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My Wife and Daughter Left Me for a Fake Tycoon - But I’m the Real One - FULL | DramaReel
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00:04It was the night before Thanksgiving, I had prepared a feast, looking forward to the first
00:10quiet holiday in years, but halfway through our drive, Alexia's phone buzzed, she looked
00:17at me with fake tears in her eyes.
00:21Honey, pull over.
00:26What's wrong?
00:28My father.
00:30He's alive.
00:31I looked at her, then at our 10-year-old daughter.
00:35Yes, Daddy, I need to see Grandpa!
00:39I knew for a fact that my father-in-law had been declared dead 10 years ago.
00:43I had even paid for the funeral.
00:47Go then.
00:48Family is important.
00:49A cold smile tugging at my lips.
00:59Taxi!
00:59As I watched them hail a taxi and speed away, I took out my phone.
01:03I didn't call a hospital.
01:05I called my head of security.
01:08Follow them.
01:09Find out who this grandpa really is.
01:11I sat in my empty car, laughing softly.
01:14They left a billionaire for a con man with a rented suit.
01:17Happy Thanksgiving, Alexia.
01:19You just traded a diamond for a piece of broken glass.
01:23And I'm gonna make sure you feel every jagged edge.
01:29I didn't have to wait long.
01:30An hour later, a messenger arrived at our humble apartment with a thick envelope.
01:36It wasn't a thank you note for the dinner.
01:38It was a divorce settlement.
01:40Alexia didn't even have the courage to tell me to my face.
01:51Her voice echoed from a pre-recorded voice note.
01:54Willie can give Cora everything you can't.
01:56Private jets, world tours, a legacy.
02:00You're just a delivery driver, Ethan.
02:02Bye-bye, poor daddy.
02:03I'm a princess now.
02:08I'm not coming home.
02:10For six years, I had worked three jobs to keep them comfortable, hiding the fact that
02:16I owned the very company I delivered for.
02:21I stood up and walked to my hidden wall safe.
02:28I pulled out a black titanium card and a Patek Philippe watch worth more than their fake tycoon's
02:34entire life.
02:35Let's see how long your prints lasts.
02:38When I cut off his air supply, I dialed my CFO.
02:44The man in the Hilton penthouse, Willie Vance, he's using a line of credit from our subsidiary
02:49to cancel it now.
02:53And by the Hilton, I want to be their landlord by sunrise.
02:59The next morning, I walked into the Hilton lobby.
03:03I wasn't wearing my delivery uniform.
03:06I was in a bespoke Italian suit that cost $30,000.
03:10Good morning, Mr. Westfold.
03:21But to Alexia and Cora, who were heading to the breakfast buffet with Willie, I was just
03:27an eyesore.
03:32Ethan?
03:34What are you doing here?
03:36Alexia hissed, trying to block me from Willie's view.
03:40Eww, is poor daddy trying to be fancy?
03:43You look like a clown in that suit.
03:46Listen, son.
03:47I know it's hard losing a woman like Alexia.
03:51Here's a hundred bucks.
03:53Go buy yourself a dignified meal.
03:57He tossed a hundred dollar bill on the floor.
04:00I didn't pick it up.
04:02I looked at the hotel manager, who was sweating profusely as he approached us.
04:08Mr. Vance, there's been a change in ownership.
04:12The new owner is here and he's requested your immediate eviction for credit fraud.
04:18Willie's smile froze.
04:20Alexia looked confused.
04:25I stepped forward, stepping right on that hundred dollar bill.
04:31I am Alexia.
04:38Mr. Vance, you are under arrest for credit fraud.
04:44Ethan, stop this!
04:46You're scaring Cora!
04:59It's a long walk down from the penthouse.
05:03Willie didn't stay to fight.
05:05As soon as the word fraud was mentioned, he vanished through the service exit, leaving
05:10his daughter and granddaughter with a $5,000 room service bill and 10 suitcases they couldn't
05:16carry.
05:21Alexia pleaded as the security guards piled their bags on the sidewalk.
05:27Ethan!
05:28Stop this!
05:30So Willie had some business trouble, big deal!
05:33We'll just go back to our apartment and talk!
05:38You're scaring Cora!
