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00:00I was gathering the skirt of my bridal gown, about to step into the wedding car, when Derek grabbed my
00:06arm.
00:08Hold on. You're taking the taxi.
00:12What?
00:13Vanessa gets carsick. She has to ride up front. Just deal with it. It's not a long drive.
00:17Derek! This is our wedding day. I'm supposed to taxi while your secretary stay with you.
00:23You think that's okay? I've never once heard of carsick meaning you get the bridal car.
00:28Vanessa could barely keep the smirk off her face.
00:31Sorry about this, Sophie. Marcus wanted to make sure I was comfortable.
00:36I didn't ask for this. I was about to explode.
00:40But with half our families watching, I kept my voice flat and even.
00:45If you pull up with Vanessa in that seat, people are going to think you married her. Not me.
00:52Why does it matter what people think? Everyone here knows who I'm marrying.
00:56I went straight to his mother.
00:58Mom, Derek is insisting Vanessa ride with him and wants me to out.
01:02Sophie, Marcus works so hard. He always needs Vanessa close by. If something work-related comes up on the drive,
01:09it's easier for them to handle it together. Learn to give a little.
01:13This whole family was on her side. Derek had already opened the passenger door of the wedding car for Vanessa.
01:18Vanessa, she got in. The guests around us were murmuring. The women from my office, who had never liked me,
01:23weren't even pretending anymore.
01:25Phones were out. They were filming the wedding car, then panning over to me, then back.
01:29The gold digger's former caught up fast. He married her, but he won't even let her ride in the bridal
01:33car.
01:33Vanessa is who Marcus actually loves.
01:35They kept going. I couldn't take it anymore.
01:36Shut up!
01:37They lowered their phones, unhappy about it.
01:40Sophie, you're still nothing compared to Venena in his eyes. Honestly, if I were you, I wouldn't go through with
01:47this.
01:48If you have any self-respect left, go home. I'm not going anywhere. This wedding is happening.
01:55I wasn't about to walk away and hand this to Vanessa on a plate.
01:59Everyone assumed I was the one who pressured Derek into marrying me.
02:02The truth was the exact opposite. To get me to say yes, Derek had rented out an entire cruise ship.
02:08He set off 999 fireworks over the harbor waterfront.
02:13He proposed to me 18 times before I agreed. All of that was a punchline now.
02:19I walked over and pulled open the passenger door of the nearest car and got in.
02:25He won't even let you ride in the bridal car on your own wedding day.
02:27You sure you still want to go through with this?
02:29I turned. It was Noah, my childhood best friend. The guy I'd grown up with.
02:34You came to watch me fall apart?
02:36When I'd first told him I was marrying Derek, Noah had pushed back hard.
02:40We fought about it more than once. We almost didn't make it through.
02:44I'm not that petty.
02:45A short silence.
02:47If you want out right now, I'll take you. Wherever you want to go.
02:50To the venue.
02:52You still want to marry him after this?
02:55Drive.
02:55Noah hit the steering wheel once, hard. Then he started the car.
02:59We were about halfway there when a sedan flew out of nowhere and drove straight at us.
03:04Noah's reflexes were faster than the first and we only got clipped along the side.
03:08A girl in a very short skirt climbed out of the other car and came straight to our window, knocking
03:14on the glass.
03:15You hit my car!
03:16Nobody is leaving until you pay for the damage!
03:19Stay here. I'll handle it.
03:22That was when Derek called.
03:25Where are you? We've been here forever.
03:27What's taking so long?
03:29I was in an accident.
03:30A car accident on a wedding day? Is that a sign?
03:34Maybe someone up there doesn't want this wedding to happen. Don't say things like that.
03:37Sophie, just grab a cab and get here. Don't hold up the ceremony.
03:41I was in an accident. Your first question isn't whether I'm hurt. It's whether I'm going to be late.
03:48My wife is tough. She's fine. Grab a cab. Everyone's waiting.
03:55He hung up.
03:57The girl who grabbed me was the same one who had driven into us.
