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00:00I smoked half the night. At dawn, stubbing out his cigarette.
00:05I 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.
00:13However, what I got was...
00:15Sorry, 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.
00:26Julian! If you dare to go to her today, I'll be at the hospital tomorrow.
00:30You'll lose your child!
00:31He was silent for a moment, and then hung up.
00:34Only the dialed tone remained in my ear.
00:37I stood at the hotel entrance, still in my wedding dress.
00:40The guests around me whispered as they stared.
00:43The host froze on stage, unsure what to say.
00:46Sophia, go inside first. Don't let them see it.
00:50The wedding is off.
00:52Nonsense!
00:54Julian just had a momentary merry lapse of judgment.
00:57Vivian's situation is critical.
01:00He couldn't ignore her.
01:01So he could ignore me?
01:03You're going to be his wife.
01:05Don't make a scene.
01:07No!
01:11I'm done being his wife.
01:13Leave today and forget being a Borg ever again!
01:19outside the hotel, the sky was overcast.
01:22I hailed a taxi.
01:24Trinity Hospital, please.
01:26Vivian had been Julian's responsibility ever since her brother died saving him five years ago.
01:32This responsibility had weighed on Julian for five years.
01:35I used to think it was right for him to take care of Vivian.
01:39Today, I realized just how far he'd let that responsibility go.
01:43Julian was sitting on the long bench outside the emergency room.
01:46Head down, elbows propped on his knees, hands dug into his hair.
01:51He 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.
01:58Sophia, why are you here?
02:01I'm sorry.
02:02How is she?
02:03The doctor said it was acute heart failure.
02:06They're still trying to stabilize her.
02:07She's in critical condition.
02:11I see.
02:13Sophia, please don't be like this.
02:16Leonard died because of me.
02:18I can't abandon Vivian.
02:20She has no family in this world.
02:23Julian, 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.
02:30No, Sophia, you're the most important to me.
02:33The doctor didn't say she's dying.
02:35But she's dying.
02:37Just then, the emergency room door opened.
02:41Family of Vivian?
02:43I 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?
02:55She's so pitiful.
02:57Can't you be a little understanding?
03:01I 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.
03:25The night before...
03:29The 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.
03:42Sophia, 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.
03:54Julian, don't talk about her.
03:56Let's talk about us.
03:57What about the wedding?
03:58How do we explain to our relatives and friends?
04:02He 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,
04:21but Vivian just came back from the brink of death.
04:23Can't we be a little more understanding?
04:28Again, understanding.
04:30I went into the bedroom,
04:31pulled out a suitcase,
04:33and started packing.
04:34What are you doing?
04:40The 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's 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?
05:15Another nightmare?
05:16Don'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.
05:30We'll talk when I get back.
05:31He thought I would compromise like before.
05:34If you leave,
05:36then don't come back.
05:42Sophia,
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.
05:58I moved back to my studio.
06:01A small loft,
06:02design work downstairs,
06:04living space upstairs.
06:05Julian never contacted me again.
06:08I didn't contact him either.
06:10A week later,
06:11Lydia asked to meet me.
06:13In a coffee shop,
06:14she slid a check across the table.
06:1810 million.
06:20Leave Julian.
06:22Lydia,
06:23it'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 who is understanding
06:33and can share Julian's burdens,
06:34not a troublemaker who only causes trouble.
06:38Vivian is understanding?
06:39Vivian is simple and kind.
06:42Her brother saved Julian's life.
06:45It's only right Julian protects her.
06:47As his fiancée,
06:49you should support him,
06:50not oppose him.
06:51I understood.
06:52In their eyes,
06:54all 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,
07:08I blocked all the Vogue's contacts.
07:10The world grew quiet.
07:16I 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.
07:29Until that day,
07:30an uninvited guest showed up at my studio.
07:35Sofia,
07:36I came to apologize.
07:39On the wedding day,
07:40it was my fault.
07:41I shouldn't have get to the point.
