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00:04¿Qué es eso?
00:30My beloved husband
00:31She destroyed Rose and Julian without mercy
00:33Then she took her own life
00:35When I opened my eyes again, I'd been reborn
00:37I broke off my engagement to Rose Miller
00:39I married Serena instead
00:41Two years later, Rose was on her knees in front of me
00:43She'd been reborn too apparently
00:45But I'd already sworn to love Serena in this life
00:47So why was everything falling apart?
00:49Serena started going to clubs with Julian
00:51My stomach ulcer flared up
00:52I collapsed at home, alone
00:54She was having dinner with my brother
00:55When Julian ran over the stray dog we'd adopted together
00:58She did nothing
00:59I held the small body in my arms, shaking
01:02Why?
01:03My voice cracked
01:03Why are you doing this to me?
01:06Serena looked at me like I was pathetic
01:08Do I need a reason to stop loving someone?
01:13I told Mrs. Vance I wanted a divorce
01:18Please don't tell Serena yet
01:19I begged
01:20She squeezed my hand
01:21I'm so sorry, Ethan
01:23I took the divorce papers
01:24And went to find Serena myself
01:26I found her at a private club
01:28Through the VIP booth window
01:30Eyes aware wrapped around Julian
01:31Her chin rested
01:33In the curve of his neck
01:37Who let you in?
01:38I held out the papers
01:39My arm stayed frozen in there
01:40Five seconds
01:41Ten
01:42My shoulder started to ache
01:43Finally
01:44She pinched Julian's waist
01:45Julian leaned into her like a cat
01:47Flipping through the papers lazily
01:50What's this?
01:52What?
01:53Nothing
01:53Serena
01:54I think Ethan brought you some company documents
01:57You should sign them so he can leave
01:58My blood went cold
01:59You sign
02:00I'm giving you full authority
02:02Wait
02:03Serena
02:04Don't you want to re-
02:15I hand grabbed my arm
02:17Hold on
02:18What?
02:19She smiled
02:20It didn't reach her eyes
02:21Come home with us
02:22I'm pregnant
02:23Julian's moving in to help me through it
02:26And Ethan
02:26Make him that chicken soup he likes so much
02:29Vile Rose and Mith wrote
02:30I won't do it
02:31It's okay, Serena
02:33Don't force him
02:34Shut up
02:35You'll do what I tell you to do
02:37Now let's go
02:39She didn't wait for an answer
02:40She dragged me back to the villa
02:47The car pulled up to the villa
02:50Serena dragged me straight to the kitchen
02:52She watched me take out the chicken and Vigate Abel's
02:55Fill the pot with water
02:57Only when the flame was lit did she finally leave
03:00I stared at the bubbling broth
03:02This was pathetic
03:04My dear brother
03:06You must be so disappointed
03:08Serena didn't even look at those divorce papers, right?
03:11The woman who used to love you so much
03:14Now her heart belongs completely to me
03:17That's just how women are, I guess
03:18He laughed
03:19But wow, you're so obedient
03:22You were about to leave
03:23But she told you to make soup
03:25And here you are
03:27You're such a good little dog
03:32Are you done?
03:33My voice was flat
03:34Julian's smile vanished
03:35His eyes landed on the pot of boiling soup
03:38Before I could react
03:39He grabbed the handle and swung it at me
03:40The scalding liquid hit my face
03:42My chest
03:43My arms
03:44Then Julian started screaming instead
03:45Help!
03:46Help!
03:47The door burst open
03:49Serena ran in
03:52For just a second
03:53When she saw me
03:54Something flickered Harry's
03:56Concern
03:57Serena!
03:57I tried to help Ethan carry the soup
03:59But he tried to throw it on me
04:01You're lying
04:02Check the security camera
04:04Check it
04:05The camera will show everything
04:06Enough!
04:07I believe Julian
04:08You tried to hurt him
04:09And burn yourself instead
04:11You deserve this
04:12Serena, it hurts
04:14Let's get you to the hospital
04:15She didn't look at me again
04:16A dull ache spread through my chest
04:18What an idiot I was
04:20Thinking she might actually care about me
04:21Ethan!
