- 2 days ago
If you love my videos and want to support me, please follow me. thanks for watching.!!!
Category
š„
Short filmTranscript
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
00:12life. 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
00:24of me. Clean and easy. Like I was the problem all along. And their perfect little family lived
00:29happily ever after. As a ghost, I watched them for 20 years. Watching what came for them
00:34in the end. And then I woke up. Right on the road home. I was back. Don't take me home
00:42yet.
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
02:07London.
02:07Heal somewhere quiet.
02:113 years. Maybe 5. Long enough for the court to keep using my injury as a weapon. Long enough
02:17for 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
03:08never took
03:08it off. I got back to the Barone estate late in the afternoon. The sun was dropping. Golden light
03:13broke through the trees and scattered across the yard. My husband was there. My kids too. They
03:18were all gathered around my mother-in-law. Every single face looked surprised. And behind them
03:24stood a woman in a soft lilac dress. Pretty. Gentle looking. Sweet in that careful, polished way.
03:31Olivia? Why are you home today? As she hurried over and grabbed my hand. The house manager never
03:37sent word. It's my home. I don't need a formal announcement to walk into it. Right, 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. She was my mother-in-law's
04:09distant niece. A widow. She'd come to stay after her husband died. She was amazing with embroidery.
04:16Even better in the kitchen. And with those two things, she had won over my entire family.
04:20No need to be so formal. Thank you for looking after Sophie while I was away.
04:26Mum! 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.
05:08I'm wiped out from the trip. I want to turn in early. Could I trouble you to sleep in the
05:14studio tonight, Duke? His face changed on the spot. He looked relieved. Thrilled, almost.
05:21Of course. Get some rest, Olivia. I slept well that night. The next morning,
05:26I picked my moment. And then I blew it all up. At breakfast, Lana was there again. Still standing
05:34by my mother-in-law. Still serving her like she ran the house. We had barely finished eating
05:38when a servant rushed in. And announced that someone from the palace had arrived. That was
05:43my moment. I let the bowl slip from my hand. It smashed hard against the floor. Everyone stared
05:48at me. My mother-in-law frowned. Ethan frowned too. Neither of them got it yet. I stood up and
05:53said it
05:53loudly. I'm the wife of this house. If my husband is taking a mistress, why was I the last to
05:58know?
05:59And if mom doesn't see me as her daughter-in-law anymore, then fine. Hand me divorce papers. I never
06:05should have come back. The whole room went dead. My son, Mason, spoke up like some tiny little judge.
06:12Mom, you smashed a bowl in front of dad and grandma. This is embarrassing.
06:17My daughter looked stunned. Mom, who's been filling your head with this stuff? You've got Lana all wrong.
06:24Olivia, you are way too spoiled. Is this really how the queen mother raised you?
06:28Only Ethan caught on fast. He walked over to me at once. Soft voice. Calm face.
06:35Olivia, maybe being home again feels strange. Maybe you didn't sleep well. It's just a bowl. That's nothing.
06:41Then 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 seeing your lady in waiting.
07:02Mrs. 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?
07:16Tears instantly sprang to my eyes. I didn't know someone else had taken over this household.
07:20Last night, my bedding was damp. I tried to have it changed, but I couldn't find anyone.
07:24I'm not used to being treated this way. So I barely slept. This morning, my hands gave out,
07:32and I dropped a dish. And now the Duke and Lady Barone think I'm throwing a fit.
07:36I swear I'm being framed here.
07:39Mrs. Gable looked at every face in that room. My mother-in-law wasn't stupid. Not really.
07:44She 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?
08:17They 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?
08:44I 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 it.
08:54She'd worry. So she sent it over first thing. And that gave me exactly what I needed.
08:59A witness. Just my word alone would never have been enough. I learned that the hard way in my
09:03last life. Especially with Ethan. He was born to a sophist. He could twist the truth into a lie.
09:09If nobody from the Queen Mother's side spoke for me. Every ugly label would land on my head.
09:14Jealous wife. Unstable. Ungrateful. Before long, my name would be trash all over London.
09:20And after I died, people cheered. They praised Lana instead. Called her kind. Called her loyal.
09:27Said she and Ethan were perfect together. Now Ethan had to explain one thing. Why, after his
09:32lawful wife took an arrow for him and got sent away to heal, there was suddenly another lady of
09:36the house running 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 I had
09:46chosen Ethan myself. She didn't say she'd never liked him much. She only said this. If you've been
09:52hurt, then stay here a few days. A daughter of the Shaw family does not get trampled by the baronies.