07:44Julian
07:45has been in a terrible mood
07:46these past few days,
07:47drinking heavily.
07:48I know it's all because of me.
07:50Sofia,
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.
07:56Please don't be angry with him anymore,
07:57okay?
07:58Please?
08:00Vivian,
08:00do you think this is funny?
08:02I don't know what you're talking about.
08:04Vivian's still shaking.
08:06I'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.
08:13Vivian,
08:14you planned this,
08:15didn't you?
08:16I didn't.
08:18Take your card
08:19and get out of my place.
08:23Sofia,
08:23I know you hate me,
08:25but if the person
08:27who died five years ago
08:28was Julian
08:28instead of my brother,
08:29what would you have done?
08:30Believe it or not,
08:31I never meant to break you two up.
08:33I'm just so terribly lonely.
08:35She left.
08:36I threw the card in the trash.
08:39Sofia!
08:39What did you do to Vivian?
08:43I began.
08:46Sofia!
08:47What did you do to Vivian?
08:49She slit her wrist
08:50after she went home
08:51if the housekeeper
08:52hadn't found her in time.
08:53She'd be dead.
08:54Are you satisfied now?
08:55I did nothing to her.
08:56Still lying.
08:57She's so kind,
08:57even giving you all her savings
08:59to pay you back.
08:59Why did you still provoke her?
09:01Julian,
09:01do you believe her or me?
09:07I'm taking you to the hospital.
09:09Apologize 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 so vicious,
09:19so unreasonable?
09:20Yeah,
09:21I wasn't like this before.
09:22The old me believed his every word,
09:24understood his every difficulty,
09:26and 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
09:43to break free.
09:45We're over.
09:46What did you say?
09:48I said we're breaking up.
09:49From now on,
09:50you and Vivia
09:50have nothing to do with me.
09:52Sophia,
09:52don't regret this.
09:53The thing I regret most
09:54is pulling you out of the mind
09:55ten years ago
09:56and spending another ten years
09:57watching you push me back in.
09:59I went upstairs,
10:00locked the door,
10:01and then leaned against it,
10:03listening to him
10:03pounding on the door.
10:05Then the car's engine started.
10:08He left.
10:09I 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 down my thigh.
10:22Seven weeks pregnant.
10:24Signs of threatened misnarriage.
10:26Your emotional state
10:27is too volatile.
10:28Can my baby
10:28be saved?
10:29You need to be hospitalized
10:30for observation.
10:31As for saving your baby,
10:33we need a family member's consent.
10:34Where is your husband?
10:36He's away on business?
10:37Then have another relative come.
10:39I had no relatives.
10:41My parents passed away
10:42when I was very young.
10:44I was raised by my grandfather,
10:46who had also passed away
10:47five years ago.
10:48In this world,
10:50I thought I still had Julian.
10:52Now, I had no one.
10:53I sat on a bench
10:54in the hallway for a long time.
10:56My phone lit up.
10:58It was a photo from Daniel.
11:00Miss Southwield,
11:01Mr. Vox says he will come find you
11:03once Ms. Wood's condition stabilizes.
11:05Then I stood up
11:06and walked back to the doctor's office.
11:08Doctor.
11:10Made a decision?
11:12I don't want this child.
11:14Then I lay on the operating table.
11:16The anesthesia coursed through my body.
11:18In the last second
11:19before my consciousness faded,
11:21I thought,
11:22Julian,
11:23we're even now.
11:27Seven weeks.
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.
11:37I bought a one-way ticket to Milan.
11:39Before leaving,
11:40I sent Julian a final text.
11:42My lawyer will send you the divorce papers.
11:45I don't want the house or the car.
11:47Just sign it.
11:49After sending it,
11:50I deactivated my phone number.
11:53As the plane took off,
11:54watching the city grow smaller beyond the window,
11:57I told myself,
11:58Sophia,
11:59you are reborn.
12:01you are reborn.
12:02Life in Milan was harder than I had imagined.