04:22The heart only had room for Julian
04:23As I fell
04:25I thought I heard Serena running toward me
04:26But I was probably imagining it
04:29When I woke up
04:30I was in a hospital room
04:31My blood was draining into Julian's arm
04:33I tried to pull out the IV
04:36Serena grabbed my wrist
04:39Don't even think about it
04:41You're giving Julian your blood
04:42Whether you like it or not
04:43This is your fault
04:45He fell because of you
04:47Her eyes were cold
04:48You should be grateful
04:49Your worthless blood can save him
04:50The room spun
04:52My burn screamed
04:53The needle in me
04:54Arm kept sucking Medri
04:55I passed out again
04:57Before I lost consciousness
04:58I heard Serena's angry voice
05:00I told you to take 20 ml to scare him
05:02Not 2,000 ml you idiots
05:04Do you want to kill him?
05:06When I woke up again
05:07Serena was sitting by my bed
05:08She tapped her fingers on the table
05:10Her eyes were ice
05:11Stop pretending to be dead
05:12We're going to the old manor this afternoon
05:15I don't know what kind of spell you put on my mother
05:17But she's throwing you a networking party
05:19How manipulative
05:20I tried to speak
05:21But my throat was Tudri
05:23So I was right
05:24That worried voice I heard was nothing
05:26But my imagination
05:27Why would Serena ever care?
05:28I was a fool to hope for even a second
05:33My burn shed and heal it yet
05:34Serena didn't care
05:35She brought me to them in her anyway
05:37Mrs. Vance
05:38Walked toward us
05:40Panic shot through me
05:41What if she mentioned
05:42The divorce?
05:43I was about to signal her
05:44When Serena's phone rang
05:48Whatever it is
05:49Tell me when I get back
05:50Mrs. Vance tried to stop her
05:51I know who's calling
05:53Let her go
05:55She already signed the divorce
05:57Papers
05:57She's pregnant with Julian's child now
06:00The baby needs a family
06:02Ethan, you're such a good boy
06:04We've failed you
06:06Mrs. Vance's eyes filled with tears
06:08My composure shattered
06:10I hadn't cried when Julian burned me
06:12Hadn't cried when Serena
06:14Forced metadonate blood
06:15But Mrs. Vance's kindness broke me
06:19Tonight
06:19I wanted to introduce you to some people
06:22It might help your future
06:25I wanted to refuse
06:26But seeing her tears
06:28I couldn't
06:29Mrs. Vance chose
06:30And suit for me
06:31When the party began
06:33She introduced me to her circle with pride
06:35After an hour of networking
06:37I escaped to a quiet corner
06:38That's when I saw her
06:40Rose Miller
06:43My buddy went cold
06:44Every tell screamed
06:46At Metarin
06:47Even thought
06:48This wasn't the first time
06:49Since my rebirth
06:50Seeing Rose always brought back
06:51The memory
06:52Of burning a live
06:53Ethan, come with me
06:54Rose, I've told you before
06:56We're both reborn
06:57Let's just leave each other alone
06:58After my rebirth
07:00The first thing I did
07:01Was break our engagement
07:03Rose hadn't been reborn yet
07:04She agreed easily
07:05But two years into my marriage with Serena
07:08Rose showed up at my door on her knees
07:10Begging me to take her back
07:11I refused
07:13Told her I loved Serena
07:15She didn't stop
07:17Texts every day
07:18Calls every night
07:19Two years, Rose
07:21I've rejected you for two years
07:23How much clearer can I be?
07:26I don't want to know how sorry you are
07:28So please, stop
07:30Ethan, I swear
07:31If you come with me just this once
07:33I'll never bother you again
07:36Fine
07:39Ethan, I swear
07:41If you come with me just this once
07:43I'll never bother you again
07:44Maybe it could finally be free of her
07:46Fine
07:46I followed her toward the door
07:48And walked straight into Serena
07:50She was radiating fury
07:51When she saw me standing next to Rose
07:53Something flashed in her eyes
07:54Serena
07:55I quickly pulled away from Rose
07:58Where did you take Julia?
08:01My heart sank
08:01I don't know where
08:02The door slammed open
08:04Julian burst in
08:05Ethan, please!
08:06I'm still your brother!
08:09Even if I have a child with Serena
08:11You didn't have to hire someone to rape me!