05:45I want to go home!
05:47I hate this!
05:48Daddy, tell them to stop!
05:51I looked down at her, the child I had spoiled.
05:55You don't have a home, Cora.
05:57I sold the apartment this morning.
05:59And your grandpa didn't just have business trouble.
06:02He's a career conman who was using your mother's vanity to access my secondary accounts.
06:07What?
06:10You wanted a Tycoon?
06:13Well, you found one.
06:14He just wasn't the one you expected.
06:22Got into my Rolls Royce.
06:24Ma'am, please step back.
06:25The door being held open by a man in white gloves.
06:28Alexia tried to grab the handle.
06:31Ethan!
06:32Wait!
06:33To the office.
06:35I have a merger to finish.
06:36And tell the legal team to start the process for full custody.
06:39I won't have my daughter raised by a woman who sells her soul for a fake gold watch.
06:44Alexia spent the afternoon at a public library, using the free Wi-Fi to search for Ethan Westfall.
06:51She had always known my last name, but she thought I was just another poor kid from the suburbs.
06:57When the search results loaded, her world collapsed.
07:01He... he was the real one.
07:03Wait, so Daddy is richer than Grandpa Willie?
07:06Does that mean I get my pony now?
07:09No, Cora.
07:11It means Daddy is never coming back.
07:13And we have nothing.
07:15Just then, her phone buzzed.
07:17It was a text from an unknown number.
07:20I'm in the park across the street.
07:22Come alone if you want to see Cora's future.
07:25Alexia grabbed Cora's hand and ran, hoping for a second chance.
07:33Ethan?
07:36But sitting on the park bench wasn't Ethan.
07:39It was Willie.
07:42Surprise.
07:51Please.
07:53One billion, Ethan!
07:55I know you're listening!
07:57Send the money to my offshore account!
07:59Or your precious girls become history!
08:04Please, Willie, stop!
08:06Ethan will give you whatever you want!
08:10I already gave him everything he deserved, Alexia.
08:14A one-way ticket to hell.
08:28You're a fake, Willie.
08:30And fakes always break under pressure.
08:38Hands behind your back!
08:43Ethan!
08:44Oh, thank God!
08:46We were so wrong!
08:48Take us home!
08:53I told you, Alexia, the home is sold.
08:56You're free to go, anywhere but near me.
09:05The Westfall Tower touched the clouds.
09:08A monument of glass and steel.
09:23I walked through the lobby, and every head bowed.
09:28Welcome back, Chairman Westfield.
09:31The staff chorused.
09:33I ignored them.
09:35My mind on the merger.
09:37But at the entrance, a scene was unfolding.
09:45Ma'am, you cannot enter!
09:47Do you know who I am?
09:49Do you know who I am?
09:51My daddy owns you.
09:57But the divorce decree was finalized this morning.
10:08Alexia looked up and saw me watching from the mezzanine.
10:23I turned and walked into the boardroom, closing the heavy oak doors on her screams.
10:28But inside, a new problem awaited.
10:32My rival, a man who had been secretly funding Willie, was sitting in my chair.
10:37Welcome back, Ethan.
10:38Hope you enjoyed your vacation in the slums.
10:41Now, let's talk about who really owns Westfall.
10:52Two weeks after the eviction, this is what princess life looks like.
11:01She still tells herself it's not her fault.
11:08But someone else has been watching.
11:10Marcus Thorn, the man who wants to destroy Ethan.
11:15He doesn't see a victim.
11:17He sees a weapon.
11:21Desperate people make desperate choices.
11:25And Marcus knows exactly which buttons to push.
11:31You look like you've had a rough morning.
11:33She doesn't take it.
11:35But her hands are shaking.
11:37Ethan lied to you for years.
11:39He treated you like a social experiment.
11:42Don't you want to make him pay for that humiliation?
11:44There it is.
11:45The moment she sells her soul.
11:48Can I have a TV in the back?
11:49And ice cream?
11:50Anything you want, little princess.
11:52As long as your mother tells me everything she knows about Ethan's private bank codes and security protocols.
11:58He threw us out like trash.
12:00I'll give you everything.
12:01I want him to crawl in the mud like I did.
