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Twice Burned - Full Episode | Romance, Drama, Betrayal, Rebirth, Love Triangle
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01:12I told Mrs. Vance I wanted a divorce
01:17Please don't tell Serena yet
01:21I'm so sorry, Ethan
01:23I took the divorce papers and went to find Serena myself
01:26I found her at a private club
01:28Through the VIP booth window, Isaware wrapped around Julian
01:31Her chin rested, in the curve of his neck
01:37Who let you in?
01:38I held out the papers, my arm stayed frozen in there
01:40Five seconds, ten, my shoulder started to ache
01:43Finally, she pinched Julian's waist
01:45Julian leaned into her like a cat, flipping through the papers lazily
01:50What's this?
01:52What?
01:53Nothing, Serena
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, I'm giving you full authority
02:03Wait, Serena, don't you want to re-
02:04He speaks for me
02:05What, afraid I'll go back on my word in front of all these people?
02:08She used to check every document
02:09I gave a hair
02:10Every single one
02:11Now she trusted Julian more than me
02:13Julian handed me the signed papers
02:14I turned to leave
02:15I hand-grabbed my arm
02:17Hold on
02:18What?
02:19She smiled
02:19It didn't reach her eyes
02:21Come home with us
02:21I'm pregnant
02:23Julian's moving in to help me through it
02:25And Ethan?
02:26Make him that chicken soup he likes so much
02:28While Rosen myth 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
02:38She didn't wait for an answer
02:40She dragged him back to the villa
02:47The car pulled up to the villa
02:49Serena dragged him straight to the kitchen
02:51She watched him take out the chicken and Vigate Abel's
02:54Fill the pot with water
02:56Only when the flame was lit did she finally leave
03:00I stared at the bubbling broth
03:01This was pathetic
03:03My 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
03:24And 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
03:37Before 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
03:43Then Julian started screaming instead
03:45Help!
03:46Help!
03:47The door burst open
03:48Serena ran in
03:52For just a second
03:53When she saw me
03:54Something flickered
03:55Harry'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 and burn yourself instead
04:10You deserve this
04:12Serena, it hurts
04:13Let's get you to the hospital
04:15She didn't look at me again
04:16A dull ache spread through my kiss
04:18What an idiot I was
04:19Thinking she might actually care about me
04:21Ethan!
04:22Her heart only had room for Julian
04:23As I fell
04:24I thought I heard Serena running toward me
04:26But I was probably imagining it
04:28When 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
04:40You'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
04:56Before 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
05:06Serena 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
05:16You 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 too dry
05:22So I was right
05:23That worried voice I heard
05:25Was nothing but 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 and her anyway
05:37Mrs. Vance
05:38Walked toward us
05:39Panic 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
05:52Let her go
05:55She already signed the divorce papers
05:57She's pregnant with Julian's child now
06:00The baby needs a family
06:02Ethan
06:03You're such a good boy
06:04We failed you
06:06Mrs. Vance's eyes filled with tears
06:08My composure shattered
06:10I hadn't cried when Julian burned me
06:13Hadn't cried when Serena
06:14Forced metadonate blood
06:16But Mrs. Vance's kindness broke me
06:19Tonight
06:19I wanted to introduce you to some people
06:23It 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
06:39That's when I saw her
06:40Rose Miller
06:43My body went cold
06:44Every kill screamed
06:46At Metarin
06:47Even thought
06:48This wasn't the first time since my rebirth
06:49Seeing Rose always brought back the memory
06:52Of burning a live
06:53Ethan come with me
06:54Rose
06:55I'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 was break our engagement
07:02Rose 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
07:14She didn't stop
07:16Texts every day
07:18Calls every night
07:19Two years, Rose
07:20I've rejected you for two years
07:22How much clearer can I be?
07:26I don't want to know how sorry you are
07:28So please, stop
07:29Ethan, I swear
07:31If you come with me just this once
07:33I'll never bother you again
07:36Fine
07:39Ethan, I swear
07:40If 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
07:57Where did you take Julia?