08:13The room exploded into whispers
08:14I didn't
08:15Serena walked toward me slowly
08:16Her face was a mask of rage
08:18You disgust me
08:21Her hand rose to slap me
08:22Rose tried to block her
08:23But Mrs. Vance was faster
08:25She stepped in front of me
08:27Serena's eyes flickered with something dark
08:29She said coldly
08:31You make me sick
08:32Before she left
08:33She turned to the guests
08:35If anyone speaks about tonight
08:37You're an enemy of the Vance family
08:42I don't remember
08:43Getting home
08:45I lay in bed
08:46Staring at the ceiling
08:47My brain was empty
08:48Tears ran down
08:50My face
08:50The bead room door flew open
08:52Serena's hand closed around my throat
08:54I couldn't breathe
08:55You're that jealous
08:56So jealous of me and Julian having a baby
08:58That you'd do this
08:59If you want a baby so badly
09:01I'll give you one
09:03No
09:03Hard
09:04Blood ran down my chest
09:05Soaking the sheets
09:07Serena froze
09:08For a moment
09:08Her voice softened with something
09:10That sounded like regret
09:12Why didn't you resist?
09:15I'd received confirmation last night
09:17That everything was ready
09:18All my accounts closed
09:19My arrangements made
09:20Knowing
09:20This was almost over
09:22I suddenly
09:23Needed to ask
09:24The question
09:25That had haunted me all this time
09:26Serena tell me
09:29After you were reborn
09:31Why did you suddenly stop loving me?
09:35Serena froze
09:36Pain flickered across her face
09:38Before anger took over
09:39Rebirth?
09:41What rebirth?
09:42I don't know what you're talking about!
09:44But you loved me before
09:45You really did
09:46Enough!
09:47You have no right to ask me that!
09:51Serena stormed out
09:52The servants whispered
09:53That she'd gone into early labor
09:55From the anger
09:55The baby weighs an intensive care now
09:58I went to the staged death company
09:59And sat ever geething
10:00For five days from now
10:01Our wedding anniversary
10:03I would die in her arms that day
10:05My love began in her embrace
10:07It wouldn't there too
10:09When I got home
10:09Julian was lounging
10:11In the living room
10:12With
10:12Hatsmug look on his face
10:14I went straight to my bedroom
10:15I had nothing to say to him
10:17But he followed Maine
10:18Cradling the premature infant
10:19In his arms
10:20The satisfaction in his eyes
10:22Told me everything
10:23Last night's scene
10:24Had been another one
10:25Of his performances
10:27I ignored him
10:27And started packing
10:29I'd leave tonight
10:31Then Julian set the baby down
10:32Next to me on the bed
10:34Before I could react
10:35He grabbed a pillow
10:36And pressed it over the infant's face
10:38Are you out of your mind?
10:40My shouts brought Serena running
10:42The fury in her face
10:43Made everything click in topless
10:45This washes plain all along
10:47The sheer cruelty of it stunned me
10:49Even willed animals
10:50Protect their babies
10:51My hands shook violently
10:52As I gripped the pillow
10:54Julian!
10:55You're willing to kill
10:55Your own child
10:56Just to frame me?
10:57How dare you!
10:58That's a human life!
11:00Which hand did you use?
11:02Both of them?
11:03Julian was sobbing dramatically
11:04And calling for a doctor
11:06Which only fueled her anger more
11:07Serena dragged me downstairs
11:09To the kitchen
11:10She pulled it open drawer after drawer
11:11With frightening determination
11:13Serena, what are you doing?
11:16Serena, what are you doing?
11:18You hurt what's mine
11:19Now you pay the price
11:20The rolling pin came down hard
11:21The crack of breaking bone
11:23Echoed through the kitchen
11:24Agony shot up my arm
11:26I screamed
11:26She didn't stop
11:27She brought it down again
11:29One other hand
11:29Another crack
11:30Another wave of unbearable pain
11:32The bones were broken
11:34Twisted at unnatural angles
11:35Serena, don't
11:36Every slight movement
11:37Sent fresh waves of agony through me
11:39Serena stood over me
11:40Breathing hard
11:41Now you can never leave me
11:43The words sounded almost tender
11:44Like she actually believed she was
11:47Keeping me safe
11:47But all I felt was the betrayal
11:49The woman I'd chosen in this second life
11:51Had just destroyed me more thoroughly
11:53Than the woman who'd burned me in the first
11:55When I woke up in the hospital
11:57Both my hands were in casts
11:58I looked down at the heavy casts
12:00The doctors
12:01Said the breaks
12:02Were severe
12:03Multiple fractures
12:04It would take months to heal
12:06And it might never regain
12:07Feluce of my hands
12:08Something inside
12:09Meshattered
12:09Get out!
12:10I said get out!