04:00Up close, I finally recognized her.
04:03I didn't know her name, but I'd seen her once at the office.
04:06She was Vanessa's best friend.
04:08You're not going anywhere. Nobody in this car is leaving.
04:11This is my car. You have a problem, you deal with me.
04:15That's not how this works. Everyone in the car stays.
04:19There are cameras on this street. The footage will show you drove into us.
04:24I don't care. Nobody leaves.
04:28Vanessa sent you, didn't she?
04:32I don't know any Vanessa.
04:34Video call.
04:37I picked up.
04:38She was standing in front of a mirror in my custom couture wedding gown.
04:41My bridal makeup artist working on her hair behind her.
04:44What do you think, Sophie? Does it suit me?
04:47Don't read into this.
04:49Marcus just thought you might not make it in time.
04:51He didn't want to delay things.
04:52He asked me to fill in.
04:53You don't have to rush anymore, honestly.
04:56I'll stream the whole ceremony for you live.
04:59Actually, I won't bother with the reception.
05:01It drains the battery.
05:03Talk soon.
05:03I sat back in the car and watched the wedding I'd planned play out on my phone screen.
05:08Every flower arrangement had been my choice.
05:11I had gone back and forth on each one.
05:13The venue setup, the lighting, every detail.
05:16Someone else was standing in the middle of it.
05:18The MC's voice came through the stream, rising.
05:21May now kiss your bride.
05:23Derek didn't hesitate.
05:24He leaned in.
05:25The camera zoomed in on them.
05:27When they finally pulled apart, it lingered.
05:29I opened the car door and threw up.
05:32What?
05:33Noah was immediately beside me.
05:35What happened?
05:36I'm taking you to hospital.
05:38I waved him off.
05:39I took the water he handed me and rinsed my mouth.
05:42The bridal gown felt unbearable.
05:44I wanted it off.
05:45I noticed a bag on the back seat.
05:47I looked inside.
05:49It was Noah's dress shirts and trousers.
05:51Just back from the dry cleaner, I took off my handpiece.
05:55I changed into a clothes right there.
05:57They were too big, but I rolled the sleeves and the hems.
06:00Used a hair tie to cinch the waist.
06:02It would do.
06:03My phone lit up again.
06:05Sophie.
06:07Gorgeous ceremony, wasn't it?
06:09We're about to start the table rounds.
06:11I won't stream this part.
06:13Batteries low.
06:15Bye.
06:15Noah came back to the car and stopped dead when he saw me.
06:18You're wearing my...
06:19You don't mind, do you?
06:23No.
06:24No, I don't mind.
06:25So you're not going to the ceremony.
06:27Marcus and Vanessa already walked through the whole thing together.
06:30Noah.
06:33You always said you didn't want me marrying someone else.
06:37City Hall.
06:39Are we going or not?
06:40City Hall.
06:41Are we going or not?
06:43Noah went completely still.
06:45You mean, you and me?
06:47Getting a marriage license?
06:51If you don't want to, forget I said it.
06:54Are you kidding me?
06:59Let's go.
07:00Right now.
07:01I've been waiting for this my whole life.
07:03He floored it to the courtyard.
07:05Just like that, we got married.
07:08Okay.
07:09Now take me to the reception venue.
07:11The dinner's probably still going.
07:13You want to go back there?
07:14I want to give the happy couple a wedding envelope.
07:18Say no more.
07:19At the venue, I grabbed an envelope from the table and tucked a few crumpled dollars inside.
07:25Noah and I found a quiet corner and sat down.
07:27It took a while, but eventually Derek and Vanessa made their way to our table for the toast rounds.
07:32At first, they didn't recognize me.
07:34When Derek finally looked properly, he went pale.
07:39Sophie, when did you get here?
07:41Whose clothes are those?
07:42The bride already got replaced.
07:44Wearing the dress seemed like a bad joke.
07:46Don't misread this.
07:47You couldn't make it, so I had Vanessa stand in.
07:51I didn't want to keep everyone waiting.
