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00:00I took an arrow from my husband. It pierced deep, damaged my organs. I got shipped off to a country
00:06estate down south to heal. Four years. When I finally came home, another woman was living my
00:12life. My son relied on her. My daughter adored her. My mother-in-law praised her. And my husband?
00:18He whispered her name in my ear when we were in bed. I snapped. I raised help. So they got
00:24rid
00:24of me. Clean and easy. Like I was the problem all along. And their perfect little family lived
00:29happily ever after. As a ghost, I watched them for 20 years. Watching what came for them
00:34in the end. And then I woke up. Right on the road home. I was back. Don't take me home
00:42yet.
00:42Take me to the palace. I'm seeing the queen mother first.
00:47My name is Olivia Shaw. I'm the orphan daughter of a fallen war hero. My dad died in battle
00:52when I was nine. The queen mother took pity on me. She brought me into the palace and raised
00:56me like her own. I got married at 16. By 18, I had twins. A boy and a girl. My
01:03marriage
01:03to Ethan Barone was perfect. Or so I thought. When the twins turned six, I went on a royal
01:09hunt with Ethan. That day, the third prince pulled a bow on him. He smiled like it was
01:14a joke. But his eyes said something else. So I stepped in front of Ethan. The arrow hit
01:18me instead. It wrecked my insides. I was badly hurt. And yes, I used it. I cried in front
01:25of the king. I cried in front of the queen mother. I made sure they saw every bit of
01:29my pain. The third prince got hammered for it. My husband's family had backed the second
01:34prince for years. My injury lit a fire. The king turned cold on the third prince. My father's
01:39old men in the army also turned on him. The second prince's path to the throne got a whole
01:43lot cleaner. Olivia, that wound isn't healing anytime soon. The third prince hates us now.
01:51So let's finish this. Let's use this chance to bury him for good. I believed him. I thought
01:57we were one team. One name. One future. His win was my win. His shame was mine too. So
02:04for the bigger plan, I had to disappear. I had to stay far from London. Heal somewhere quiet.
02:113 years. Maybe 5. Long enough for the court to keep using my injury as a weapon. Long enough
02:17for the second prince's people to keep dragging the third prince through the mud. So I went
02:21to the southern estate. And when the second prince was finally named heir. Ethan still
02:25didn't send for me. Not right away. That was when the dread hit. Something was wrong. And
02:31when I finally got home, I found out the truth. My place had already been filled. This time,
02:36after being reborn, I went to see the queen mother first. She was the only person in the
02:39world who had ever truly loved me. I'm better now. She took my hand and held it tight. That's
02:45all I wanted to hear. You're back. Come see me often. Don't leave me worrying like this.
02:51I won't. Before I left, I quietly slid the gold bracelet from my wrist. And tucked it deep
02:58into the cushions. Right into her favorite armchair. Her throne. It had belonged to my birth
03:03mother. The queen mother had put it on me with her own hands. She knew what it meant
03:07to me. She knew I never took it off. I got back to the Barone estate late in the afternoon.
03:11The sun was dropping. Golden light broke through the trees and scattered across the yard. My
03:16husband was there. My kids too. They were all gathered around my mother-in-law.
03:22Every single face looked surprised. And behind them stood a woman in a soft lilac dress.
03:26Pretty. Gentle looking. Sweet in that careful, polished way.
03:31Olivia? Why are you home today?
03:34As she hurried over and grabbed my hand.
03:36The house manager never sent word.
03:38It's my home. I don't need a formal announcement to walk into it.
03:43Right, mom?
03:45Ethan stepped up next. Asked about the trip. Asked if the road was rough. Then my twins
03:50came over. 10 years old now. They greeted me properly. All polished manners and distance.
03:56Olivia. You haven't met her yet. This is Lana. I hired her to teach Sophie Needlework.
04:04My name is Lana Brooks. It's a pleasure to meet you Mrs. Barone.
04:08She was my mother-in-law's distant niece. A widow. She'd come to stay after her husband died.
04:14She was amazing with embroidery. Even better in the kitchen. And with those two things,
04:19she had won over my entire family. No need to be so formal. Thank you for looking after Sophie
04:25while I was away. Mom! You have no idea how great Aunt Lana is!