12:12After a few days
12:13My appointment
12:14With the staged death company arrived
12:16I called Serena
12:17And asked her to meet me on the yacht
12:19She sounded surprised
12:20That I decontacted her
12:22But she came
12:23Fireworks exploded across the night sky
12:25Reflecting off the dark ocean
12:28Every anniversary
12:29You used to bring me here
12:30To watch the fireworks
12:31Today is our anniversary
12:32It's okay that you forgot
12:34Today
12:35I wanted to
12:40Julian's not doing well emotionally
12:41I need to go take care of him
12:42Are you sure you want to leave?
12:44It's fine
12:44We have our whole lives ahead of us
12:46Now it ain't
12:47I thought
12:49I watched her disappear into the night
12:50With nothing but bitter mockery in my heart
12:53I'd wanted to end things in her arms
12:55The same way this love had begun
12:57But she couldn't even give me that
13:05Miss Vance
13:06Your husband jumped in the ocean
13:08Right after you left
13:09We found his body
13:10When can you come identify the remains?
13:12What are you talking about?
13:13Ethan wouldn't kill himself
13:22Miss Vance
13:24Your husband jumped in the ocean
13:25Right after you left
13:26We found his body
13:27When can you come identify the remains?
13:29What are you talking about?
13:30Ethan wouldn't kill himself
13:32Serena, ¿qué haces? ¡You're upsetting the baby!
13:37Si algo haces, Ethan,
13:39tú y yo son terminas.
13:41Julián fue pale.
13:42He'd never seen this side of her before.
13:43He watched, nervously,
13:45as she made a call after call.
13:46Her expression grew darker with each conversation.
13:48Dread pooled in his stomach.
13:50He held the baby tighter
13:51and tried to quietly slip away.
13:56¿Going somewhere?
13:57His heart nearly stopped.
13:58She grabbed his collar
13:59and jerked him backwards so
14:00Harda stumbled.
14:02The look in her,
14:02they terrified him.
14:03Pain shot through his abdomen
14:04where she'd kicked him before.
14:06Serena,
14:07the baby can't breathe properly.
14:09We need to go to the hospital.
14:11But Serena didn't rush to help
14:12like she always did.
14:12She smiled.
14:13It was the most frightening smile
14:14he'd ever seen.
14:15Why would I care about that?
14:19Julián grabbed her hand
14:20and pressed it against the baby,
14:22desperate to trigger
14:23some maternal feeling.
14:24Serena, please.
14:25This is your child.
14:27We need a doctor.
14:28Are you absolutely certain
14:29this is my child?
14:30All the blood drained
14:31from Julián's face.
14:32Of course.
14:34Why else would you bring me
14:35into your home?
14:37You think I'm an idiot?
14:38Serena's laugh was humorless.
14:40You think I didn't know
14:40you switched my real baby
14:41with this one?
14:42You replaced my child
14:44with some bastard
14:45you had with another woman
14:46and expected me to raise it?
14:47What made you think
14:48you could fool me?
14:49I carried that baby for months.
14:50You think I wouldn't recognize
14:51my own child?
14:52His face was turning purple.
14:53If you knew,
14:54then why did you bring me home?
14:58Because you're Ethan's brother.
15:00If it weren't for him,
15:01you would have died
15:01the night you tried to drug me.
15:03Julián stared up at her
15:04from the floor.
15:05Understanding dawned
15:06through his fear.
15:07So you knew from the start?
15:08His voice cracked.
15:09You knew I was only seducing you
15:11to hurt my brother?
15:12Obviously.
15:13Serena's lip curled in disgust.
15:14You're not worth
15:14a single strand of Ethan's hair.
15:16If you hadn't manipulated me
15:17into coming home tonight,
15:18Ethan would be fine right now.
15:20She stepped closer.
15:20Pray nothing happened to him.
15:22Because if he's hurt,
15:23I'll make sure you experience
15:24every kind of pain imaginable
15:26before you die.
15:27Serena walked away
15:28without looking back.
15:29Julián lay on the floor,
15:30blood seeping through
15:31his shirt again.
15:32The pain was overwhelming.
15:34He fumbled for his phone
15:35with shaking hands
15:36and dialed the only person
15:37who might still help him.
15:40Rose,
15:40you have to save me.
15:44Rose had been searching
15:45frantically for me all day
15:47when Julián's call came through.
15:51Rose,
15:52you have to save me.
15:53Where is Ethan?
15:55You want to know?
