and
18:24rushed to help me up. Then she turned on Ethan with fire in her eyes. Are you out of your
18:28mind?
18:29You lay hands on your lawful wife in front of me? Do you have any respect left for the king
18:34and the queen mother? I acted like I couldn't take one more second. I stumbled to my feet and ran
18:41for
18:41the door. Princess and came after me. Her son stepped in front of Ethan and blocked him when he tried
18:46to follow. 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
18:57full open. Princess and watched me and said, You owe me for this. I looked up at her. I'll never
19:03forget
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
19:08one of them through hell. I'd see who breaks first. You're being too soft. I gave her a bitter smile.
19:13Honestly, that's what most women would say. If you betray me, I'll burn everything down.
19:19You drown, I drown. Nobody walks away clean. But I already died once. This time, I choose to live.
19:25The only person who ever truly cared about me. I don't want her sitting there crying. Not every
19:30time my name comes up. I don't want the queen mother blaming herself. Saying she should have
19:34stopped me from marrying that piece of trash. Saying my whole life was her one mistake. She was
19:38fearless her entire life. And I was the one crack in all of that. My death only did two things.
19:43It broke the people who loved me. And made my enemies very, very happy.
19:49In my past life, when I came back to the house, I blew up. The Burana sent Lana away then.
19:54I knew
19:55where she was. At the country estate. And I knew she was pregnant. She made sure I knew. She had
20:01people leak it to me on purpose. I also knew that on September 1st, Ethan used the same excuse as
20:06before.
20:06He said he was taking his mother to pray. Instead, the two of them went to see Lana. Last life,
20:12I followed them in secret. The second I saw Lana's belly, I lost it. I wanted to drag that filthy
20:17pair straight to the queen mother. Then my mother-in-law panicked. She faked a fall. There
20:22was a broken piece of glass on the ground. Her hand got cut. And Ethan said I did it. In
20:27this kingdom,
20:28if a wife harms her husband's mother, she can be charged. So Ethan and his mother went to the
20:32queen mother first. They said they were willing to keep it a secret. As long as I stopped making a
20:37scene. The queen mother told me again to divorce him. I still said no. I wanted to fight. Back then,
20:43I was pure rage. I wanted to sink my teeth into them. Just to kill them. But rage makes people
20:49stupid, and stupid people lose. So this time, I changed the board. I asked princess and to help
20:54me set the trap. I made sure my children saw the truth with their own eyes. And yes. I borrowed
20:59my
21:00mother-in-law's old trick. Now the whole city was saying one thing. Beat his lawful wife over a
21:05mistress. He crippled her hand. For days, the censor's office was buried in complaints against
21:12Ethan. In the previous life, Lana had that baby in secret. Outside the family. Later, they brought
21:18the child back under some fake title. An adopted son. Lana was never made a concubine. Never named a
21:24mistress. Not on paper. And after I died, Ethan married her. That was the real plan all along.
21:30Because by law, a concubine can't be raised to a wife. A mistress can't become the legal wife either.
21:35If he had tried that openly, he could have gone to prison. So no, they didn't protect Lana's status
21:40for my sake. They protected it for hers. I should have understood that from the start. People like
21:45that are not worth fighting to the death over. The censors hammered Ethan for two months. Even the king
21:50got sick of it. So he asked what I wanted. By then, I had already moved out of the Barone
21:55estate. I was living back at my old family residence. The Shaw estate. It had been kept
22:00up. A few elderly staff still guarded it. People who remembered me from before I was handed
22:04off as a bride. Ethan came to see me there. Once, he had been the kind of man girls fell
22:09for
22:09on sight. Tall. Polished. Beautiful in that cold, clean way. I fell for him fast. Now he looked
22:16stripped down. Gaunt. His cheekbones were sharp enough to cut.
22:22Olivia, can you stop doing this? I just looked at him. I'll make Lana a concubine. I'll hand
22:27her slave contract over to you. Is that enough? We're a family. That's your apology? Whether
22:33she becomes your concubine or gives birth to your bastard. Either way, it has nothing to do
22:39with me now. Then what do you want? A divorce. And I take every piece of property that came
22:43with me. You're not thinking about the children. Mason and Sophie are ten now. They'll be entering
22:48the marriage market soon. If you keep acting like this, who's going to marry into this family?
22:53Ethan, you really can talk. You slept with another woman. You hurt me. When you got into Lana's
22:59bed, did you think about their future then? Did I shove you onto her? That's not the same.
