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Disguised As A Man, Pregnant By My Rival - πβ¨
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00:00As the family's heir, I've been disguised as a man.
00:03I planned everything, including sleeping with my enemy.
00:08I'm Talia Papanos.
00:10For 23 years, I was Theo, heir to a shipping empire,
00:15the perfect grandson, the ultimate businessman.
00:19I wore the man's mask well.
00:21My grandfather forced me to produce an heir,
00:23or he would strip me of everything immediately.
00:26I cannot marry, and I cannot reveal my identity.
00:30The only way out is to find a man to get me pregnant.
00:35I chose my sworn enemy, Zev Stavros.
00:39He has top-tier genes and extraordinary ability.
00:43Most importantly, our families have been bitter enemies for a century.
00:48He would never suspect that I would use him.
00:51But that night, at the Apokrys Festival, I was the hunter.
00:55And he was the prey.
00:58That night, between wine, drums, and the city's wild celebration,
01:02we did what the curse forbade.
01:05We slept together.
01:06I woke up in a stranger's room,
01:09staring at the most infuriating man in the Aegean.
01:13I didn't panic.
01:14I reacted like a proper Papanos.
01:17Dressed in 45 seconds, grabbed my wallet,
01:19left 50 euros on the nightstand as payment for this pregnancy plan.
01:24One month later, I got my test result.
01:27Positive.
01:28I'd done it!
01:29I was pregnant with my enemy's child.
01:33I felt nothing but huge satisfaction.
01:37I'd lived by my family's rules.
01:39Everything was going exactly as I'd planned.
01:43But I'd underestimated Zephyr.
01:45He was known for being cold and uninterested in women.
01:49Rumors even said he was gay.
01:51He never gave it a look.
01:52I thought he'd never chase any woman.
01:55But this time, he checked the 50 euros I'd left.
01:59And he lost his mind searching for me.
02:03Pull up the guest list.
02:03He pulled the festival footage, got the guest list,
02:07interrogated everyone there.
02:09He was going to find the woman who'd slept with him,
02:12humiliated him, and vanished.
02:15He felt challenged.
02:17For the first time, I panicked.
02:19My plan had been perfect,
02:21but I never thought he'd hunt me like this.
02:24I called Andreas, my cousin.
02:26I need to get out of Athens.
02:27The only royal connected person I trust.
02:31Is this about Zephan Stavros?
02:33He's been to my off twice this week,
02:34asking super specific questions about the festival.
02:37Thamia, what did you do exactly?
02:38I slept him and left some money.
02:41Are you insane?
02:42You shall not lay a hand on him, no matter what.
02:45Grandpa will kill you.
02:48Leave it and keep your mouth shut.
02:51I fled to Thessaloniki that same night.
02:54I hid my true identity.
02:56I cut off all contact.
02:58I waited to give birth.
03:01Zeph's hunt grew more intense by the day.
03:03He even tracked down the private cabin records from that night.
03:06He was closing in, step by step.
03:09My cousin sent me a secret message.
03:13I hid in a strange city.
03:15I dared not turn on my phone,
03:17not leave a single trace.
03:19I wasn't afraid of his hatred.
03:20I was afraid he would destroy everything
03:23I'd worked so hard to gain.
03:25I kept telling myself I only borrowed his seed.
03:29I gave birth to a son at a private clinic.
03:31I named him Nico.
03:33When the nurse put him in my arms, my heart dropped.
03:36He looked exactly like Zephyr.
03:39Even that cold, arrogant look was identical.
03:44He was living proof.
03:46Worse, just three minutes old,
03:48he stared at me like I'd made the biggest mistake of my life.
03:54I told myself I could hide him forever.
03:56But I knew the truth.
03:58Paper can never wrap fire.
04:00I hid for two full years.
04:03Then my family fell into chaos.
04:06My grandfather forced me to come back and run things.
04:08I had no choice.
04:10I took Nico and returned to Athens.
04:13I covered my tracks and got ready.
04:16I thought I could keep being my heir and live in peace.
04:19But fate didn't give me a break.
04:21Only 40 minutes after I got home,
04:23He's here.
04:24Zev Stavos is at the door.
04:26My blood turned to ice.
04:29My whole body went cold.