04:30I gently smoothed her hair back. You can tell me all about it later, sweetheart.
04:34In my last life, I noticed it right away. How every person in that house had a soft spot for
04:39Lana.
04:39How none of them were really mine anymore. And I let it show. My face turned cold. The whole house
04:45froze. By the first night, everything had already gone bad. Not this time. This time, I smiled. I
04:51joked with them. I sat through dinner like nothing was wrong. After dinner, Ethan was clearly on edge.
04:57Restless. Distracted. Like his mind was somewhere else. I knew why. By now, he had already slept with
05:03Lana. And tonight? He wanted her. Not me. So I made it easy for him.
05:08I'm wiped out from the trip. I want to turn in early. Could I trouble you to sleep in the
05:14studio
05:14tonight, Duke? His face changed on the spot. He looked relieved. Thrilled, almost.
05:21Of course. Get some rest, Olivia. I slept well that night. The next morning,
05:26I picked my moment. And then I blew it all up. At breakfast, Lana was there again. Still standing
05:34by my mother-in-law. Still serving her like she ran the house. We had barely finished eating when
05:38a servant rushed in. And announced that someone from the palace had arrived. That was my moment.
05:43I let the bowl slip from my hand. It smashed hard against the floor. Everyone stared at me.
05:48My mother-in-law frowned. Ethan frowned too. Neither of them got it yet. I stood up and said it
05:53loudly.
05:54I'm the wife of this house. If my husband is taking a mistress, why was I the last to know?
05:59And if mom doesn't see me as her daughter-in-law anymore, then fine. Hand me divorce papers. I never
06:05should have come back. The whole room went dead. My son, Mason, spoke up like some tiny little judge.
06:12Mom, you smashed a bowl in front of dad and grandma. This is embarrassing.
06:17My daughter looked stunned. Mom, who's been filling your head with this stuff? You've got Lana all wrong.
06:24Olivia, you are way too spoiled. Is this really how the queen mother raised you?
06:29Only Ethan caught on fast. He walked over to me at once. Soft voice. Calm face.
06:35Olivia, maybe being home again feels strange. Maybe you didn't sleep well. It's just a bowl. That's nothing.
06:41Then he shot a look at the staff. At the same time, he tried signaling his mother and Lana.
06:45But they weren't quick enough. When did I say who the mistress was?
06:51That stopped them cold. Because that was the problem. Everybody in that house knew about Ethan
06:56and Lana. Everybody. Even my children. And right then, the queen mother seeing your lady in waiting.
07:02Mrs. Gable walked in and saw the whole thing. I had people waiting at the front gate.
07:06The second the servant went to announce her, they let her right in. She stepped inside and looked
07:11around. What is going on here? My lady, were you wronged?
07:16Tears instantly sprang to my eyes. I didn't know someone else had taken over this household.
07:21Last night, my bedding was damp. I tried to have it changed, but I couldn't find anyone.
07:25I'm not used to being treated this way. So I barely slept. This morning, my hands gave out,
07:32and I dropped a dish. And now the Duke and Lady Barone think I'm throwing a fit.
07:36I swear I'm being framed here.
07:39Mrs. Gable looked at every face in that room. My mother-in-law wasn't stupid. Not really.
07:44She realized it then. It's all a misunderstanding.
07:48I took an arrow for my husband and left to recover. My mother-in-law wasn't in great health,
07:54so yes. Of course, I can understand bringing in help to run the house. But if she's been brought
07:59in as a concubine, why was I never told? Why keep it quiet? Why hide it from everyone?
08:06I took a shaky breath. I came home completely in the dark. If I hadn't seen the house keys on
08:11her,
08:11I would have thought she was just some guest. And once people call me jealous, who do they blame?
08:17They blame the Queen Mother for raising me wrong. Mrs. Gable, this is on me.
08:22I'm the fool here. Her face changed on the spot.
08:27Dark. Cold. Angry. And Ethan, my mother-in-law, and Lana all looked sick. Because now they were
08:34trapped. If Lana wasn't a mistress, why was she holding the house keys? Why was she acting like
08:39the lady of the house? And if she was a mistress, why had they kept the legal wife in the
08:43dark?