12:04Language barrier,
12:05no friends,
12:06no money.
12:07I lived in the cheapest apartment,
12:09ate the simplest food.
12:11By day,
12:11I audited classes at a jewelry institute,
12:14and by night,
12:15I washed dishes in a small restaurant.
12:17It was tough,
12:19but my heart was at peace.
12:21I devoted all my energy into designs.
12:23I poured all the love and pain of those 10 years into the drawings.
12:27Three months later,
12:29I stood on the stage of the Milan jewelry design competition with my entry,
12:33Caged Bird.
12:34I got the gold medal.
12:36That day,
12:36under the spotlight,
12:38I smiled at the sea of flashbulbs below.
12:40I was no longer the Sophia who needed Julian to survive.
12:44Now I was a designer,
12:45Sophia Southwell.
12:46Three years later,
12:48I returned to my country with my personal brand,
12:50Glimmer Snow.
12:51My first major show was set in Rivermore.
12:54The runway was star-studded.
12:56Backstage,
12:57I watched models wearing my jewelry creation step onto the stage.
13:01My assistant,
13:02Anna,
13:03approached and handed me a glass of champagne.
13:05Mrs. Southdale,
13:06Julian Vaughn,
13:07the president of Vaughn Group,
13:08is here too.
13:09I swirled the liquid in my glass without responding.
13:12He's in the front row.
13:14Hasn't taken his eyes off you.
13:16Is that so?
13:19He's lost a lot of weight.
13:21Looks haggard.
13:23I took a sip of champagne.
13:26Anna,
13:26go prepare the show supper.
13:29Yes,
13:30Mrs. Southwell.
13:32Ladies and gentlemen,
13:33let's put our hands together for the jewelry designer of tonight's show,
13:37Sophia Southbury.
13:49The day I was...
13:52Our gaze is locked for three seconds.
13:54I gave him a faint smile,
13:56then left the stage.
13:58Backstage,
13:59Anna told me Julian wanted to see me.
14:02Tell 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 and got into my car.
14:13Thanks, Mia.
14:15Hello, miss.
14:16Hi.
14:17As we drove away,
14:18I glanced back.
14:19He was still standing there.
14:21Anna was right.
14:23He was thinner and older,
14:24no longer the vibrant man I remembered.
14:27The car radio played an old song.
14:29I finally learned how to love,
14:33but sadly you,
14:35you had long vanished into the crowd.
14:39I turned off the radio.
14:41I turned off the radio.
14:45Our gaze is locked.
14:48My brand became an overnight sensation domestically.
14:52Orders poured in like snowflakes.
14:55I was swamped with work.
14:57Julian tried many ways to see me.
14:59He bought the coffee shop downstairs from my studio
15:02and sat by the window every day.
15:04He pressed the billboard opposite my company.
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.
15:21Thank you, everyone.
15:22I had just finished a meeting when Anna came in.
15:25Miss Southwield?
15:27There's a lady downstairs asking to see you.
15:29She sees Vivian Woods.
15:30My pen paused.
15:33Let her come up.
15:34Years had changed Vivian a lot.
15:37She had exquisite makeup and a designer suit
15:40with a hint of malice in her eyes.
15:42No longer the delicate,
15:44pitiable girl she once was.
15:46Sophia.
15:47Long 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 laugh.
16:05Julian loves you now.
16:07Ever since you came back,
16:09he changed.
16:10He wants to send me away and break up with me.
16:14Isn't that good?
16:17You two never should have been together.
16:19No.
16:23It's me who stayed by his side these past three years.
16:27I took care of him at his lowest.
16:29How dare you take him away from me?
16:32I looked at her, feeling ridiculous.
16:35Vivian, have you forgotten?
16:36He was originally mine.
16:38You gave up on him.
16:40He gave up on me first.
16:42She was speechless with her face flushed red.
16:46Finally,
16:47she pulled a stack of photos from her bag
16:49and 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.
17:05The name on it was Leonard Woods.