15:56Come to the suburban villa
15:58and take me to the hospital first.
15:59Then I'll tell you.
16:00She arrived ten minutes later.
16:02Julián was crumpled on the floor,
16:03clutching his stomach.
16:04Blood seeped through his fingers.
16:06Take me to the hospital.
16:07Where is Ethan?
16:09You're all the same.
16:10None of you care
16:11if I live or die.
16:13Why should I tell you
16:15where that waste of space went?
16:18Tell me where he is.
16:20Now.
16:21Something in Julián's eyes
16:22turned manic.
16:23The pain,
16:24or the hatred,
16:25or both,
16:26finally broke something inside him.
16:27I regret it!
16:29He screamed.
16:30I regret choosing you
16:31in my past life,
16:32you witch.
16:34But you know what?
16:35You did do one thing right.
16:37Burning that useless brother
16:39of mine to death
16:40was perfect.
16:42Too bad in this life
16:43he died because of Serena instead.
16:45But either way,
16:45I win.
16:46I always win.
16:49But either way,
16:50I win.
16:51I always win.
16:52What did you do?
16:54What did you do to Ethan?
16:56It's your fault!
16:57Why did you suddenly abandon me
16:59to chase after that worthless Ethan?
17:00You loved me in the past life.
17:03I had to take everything
17:04from him again.
17:05I had to grind him
17:06into the dirt
17:06where he belongs.
17:08And Serena?
17:09She killed him for me,
17:10just like you did before.
17:11Men like Ethan exist
17:13to be stepped on!
17:14What happened to Ethan?
17:15But Julian just laughed harder,
17:17the sound echoing off the walls.
17:19Rose's assistant called
17:20at that moment.
17:20Hello?
17:21She'd finally gotten information
17:22about my whereabouts.
17:23Rose dropped Julian
17:25and ran for her car.
17:28Rose.
17:30She drove like a demon
17:31toward the coastline.
17:33By the time she arrived
17:34at the dock,
17:35Serena was already there.
17:36A body lay on a stretcher.
17:38The rescue team
17:38had covered most of it,
17:40but Rose could see enough.
17:41The rocks
17:41had torn the corpse apart.
17:43The face
17:44was unrecognizable.
17:45This can't be him.
17:47This isn't Ethan.
17:48Tell me this isn't him.
17:50The rescue workers
17:51looked away.
17:52They couldn't meet her eyes.
17:53The night was eerily quiet.
17:55Serena fell to her knees
17:56beside the stretcher,
17:57her hands hovering
17:58over the body
17:58like she was afraid
17:59to touch it.
18:00Then she saw it.
18:01Around the corpse's neck
18:02was a silver chain.
18:03Hanging from it
18:04was a ring,
18:04our wedding rings,
18:05the ones she'd personally designed
18:07and had made
18:08at a small silversmith shop.
18:09There was only one set
18:10in the entire world.
18:11Serena's world collapsed.
18:12Ethan, I'm sorry.
18:14Please don't do this to me.
18:17You're not dead, are you?
18:19You're just hiding.
18:21You're punishing me.
18:23But the ring told the truth.
18:24That mangled,
18:25unrecognizable body was mine.
18:27Serena carefully removed
18:28the ring from the chain
18:29and clutched it in her fist.
18:31Her whole body shook.
18:32Please.
18:34Please come back.
18:35I watched the video feed
18:36in my apartment in London.
18:37The rescue captain
18:38had sent it as proof
18:40that the staged death
18:41had worked.
18:42Seeing Serena's breakdown
18:43should have felt satisfying.
18:45Should have felt like justice.
18:46But all I felt was empty.
18:47In my past life,
18:49she loved me enough
18:50to die for me.
18:50In this life,
18:52she destroyed me
18:52from my brother.
18:53I thought choosing her
18:54would lead to happiness.
18:56I was wrong.
18:57I removed the SIM card
18:58from my phone
18:58and snapped it in half.
19:00Then I threw the phone
19:00into the ocean
19:01outside my window.
19:02Goodbye to my past.
19:03Goodbye to everything.
19:05But Rose found me anyway.
19:06It didn't take her long.
19:09A knock came at my door
19:10a week later.
19:11I looked through the peephole
19:12and my blood ran cold.
19:14Rose stood in the hallway,
19:15her eyes red and swollen.
19:16Ethan, please.
19:17I know you're in there.
19:19Can we just talk?
19:20I know you're not dead.
19:21I never told anyone.