08:44I didn't keep screaming. I just cried. Then I went back to the palace with Mrs. Gable.
08:49Mrs. Gable had actually come that morning to return my gold bracelet. The Queen Mother knew I'd lost it.
08:54She'd worry. So she sent it over first thing. And that gave me exactly what I needed.
08:59A witness. Just my word alone would never have been enough. I learned that the hard way in my
09:03last life. Especially with Ethan. He was born to a sophist. He could twist the truth into a lie.
09:10If nobody from the Queen Mother's side spoke for me. Every ugly label would land on my head.
09:14Jealous wife. Unstable. Ungrateful. Before long, my name would be trash all over London.
09:20And after I died, people cheered. They praised Lana instead. Called her kind. Called her loyal.
09:27Said she and Ethan were perfect together. Now Ethan had to explain one thing. Why, after his
09:32lawful wife took an arrow for him and got sent away to heal, there was suddenly another lady of
09:36the house running his estate? I went with Mrs. Gable to the Queen Mother's palace. The second she saw
09:41me, she pulled me close. This time, she didn't say what she'd said before. She didn't remind me that
09:46I had chosen Ethan myself. She didn't say she'd never liked him much. She only said this. If you've
09:52been hurt, then stay here a few days. A daughter of the Shaw family does not get trampled by the
09:57baronies. In my last life, she told me to leave him. She told me to get a divorce. I refused.
10:04Divorce
10:04meant my husband didn't want me. My kids didn't want me. I couldn't swallow that. I had to fight.
10:10I had to beat them all. So I stayed. And it killed me. When I died, only one person truly
10:16cried for me.
10:16The Queen Mother. Back then, I never fully believed her love was real. She was ruthless. Sharp. The
10:23kind of old woman who could wipe out a whole bloodline and sleep just fine after. So how much
10:27could she really care about me? I thought it was politics. A show. A way to keep my father's old
10:32allies loyal. But after 20 years as a ghost, I watched her. And every time my name came up,
10:38she cried. People can get attached to a cat after enough years. Then what about me? I was
10:43beautiful. Obedient. Raised by her own hand. She really did love me. I asked for a divorce.
10:52And I wasn't leaving empty-handed. When I got married, endless chests filled with the finest
10:56treasures. Lustrous silks, exquisite jewelry, ornaments of gold and jade. Every last one bestowed
11:01by the Queen Mother herself. Try her best. Give me everything. I wanted all of it back. Every last
11:07piece. The Buraness shut that down fast. My mother-in-law went to the palace in tears. She
11:13said I had it all wrong. Lana is just a widowed relative with nowhere else to go. She is not
11:19a
11:19mistress. And Olivia, she wants a divorce. Just because she can't allow her husband another woman,
11:24she's also hurting her own reputation. In her mind, a good wife should help bring in more women.
11:29More women meant more children. More children meant a stronger family line. So no, according to her,
11:34that was not a valid reason for divorce. I lowered my eyes. Thought for a second.
11:40You're right. Ethan came to the palace himself and brought me home. The Buran family sent Lana
11:45away. But after I came back, the whole house turned heavy. No one laughed. No one breathed easy.
11:51My mother-in-law even got so worked up that she fell sick. Then one day, my son, Mason, came
11:56to me
11:56and said, Mom, Grandma's sick. Go make her something to eat.
12:02I don't know how to cook. Aunt Lana always made good food. Grandma got better every time she ate
12:07what Lana made. Not just Grandma. When I got sick, Aunt Lena stayed by my bed. Where were you?
12:14I was out helping your father climb the ladder. I took an arrow for him. I let that injury become
12:19a weapon for the crown prince. Without the story of Lady Olivia was badly wounded and never fully
12:24healed, why would your grandfather's old military allies turn against the third prince? And why are
12:28they slowly moving towards the crown prince instead? My son froze. He was 10. He'd studied
12:34enough to understand a little about imperial power struggles. In my last life, I couldn't bear to
12:39tear the mask off his father in front of him. I never told him what kind of man Ethan really
12:43was.
12:43How hungry he was for power. How far he would go. So Mason blamed me instead. He said I was
12:49jealous.