07:53You know how it is.
07:54Of course I understand.
07:55His mother and sister appeared behind him.
07:57His sister looked me up and down.
07:59What are you wearing?
08:01Is that a man's shirt?
08:01Sophie looked bad in front of all these people.
08:03So childish.
08:04She's Vanessa hadn't stepped up.
08:05The whole family would have been really.
08:06So you didn't tell her I was in an accident?
08:08The woman who drove into us was Vanessa's best friend.
08:12She's currently in police custody.
08:14Criminal liability?
08:15Probably.
08:15That has nothing to do with Vanessa.
08:17She wouldn't do something like that.
08:18She's not capable of it.
08:21Thank you for believing in me, Marcus.
08:23I can't even defend myself here.
08:25I'm just pointing out that Vanessa did you a favor today.
08:27You should be thanking her, not attacking her.
08:30Apologize.
08:31Right now.
08:32And if you don't, don't bother coming home tonight
08:33because I will seriously reconsider this whole relationship.
08:36Lucky for you, someone else is already planning our wedding.
08:39Right, husband?
08:41What did you just call him?
08:42My husband.
08:44Legal and official.
08:45Thank you, Derek, for not marrying me anymore.
08:47Yes.
08:48I'm Mrs. Caldenwell.
08:54Sophie, what are you talking about?
08:57I'm your husband.
08:58We had a whole wedding today.
09:02You're confused.
09:03The person who went through the ceremony with you was Vanessa.
09:10All I did was play a few door games.
09:18Vanessa's the one who walked through the whole thing with you.
09:22She was filling in for you.
09:24I mean, she was filling in for you.
09:26You are my bride.
09:28I don't need someone to fill in for me at my own wedding.
09:32Then what exactly are you saying?
09:34Isn't it obvious?
09:36We're done.
09:37And honestly, I'm grateful to you, Derek.
09:41If you hadn't kept insisting we wait until after the ceremony to file the paperwork,
09:46I never would have had the chance to choose someone else.
09:49I wish you and Vanessa all the happiness in the world.
09:54This is our gift to you both.
09:56I pressed the envelope into Vanessa's hand.
10:02There's barely anything in here.
10:05That's about what you're worth.
10:07Vanessa's face went red.
10:11Marcus!
10:15I did everything for her and she's calling me trash to my face!
10:19Sophie, there are guests everywhere.
10:21And your own family is sitting right here.
10:24This is not the time for a tantrum.
10:26My parents are gone.
10:27As for friends, you were the one who pushed me to invite them.
10:31Said a wedding needed a crowd.
10:36If they saw a little drama, fine.
10:38I'm never going to see any of them again anyway.
10:41Derek's jaw tightened.
10:42Sophie, this didn't have to turn into this.
10:45I'm giving you one last chance.
10:47Apologize to Vanessa.
10:49I'll act like none of this happened.
10:51Otherwise, don't come back to the apartment tonight
10:53because I need to seriously think about where we stand.
10:56Okay?
10:57Even if you invited me back, I wouldn't go.
11:02Although I do need to stop by and pick up my things,
11:04everything I bought stays with me.
11:07You don't have a problem with that, do you?
11:09Okay.
11:11I'm done here.
11:11I took Noah's arm and we walked right past Derek.
11:15His face went gray.
11:17Sophie, you want to embarrass me in front of everyone?
11:19Is that it?
11:20Derek followed us outside.
11:22Vanessa tottered after him in her heels.
11:24Marcus, leave Sophie alone.
11:25The more attention you give her, the worse she acts.
11:28Come back inside and finish the reception.
11:30There are still tables to get to.
11:31A sharp curve.
11:33Vanessa's ankle gave out and she went down.
11:35Derek looked at me ahead of him, then looked back at her.
11:39He went back to her.
11:41Noah drove me to the apartment Derek and I used to share.
11:44I didn't say much.
11:45Just started packing my things.
11:48What I couldn't carry, I broke.
11:49The idea of Derek and Vanessa living here among my things did not feel sick.