04:31What was meant to find me,
04:33finally found me.
04:35Zev walked toward me,
04:37step by step.
04:39His overwhelming presence
04:40crushed the air out of my lungs.
04:43Where did this child come from?
04:45He was left by a stranger.
04:47She's gone.
04:50A stranger?
04:51His fingertips brushed Nico's face.
04:55This boy looks exactly like me.
04:57Do you take me for a fool?
04:58Children look like everyone.
05:00It's a normal stage.
05:01Very common.
05:02That is not a thing.
05:02It's 100% a thing.
05:04I can send you the research.
05:08Nico, that little traitor.
05:11Don't you dare.
05:16His face lighting up.
05:18I want to be his godfather.
05:20Absolutely not.
05:21He reached for me.
05:22He reaches for everything.
05:23Last Tuesday, he tried to be friends with a parking meter.
05:25I could have dropped him in the sea.
05:28After I turned him down flat,
05:30Zev went into full pursuit mode.
05:32Every morning at 7 sharp,
05:35he showed up at my door.
05:36Never late.
05:37He waited two hours in line
05:39just to buy my favorite coffee.
05:41He just played with Nico.
05:42Fixed my cabinets.
05:44One day,
05:44my secretary said to me,
05:46something.
05:47It's about Zev.
05:48What did he do now?
05:49He's been snooping around your room at the mansion.
05:51Looking for what?
05:51I think maybe women's stuff.
05:54And he keeps asking the staff
05:56about your daily habits nonstop.
05:58Her words sent chills down my spine.
06:00From that day,
06:01I couldn't bear him anymore.
06:03Get out!
06:03I'm sick of you snooping around my life.
06:05Get the hell out of my house!
06:07I'm his father figure.
06:08I have the right to take care of him.
06:11Rumors exploded outside.
06:13Everyone whispered,
06:14the rival heir is clinging
06:16to the family's successor
06:17every single day.
06:19Something seriously weird between them.
06:22And Nico?
06:23He helped Zev every single day.
06:26They're definitely father and son.
06:28What a pair.
06:30That morning,
06:32Zev set down his coffee.
06:33His eyes went cold.
06:35No more games.
06:36No more hints.
06:37He slammed a pile of papers on the table.
06:40I've searched every corner of Thessaloniki.
06:42The woman you made up,
06:43she never existed.
06:45The banquet was in February.
06:46You left Athens in March.
06:48Two years later,
06:49you came back
06:49with a two-year-old son.
06:51On Carnival Night,
06:52only you and I went into the private area.
06:54Everyone checked in as male.
06:55No woman entered.
06:56Not a single one.
07:00Ask yourself.
07:01You're the one who slept with her.
07:03What's the point of asking me?
07:04Why are you disturbing me all the time?
07:06Every lie,
07:07every disguise.
07:08I couldn't pay the price.
07:09Theo,
07:11who the hell are you?
07:14Zev was totally out of patience.
07:16He stirred up trouble
07:18just to catch me off guard.
07:20Every single move was planned.
07:22Whether it was a business dinner,
07:24a public event,
07:25or outside the company,
07:26he'd lean in close.
07:28Didn't care who saw.
07:29The paparazzi were lying in wait.
07:32They snapped photos nonstop.
07:34Him with his arm around me,
07:36leaning in to whisper.
07:37My panicky face as I tried to pull away.
07:41By nightfall,
07:41those photos were everywhere.
07:44Everyone talked.
07:45Rumors spread like wildfire.
07:47Are you crazy?
07:48What the hell are these pictures?
07:49Grandpa, listen to me.
07:50It's a misunderstanding.
07:51Zev set me up.
07:52I don't care about the details.
07:53Cut ties with him now.
07:55Keep this up,
07:55and you'll ruin our family's name for good.
07:58We are a shipping empire,
07:59not a joke for the tablets.
08:00I was stuck in the spotlight.
08:03No escape,
08:04no fight back.
08:05If I tried to explain,
08:06I'd blow my cover on the spot.
08:09Zev's plan was clear.
08:10Corner me until I had no choice.
08:13Make me take off my male disguise.
08:16Admit who I really was.
08:17Admit everything between us.
08:20Driven mad by his persecution,
08:22I fought back.