12:50Small-minded. That I couldn't make room for another woman. What if Lana really had become Ethan's
12:55second wife? So what? In families like ours, men had women everywhere. Compared to other powerful men,
13:01Ethan already looked loyal. Already looked restrained. Why should he be expected to belong to me alone?
13:07But this life? I don't care anymore. How my son sees me means nothing now. So I told him the
13:12truth.
13:13All of it. His face went red. Don't use the royal family to make yourself sound important.
13:18I didn't even flinch. If you don't believe me, go to the estate. Ask the manager. Go ask what your
13:24father was doing while your grandmother was sick. Or if he was sneaking around with your precious
13:30Aunt Lana. He spun around and stormed out. My daughter, Sophie, took it even harder. She wasn't
13:36angry like her brother. She just looked hurt. Mom, I promised the queen mother I'd give her a lace
13:42embroidery piece. For her 50th birthday. I can't do it without Aunt Lana. Is she teaching you? Or is
13:49she doing it for you? She's teaching me. She's not the only person in the world who can do that.
13:54My daughter shook her head. But the one I'm making now is special. Only Aunt Lana knows this pattern.
14:00It's one of a kind. That's how I make the queen mother happy. I almost laughed. You're my daughter.
14:07You could hand the queen mother a scrap of old cloth. And she'd still be happy. If you weren't,
14:13you could stitch a miracle. And she still wouldn't care. The palace is full of master artist.
14:18You think she's lacking embroidery? Mom, you can't talk about Aunt Lana like that.
14:24When Lana talks herself up, you don't notice. But the second I tell the truth, suddenly I'm the cruel
14:28one? My son was foolish. My daughter was naive. Just like I used to be. So be it. Whatever bond
14:35one
14:35had with them, I leave it to fate now. I brushed the sleeve of my dress flat. Once the divorce
14:40is done,
14:41I'll leave instructions with the estate manager. He can look after the children here and there.
14:44I'll leave them enough money to live on. Enough to get them to adulthood. Enough to see them married.
14:50I'll do what a mother is supposed to do. They are still my children. But beyond that? I expect
14:55nothing. When I first left home, the twins were six. Old enough to know me. Old enough to remember.
15:02I had left trusted people behind to care for them. But by the time I came back,
15:06my people around them had been replaced. My mother-in-law did that. The people loyal to me
15:10had started clashing with the people loyal to her. And she was never going to let my side stay.
15:14So the people around my children changed. And then their hearts changed. But that's fine.
15:20I'm not clinging anymore. If this is all the fate I get with them, then that's all it is.
15:26I was waiting for the right reason to leave him. A reason no one could argue with. And I knew
15:31it was
15:31coming. Soon. Just like the last time. By the first day of September. I had been back at the
15:37Barone estate for three months. That morning, my mother-in-law got up early. And said she was going
15:42to the church to pray. She didn't ask me to come. Didn't ask the kids either. She only wanted Ethan
15:48to
15:48take her. The second they left, I called for my son and daughter. I'm taking you somewhere.
15:53My daughter was a little scared of me now. Her grandmother had been telling her. I was jealous
15:58and mad. And Sophie had believed it. Where are we going? Already sounding hostile. To pray.
16:03His face hardened. Grandma and dad just left for that. And now you suddenly want to go? What are
16:09you trying to do? I'm not going. You're full of trick. My daughter just stood there. Unsure. So
16:15I gave them a better reason. It's not just me going. Princess Anne will be there too. I thought
16:20I'd introduce you to her son. I heard you've been dying to learn spear work from him. Princess Anne was
16:25my older cousin. For years older than me, her son was everything boys his age dreamed of being. Built
16:30like he was born for battle. He trained with top masters. His spear work was famous. People talked
16:36about it all the time. He'd even beaten the royal marshal champion once. Or maybe the champion had
16:40thrown him a little glory. Either way, my son had wanted to know him for a long time. But while
16:44I was
16:45gone, Princess Anne's household barely gave Mason the time of day. Then I turned to my daughter.
16:49Sophie, do you want to meet Princess Anne? She's one of the queen mother's favorites. That got her.
16:55My son hesitated. Then finally nodded. Once we met up with Princess Anne, we all climbed into her
17:00massive carriage. It was huge. The kind only true royalty could get away with. And my son got
17:04exactly what he wanted. He saw the young lord he admired. And just like that, he was grinning.