23:05Men 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.
23:13It also needs mine. Did you ask me first? What exactly are you trying to do? He was
23:19angry now. Done pretending. My mother is sick because of this. I looked him dead in the eye.
23:24She raised a useless son. Of course she's sick. You do not get to talk about my mother like
23:29that. There you go again. Using your mother as a shield. When did I disrespect her? I was talking
23:38about you, Ethan. That was the end of that. He left angry. I let him. After that, the whole
23:44Burana started showing up one by one. My mother-in-law came first. She lasted maybe three
23:49sentences. Why she handed the household keys to Lana. Why she helped Lana buy my children's
23:54loyalty. 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
24:04good children. If that's how you want it, maybe we should cut ties now. The last one to come was
24:09Lana. Her belly was flat. She looked pale. Fragile. Like grief itself. The second she saw me,
24:16she dropped into tears. My lady, I lost the baby. It's all my fault. I forgot my place. Please forgive
24:24the Duke. I'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
24:37kind of face that made people drop their guard. But that was the trick. She knew exactly how to
24:42get inside people's heads. She was tough. Cold where it counted. And she never lost sight of what
24:47she wanted. She wanted one thing. To be the lady of the Buron estate. In my last life, I only
24:53found out
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 away. That left a wound in Ethan. A deep one. It wasn't that he didn't like me. I was
25:11raised by
25:11the queen mother herself. Plenty of sons from powerful families wanted me. I was gentle. Sheltered. Easy to
25:18love 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. I had
25:39just
25:39married into that family. And I actually tried to fix their relationship. I thought I was helping.
25:44Lana was widowed first. That came before my injury. The second Ethan heard that her husband was dead,
25:50he was thrilled. He begged his mother to find a way to bring Lana back to the city. And just
25:54like
25:55that, he got two wins with one move. He told me to head south and recover after I got shot.
26:00Said the
26:00warmer air would help my wound heal. The second I left, his mother made her move to win back her
26:04son's
26:04heart. She used my daughter as the excuse. Said she was hiring a needlework tutor for Sophie. That was how
26:10she brought Lana into the house. Lana had lived a rough life with her late husband's family.
26:14She had already learned what it felt like. Live with no money, no power, no one backing you up.
26:20So she came back with one goal. Not to be some hidden woman. Not to be a mistress tucked out
26:24of
26:25sight. She wanted to marry Ethan for real. Right now, though, she had to play the long game.
26:30That meant getting rid of this baby. Even if it wrecked her body. Even if it meant she might never
26:34have
26:35another child again. She was still willing to do it. That was how ruthless she was. If I had even
26:40half
26:40that kind of nerve, I never would have let them kill me. Lana. I will never forgive Ethan.
26:49My lady. This is all my fault. I deserve whatever you do to me. I'll kneel. I'll beg. I'll knock
26:57my
26:57head on the floor if I have to. You could crack your skull open right here. And no one in
27:01this house
27:02would feel sorry for you. This is my family home. Everyone here answers to me. You could die on this
27:08floor and it still wouldn't buy you pity. Her lips trembled. Then she bit down on them.
27:13My lady. Please. Tell me what you want. If there's any way to solve, I'll do it. Can you turn
27:22back 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
27:53to you? She flinched. This little act of yours? It's not for me. You're stepping back now so Ethan,
28:01his mother, will love you more. You want them to pity you. You want them to protect you. That's all
28:06this 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
28:25her knuckles went white. I kept going. This little sob story has gone as far as she's going to go
28:29with
28:30me. Take the tears back to Ethan and his mother. Go sell your tragedy to them still dumb enough to
28:35buy it. Don't waste another minute here. Then I called in two older housemates. I told them to
28:41take her back to the Barone estate carefully. No bumps. No bruises. No accidents. I didn't want
28:47anyone saying I touched her. At the same time, I sent someone to buy off the storyteller at the
28:52tavern. Where 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.
29:02The 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.
29:13The one 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 shredded Ethan.
29:30People everywhere called him heartless. A traitor. A man who used love like a knife.
29:35The Barone name rotted in public for months. By the end of it, Ethan broke. He gave me the divorce.
29:40And he returned every property that came with me. The kids are not going with you. I smiled.
29:45Keep them. Take both of them. Once the love is gone, the weight is gone too. I don't waste 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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