08:00My 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
08:10You 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
08:20Her 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
08:44I lay in bed
08:46Staring at the ceiling
08:47My brain was empty
08:48Tears ran down
08:50My face
08:50The bedroom 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
08:58Having a baby that you'd do this
08:59If you want a baby so badly
09:01I'll give you one
09:02No
09:03Hard
09:04Blood ran down my chest
09:05Soaking the sheets
09:07Serena froze
09:07For 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
09:17All my accounts closed
09:19My arrangements made
09:20Knowing
09:20This was almost over
09:22I suddenly
09:22Needed to ask
09:24The question
09:25That had haunted me all this time
09:27Serena 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
09:40Rebirth?
09:41What rebirth?
09:42I don't know what you're talking about
09:43But 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 that she'd gone into early labor from the anger
09:55The baby weighs in intensive care now
09:57I went to the stage death company
09:59And sat ever geething for 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
10:08When I got home
10:09Julian was lounging
10:11In the living room with
10:12Hatzma Gluck on his face
10:14I went straight to my bedroom
10:15I had nothing to say to him
10:16But he followed Maine
10:18Cradling the premature infant in his arms
10:20The satisfaction in his eyes told me everything
10:23Last night's scene
10:24Had been another one of his performances
10:26I 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
10:33Before 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
10:46The sheer cruelty of it stunned me
10:48Even wild animals protect their babies
10:51My hands shook violently
10:52As I gripped the pillow
10:53Julian!
10:54You're willing to kill your 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
11:05Which only fueled her anger more
11:07Serena dragged me downstairs to the kitchen
11:09She 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
11:33Twisted at unnatural angles
11:35Serena, don't!
11:36Every slight movement sent 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 keeping 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
12:21But she came
12:23Fireworks exploded across the night sky
12:25Reflecting off the dark ocean
12:28Every anniversary
12:28You 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
12:39Julian'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
12:48I 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 right 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
13:23Your husband jumped in the ocean right 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
13:31Serena, what happened?
13:33You're upsetting the baby
13:37If something happened to Ethan
13:39You and I are finished
13:40Julian went pale
13:41He'd never seen this side of her before
13:43He watched
13:44Nervously
13:44As she made a call after call
13:46Her expression grew darker with each conversation
13:48Dread
13:49Pooled in his stomach
13:50He held the baby
13:51Tighter and tried
13:52To quietly slip away
13:56Going somewhere?
13:57His heart nearly stopped
13:58She grabbed his collar
13:59And jerked him backwards
14:00So
14:00Heart has stumbled
14:01The look in her
14:02Asterified him
14:03Pain shot through his abdomen
14:04Where she'd kicked him before
14:06Serena
14:06The baby can't breathe properly
14:09We need to go to the hospital
14:10But Serena didn't rush to help
14:11Like 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?
14:19Julian grabbed her hand
14:20And pressed it against the baby
14:22Desperate to trigger some maternal feeling
14:24Serena, please
14:25This is your child
14:26We need a doctor
14:27Are you absolutely certain
14:29This is my child?
14:30All the blood drained
14:31From Julian'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
14:39You 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
14:51Recognize my 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
15:02Julian 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
15:12Serena'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
15:19She stepped closer
15:20Pray nothing happened to him
15:21Because if he's hurt
15:23I'll make sure you experience
15:24Every kind of pain imaginable
15:26Before you die
15:26Serena walked away
15:27Without looking back
15:29Julian lay on the floor
15:30Blood seeping through
15:31His shirt again
15:32The pain was overwhelming
15:33He 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
15:46When Julian'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
15:57And take me to the hospital first
15:59Then I'll tell you
16:00She arrived ten minutes later
16:01Julian was crumpled on the floor
16:03Clutching his stomach
16:04Blood seeped through his fingers
16:05Take me to the hospital
16:07Where is Ethan?
16:09You're all the same
16:10None of you care if I live or die
16:13Why should I tell you
16:14Where that waste of space went?