09:58In my last life, she told me to leave him. She told me to get a divorce. I refused. Divorce
10:04meant my
10:04husband didn't want me. My kids didn't want me. I couldn't swallow that. I had to fight. I had to
10:10beat
10:11them all. So I stayed, and it killed me. When I died, only one person truly cried for me. The
10:17Queen
10:17Mother. Back then, I never fully believed her love was real. She was ruthless. Sharp. The kind of old
10:23woman who could wipe out a whole bloodline and sleep just fine after. So how much could she really
10:27care about me? I thought it was politics. A show. A way to keep my father's old allies loyal. But
10:33after
10:3320 years as a ghost, I watched her. And every time my name came up, she cried. People can get
10:39attached
10:39to a cat after enough years. Then what about me? I was beautiful. Obedient. Raised by her own hand.
10:46She really did love me. I asked for a divorce. And I wasn't leaving empty-handed. When I got married,
10:54endless chests filled with the finest treasures. Lustrous silks, exquisite jewelry, ornaments of gold
10:59and jade. Every last one bestowed by the Queen Mother herself. Try her best. Give me everything.
11:05I wanted all of it back. Every last piece. The Buranas shut that down fast. My mother-in-law
11:11went to the palace in tears. She said I had it all wrong. Lana is just a widowed relative with
11:16nowhere else to go. She is not a mistress. And Olivia, she wants a divorce. Just because she
11:22can't allow her husband another woman, she's also hurting her own reputation. In her mind,
11:27a good wife should help bring in more women. More women meant more children. More children meant a
11:32stronger family line. So no, according to her, that was not a valid reason for divorce.
11:36I lowered my eyes. Thought for a second. You're right.
11:41Ethan came to the palace himself and brought me home. The Barone family sent Lana away.
11:45But after I came back, the whole house turned heavy. No one laughed. No one breathed easy.
11:51My mother-in-law even got so worked up that she fell sick. Then one day, my son, Mason,
11:55came to me and said, Mom, Grandma's sick. Go make her something to eat.
12:02I don't know how to cook. Aunt Lana always made good food. Grandma got better every time she ate
12:07what Lana made. Not 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
12:19weapon for 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? My son froze. He was 10. He'd studied enough to
12:34understand a little about imperial power struggles. In my last life, I couldn't bear to tear the mask
12:39off his father in front of him. I never told him what kind of man Ethan really was. How hungry
12:44he was
12:44for power. How far he would go. So Mason blamed me instead. He said I was jealous. Small-minded,
12:51that I couldn't make room for another woman. What if Lana really had become Ethan's second wife?
12:56So 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
13:06to me alone? But this life? I don't care anymore. How my son sees me means nothing now. So I
13:12told him
13:12the truth. All 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
13:24father was doing while your grandmother was sick. Or if he was sneaking around with your precious
13:30Aunt Lana. 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
13:49she 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 done, I'll leave instructions with the estate manager. He can look after the children
14:44here and there. I'll leave them enough money to live on. Enough to get them to adulthood.
14:48Enough to see them married. I'll do what a mother is supposed to do. They are still my children.
14:53But beyond that? I expect nothing. When I first left home, the twins were six. Old enough to know me.
15:00Old enough to remember. I had left trusted people behind to care for them. But by the time I
15:05came back, my people around them had been replaced. My mother-in-law did that. The people loyal to me
15:10had started clashing with the people loyal to her. And she was never going to let my side stay.
15:14So the people around my children changed. And then their hearts changed. But that's fine.
15:20I'm not clinging anymore. If this is all the fate I get with them, then that's all it is.
15:26I was waiting for the right reason to leave him. A reason no one could argue with. And I knew
15:31it was
15:31coming. Soon. Just like the last time. By the first day of September. I had been back at the
15:37Barone estate for three months. That morning, my mother-in-law got up early. And said she was going
15:42to the church to pray. She didn't ask me to come. Didn't ask the kids either. She only wanted Ethan
15:47to take her. The second they left, I called for my son and daughter. I'm taking you somewhere.
15:53My daughter was a little scared of me now. Her grandmother had been telling her.
15:57I was jealous and mad. And Sophie had believed it. Where are we going? Already sounding hostile.
16:03To pray. His face hardened. Grandma and dad just left for that? And now you suddenly want to go?
16:08What are you trying to do? I'm not going. You're full of trick. My daughter just stood there. Unsure.
16:14So I gave them a better reason. It's not just me going. Princess Anne will be there too. I thought
16:20I'd introduce you to her son. I heard you've been dying to learn spear work from him. Princess Anne was
16:25my older cousin. For years older than me, her son was everything boys his age dreamed of being.
16:30Built like he was born for battle. He trained with top masters. His spear work was famous. People
16:35talked about it all the time. He'd even beaten the royal marshal champion once. Or maybe the champion
16:40had thrown him a little glory. Either way, my son had wanted to know him for a long time. But
16:44while I
16:44was gone, Princess Anne's household barely gave Mason the time of day. Then I turned to my daughter.