12:11From the top of his tower, he watches everything.
12:17Release phase two.
12:22No one knows what that means.
12:25She thought this was her chance to rise again.
12:28But she didn't know the lights tonight would only reveal another lie.
12:34But the trap was already set.
12:36And she walked right into it.
12:39She was looking for him.
12:41The man she once abandoned.
12:45But what hung around her neck was never real diamonds.
12:49Ethan had seen her long ago.
12:51He just didn't care.
12:53His eyes looked at her like she was a joke.
12:58Ethan, I believe you remember your wife?
13:02She thought this would hurt him.
13:04It's a beautiful piece.
13:06Too bad the diamonds are synthetic.
13:08And the gold is copper alloy.
13:10Her smile shattered in that moment.
13:14On the screen, the death certificate of Marcus's company.
13:19I bought Marcus's firm an hour ago.
13:21He's bankrupt.
13:26Marcus Thone, you are under arrest.
13:29She opened her mouth, but no words came out.
13:32Ethan left without looking back.
13:34His revenge was only half done.
13:38Next episode, The Last Dollar.
13:40She thought she had hit rock bottom.
13:44But she didn't know there was deeper down.
13:49The Last Dollar.
13:52Three days ago, she wore fake diamonds.
13:56Now, this was all she had.
13:59I'm hungry, Mommy.
14:01Why didn't Daddy save us?
14:03Why is everyone a liar?
14:05She opened her mouth, but found no answer.
14:11Above her, the man she abandoned was looking down.
14:15His wealth was real.
14:17Hers was all lies.
14:28Need a ride to the shelter, ma'am?
14:34But she didn't know a pair of eyes was watching her.
14:38Am I done yet?
14:39Or is there one more lesson they need to learn?
14:49She thought last night was the lowest point.
14:54But the morning sun brought deeper shadows.
14:59Ms. Victor, Mr. Westfield has filed for emergency full custody of Cora.
15:04Given your current lack of stable housing, employment, and your involvement with two known felons in the past week,
15:09we believe you are an unfit mother.
15:11Mr. Westfield is not here.
15:12He is currently at a charity gala in London.
15:14He sent a private jet for Cora.
15:16You have ten minutes to say goodbye, or we call the police to enforce the order.
15:24He can't do this!
15:25I'm her mother!
15:27Is Daddy in there?
15:29Tell him I'm sorry!
15:30I want my room back!
15:32She wouldn't give up her daughter.
15:37Even if it meant dragging her into hell.
15:47She thought she was protecting her daughter.
15:50But she was becoming what she feared most.
16:00I won't let them take you.
16:03And for the first time, she was afraid of the woman holding her.
16:09They traded their last dollar for one night in hell.
16:12The bugs weren't picky.
16:14Even the last shred of dignity was being eaten away.
16:17I'm itchy, Mommy.
16:17The bed has bugs.
16:18Why can't we just call Daddy?
16:20He's a billionaire.
16:21He has a jet.
16:22Why are we living like rats?
16:23The child's cry cut into her heart like a knife.
16:26Exhaustion turns people into beasts.
16:30She finally exploded.
16:37That slap shattered the last trace of warmth.
16:40The room was small, but the tension filled every corner.
16:43Because your father wants to take you away from me!
16:46He wants to turn you against me!
16:47Don't you see?
16:48He's the villain!
16:49Willie was a liar, but at least he gave me ice cream.
16:52You just give me bruises.
16:53In that moment, the child became someone else.
16:56The phone buzzed like a warning from the dark.
17:03I know where you are, Alexia.
17:05I escaped custody during a hospital transfer.
17:07I have a plan to get us both out of the country, but I need Cora.
17:10Ethan will pay anything to get her back.
17:12Meet me at the old docks at midnight.
17:13And just like that, she chose the devil again.
17:21I needed Alexia to show her true colors completely.
17:25So she could never claim to be a mother again.
17:28My heart broke for the child I had raised, but I knew I couldn't step in yet.
17:39The wind at the docks was freezing.
17:42Smelling of salt and rot.
17:52You promised, Willie.
17:54Fifty thousand cash and a passport to Brazil.
17:56Just take her and call Ethan.
17:57I can't do this anymore.