16:18Tell me where he is
16:19Now
16:20Something in Julian's eyes
16:22Turned manic
16:22The pain
16:24Or the hatred
16:24Or both
16:25Finally 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
16:39Brother of mine to death
16:40Was perfect
16:41Too bad in this life
16:43He died because of Serena instead
16:44But either way
16:45I win
16:46I always win
16:49But either way
16:50I win
16:50I 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
17:02I had to take everything from him again
17:04I had to grind him into the dirt
17:06Where he belongs
17:07And Serena?
17:09She killed him for me
17:10Just like you did before
17:11Men like Ethan exist to be stepped on
17:14What happened to Ethan?
17:15Tell me
17:15But Julian just laughed harder
17:17The sound echoing off the walls
17:18Rose's assistant called at that moment
17:20Hello?
17:21She'd finally gotten information
17:22About my whereabouts
17:23Rose dropped Julian
17:24And ran for her car
17:28Rose
17:30She drove like a demon
17:31Toward the coastline
17:33By the time she arrived at the dock
17:35Serena was already there
17:36A body lay on a stretcher
17:37The rescue team had covered most of it
17:39But Rose could see enough
17:41The rocks had torn the corpse apart
17:43The face was unrecognizable
17:45This can't be him
17:46This isn't Ethan
17:48Tell me this isn't him
17:50The rescue workers looked away
17:51They couldn't meet her eyes
17:53The night was eerily quiet
17:54Serena fell to her knees
17:56Beside the stretcher
17:57Her hands hovering over the body
17:58Like she was afraid to touch it
17:59Then she saw it
18:00Around the corpse's neck
18:02Was a silver chain
18:03Hanging from it was a ring
18:04Our wedding rings
18:05The ones she'd personally designed
18:07And had made at a small silversmith shop
18:09There was only one set
18:10In the entire world
18:11Serena's world collapsed
18:12Ethan
18:13I'm sorry
18:14Please don't do this to me
18:17You're not dead
18:18Are you?
18:19You're just hiding
18:21You're punishing me
18:23But the ring told the truth
18:24That mangled, unrecognizable body was mine
18:27Serena carefully removed the ring from the chain
18:29And clutched it in her fist
18:30Her whole body shook
18:32Please
18:33Please come back
18:35I watched the video feed in my apartment in London
18:37The rescue captain had sent it as proof
18:39That the staged death had worked
18:41Seeing Serena's breakdown
18:43Should have felt satisfying
18:44Should have felt like justice
18:46But all I felt was empty
18:47In my past life
18:48She loved me enough to die for me
18:50In this life
18:51She destroyed me for my brother
18:53I thought choosing her
18:54Would lead to happiness
18:56I was wrong
18:56I removed the SIM card from my phone
18:58And snapped it in half
18:59Then I threw the phone into the ocean outside my window
19:02Goodbye to my past
19:03Goodbye to everything
19:04But Rose found me anyway
19:06It didn't take her long
19:35A knock came at my door
19:37The smell of my own flesh burning
19:38The sound of her and Julian laughing as I died
19:40Why?
19:42We were engaged once
19:43You threw me away
19:45Why can't you forgive me?
19:47We never had a real relationship in this life, Rose
19:49Stop pretending we did
19:50Through the peephole
19:51I watched her crumple against 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 make her leave me in peace
19:59Rose, I need to tell you something
20:02I had a dream once
20:04In that dream we were married
20:07But you only married me to get close to Julian
20:09In that dream
20:10You and Julian were having an affair
20:12You even tried to kill me by setting me up with another woman
20:14I survived that
20:15But then I discovered you and Julian together
20:17I tried to record it as evidence
20:19You caught me
20:20And you burned me alive to destroy that recording
20:23So I'm terrified of you, Rose
20:24I'm scared of living through that nightmare again
20:27Even though you haven't done those things in this life
20:29I can't forget, I 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 something like that?