19:23I just want to see you.
19:24Now that Serena thinks you're gone,
19:26can't you give me a chance?
19:27Can't you choose me?
19:28Rose, stop.
19:30It's over.
19:31Leave me alone.
19:32Just seeing her face
19:34brought back the memory
19:35of flames consuming my skin.
19:36The smell of my own flesh burning.
19:38The sound of her
19:39and Julian laughing as I died.
19:41Why?
19:42We were engaged once.
19:44You threw me away.
19:45Why can't you forgive me?
19:47We never had a real relationship
19:48in this life, Rose.
19:49Stop pretending we did.
19:51Through the peephole,
19:52I watched her crumple
19:53against the wall.
19:53I'd never seen Rose cry like this.
19:55Not in either lifetime.
19:56Maybe I owed her an explanation.
19:57Maybe it would finally
19:58make her leave me in peace.
19:59Rose, I need to tell you something.
20:02I had a dream once.
20:04In that dream,
20:05we were married.
20:07But you only married me
20:08to get close to Julian.
20:09In that dream,
20:10you and Julian
20:11were having an affair.
20:12You even tried to kill me
20:13by setting me up
20:14with another woman.
20:14I survived that.
20:16But then I discovered
20:17you and Julian together.
20:18I tried to record it as evidence.
20:20You caught me.
20:21And you burned me alive
20:22to destroy that recording.
20:23So I'm terrified of you, Rose.
20:25I'm scared of living
20:26through that nightmare again.
20:27Even though you haven't
20:28done those things
20:29in this life,
20:29I can't forget.
20:30I can't trust you.
20:31We need to let each other go.
20:34We need to let each other go.
20:36How could you dream
20:37something like that?
20:39That's impossible.
20:40It doesn't matter
20:40if it was real or not.
20:41You're not the one
20:42I should hate.
20:43I know that.
20:43But I can't be around you.
20:44Please understand.
20:47I'm so sorry, Ethan.
20:48I'm so sorry.
20:50I didn't hear her confession
20:51and closed my eyes.
20:52Outside, Rose kept talking
20:54to herself.
20:54Words I would never hear.
20:56It wasn't a dream.
20:57It was real.
20:57I did all those things to you.
20:59And when Serena burned me
21:00alive for it,
21:01I thought it was justice.
21:01I thought I deserved it.
21:03Then I woke up in the past.
21:04I got a second chance.
21:05But you'd already broken
21:06our engagement.
21:07You were already in love
21:08with Serena.
21:08So I worked with Julian.
21:10We sent her photos
21:11of you and me together.
21:12We made her think
21:12you still loved me.
21:13I wanted to break you two apart.
21:15I thought if she rejected you,
21:16you'd come back to me.
21:17I never thought
21:18she'd hurt you like this.
21:19I never thought.
21:20I'm sorry.
21:21I'm so sorry.
21:22But I heard none of it.
21:23I fell asleep
21:24right there by the door.
21:26Too exhausted
21:26to make it to bed.
21:27Rose eventually left.
21:29My life returned to quiet
21:31until I got a message
21:32from the rescue captain.
21:33Mr. Sterling,
21:34I'm sorry.
21:35Miss Vance threatened my family.
21:36She made me tell her everything.
21:37She forced me.
21:38I didn't need to read the rest.
21:40I looked out my window.
21:41Serena was standing
21:42on the street below,
21:43staring up at my apartment.
21:45Even from this distance,
21:46I could see the devastation
21:47in her eyes.
21:50Serena stood on the street below,
21:52looking up at my building.
21:53Even from five floors up,
21:54I could see the grief
21:55carved into her face.
21:57Our eyes met through the glass.
21:58She didn't move,
21:59didn't wave,
22:00just stared at me
22:01with an expression
22:01that held so much sorrow.
22:03I almost looked away.
22:04My phone buzzed.
22:05An unknown number.
22:06I stared at the message
22:08for a long moment.
22:09Those digits were burned
22:10into my memory forever.
22:11Serena's number.
22:12I deleted the text
22:13and blocked her.
22:14Why won't she just let me go?
22:17I already died for her.
22:18What more does she want?
22:19But I couldn't stop myself
22:20from checking the window again.
22:22She was still there.
22:23The weather forecast
22:23said it would snow tonight.
22:25I tried to ignore her,
22:26made dinner,
22:27took my medication,
22:28attempted to read.
22:29When I looked out again
22:30two hours later,
22:31snow was falling.