11:54I would rather destroy it.
11:56I had imagined a life here.
11:57Children, growing old together.
12:00All of it had dissolved into nothing.
12:02Before I left, I transferred back every dollar of the settlement Derek had given me.
12:07Stop looking back.
12:08This place has bad energy.
12:10We'll find somewhere better.
12:11Actually, there's a new development opening tomorrow on the lakefront.
12:13We could go look.
12:14Okay.
12:18Tonight, can I stay at yours?
12:21We're legally married.
12:23We're supposed to be living together.
12:24I know you're only asking because you need somewhere to get away from Derek.
12:26But I'm still very happy about it.
12:28I couldn't quite look at him.
12:30We had known each other for over 20 years, had been in and out of each other's lives for
12:34basically all of them.
12:35Why don't you shower first?
12:36I'll go after him.
12:38Okay.
12:39I hid in the bathroom for a long time, giving myself a quiet talk.
12:43We had already filed the paperwork.
12:45We were husband and wife.
12:48There was nothing strange about this.
12:50We let the night take its course, the way it naturally does between two people who are
12:55now, legally and officially, married.
12:59I had underestimated him.
13:02Not just the face, which had always been unfairly good.
13:05The rest of him, too.
13:08And in that particular area, he was in a completely different category from Derek.
13:15I was very satisfied.
13:17The next morning after breakfast, Noah drove me out to the lakefront development.
13:23We walked through one of the newly finished estates and loved it immediately.
13:28We were about to sign when someone called out behind us.
13:34Sophie.
13:36Derek was jogging toward us.
13:37I finally found you.
13:39Last night, I went back to the apartment and all your things were gone.
13:44You sent back every cent I gave you.
13:47I tried calling, but you'd blocked me everywhere.
13:51I went to your place.
13:52You weren't there.
13:54Someone told me they saw you out here this morning, and I came straight over.
13:58Sophie.
13:59I thought about everything last night.
14:02The ceremony got away from me.
14:04I'll admit that.
14:06You had every right to be upset.
14:08You can be as angry as you want.
14:12Just don't stop talking to me.
14:14We're supposed to be husband and wife.
14:16You don't hold a grudge overnight.
14:20Come home.
14:21Let me make this right.
14:23I'll give you a proper wedding.
14:25The one you deserved.
14:26This time, I'll do everything right.
14:30Derek, you do understand I'm not sulking, right?
14:34Don't say things you don't mean, Sophie.
14:37Eight years.
14:39You can't just walk away from eight years.
14:41So that's what you think.
14:44Eight years in, and you figured no matter what you did to me, I'd never actually leave.
14:51I wasn't doing anything to you.
14:53Vanessa just stood in for the ceremony.
14:55Nothing happened between us.
14:59Nothing happened.
15:03You kissed her in front of everyone, on camera, with a close-up.
15:07You want to explain that?
15:09That was...
15:10The moment carried me.
15:12The atmosphere, everyone watching, it just...
15:16Sophie, I'm telling you the truth.
15:20Yesterday was a mistake.
15:22I don't have feelings for Vanessa.
15:25I'm done listening.
15:26My husband and I are buying a home.
15:28Please don't interrupt us.
15:30You mean Noah?
15:32You two have been friends your whole lives.
15:34Nothing ever happened in 20-plus years, and now after one day, he's suddenly your husband?
15:39That's right.
15:44You're not serious.
15:45Honey, did you bring the certificate?
15:50Open your eyes.
15:52Am I her legal husband, or am I not?
15:54You actually filed.
15:56You genuinely filed with him?
15:58I told you yesterday, we're legal.
16:04Sophie, how could you be this reckless?
16:06A marriage license is not something you just sign on a whim.
16:11How could you do this without thinking about how I'd feel?
16:14Why would I think about your feelings?
16:18Do I need your permission to get married?
16:20Did you think about my feelings when you were kissing Vanessa on that stage?
16:29Sophie, this is done.
16:30It's a fact.
16:31I'm not going to fight about it.