17:09Then the carriage turned. Not toward the church. Toward the country estate.
17:15Olivia, where exactly are we going? There's an estate nearby that belongs to my family.
17:19We're just stopping by. I need to deal with with something. What kind of something? I leaned
17:23against her shoulder and smiled like I was still 16. Come on, Anne. Be nice to me. Your kids are
17:29practically grown. And you still know how to play spoiled. My daughter watched us and looked a
17:34little jealous. My son just stared at me, like he couldn't believe what he was seeing. He probably
17:39thought I meant nothing in the royal family anymore. That's what Ethan had told him. Then we reached the
17:44estate. We all got out. And walked straight into a private courtyard. The door opened, and there she
17:49was. A beautiful woman with the slightest roundness at her belly. Pregnant. My mother-in-law was holding her
17:55hand. Talking to her softly. And Ethan was standing right there beside them. Supporting her like she
18:00was something precious. Everyone froze. Everyone except me. I stepped forward and made my face go
18:05blank with shock. Lady Baron? Ethan? What's this? Then I reached for Lana's belly. Ethan reacted on
18:11instinct. He shoved my hand away. So I let myself fall. Hard. I cried out as I hit the ground.
18:17Inside my
18:18sleeve, I already had a shard of broken glass hidden and ready. The second I went down, I pressed it
18:22into my
18:22palm. It sliced right through. Princess and rushed to help me up. Then she turned on Ethan with fire in
18:27her eyes. Are you out of your mind? You lay hands on your lawful wife in front of me? Do
18:32you have any
18:33respect left for the king? And the queen mother? I acted like I couldn't take one more second. I
18:40stumbled to my feet and ran for the door. Princess and came after me. Her son stepped in front of
18:45Ethan
18:45and blocked him when he tried to follow. Back in the carriage, blood was pouring down my hand. The glass
18:49was
18:50still buried in the flesh. I clenched my jaw, grabbed it, and ripped it out. Blood burst out
18:55fast. Like a faucet turned full open. Princess and watched me and said, you owe me for this. I looked
19:01up at her. I'll never forget what you did for me. She nutted. Divorcing him means you lose. If I
19:07were
19:07you, I'd stay. I'd drag every one of them through hell. I'd see who breaks first. You're being too soft.
19:12I gave her a bitter smile. Honestly, that's what most women would say. If you betray me,
19:17I'll burn everything down. You drown, I drown. Nobody walks away clean. But I already died once.
19:23This time, I choose to live. The only person who ever truly cared about me. I don't want her
19:29sitting there crying. Not every time my name comes up. I don't want the queen mother blaming herself.
19:34Saying she should have stopped me from marrying that piece of trash. Saying my whole life was her
19:37one mistake. She was fearless her entire life. And I was the one crack in all of that. My death
19:42only did
19:43two things. It broke the people who loved me. And made my enemies very, very happy.
19:49In my past life, when I came back to the house, I blew up. The Burana sent Lana away then.
19:55I knew
19:55where she was. At the country estate. And I knew she was pregnant. She made sure I knew. She had
20:01people
20:01leak it to me on purpose. I also knew that on September 1st, Ethan used the same excuse as before.
20:06He said he was taking his mother to pray. Instead, the two of them went to see Lana.
20:11Last life, I followed them in secret. The second I saw Lana's belly, I lost it. I wanted to drag
20:17that filthy pair straight to the queen mother. Then my mother-in-law panicked. She faked a fall.
20:22There was a broken piece of glass on the ground. Her hand got cut. And Ethan said I did it.
20:27In this kingdom, if a wife harms her husband's mother, she can be charged. So Ethan and his mother
20:32went to the queen mother first. They said they were willing to keep it a secret. As long as I
20:37stopped
20:37making a scene, the queen mother told me again to divorce him. I still said no. I wanted to fight.
20:43Back then, I was pure rage. I wanted to sink my teeth into them. Just to kill them. But rage
20:49makes
20:49people stupid, and stupid people lose. So this time, I changed the board. I asked Princess and to help me
20:55set the trap. I made sure my children saw the truth with their own eyes. And yes. I borrowed my
21:00mother-in-law's
21:00trick. Now the whole city was saying one thing. For days, the censor's office was buried in
21:12complaints against Ethan. In the previous life, Lana had that baby in secret. Outside the family.