22:32Serena hadn't moved.
22:33White flakes collected
22:34on her shoulders and hair.
22:37Damn it.
22:38She'd saved me
22:39in my past life,
22:40rushed into the flames
22:41for a stranger,
22:42avenged my death,
22:43and then followed me
22:44into the grave.
22:45I owed her something
22:46for that, didn't I?
22:47Even if she'd destroyed
22:48me in this life,
22:49I unblocked her number
22:50and stared at my phone,
22:52typed,
22:52and deleted
22:53half a dozen messages.
22:55Another text from her
22:56came through.
22:56It was the way she asked,
22:58the same soft pleading
22:59she used to use
23:00when we'd fight
23:00in the early days
23:01of our marriage,
23:02back when she still loved me.
23:03I hated that it still worked.
23:04I hated myself more,
23:06for caring.
23:07Before I could change my mind,
23:08I texted back.
23:09Five minutes later,
23:10she was at my door.
23:13Serena stepped inside,
23:15bringing the winter cold
23:16with her.
23:16Tomorrow morning,
23:17you're gone.
23:18I mean it.
23:23Sorry.
23:25I didn't mean to touch you
23:26without permission.
23:27Serena,
23:28why are you doing this?
23:28Just pretend I'm dead.
23:29Wouldn't that be easier
23:30for both of us?
23:31I can't.
23:35Please forgive me,
23:36Ethan.
23:37Please.
23:38Get up, Serena.
23:39This is pointless.
23:40It's not.
23:41I was only trying
23:42to make you jealous.
23:43I was insane with it.
23:44I saw those photos
23:44of you with Rose,
23:45and I...
23:45So you tortured me?
23:46You broke both my hands
23:48because you were jealous?
23:49The baby isn't real.
23:49I was never pregnant.
23:51I just wanted to hurt you back.
23:52I wanted you to feel
23:53what I was feeling.
23:54And it worked.
23:56Congratulations.
23:57Ethan,
23:58I love you.
23:58I've always loved you.
24:00From the moment I met you
24:01at the orphanage
24:02when we were children...
24:03Stop.
24:04Just stop.
24:05You want to know the truth?
24:07I didn't marry you
24:08because I loved you, Serena.
24:11I didn't marry you
24:12because I loved you, Serena.
24:14I married you
24:15because I owed you a debt.
24:16In my past life,
24:17you died for me.
24:18A stranger.
24:18You built me a grave
24:19and destroyed yourself
24:20getting revenge
24:21for someone you'd never even met.
24:22So when I woke up
24:23in this life,
24:24I thought I could repay
24:24that kindness
24:25by choosing you first.
24:26I thought we could be happy.
24:28I really did try to love you.
24:29But you're not the same person
24:30who saved me.
24:31That Serena died in the fire
24:32trying to pull me out.
24:33Now,
24:34you're the one
24:34who broke me instead.
24:36No.
24:38That's not true.
24:39I am that person.
24:40I remember everything
24:41from before.
24:42Do you?
24:43That woman wouldn't have
24:44shattered my hands
24:45for a crime I didn't commit.
24:46That woman wouldn't have
24:47left me alone
24:47on our anniversary
24:48to comfort my brother.
24:49You're right.
24:50You're right about all of it.
24:51So please,
24:52let me go.
24:53Stop coming here.
24:54Stop calling.
24:55Let me have some peace.
24:56We tried this.
24:57It didn't work.
24:57Let's just let it end.
24:58The snow was falling
24:59harder outside,
25:00visible through the window
25:01behind Serena's shaking form.
25:03She looked up at me
25:04one last time.
25:05Her face destroyed
25:06by tears and regret.
25:07Then she stood on trembling legs
25:09and walked to the door.
25:10I'm sorry for everything.
25:12The door closed
25:13softly behind her.
25:15I stood alone
25:15in my apartment,
25:16listening to the silence,
25:18and wondered why
25:19doing the right thing
25:20felt so much like
25:21dying all over again.
25:23The news came a week later.
25:25Julian was dead.
25:26He'd bled out in the villa.
25:27By the time Rose
25:28finally called an ambulance,
25:29it was too late.
25:30I felt nothing when I heard.
25:32No satisfaction.
25:33No grief.
25:35Just emptiness.
25:36Rose never contacted me again
25:37after that night in the hallway.
25:39I realized then
25:40that she must have been reborn too.
25:42Everything made sense suddenly.