08:23Crazily.
08:24I found a female celebrity
08:25to be my date.
08:26We were always seen together.
08:28Going to movies,
08:29having dinners,
08:30and showing up at events,
08:32just like today.
08:35I like women, Zev.
08:36Stop pestering me,
08:37and stay away from me.
08:38This made Zev a little bit upset.
08:41I saw you making out
08:42with your boyfriend on the beach
08:43just last week.
08:44How come you got a new one so fast?
08:46Elena, are you two-timing?
08:47Julie, are you two-timing?
08:48Who's that guy on the beach?
08:49Theo, weren't you and Zev
08:50getting along like a house on fire
08:51just a while ago?
08:52Then what's with?
08:53Are you and Zev being serious?
08:55Are you for gay?
08:56Then what's with?
08:57Are you and Zev being serious?
08:58Are you gay?
08:59Your feelings for Theo?
09:02No denial.
09:03No explanation.
09:05Next second,
09:06he stepped forward,
09:07pulled me into his arms.
09:09Late one night,
09:10I'd just taken off
09:11my male clothes.
09:13Put on my night skirt,
09:14ready to relax
09:15for a minute.
09:16Suddenly,
09:17the doorbell rang
09:18frantically.
09:19I panicked,
09:20grabbed a thick coat,
09:21wrapped myself up tight,
09:22then opened the door.
09:24Zev pushed in
09:25without a word.
09:25His sharp eyes
09:27scanned my room,
09:28my bed,
09:29even noticed
09:30the edge of my coat.
09:31What were you hiding just now?
09:33Why are you so panicked?
09:35It has nothing to do with you.
09:37Get out of my house.
09:38He suddenly reached out,
09:40trying to lift my coat.
09:41I was terrified,
09:43pushed him away,
09:44hard.
09:44I think
09:45I've completely guessed it.
09:48Only one second away,
09:51my female identity
09:52would be exposed
09:53completely.
09:55That morning,
09:56something happened.
09:57Something that broke me
09:58completely.
09:59Zev walked in.
10:01Nico looked at him,
10:01then shouted clearly
10:03two words.
10:05Daddy!
10:07My mind went
10:08completely blank.
10:10Daddy!
10:11Zev trembled all over,
10:13pulled Nico into his arms.
10:15His voice shook,
10:17uncontrollable.
10:18Say it again.
10:20Daddy!
10:22I rushed over to stop him,
10:23but it was too late.
10:25His eyes were full of certainty.
10:27The child recognizes me.
10:29How long are you going to keep hiding?
10:31What I'd feared most,
10:33what I'd worried about,
10:34day and night,
10:35it finally happened.
10:37Zev slammed the evidence
10:38down on the table.
10:39Last chance.
10:40Admit it yourself,
10:42or I'll tell the whole world
10:43that Theo Papenos
10:44is not a man.
10:47You're Thaddeus.
10:49You're crazy.
10:50I don't know what you're talking about,
10:52don't you?
10:52When I was 17,
10:53I saw you at that gala,
10:54wearing a suit,
10:55acting like the air
10:56everyone feared.
10:56I hated that I couldn't
10:57stop thinking about you.
10:58I hated even more
10:58that I thought I was gay
10:59for wanting my enemy.
11:00Then you came back to Greece.
11:01I dug,
11:02I investigated,
11:03I found out the truth.
11:04You're a woman.
11:05I wasn't broken,
11:05I was just obsessed with you.
11:07My breath caught
11:08all his madness,
11:09his chase,
11:10his fixation.
11:12I've waited two years
11:13to find you,
11:14seven years to stop
11:15hating myself
11:15for wanting you.
11:17I'm not waiting anymore.
11:18It was me,
11:19the festival,
11:20the night,
11:21the baby,
11:22all of it was me.
11:23I just needed an air.
11:25I know,
11:26I know you used me,
11:28and I still can't let you go.
11:29They're here,
11:30both grandfathers,
11:31with everyone,
11:32they're downstairs.
11:33The front door
11:34crashed open.
11:36Members of both families
11:38poured in.
11:39You ungrateful girl.
11:40I raised you to pretend
11:41to be a man for 23 years
11:42to protect our empire,
11:43and you vetted our enemy,
11:44had his child?