17:07Next to it stood a smaller tombstone,
17:09bearing no name.
17:11Only a date.
17:12The date of my surgery.
17:14Below it was engraved two words,
17:16My son.
17:17With the signature,
17:18Father, Julian Voigt.
17:20My mind exploded.
17:21He had actually set up a tombstone
17:23for our unborn child.
17:25Seeing my deathly pale face,
17:27Vivian laughed triumphantly.
17:28He told me the child was his greatest regret
17:30so he wanted to make amends.
17:32He wanted to get you back.
17:34Sophia, you're just a tool he's using
17:36to compensate for that child.
17:38My hands shook so badly
17:40that I couldn't hold the photos.
17:42They scattered all over the floor.
17:44Get out!
17:45Get out?
17:48Sophia, you can't win against me.
17:49As long as my brother's favor remains,
17:52Julian can never truly ignore me.
17:54I walked up to her and slapped her face.
17:56She covered her face,
17:58staring at me in disbelief.
17:59You dare slap me?
18:01This slap
18:02is for my unborn child.
18:05I picked up the phone.
18:07Security,
18:08throw this person out.
18:09Being held by two security guards.
18:12Sophia,
18:13just wait!
18:14I'll make you pay!
18:16Yeah.
18:16The office door closed.
18:18I crouched down,
18:20picking up the photos one by one.
18:22Looking at that small tombstone,
18:24my tears finally fell.
18:29I picked up a photo.
18:32I fell ill with a persistent high fever.
18:35Anna took me to the hospital.
18:37Lying in a hospital bed,
18:39I drifted in and out of consciousness.
18:41It felt like I was back
18:42in that cold operating room three years ago.
18:44I kept having nightmares.
18:46A tiny infant was crying out to me.
18:48Mommy,
18:49why didn't you want me?
18:51I woke up sobbing.
18:52The moment I opened my eyes,
18:54I saw Julian.
18:55He sat at my bedside,
18:57holding my hand,
18:58with his jaw shadowed by rough stubble
19:00and his bloodshot eyes.
19:02Sophia,
19:03you're awake.
19:04His voice was hoarse.
19:06I pulled my hand back and turned away,
19:08not wanting to see him.
19:09He said behind me,
19:10I'm sorry
19:12about the child.
19:13I'm sorry.
19:15Back then,
19:17I thought you ended the pregnancy
19:18because you hated me.
19:20I didn't dare ask,
19:21didn'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.
19:35Sophia,
19:35I know I was wrong.
19:36Give me another chance, please.
19:38I didn't turn around,
19:40nor did I speak.
19:41I'll handle things with Vivian.
19:43I swear,
19:43from now on,
19:44my world will only have you and the child.
19:46The child he spoke of was the one long gone.
19:50How 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.
20:08Sophia.
20:09You're right.
20:11I ended the pregnancy because I hated you.
20:14I 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.
20:22No,
20:23that's not true.
20:24You'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.
20:40The hospital room door opened.
20:42Anna entered with medicine.
20:44Seeing Julian,
20:45she paused.
20:48Mrs. Southwin,
20:49time for your medication?
20:52I nodded and told Julian.
20:55I need to rest.
20:57Please leave.
20:58He stood there,
20:59lips trembling.
21:00Finally,
21:01he gave me one last deep lip before walking out.
21:04His back was hunched,
21:06looking ten years older.
21:12After I was discharged from the hospital,
21:15Julian didn't come to bother me again.
21:18He must have finally given up.
21:20I poured myself into work.
21:22My brand grew larger and larger,
21:24expanding worldwide.
21:25I spent most of my time abroad.
21:28My returns to Rivermore were brief and hurried.
21:31News of Julian came from financial reports,
21:33resulting in heavy losses.
21:35Vogue Group's investment failed,
21:37and its stock fell.
21:38Several major investments failing.
21:40It seemed his luck ran out after I left.
21:42Anna once shared some gossip with me.