16:32But you need to go file for divorce.
16:34Immediately.
16:35We can wipe the slate clean.
16:37We start over.
16:38We get our license first, then we plan a real wedding.
16:41Are you actually slow?
16:42Can you not understand plain English?
16:46My wife is done with you.
16:49She is my legal wife.
16:51If you come near her again, I will not be responsible for what happens next.
16:56Who do you think you are?
16:58Sophie doesn't love you.
17:00She never did.
17:01She did this to get back at me.
17:03You actually think she has feelings for you?
17:06Whether she loved you before is not my concern.
17:11Right now, her heart belongs to me.
17:15Only me.
17:17You think you can take my woman from me?
17:19You'd better be ready for what comes with that.
17:24You sucker punched me.
17:26I'll destroy you.
17:27I'll have my lawyers on you by tonight.
17:29You'll be finished in this city.
17:32Marcus, what happened to you?
17:34Who did this?
17:40I want him sued.
17:41I want him ruined.
17:45Vanessa pulled him upright.
17:48I told you not to come after Sophie.
17:50She's still angry.
17:52Nothing you say is going to land right now.
17:53Come back with me.
17:54Give her a few months to cool down and she'll probably come looking for you herself.
17:59By the time a few months pass, Sophie's going to be pregnant.
18:04Derek shoved Vanessa aside.
18:07Sophie, you're really doing this with him?
18:09He works for a salary.
18:11What can he actually give you?
18:14You're standing here looking at these estates right now.
18:17You think he can afford this?
18:19Even if he somehow scrapes it together, you'll be paying off a mortgage for the rest of your lives.
18:25I'll buy you this place, the whole development.
18:28Just say the word.
18:31Noah smiled.
18:33Bold offer, Derek.
18:34The full lakefront development.
18:36That's north of $100 million.
18:38Can you actually write that check?
18:40Derek couldn't.
18:44I don't have $100 million, but I've got 100 times more than him.
18:48If you can afford one bathroom in this building, I'll change my last name to yours.
18:55Then I guess you'd better start going by Noah Caldwell.
18:58Don't make me laugh.
19:00Do you know who developed this property?
19:01The Caldwell Group, obviously.
19:03What, are you about to tell me you're the Caldwell heir?
19:06Caldwell?
19:07Is that the Caldwell Group?
19:09Because if that's true, I'll get on my knees.
19:12Right now.
19:13Noah smiled.
19:14Remember, you said that.
19:17Noah called over the estate manager.
19:19This gentleman is interested in buying the full development.
19:22Please walk him through the payment process.
19:24Right this way, sir.
19:26Hold on.
19:28Just because you tell him to take me somewhere doesn't mean I go.
19:33How do I know this isn't some sales trick?
19:36I'm not buying anything.
19:38I'm not that easy to con.
19:40Fine.
19:41No pressure.
19:42Our properties sell themselves.
19:44But if you can't afford it, just say so.
19:47Walking it back with excuses in front of everyone is a lot worse.
19:52I can buy it or not buy it.
19:54That's entirely up to me.
19:57Stop trying to change the subject.
19:59You're the one who needs to prove you're the Caldwell heir.
20:03Don't try to flip this around.
20:05Don't try to flip this around.
20:07Fair enough.
20:08Noah took out his phone and made a call.
20:10Grandpa, are you free?
20:14There's someone here from Zenith Tech who wants to say hello.
20:18He turned the screen toward Derek.
20:20Sir, Mr. Caldwell.
20:23I'm Derek Walsh.
20:25I run Zenith Tech.
20:27Yes.
20:29Noah's mentioned you.
20:32You were Sophie's fiancée, weren't you?
20:35Not anymore, Grandpa.
20:37Actually, I have good news.
20:41Sophie and I filed yesterday.
20:43She's your granddaughter-in-law now.
20:49A pause, then a laugh, full and warm.
20:53Finally.
20:53I've wanted Sophie and this family for years.
20:55I kept waiting for you to do something and you never moved.