20:38That's impossible
20:39It doesn't matter if it was real or not
20:41You're not the one I should hate, I know that
20:43But I can't be around you
20:44Please understand
20:47I'm so sorry, Ethan
20:48I'm so sorry
20:49I didn't hear her confession
20:50And closed my eyes
20:52Outside, Rose kept talking to herself
20:54Words I would never hear
20:55It wasn't a dream
20:56It was real
20:57I did all those things to you
20:58And when Serena burned me alive for it
21:00I thought it was justice
21:01I thought I deserved it
21:02Then I woke up in the past
21:04I got a second chance
21:05But you'd already broken our engagement
21:07You were already in love with Serena
21:08So I worked with Julian
21:09We sent her photos of you and me together
21:12We made her think you 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 she'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
21:25Too exhausted to make it to bed
21:27Rose eventually left
21:29My life returned to quiet
21:31Until I got a message from the rescue captain
21:33Mr. Sterling
21:34I'm sorry
21:34Miss Vance threatened my family
21:36She made me tell her everything
21:37She forced me
21:38I didn't need to read the rest
21:39I looked out my window
21:41Serena was standing on the street below
21:43Staring up at my apartment
21:44Even from this distance
21:46I could see the devastation in her eyes
21:50Serena stood on the street below
21:51Looking up at my building
21:53Even from five floors up
21:54I could see the grief carved into her face
21:56Our eyes met through the glass
21:58She didn't move
21:59Didn't wave
22:00Just stared at me with an expression that held so much sorrow
22:02I almost looked away
22:04My phone buzzed
22:05An unknown number
22:06I stared at the message for a long moment
22:08Those digits were burned into my memory forever
22:10Serena's number
22:12I deleted the text and blocked her
22:13Why won't she just let me go?
22:16I already died for her
22:18What more does she want?
22:19But I couldn't stop myself from checking the window again
22:21She was still there
22:22The weather forecast said it would snow tonight
22:24I tried to ignore her
22:26Made dinner
22:26Took my medication
22:28Attempted to read
22:29When I looked out again two hours later
22:30Snow was falling
22:31Serena hadn't moved
22:32White flakes collected on her shoulders and hair
22:37Damn it
22:38She'd saved me in my past life
22:40Rushed into the flames for a stranger
22:42Avenged my death
22:43And then followed me into the grave
22:45I owed her something for that, didn't I?
22:47Even if she'd destroyed me in this life
22:49I unblocked her number
22:50And stared at my phone
22:51Typed and deleted
22:53Half a dozen messages
22:55Another text from her came through
22:56It was the way she asked
22:57The same soft pleading she used to use
22:59When we'd fight in the early days of our marriage
23:01Back when she still loved me
23:03I hated that it still worked
23:04I hated myself more
23:05For caring
23:06Before I could change my mind
23:08I texted back
23:09Five minutes later
23:10She was at my door
23:13Serena stepped inside
23:14Bringing the winter cold with her
23:16Tomorrow morning you're gone
23:17I mean it
23:22Sorry
23:24I didn't mean to touch you without permission
23:27Serena, why are you doing this?
23:28Just pretend I'm dead
23:29Wouldn't that be easier for both of us?
23:31I can't
23:34Please forgive me, Ethan
23:37Please
23:38Get up, Serena
23:39This is pointless
23:40It's not
23:41I was only trying to make you jealous
23:42I was insane with it
23:44I saw those photos of you with Rose
23:45So you tortured me?
23:46You broke both my hands because you were jealous?
23:48The baby isn't real
23:49I was never pregnant
23:50I just wanted to hurt you back
23:52I wanted you to feel what I was feeling
23:54And it worked
23:56Congratulations
23:57Ethan, I love you
23:58I've always loved you
24:00From the moment I met you at the orphanage
24:02When we were children
24:03Stop
24:03Just stop
24:05You want to know the truth?