21:17Later, they brought the child back under some fake title. An adopted son. Lana was never made a
21:22concubine. Never named a mistress. Not on paper. And after I died, Ethan married her. That was the
21:29real plan all along. Because by law, a concubine can't be raised to a wife. A mistress can't become
21:34the legal wife either. If he had tried that openly, he could have gone to prison. So no,
21:39they didn't protect Lana's status for my sake. They protected it for hers. I should have understood
21:44that from the start. People like that are not worth fighting to the death over. The censors hammered
21:48Ethan for two months. Even the king got sick of it. So he asked what I wanted. By then, I
21:54had already
21:54moved out of the Barone estate. I was living back at my old family residence. The Shaw estate. It had
22:00been kept up. A few elderly staff still guarded it. People who remembered me from before I was
22:04handed off as a bride. Ethan came to see me there. Once, he had been the kind of man girls
22:09fell for
22:09on sight. Tall. Polished. Beautiful in that cold, clean way. I fell for him fast. Now he looked stripped
22:16down. Gaunt. His cheekbones were sharp enough to cut. Olivia, can you stop doing this? I just looked
22:25at him. I'll make Lana a concubine. I'll hand her slave contract over to you. Is that enough? We're
22:31a family. That's your apology? Whether she becomes your concubine or gives birth to your bastard. Either
22:37way, it has nothing to do with me now. Then what do you want? A divorce. And I take every
22:42piece of
22:43property that came with me. You're not thinking about the children. Mason and Sophie are 10 now.
22:48They'll be entering the marriage market soon. If you keep acting like this, who's going to marry
22:52into this family? Ethan, you really can talk. You slept with another woman. You hurt me. When you
22:58got into Lana's bed, did you think about their future then? Did I shove you onto her? That's not
23:04the same. Men take more than one woman. That's how the world works. I never said you couldn't.
23:09You're the head of that house, sure. But taking in a concubine doesn't only need your approval.
23:14It also needs mine. Did you ask me first? What exactly are you trying to do? He was angry
23:19now. Done pretending. My mother is sick because of this. I looked him dead in the eye. She raised
23:25a useless son. Of course she's sick. You do not get to talk about my mother like that!
23:32There you go again. Using your mother as a shield. When did I disrespect her? I was talking about you
23:38Ethan. That was the end of that. He left angry. I let him. After that, the whole Burana started
23:45showing up one by one. My mother-in-law came first. She lasted maybe three sentences. Why she handed the
23:51household keys to Lana. Why she helped Lana buy my children's loyalty. And suddenly she had nothing
23:56left to say. Then the children came. I put on my mother voice and gave them one warning.
24:01If you won't stand with me, then don't call yourselves good children. If that's how you
24:06want it, maybe we should cut ties now. The last one to come was Lana. Her belly was flat.
24:11She looked pale. Fragile. Like grief itself. The second she saw me, she dropped into tears.
24:17My lady. I lost the baby. It's all my fault. I forgot my place. Please forgive the duke.
24:25I'll go back to my hometown. I'll never show my face in front of you again!
24:31I looked at Lana in silence. She had that soft, harmless face. Round cheeks. Big doe eyes. The kind
24:38of face that made people drop their guard. But that was the trick. She knew exactly how to get inside
24:43people's heads. She was tough. Cold where it counted. And she never lost sight of what she
24:48wanted. She wanted one thing. To be the lady of the Barona estate. In my last life, I only found
24:53out the truth much later. She and Ethan had been in love as teenagers. But Ethan's mother thought
24:58Lana's family had fallen too far. No money. No status. No use. So she forced Lana's cousin to
25:05marry her off far away. That left a wound in Ethan. A deep one. It wasn't that he didn't like
25:10me.
25:10I was raised by the queen mother herself. Plenty of sons from powerful families wanted me.
25:15I was gentle. Sheltered. Easy to love on the surface. And yes, I was beautiful. What man
25:21wouldn't want me? Ethan wanted me too. In his own way. He loved me while still missing Lana.