16:49Sophie, 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 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
17:44estate. 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 face
18:05go blank with shock. Lady Baron? Ethan? What's this? Then I reached for Lana's belly. Ethan reacted on
18:11instinct. He shoved my hand away. So I let myself fall. Hard. I cried out as I hit the ground.
18:17Inside 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
18:41door. Princess 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
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 one
19:09of 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 I
19:20drown. 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
19:31up. I don't want the queen mother blaming herself. Saying she should have stopped me from marrying that
19:35piece 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 she
19:58was pregnant. She made sure I knew. She had people leak it to me on purpose. I also knew that
20:03on September 1st,
20:04Ethan used the same excuse as before. He said he was taking his mother to pray. Instead, the two of
20:10them went to see Lana. Last life, I followed them in secret. The second I saw Lana's belly, I lost
20:15it.
20:16I wanted to drag that filthy pair straight to the queen mother. Then my mother-in-law panicked.
20:20She faked a fall. There was a broken piece of glass on the ground. Her hand got cut. And Ethan
20:26said I did
20:26it. In this kingdom, if a wife harms her husband's mother, she can be charged. So Ethan and his mother
20:32went to the queen mother first. They said they were willing to keep it a secret. As long as I
20:37stopped making a scene. The queen mother told me again to divorce him. I still said no. I wanted to
20:42fight. Back then, I was pure rage. I wanted to sink my teeth into them. Just to kill them. But
20:48rage makes
20:49people stupid, and stupid people lose. So this time, I changed the board. I asked princess and to help me
20:54set the trap. I made sure my children saw the truth with their own eyes. And yes. I borrowed my
21:00mother-in-law's
21:00old trick. Now the whole city was saying one thing. Beat his lawful wife over a mistress.
21:06He 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.
21:25And after I died, Ethan married her. That was the real plan all along. Because by law,
21:31a concubine can't be raised to a wife. A mistress can't become the legal wife either. If he had tried
21:36that openly, he could have gone to prison. So no, they didn't protect Lana's status for my sake.
21:41They protected it for hers. I should have understood that from the start. People like that are not worth
21:46fighting to the death over. The censors hammered Ethan for two months. Even the king got sick of it.
21:51So he asked what I wanted. By then, I had already moved out of the Barone estate.
21:55I was living back at my old family residence. The Shaw estate. It had been kept up. A few elderly
22:01staff still guarded it. People who remembered me from before I was handed off as a bride.
22:05Ethan came to see me there. Once, he had been the kind of man girls fell for on sight.
22:10Tall. Polished. Beautiful in that cold, clean way. I fell for him fast. Now he looked stripped down.
22:17Gaunt. His cheekbones were sharp enough to cut.
22:22Olivia, can you stop doing this?
22:24I just looked at him.
22:26I'll make Lana a concubine. I'll hand her slave contract over to you. Is that enough?
22:30We're a family.
22:32That'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.
22:40Then what do you want?
22:41A divorce. And I take every piece of property that came with me.
22:44You're not thinking about the children. Mason and Sophie are ten now.
22:47They'll be entering the marriage market soon. If you keep acting like this, who's going to marry into this family?
22:53Ethan, you really can talk.
22:55You slept with another woman. You hurt me.
22:57When you got into Lana's bed, did you think about their future then?
23:02Did I shove you onto her?
23:03That's not the same. Men take more than one woman. That's how the world works.
23:07I never said you couldn't.
23:09You're the head of that house, sure.
23:10But taking in a concubine doesn't only need your approval. It also needs mine.
23:16Did you ask me first?
23:17What exactly are you trying to do?
23:19He was angry now. Done pretending.
23:21My mother is sick because of this.
23:23I looked him dead in the eye. She raised a useless son. Of course she's sick.
23:27You do not get to talk about my mother like that!
23:32There you go again. Using your mother as a shield.
23:35When did I disrespect her? I was talking about you, Ethan.
23:39That was the end of that. He left angry. I let him.
23:43After that, the whole Burana started showing up one by one.
23:46My mother-in-law came first. She lasted maybe three sentences.
23:50Why she handed the household keys to Lana.
23:52Why she helped Lana buy my children's loyalty.
23:55And suddenly she had nothing left to say.
23:57Then the children came. I put on my mother voice and gave them one warning.
24:01If you won't stand with me, then don't call yourselves good children.
24:05If that's how you want it, maybe we should cut ties now.
24:08The last one to come was Lana. Her belly was flat.
24:11She looked pale. Fragile. Like grief itself.
24:14The second she saw me, she dropped into tears.
24:17My lady! I lost the baby! It's all my fault!
24:21I 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!
24:31I looked at Lana in silence. She had that soft, harmless face.
24:35Round cheeks. Big doe eyes. The kind of face that made people drop their guard.
24:40But that was the trick. She knew exactly how to get inside people's heads.
24:43She was tough. Cold where it counted. And she never lost sight of what she wanted.