21:45I heard Julian kicked Vivian out,
21:46didn't give her a cent.
21:50Vivian isn't an easy person either.
21:52She's been telling the media Julian is ungrateful,
21:55even that he has a love child.
21:57But no one believes her.
21:59She's in a bad way now.
22:00I just listened,
22:02having no feelings.
22:03None of it concerned me anymore.
22:05A year later,
22:06my retrospective exhibition opened at Rivermore Art Museum.
22:10All my representative works from my debut until now were on display.
22:14Many people attended the opening ceremony.
22:16I was preparing my speech in the lounge.
22:19Anna suddenly rushed in.
22:21Miss Southfield,
22:22something's happened.
22:23What happened?
22:24Vivian is here.
22:25She's making a scene in the exhibition hall,
22:27saying her breakthrough work is a copy of hers.
22:29Is she mad?
22:30She showed the so-called original design draft,
22:33almost identical to yours,
22:34with just minor difference.
22:35Now the reporters are all gathered around.
22:38This piece was designed in my brother Leonard Woods.
22:40It's his final work.
22:42Sophia was an assistant in my brother's studio.
22:44She stole my brother's draft.
22:49After...
22:49Mrs. Woods,
22:51do you have any evidence?
22:52The evidence is my manuscript.
22:54It has my brother's signature.
22:56Vivian.
22:59Sophia.
23:00You thief.
23:01How dare you show up?
23:02You say this work was designed by you and your brother together?
23:05Yes.
23:06When?
23:07Six years ago.
23:10Everyone.
23:11The inspiration for this work did come from one person.
23:14But it wasn't Leonard Woods,
23:15it was Julian Vaught.
23:16I created this work during the most painful period after our breakup.
23:19It symbolizes my trapped love and my longing for freedom.
23:21As for Mrs. Woods' evidence,
23:23if I'm not mistaken, it was drawn by Julian, right?
23:24You, you're lying.
23:26Whether I'm lying or not,
23:27a 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?
23:37A deep voice came from behind the crowd.
23:39Julian walked in.
23:40He wore a black suit,
23:42looking more gone than the last time I saw him.
23:44It was drawn by me,
23:45not by Leonard.
23:46I drew it to a tome to Sophia.
23:48I gave it to you to pass to her,
23:49not for you to frame her with.
23:53I didn't,
23:54I really was un...
23:54Enough!
23:55I come here to tell you a thing.
23:58Leonard did not die,
23:59so...
24:04Mrs. Woods,
24:05do you have any...
24:06The entire exhibition hall was deathly silent.
24:10Everyone was stunned into speechlessness.
24:12What...
24:13What did you say?
24:14I've been investigating the car crash from five years ago.
24:18I found several people to recover the dashcam footage at that time.
24:22A car was driving along a winding mountain road.
24:25Julian was the driver,
24:26and Leonard was sitting in the passenger seat.
24:29Suddenly,
24:30a large truck fared toward them.
24:32A second before impact,
24:34Leonard unbuckled his seatbelt
24:35and killed Julian's own body.
24:39See it clearly?
24:41That truck had brake failure.
24:43It wasn't a premeditated murder.
24:45As for Leonard,
24:47he was drowning in 30 million in gambling debt.
24:50He 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.
24:58He wrote it all clearly in his will,
25:00asking 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.
25:11I've become a laughing doc.
25:13Vivian,
25:14if your brother could see you now,
25:16would he get peace?
25:20The entire exhibition...
25:23No!
25:24It's not true!
25:25It's not!
25:31The farce finally came to an end.
25:34Julian turned to look at me.
25:36Sophia,
25:37the truth is finally out.
25:39I no longer owe anyone anything.
25:44Can we start 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.
26:03Voigt Group announced bankruptcy liquidation.
26:07He dismissed all employees, liquidated all assets, and paid off all debts.
26:11Then he left Rivermore alone.
26:14No one knew where he went.
26:15My life finally returned to calm.
26:17My brand went public in Paris, becoming truly international.