11:45You're stripped of everything.
11:46You disgrace to the Stavos name.
11:47She used you,
11:49humiliated you,
11:49break ties with her.
11:50Now,
11:51or you face family punishment.
11:53I will never leave her.
11:54Nico is my son.
11:55Tharia is the person
11:56I've wanted as I was 17.
11:57Enough!
11:59Take him back,
12:00whip him until he submits,
12:02until he forgets that girl.
12:03Until he abandons
12:04that bastard child.
12:05Tharia!
12:06Watch Nico.
12:07Wait for me.
12:12Oak door of the punishment chamber
12:14slammed shut.
12:17His shirt torn off,
12:19his back bared
12:20for all the Stavros family to watch.
12:23His grandfather stepped forward,
12:24whip in hand,
12:25voice like ice.
12:27Have you forgotten
12:28we are sworn enemies?
12:29You would go against everyone.
12:31to be with the enemy?
12:34His gaze unyielding.
12:35I haven't forgotten.
12:36And I will still choose her.
12:39Blood bloomed bright red.
12:41Have you learned your lesson?
12:44I love her.
12:46I love her.
12:48Crack!
12:49Another brutal lash.
12:51Will you abandon her?
13:06I'm not leaving them.
13:07He fainted,
13:08hanging from the ropes,
13:09covered in blood.
13:10When he woke hours later,
13:12he was in his bedroom.
13:13Arya sat beside him,
13:15dabbing his wounds gently.
13:16She was the woman
13:17his family had chosen for him.
13:19Zev had never cared
13:20for anyone but Thalia.
13:22He'd never paid Arya any mind.
13:24In his half-conscious,
13:25Zev mumbled softly,
13:27over and over.
13:29Thathia,
13:30don't go.
13:31Don't leave me.
13:33She'd never seen Thalia as a threat,
13:36because she'd thought
13:37Theo was a man.
13:38I will play the long game.
13:40I will not lose.
13:47Zev,
13:48I love you.
13:50I've always loved you.
13:51I've been waiting for you.
13:52Can't you give me a chance?
13:54Get out.
13:58Arya stared at him,
13:59stunned,
14:00tears stinging her eyes.
14:02Zev, I just want to-
14:04Get out!
14:06Arya stood there,
14:07trembling,
14:07uncontrollably.
14:09Her soft devotion
14:10turned into burning hatred.
14:12Thais Paponis,
14:14you stole him from me.
14:16You will pay for this
14:17with everything you have.
14:18Arya's hatred
14:19had turned fatal.
14:21I was a woman,
14:22the only woman
14:23Zev had ever loved.
14:25She lost all reason.
14:27She set a trap,
14:29forged documents,
14:30fake shipping records,
14:31planted evidence
14:32of serious fraud.
14:34She meant to bury me forever.
14:36What she didn't know?
14:37Her scheme nearly dragged
14:39the entire Stavros family
14:41into ruin.
14:43The Stavros family
14:44also ran things off the books,
14:46business that could never
14:47see the light of day.
14:49Arya's mess
14:49had put all of it
14:51at risk.
14:52The next morning,
14:54police arrived,
14:54also the paparazzi.
14:56Theo Paponis,
14:58you're under arrest.
14:59Before I could speak,
15:00Zev stumbled forward,
15:02bandages still wrapped
15:03around his whipped back.
15:06Everything was my doing.
15:08Charge me.
15:09Let her go.
15:11Zev, don't.
15:12You'll lose your family,
15:14your title, everything.
15:15I don't care.
15:16I'd take whipping,
15:18prison,
15:19anything for you.
15:20Arya stood in the corner,
15:21watching.
15:23He was willing
15:24to destroy himself
15:25to save me.
15:26He would sacrifice
15:28his family,
15:28his future,
15:30his life
15:31to save me.
15:36You're all fools.
15:37This man,
15:38he's not a man at all.
15:39Theo Paponis is a woman.
15:41Thalias Paponis.
15:43You're a woman.
15:44The whole world
15:45went silent.
15:47Family members
15:47stared in shock.
15:49My 23 years
15:51of disguise
15:52exposed
15:53in one second
15:54by the woman
15:55I'd never seen
15:56as a threat.
15:57Now you see?