20:58I nearly lost my mind.
20:59I was waiting for the right moment.
21:03Well, she's mine now.
21:05Wonderful.
21:07Bring her home for dinner tonight.
21:10Tell the cook to make everything she likes.
21:13Done.
21:15Noah hung up.
21:18Derek hadn't moved.
21:20You're actually the Caldwell heir.
21:23You want to know how Zenith Tech landed all those contracts with the Caldwell Group?
21:27Sophie.
21:28Every single one of those deals came through because of her.
21:31Without that connection, you wouldn't have even made the bid list.
21:35Now, I believe you promised to get on your knees.
21:38Derek was sweating.
21:39Kneeling meant humiliation.
21:41Not kneeling meant he'd broken his word in front of everyone.
21:45And Noah was no longer someone he could afford to cross.
21:48He had no move left.
21:50He dropped down and touched his forehead to the floor.
21:52I didn't even bother looking.
21:54Oh.
21:54I said, suddenly remembering.
21:56Come with me back to the office.
21:58I need to hand in my resignation and clean out my desk.
22:01Derek's voice cracked.
22:03You're quitting just to get away from me?
22:05I never liked that job.
22:06The only reason I stayed so long was because you said you wanted to see me every day.
22:11I have a finance degree.
22:13I spent eight years doing admin work for you.
22:15My husband is worth more money than I could spend in three lifetimes.
22:19I think I've earned the right to just go home and live well.
22:22Haven't I, honey?
22:23Noah put his arm around me and kissed my tongue.
22:26Everything I have is yours.
22:28Let's go.
22:28Noah drove me to the office.
22:30I wrote my resignation in about two minutes.
22:33I printed it and dropped it on Derek's desk.
22:35I quit.
22:37I'm not approving this.
22:39Approve it or don't.
22:40I'll walk either way.
22:41You can keep this one's picture.
22:43The women from my office, who had filmed me at the wedding, were craning their necks from across the fold.
22:48I walked straight over to them.
22:51Can you send me the videos you took yesterday?
22:53I'd like to have them.
22:54They looked at each other.
22:56I just want the footage.
22:57I'm not here to make trouble.
22:58They hesitated, then sent the files through.
23:01I was almost out the door when I ran into Derek's mother and sister on the steps.
23:09Sophie, you've made your point.
23:10It's time to come home.
23:12His sister and I haven't slept properly in two days.
23:15That's because there's nobody cooking for you anymore.
23:18That's completely different.
23:19She's just his secretary.
23:21You're the daughter-in-law I chose.
23:23The only one you recognize.
23:25You recognize me because my family left me money and I've been useful to Derek.
23:29Sophie, we came to find you ourselves because we care about you.
23:33Don't be ungrateful.
23:35I'm not interested in that kind of family.
23:38Go find Vanessa.
23:42That night, a friend forwarded me a link.
23:45Sophie, someone's spreading rumors about you online.
23:49I opened the video.
23:50It was posted from an anonymous account.
23:53The faces were blurred, but barely.
23:55Anyone who knew us would recognize me immediately.
23:58The comments were a wall of filthy.
24:00This bride has absolutely no shame.
24:02She was already rolling around with some other guy and she was about to get married.
24:06If I were the groom, I'd be sick.
24:07She clearly has no self-control.
24:09Her parents must have raised a real piece of work.
24:11The groom and the secretary are perfect together.
24:13This woman never deserved to marry into money.
24:15Mixed in were comments praising Derek and Vanessa.
24:18Wishing them well.
24:19Calling them destined for each other.
24:21I read all of it and smiled.
24:22I had known Vanessa would use the image of me in Noah's clothes and spin it into something ugly.
24:27I had planned for exactly that.
24:29I uploaded the footage the office woman had sent me.
24:32Then I posted my own statement.
24:35Hi, I'm the bride in that video.
24:37Here's what actually happened.
24:39On the morning of my own wedding, my fiancé told me I couldn't ride in the bridal car because his
24:44secretary got car sick.