25:27He played the devoted husband in one hand. Kept mourning his lost love with the other. And
25:32because of Lana, he even started resenting his own mother. Back then, the two of them were at each
25:36other's throats. The joke was on me. I had just married into that family. And I actually tried to
25:42fix their relationship. I thought I was helping. Lana was widowed first. That came before my injury.
25:48The second Ethan heard that her husband was dead, he was thrilled. He begged his mother to find a way
25:53to bring Lana back to the city. And just like that, he got two wins with one move. He told
25:57me to head
25:58south and recover after I got shot. Said the warmer air would help my wound heal. The second I left,
26:03his mother made her move to win back her son's heart. She used my daughter as the excuse. Said
26:08she was hiring a needlework tutor for Sophie. That was how she brought Lana into the house.
26:12Lana had lived a rough life with her late husband's family. She had already learned what it felt like.
26:17Live with no money, no power, no one backing you up. So she came back with one goal. Not to
26:22be some
26:22hidden woman. Not to be a mistress tucked out of sight. She wanted to marry Ethan for real.
26:27Right now, though, she had to play the long game. That meant getting rid of this baby.
26:32Even if it wrecked her body. Even if it meant she might never have another child again.
26:36She was still willing to do it. That was how ruthless she was. If I had even half that kind
26:41of nerve, I never would have let them kill me. Lana!
26:47I will never forgive Ethan. My lady.
26:51This is all my fault. I deserve whatever you do to me. I'll kneel. I'll beg. I'll knock my head
26:57on
26:57the floor if I have to. You could crack your skull open right here. And no one in this house
27:02would feel
27:02sorry for you. This is my family home. Everyone here answers to me. You could die on this floor and
27:09it still wouldn't buy you pity. Her lips trembled. Then she bit down on them. My lady, please tell me
27:17what you want. If there's any way to solve, I'll do it. Can you turn back time?
27:25My lady.
27:26If time couldn't be reversed, her apologies meant nothing. I already took the wrong road once.
27:31All I wanted now was to get back to the right one.
27:34You lost the baby.
27:35Do you really think Ethan won't blame me for that? If I go back now, that whole family will see
27:40me as
27:40the enemy. And you want me to go back into a house full of people who hate me? To live
27:45under their
27:46roof? To sleep among enemies? So one day if I end up dead, no one even asks why? Do I
27:52look that stupid
27:53to you? She flinched. This little act of yours? It's not for me. You're stepping back now so Ethan,
28:01his mother will love you more. You want them to pity you. You want them to protect you.
28:06That's all this is. So all that pain, you wasted. I'm not changing my mind. I am divorcing him.
28:15Killing your own child just to clear the board. Look at my two kids, foolish and cruel. But even then,
28:20I never thought of throwing them away. That hit her. Hard. Her hands curled into fists so tight her
28:25knuckles went white. I kept going. This little sob story has gone as far as she's going to go with
28:30me.
28:30Take the tears back to Ethan and his mother. Go sell your tragedy to them still dumb enough to
28:35buy it. Don't waste another minute here. Then I called in two older housemates. I told them to
28:41take her back to the Barone estate carefully. No bumps. No bruises. No accidents. I didn't want
28:48anyone saying I touched her. At the same time, I sent someone to buy off the storyteller at the tavern,
28:53where gossip spread faster than wildfire. I had them tell the whole thing under fake names.
28:57The great love story between Ethan Barone and Lana.
29:02The rich family. The old flame. The secret child. The betrayed wife. And that wife? That was me.
29:09The beautiful, loyal woman who took an arrow for her husband. The one who almost died for him.
29:14The one who spent four years healing while he was busy rebuilding his romance with another woman.
29:18They also talked about my father. A war hero. A good man. The kind that this country still
29:23respected. They talked about my looks. My innocence. My massive inheritance. And they
29:29shredded Ethan. People everywhere called him heartless. A traitor. A man who used love like a
29:34knife. The Barone name rotted in public for months. By the end of it, Ethan broke. He gave me the
29:40divorce. And he returned every property that came with me. The kids are not going with you.
29:44I smiled. Keep them. Take both of them. Once the love is gone, the weight is gone too.
29:48I don't waste my heart on people who never loved me back. This time, I'm choosing one thing. I'm staying
29:53alive.
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