26:22I 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.
26:44I bought a house with a garden in Rivermore.
26:46I adopted a little girl named Ava.
26:49She was adorable, with two dimples when she smiled.
26:52I loved her dearly.
26:54We 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 limb.
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.
27:43The snowball fell from his hand and was shattered.
27:46Ava 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.
27:54I 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.
28:07Julian 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.
28:20We walked into the snow, getting further and further away.
28:23I 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.
28:33He chose his so-called responsibility, and I chose myself.
28:37Now, the dust had settled.
28:39We keep moving forward.
28:41Ava's laughter filled the way.
28:43The sun was shining, and the breeze was gentle.
28:48It was Julian.
28:53Hey, weirdo.
28:59You got this peanut cake, especially for you.
29:02Yeah, for you.
29:03Go on, eat it.
29:04I'm not going to eat that.
29:06I told you, I'm allergic to peanut.
29:09You got a choice.
29:11Eat it, cripple.
29:13Yeah, eat it.
29:18Enough!
29:21A peanut allergy can be deadly.
29:26Why are you doing this to him?
29:30What's it to you, nerd?
29:31Go play your violin somewhere else.
29:34I'm just trying to share a little dessert with everybody.
29:44I'm just trying to share a little dessert with everybody.
29:50Then why don't you eat it first?
29:54Who's that?
29:56Who's that?
29:59Who's that?
30:01You're dead!
30:22Are you okay?
30:23That chair hit you.
30:27I'm fine.
30:29What about you?
30:31Your hand.
30:34Oh, nothing.
30:36Create a scar.
30:38Mean girls will love this.
30:41As if I'm not ugly enough already.
30:44You're the prettiest, bravest girl I've ever met.
30:49Here, it's a good luck charm.
30:51I don't cover the scar.
30:56By the way, what's your name?
30:58Just call me Rory.
31:03I've got to go.
31:06Bye.
31:22Rory, where are you?
31:24You saved my life.
31:25Will I ever see you again?
31:34I'm sorry, sir.
31:37We made a rape for guilty price that you gave me Rory.
31:40Stayed beware, but still haven't found her.
31:47Keeps your drink.
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.
32:00He's making out a wife for you.
32:02What?
32:09Good luck charm.
32:11Will you help me find the brave boy from high school?
32:19The richest man in the world is choosing a wife for his only grandson.
32:24Damien Preston.
32:28You have to be chosen.
32:30What?
32:31No, I want to marry someone I like, not someone I don't know.
32:36And no matter how rich he is, it shouldn't be like this.
32:39Picking a consort.
32:40He's not a king.
32:48You're staying.
32:52Next, Lily.
32:56No.
32:56This is so disrespectful.
32:59Rory.
33:01Everything is dwelling in debt.
33:03Okay?
33:03This is the only way.
33:06Just wait.
33:07Just wait.
33:08Not bad.
33:09Okay?
33:13Rosalie Cooper.
33:21I'm here.
33:35She looks so familiar.
33:37She looks so familiar.
33:41She looks so familiar.
33:46I'm sorry.
33:47Are you alright?
33:49Yes.
33:50Yes, I'm fine.
33:51Can I let you go?
33:53Yes.
34:09What 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.
34:29Why haven't you married yet?
34:32Because I am still looking for the girl that saved me.
34:34I can't wait another ten years for you to find her.
34:38I have cancer.
34:40My only wish is to hold my great-grandchild before I die.
34:46You must choose a wife.
34:48Today.
34:49Okay.
34:51Fine.
34:52I will choose her.
35:03You.
35:05What's your name?
35:09Rosalie.
35:14I'll choose her to be my wife.
35:18Good.
35:19Miss Cooper, you'll start as Damien's secretary tomorrow.
35:23And that way you can spend more time together.
35:28And don't worry, I'll handle your family's debts.
35:42Well...
35:43I'll choose her to be my wife.
35:43I'll choose her to be my wife.
35:43You
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