15:58He's choosing to go to prison
16:00for a liar,
16:00a fake,
16:01a woman who hid behind
16:02a man's mask for years.
16:04Why?
16:04I loved him for years,
16:06but he never looked me.
16:07Theo,
16:08show your real face
16:09to the world.
16:10Arya ripped my wig
16:11clean off my head.
16:13She shouted my secret
16:14for everyone to hear.
16:16My world shattered.
16:18Cameras flashed.
16:19Police stared.
16:21Both families
16:22fell deadly silent.
16:24The scandal tore
16:26through our empires.
16:27Stocks crashed.
16:29Partners panicked.
16:30Our reputations
16:31were ruined.
16:32But every charge
16:33against me
16:34was fake.
16:35Forged papers,
16:37planted records,
16:38all lies
16:39from Arya.
16:40None of it stood.
16:42I would not
16:43be arrested.
16:44I would not
16:45go to prison.
16:46The Stavros family
16:48was not so safe.
16:50Their off-the-books
16:50underworld businesses
16:52nearly came to light.
16:53In a frantic,
16:54secret rush,
16:56they burned records,
16:57covered trails,
16:58and locked down
16:59all their dark operations
17:01before anything leaked.
17:03Within days,
17:04the storm calmed.
17:05All the blame
17:06fell on Arya.
17:07The Stavros grandfather
17:09called the whole family
17:10to witness.
17:11You have
17:12shamed us.
17:13You risked everything
17:14for petty jealousy.
17:16You are no longer
17:17one of us.
17:19They publicly
17:20denounced her,
17:21humiliated her,
17:23cast her out
17:23for good.
17:24No one defended her.
17:26No one cared.
17:27The fake charges
17:28were gone.
17:29The underground businesses
17:31were hidden again.
17:32The girl who started
17:33it all
17:34was gone.
17:35But I could
17:36never go back.
17:37Theo was dead.
17:39Only Thalia
17:40remained.
17:41My disguise
17:41was gone.
17:43Both our families
17:44were weakened
17:45by the scandal.
17:46Then,
17:47our long-waiting
17:48external enemy
17:49struck hard.
17:51They leaked
17:52old secrets.
17:53They seized
17:54our shipping routes,
17:55shorted our stocks,
17:57turned the public
17:57against both
17:58our empires.
17:59For the first time
18:01in a century,
18:02my grandfather
18:03and Zev's grandfather
18:05faced the same
18:06truth.
18:07If we kept
18:08fighting each other,
18:09we would both
18:10burn.
18:12At the emergency board meeting,
18:13I stood before everyone.
18:15No suit,
18:16no wig,
18:17no mask.
18:18I was no longer Theo.
18:20I was Talia Papanos,
18:23the female heir,
18:25a mother,
18:26the woman Zev had chosen.
18:28Our feud is over.
18:31If we stand divided,
18:33we die.
18:36From today,
18:38Papanos and Stavidus
18:39stand as one.
18:40Zev stepped beside me.
18:43Anyone who comes for her
18:45comes for me.
18:46Anyone who comes for our family
18:48faces both of us.
18:50The room erupted.
18:52A hundred years of hatred
18:53ended in one minute.
18:55That night,
18:56under the Aegean stars,
18:58Zev took my hand.
18:59He pulled out the one thing
19:01he'd kept
19:02for two years.
19:04The 50 euro note
19:05I'd left
19:06on his nightstand.
19:07When I was 17,
19:09I fell for you in a suit.
19:12I thought I was gay
19:14a week in it.
19:15And I hated myself for it.
19:17Then you came back,
19:18used me,
19:19left me with 50 euros
19:21and disappeared.
19:23I chased you.
19:25I fought for you.
19:27I chose you over my family.
19:29That night,
19:30you paid me 50 euros
19:31to be the father of our child.
19:33Now,
19:35I give you my whole life
19:36to be your husband.
19:39Thasha,
19:40marry me.
19:41Yes.
19:42Yes,
19:43a thousand times yes.
19:44Nico ran over,
19:45small hands grabbing
19:46both of ours.
19:47Daddy!
19:48Mommy!
19:49What began
19:50as a revenge pregnancy plan
19:52became a love
19:53that ended
19:54a century of war.
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