24:07I didn't marry you because I loved you, Serena
24:11I didn't marry you because I loved you, Serena
24:14I married you because I owed you a debt
24:15In my past life, you died for me
24:17A stranger
24:18You built me a grave
24:19And destroyed yourself getting revenge for someone you'd never even met
24:22So when I woke up in this life
24:23I thought I could repay that kindness by choosing you first
24:26I thought we could be happy
24:27I really did try to love you
24:29But you're not the same person who saved me
24:30That Serena died in the fire trying to pull me out
24:33Now, you're the one who broke me instead
24:36No
24:37That's not true
24:39I am that person
24:40I remember everything from before
24:42Do you?
24:43That woman wouldn't have shattered my hands for a crime I didn't commit
24:46That woman wouldn't have left me alone on our anniversary to comfort my brother
24:49You're right
24:50You're right about all of it
24:51So please, let me go
24:53Stop coming here
24:54Stop calling
24:54Let me have some peace
24:55We tried this
24:56It didn't work
24:57Let's just let it end
24:58The snow was falling harder outside
25:00Visible through the window behind Serena's shaking form
25:03She looked up at me one last time
25:04Her face destroyed by tears and regret
25:07Then she stood on trembling legs and walked to the door
25:10I'm sorry for everything
25:12The door closed softly behind her
25:14I stood alone in my apartment
25:16Listening to the silence
25:17And wondered why doing the right thing felt so much like dying 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 finally called an ambulance
25:29It was too late
25:30I felt nothing when I heard
25:32No satisfaction
25:33No grief
25:34Just emptiness
25:35Rose never contacted me again after that night in the hallway
25:38I realized then
25:40That she must have been reborn too
25:41Everything made sense suddenly
25:43Why she'd begged me to take her back
25:45Why she knew I wasn't really dead
25:47Why she found me so easily in London
25:4920 years of marriage in our past life
25:52Meant she knew everything about me
25:53The cities I loved
25:55Where I'd hide
25:56How I thought
25:57But it didn't matter anymore
25:59None of it did
26:00I still saw Serena sometimes
26:01Spring came
26:03And I'd spot her on 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
26:14Sometimes she'd text me
26:15We'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
26:25One day in late autumn
26:27I came home to find her
26:28Sitting on the steps
26:29Outside my building
26:29She looked thinner
26:31There were dark circles
26:32Under her eyes
26:33That makeup couldn't hide
26:35I'm not here to bother you
26:36I just wanted you to know
26:37That 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
26:44What are you talking about?
26:46I'm donating everything to charity
26:47The money
26:48The properties
26:48All of it
26:49I'm going to work at the orphanage
26:50Where we first met
26:51Maybe if I become the person
26:53You needed me to be
26:54You'll
26:54Never mind
26:55It doesn't matter
26:55Serena
26:56She turned back
26:57Hope flaring in her eyes
26:59Don't do this for me
27:00Do it because it's who you want to be
27:01Not 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
27:06Somehow
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
27:17I 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
27:24Sometimes I'd get a photo from Mrs. Vance
27:26Serena teaching kids to paint
27:29Serena reading stories at bedtime
27:31Serena looking peaceful in a way I'd never seen
27:33She asks about you
27:35Mrs. Vance told me once
27:36But she never asks me to tell you anything
27:38She 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
27:46I visited the cemetery
27:48There was a grave with my name on it
27:49The headstone read
27:50Beloved husband
27:52Just like in my past life
27:53Fresh flowers sat in front of it
27:55Someone had been here recently
27:57I knelt down and traced my fingers over 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
28:08I'm sorry I couldn't be what you needed in this one
28:11I stood to leave
28:12And saw her
28:13Serena stood at the cemetery gates watching me
28:15She looked older now
28:16Calmer
28:17There was grey in her hair that she hadn't bothered to die
28:19Our 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
28:28Both somehow still tied to this grave between us
28:31I nodded back
28:32Then I turned
28:33And 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
28:41Just two people who'd loved each other badly in all the wrong ways
28:45Maybe in another life
28:46We'd get it right
28:47But for now
28:48This distance between us was the kindest thing we could offer each other
28:52I never saw Serena again after that day
28:55And somehow
28:55That felt like the closest thing to peace
28:58Either of us would ever find
28:59That felt like the most possible
29:01Gracias por ver el video.
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