25:43Why she'd begged me
25:44to take her back.
25:45Why she knew
25:46I wasn't really dead.
25:47Why she found me
25:48so easily in London.
25:50Twenty years of marriage
25:51in our past life
25:52meant she knew
25:53everything about me.
25:54The cities I loved,
25:55where I'd hide,
25:56how I thought.
25:58But it didn't matter anymore.
25:59None of it did.
26:00I still saw Serena sometimes.
26:02Spring came,
26:03and I'd spot her
26:04on a bench near my building.
26:05Leaves would fall on her shoulders
26:07while she sat smoking
26:08and staring up at my window.
26:10Winter returned,
26:11and she'd stand in the snow
26:12until her hair turned white with frost.
26:15Sometimes she'd text me.
26:16We're standing under the same snow.
26:17Does that count as growing old together?
26:19I never replied.
26:20Just watched from my window
26:21as she appeared
26:22and disappeared like a ghost,
26:24haunting the street below.
26:26One day in late autumn,
26:27I came home to find her
26:28sitting on the steps
26:29outside my building.
26:30She looked thinner.
26:31There were dark circles
26:33under her eyes
26:33that makeup couldn't hide.
26:35I'm not here to bother you.
26:36I just wanted you to know
26:38that I'm selling the company.
26:39Why?
26:40Because you were right.
26:41I'm not the person
26:42who saved you anymore,
26:43so I'm going to become her again.
26:45What are you talking about?
26:46I'm donating everything to charity.
26:47The money,
26:48the properties,
26:49all of it.
26:49I'm going to work at the orphanage
26:50where we first met.
26:52Maybe if I become the person
26:53you needed me to be,
26:54you'll...
26:54Never mind,
26:55it doesn't matter.
26:56Serena.
26:56She turned back,
26:58hope flaring in her eyes.
26:59Don't do this for me.
27:00Do it because it's who you want to be,
27:02not because you think
27:02it'll change my mind.
27:03I know.
27:04I know you'll never forgive me,
27:05but I need to forgive myself somehow.
27:07She left.
27:08I watched her go
27:09and felt something twist in my chest.
27:14Months passed.
27:15A year.
27:16Then two.
27:18I heard through mutual acquaintances
27:19that Serena had kept her word.
27:21She'd given up everything
27:22and was working with orphaned children now.
27:25Sometimes I'd get a photo from Mrs. Vance,
27:27Serena teaching kids to paint,
27:29Serena reading stories at bedtime,
27:31Serena looking peaceful in a way I'd never seen.
27:34She asks about you,
27:35Mrs. Vance told me once.
27:37But she never asks me to tell you anything.
27:39She just wants to know if you're happy.
27:41Am I?
27:42I hope someday you will be, sweetheart.
27:45Five years after my staged death,
27:47I visited the cemetery.
27:48There was a grave with my name on it.
27:50The headstone read,
27:51Beloved Husband,
27:52just like in my past life.
27:54Fresh flowers sat in front of it.
27:56Someone had been here recently.
27:57I knelt down and traced my fingers
27:59over the carved letters.
28:00I don't know if you can hear me,
28:02but I wanted to say thank you
28:04for saving me in that other life,
28:06for loving someone you'd never met.
28:09I'm sorry I couldn't be what you needed in this one.
28:11I stood to leave and saw her.
28:13Serena stood at the cemetery gates watching me.
28:15She looked older now, calmer.
28:17There was gray in her hair
28:18that she hadn't bothered to die.
28:20Our eyes met across the distance.
28:21She raised her hand in a small wave,
28:23not approaching,
28:24not asking for anything,
28:25just acknowledging that we were both here,
28:27both alive,
28:29both somehow still tied to this grave between us.
28:31I nodded back.
28:32Then I turned and walked away.
28:34Behind me,
28:35I heard her footsteps going in the opposite direction.
28:38This was our ending,
28:39not together,
28:40not enemies,
28:42just two people who'd loved each other badly
28:44in all the wrong ways.
28:45Maybe in another life,
28:46we'd get it right.
28:47But for now,
28:49this distance between us
28:50was the kindest thing
28:51we could offer each other.
28:52I never saw Serena again after that day,
28:55and somehow,
28:56that felt like the closest thing to peace
28:58either of us would ever find.
28:59that felt like the right hand.
29:00Thank you.
29:00Thank you.
29:01Thank you.
29:01Thank you.
29:01Thank you.
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