17:58You're selling me to him?
18:00But he tried to hurt us.
18:01It's for your own good, Cora.
18:02Ethan will give him the money and then you'll be back in your palace.
18:04It's the only way.
18:05She was trying to convince herself more than her daughter.
18:08You're a piece of work, Alexia.
18:10Selling your own flesh and blood to a felfin.
18:13No wonder Ethan hid his billions from you.
18:15You're hollow.
18:16He thought the prey was already in his grasp.
18:19But in the darkness, another pair of eyes had already locked onto him.
18:26Step away from my daughter.
18:29The game is over, Willie.
18:31And for you, Alexia, this is the end of the line.
18:36He panicked, grasping for the last straw.
18:40But she was no longer the princess who let others control her.
18:45She didn't cry.
18:46She just looked with hatred at the woman who was supposed to protect her.
18:50I'm not a princess.
18:52And you're not my mother.
18:54She had lost everything.
18:56But the child had found herself.
19:01The courtroom was packed.
19:02The media was calling it the tycoon's betrayal.
19:11Conspiracy, child endangerment, and fraud.
19:16I was under duress.
19:18Ethan manipulated me.
19:20He hid his wealth to test me.
19:21And when I was vulnerable, Willie stepped in.
19:24I was just a woman trying to find her father.
19:26I did everything for my daughter.
19:27The audience had already heard the real tape.
19:30Her tears meant nothing now.
19:31He didn't flinch.
19:33He had seen this coming a long time ago.
19:36Your Honor, the defense will now play audio evidence.
19:4050,000 cash and a passport to Brazil.
19:43Just take her and call Ethan.
19:45I can't do this anymore.
19:47Character isn't tested when things are easy.
19:49Alexia, it's tested when things are hard.
19:51You failed every test I gave you.
19:53And then you failed the one test that mattered, being a mother.
19:55You didn't sell your daughter because you were under duress.
19:57You sold her because she was no longer a ticket to a palace.
19:59Guilty on all counts.
20:05Ethan, I'll change!
20:07I'll love you again!
20:09Please!
20:10Ethan, please!
20:12I didn't even blink.
20:14Outside, the sun was bright.
20:17But the child's heart had already frozen.
20:20Is she gone for good?
20:26Yes.
20:28Yes.
20:30Then let's go buy that pony.
20:35It wasn't a request.
20:36It was a demand.
20:39I moved Cora into the Westfall Estate.
20:42A mansion with 30 rooms and a staff of 20.
20:47I bought her the pony, the private tutors, and the designer wardrobe.
20:52I wanted to give her back the childhood Alexia had stolen.
20:57But every gift I gave her seemed to make her colder.
21:00This pony is the wrong color, Daddy.
21:03I wanted a white one.
21:07The tutor you hired is boring.
21:10I want someone who will just do my homework for me.
21:13After all, I'm a Westfold now.
21:15Why should I work?
21:16I realized with a sinking heart
21:18that the damage was deeper than I thought.
21:21She had learned the wrong lessons from it.
21:25Tell the chef I want lobster for dinner
21:28and tell him not to be late.
21:31She saw my wealth not as a tool for good,
21:34but as a weapon to control others.
21:36I sat in my study,
21:38staring at a photo of the three of us from years ago.
21:42Sir, there's a problem.
21:44Miss Victor, she's not in prison.
21:46There was a riot during the transfer,
21:47and she disappeared.
21:58When I reached the room,
22:00the window was open,
22:02and Cora's bed was empty.
22:05A note was pinned to the pillow with a kitchen knife.
22:12I knew where she had taken her.
22:14I drove to the old derelicate department
22:16where we had lived for six years.
22:19The place was a ruin,
22:21smelling of dust and rot.
22:29Look, Ethan.
22:31We're a family again.
22:34Alexia had found something shiny
22:36in the trash that morning.
22:38We're rich.
22:39We don't need your Westbent money.
22:42Willy is coming back for us any minute now.
22:44Alexia, put the knife down.
22:46He knew the truth would break her,
22:48but he had no choice.
22:50Willy is dead.
22:51He drowned in the harbor.
22:52It's over.
22:54Just let Cora go,
22:55and I'll get you help.