24:46He drove to the venue with her while I had to find my own way.
24:49On the road, the car wheeled straight into us.
24:52The driver was Vanessa's best friend.
24:54She's now in police custody.
24:56While I was stuck at the scene, my fiancé used my absence as a reason to have Vanessa walk through
25:01the entire ceremony in my place, in my dress.
25:07I ended the engagement.
25:11I take full legal responsibility for everything I just said.
25:15I will also be filing a defamation lawsuit against the person who posted the original video.
25:20Every message, every video of Derek's proposals, everything that showed I had never pressured anyone into anything.
25:26The comments lived.
25:28Car sick and you need the bridal car?
25:30What's next?
25:30Does she need the hearse at a funeral too?
25:33The groom and the secretary have clearly been involved for a long time.
25:36That kiss wasn't a mistake.
25:38His mother and sister just went along with it.
25:41That whole family is rotten.
25:43The internet found Derek and Vanessa's identities within the house.
25:46The fact that they went online and planned her after everything they put her through, these people are vile.
25:52Their company address was public.
25:54Outraged people posted everywhere.
25:56Business partners saw the headlines and started pulling out of deals.
25:59The Caldwell Group terminated its contracts with Zenith Tech and made clear they would not be working with Derek or
26:05anyone connected to him going forward.
26:08Within days, Zenith Tech collapsed.
26:11I filed my lawsuit.
26:13Defamation.
26:13Vanessa's name on every document.
26:16The next time I saw Derek, he looked like a different person.
26:19Hollow eyes, too thin.
26:21His sister was behind him.
26:23No trace of the confidence she used to carry everywhere.
26:27Sophie, I owe you an apology.
26:28I looked into it.
26:30The woman who drove into your car was Vanessa's friend.
26:32I was manipulated.
26:33I've let her go.
26:34Came to say I'm sorry.
26:36Properly.
26:37And I'm asking you, given everything we meant to each other, to ask Noah to help me.
26:42Our mom collapsed when the company went under.
26:45She's in the hospital right now on oxygen.
26:47She was always fond of you.
26:49Please, for her sake.
26:51Talk to Noah.
26:52We almost became family.
26:54You can't watch us end up like this.
26:57Sophie, please.
26:59Why can't I?
27:00You brought this on yourselves.
27:01If you hadn't posted that slander, none of this would have gone public.
27:04You fired the first shoot.
27:06When it ends is my decision.
27:08Derek's face twisted.
27:09You want mom to die.
27:10Is that it?
27:12She's in a hospital bed right now.
27:14She can't take any more of this.
27:16She's not in that bed because of me.
27:18She's there because of choices you made.
27:20You knew what you were doing, Derek.
27:23You hurt me the way you did because you were sure I'd never fight back.
27:26You were wrong.
27:28I'm not the kind of woman who loses herself for a man.
27:30When you were loyal to me, I loved you.
27:33You stopped being loyal, so I stopped loving you.
27:36I only let Vanessa stand in for the ceremony.
27:39Only.
27:41I took out my phone and pulled up the photographs my investigator had sent.
27:44I handed them over.
27:47You were seeing her the entire time we were together.
27:50You got her pregnant.
27:51Derek had nothing left to say.
27:53I'm so sorry, Sophie.
27:55I'm so sorry.
27:56I was wrong.
27:57But I love you.
27:58I've always loved you.
27:59Not her.
28:01Derek!
28:02You make me sick.
28:04I nodded to security.
28:05They escorted him and his sister out.
28:07His sister was still calling my name as they went through the doors.
28:11Sophie!
28:12Sophie!
28:13I didn't turn around.
28:15Zenith tech dissolved completely.
28:18Derek was left carrying significant personal debt.
28:21Vanessa was found guilty of defamation and sentenced to three years.
28:25And on that same day, I received the best news I'd had in a long time.
28:30I was pregnant.
28:32The ugliness was behind me now.
28:34The people who had caused it had found their way to exactly where they deserved to be.
28:39All I was thinking about was the small life beginning inside me.
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