24:48She wanted one thing. To be the lady of the Buran estate.
24:52In my last life, I only found out the truth much later.
24:54She and Ethan had been in love as teenagers. But Ethan's mother thought Lana's family had
24:59fallen too far. No money. No status. No use. So she forced Lana's cousin to marry her off far
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
25:11the queen mother herself. Plenty of sons from powerful families wanted me. I was gentle.
25:16Sheltered. Easy to love on the surface. And yes, I was beautiful. What man wouldn't want me?
25:22Ethan wanted me too. In his own way. He loved me while still missing Lana.
25:27He played the devoted husband in one hand. Kept mourning his lost love with the other.
25:31And because of Lana, he even started resenting his own mother. Back then, the two of them were
25:36at each other's throats. The joke was on me. I had just married into that family.
25:40And I actually tried to fix their relationship. I thought I was helping. Lana was widowed first.
25:46That 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.
25:54And just like that, he got two wins with one move. He told me to head south and recover after
25:59I got
25:59shot. Said the warmer air would help my wound heal. The second I left, his mother made her move to
26:04win
26:04back her son's heart. She used my daughter as the excuse. Said she was hiring a needlework tutor for
26:09Sophie. That was how she brought Lana into the house. Lana had lived a rough life with her late
26:13husband's family. She had already learned what it felt like. Live with no money, no power,
26:18no one backing you up. So she came back with one goal. Not to be some hidden woman. Not to
26:24be a
26:24mistress tucked out of sight. She wanted to marry Ethan for real. Right now, though, she had to play
26:29the long game. That meant getting rid of this baby. Even if it wrecked her body. Even if it meant
26:34she
26:34might never have another child again. She was still willing to do it. That was how ruthless she was.
26:39If I had even half that kind of nerve, I never would have let them kill me.
26:44Lana!
26:47I will never forgive Ethan.
26:49My lady.
26:51This is all my fault. I deserve whatever you do to me.
26:55I'll kneel. I'll beg. I'll knock my head on the floor if I have to.
26:59You could crack your skull open right here. And no one in this house would feel sorry for you.
27:03This is my family home. Everyone here answers to me. You could die on this floor and it still
27:09wouldn'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.
27:21Can you turn back time?
27:25My lady.
27:26If 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.
27:34You lost the baby.
27:35Do you really think Ethan won't blame me for that?
27:38If 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?
27:45To live under their roof?
27:46To sleep among enemies?
27:49So one day if I end up dead, no one even asks why?
27:52Do I look that stupid to you?
27:54She flinched.
27:56This little act of yours?
27:58It's not for me.
27:59You're stepping back now so Ethan and his mother will love you more.
28:02You want them to pity you.
28:04You want them to protect you.
28:06That's all this is.
28:07So all that pain, you wasted.
28:11I'm not changing my mind.
28:13I am divorcing him.
28:15Killing your own child just to clear the board.
28:17Look at my two kids.
28:18Foolish and cruel.
28:19But even then, I never thought of throwing them away.
28:22That hit her.
28:23Hard.
28:24Her hands curled into fists so tight her knuckles went white.
28:26I kept going.
28:27This little sob story has gone as far as she's going to go with me.
28:30Take the tears back to Ethan and his mother.
28:32Go sell your tragedy to them still dumb enough to buy it.
28:36Don't waste another minute here.
28:38Then I called in two older housemates.
28:40I told them to take her back to the Barone estate carefully.
28:43No bumps.
28:44No bruises.
28:45No accidents.
28:47I didn't want anyone saying I touched her.
28:49At the same time, I sent someone to buy off the storyteller at the tavern.
28:53Where gossip spread faster than wildfire.
28:55I had them tell the whole thing under fake names.
28:58The great love story between Ethan Barone and Lana.
29:02The rich family.
29:03The old flame.
29:04The secret child.
29:05The betrayed wife.
29:06And that wife?
29:08That was me.
29:09The beautiful, loyal woman who took an arrow for her husband.
29:12The one who almost died for him.
29:14The one who spent four years healing while he was busy rebuilding his romance with another woman.
29:17They also talked about my father.
29:19A war hero.
29:21A good man.
29:22The kind that this country still respected.
29:24They talked about my looks.
29:26My innocence.
29:27My massive inheritance.
29:28And they shredded Ethan.
29:30People everywhere called him heartless.
29:32A traitor.
29:33A man who used love like a knife.
29:35The Barone name rotted in public for months.
29:37By the end of it, Ethan broke.
29:39He gave me the divorce.
29:40And he returned every property that came with me.
29:43The kids are not going with you.
29:44I smiled.
29:45Keep them.
29:46Take both of them.
29:46Once the love is gone, the weight is gone too.
29:48I don't waste my heart on people who never loved me back.
29:50This time, I'm choosing one thing.
29:52I'm staying alive.
Comments