22:57Liar!
22:58You're just like him!
23:00You hid the truth to watch me crawl!
23:02She had nothing left to lose.
23:04If we can't live in a palace,
23:07we'll burn in this hole together!
23:09And she was ready to take them with her.
23:13One match.
23:15And it would all be over.
23:17The first flame caught the dry curtains,
23:19and the room turned into an orange furnace.
23:22I tried to reach Cora,
23:23but a fallen beam blocked my path.
23:26In that moment,
23:27the spoiled princess died,
23:29and a survivor was born.
23:42I've got you,
23:43Cora!
23:44Don't look back!
23:47Hush,
23:47little baby!
23:57Daddy?
23:58I don't want the pony anymore.
24:01I don't want the diamonds.
24:03I just want to be your daughter again.
24:05Can we go back to being poor
24:07if it means we're real?
24:12From the ashes,
24:14something real was finally born.
24:19Alexia didn't die.
24:20The firefighters found her in a bathtub,
24:23unconscious but alive.
24:25But when she woke up,
24:26she didn't know who she was.
24:28Her mind was wiped clean.
24:30Who are you?
24:31Are you my brother?
24:33Did I have a family?
24:34For a moment,
24:35the ghost of love returned.
24:37Then he let it go.
24:38No.
24:39I'm just a benefactor.
24:41You had a difficult life,
24:42and I'm here to make sure
24:43you're taken care of.
24:44No greed.
24:46No malice.
24:47Just emptiness.
24:48And maybe that was mercy.
24:51Will I be a princess there?
24:55No, Alexia.
24:57You'll just be a person.
24:59And that's much better.
25:10Is she happy now, Daddy?
25:12She's at peace, Cora.
25:14That's more than she ever gave herself.
25:16She had finally found peace,
25:18and they had finally found each other.
25:23The board will run the company.
25:25I realized the empire was a prison.
25:27I appointed a professional board
25:29and took a sabbatical.
25:31This is just like when we were poor.
25:34I thought you were a billionaire.
25:39She hated the mud,
25:41the lack of Wi-Fi,
25:43and washing dishes.
25:44I am a billionaire.
25:46But money is just a tool, Cora.
25:49If you don't know how to live without it,
25:51it will eventually own you.
25:53Look at your mother.
25:55Look at Willie.
25:56They died inside long before their hearts stopped.
26:04Slowly, her eyes brightened.
26:06She stopped asking for designer bags
26:09and started asking about the stars.
26:18I did it myself, Daddy.
26:21I didn't need anyone to help.
26:24I felt a weight lift from my chest
26:26that I'd carried for a decade.
26:28We were finally real.
26:36Mr. Westfield,
26:38I'm from the Treasury.
26:39We found Willie's secret vault.
26:41And you're not going to believe
26:43what was inside.
26:46Inside Willie's vault
26:47weren't gold bars or stolen cash.
26:49It was a single,
26:51dusty wooden box.
26:53Inside were letters from my father,
26:55the man who had built
26:56the Westfall Empire.
26:57My son,
26:58I've instructed Willie
26:59to test you one day.
27:00I need to know if the woman you chose
27:02loves the man or the crown.
27:03If he ever approaches you,
27:04know that it is my final lesson
27:06from beyond the grave.
27:07Wealth is a filter, Ethan.
27:08It filters out the fake
27:10until only the truth remains.
27:15Willie had gone rogue,
27:17but the test had worked
27:19exactly as my father intended.
27:23I looked at Cora,
27:24who was playing with the dog
27:26in the field.
27:27She had survived the filter.
27:29Everything happens for a reason.
27:31Years later,
27:32Cora would take over the foundation,
27:34becoming a leader known for her wisdom
27:36and humility.
27:38Sometimes people ask
27:39if I missed the tycoon life.
27:41I just point to the sunset
27:42over the mountains
27:43and the laughter of my daughter.
27:45I found the real treasure
27:46a long time ago,
27:47and it never needed
27:48a gold watch to shine.
27:49in the sky.
27:50I don't know if I'm joking.
27:51I don't know if I missed the stalemate
27:52or a gold watch to be here.
27:52I don't know if I'm on the slide
27:53I did
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