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My Wife And Daughter Left Me For A Fake Tycoon But I’M The Real One
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00:01It was the night before Thanksgiving. I had prepared a feast. Looking forward to the first quiet holiday in years.
00:09But halfway through our drive, Alexia's phone buzzed. She looked at me with fake tears in her eyes.
00:18Honey, pull over.
00:23What's wrong?
00:25My father. He's alive.
00:27I looked at her, then at our 10-year-old daughter.
00:31Yes, Daddy. I need to see Grandpa.
00:35I knew for a fact that my father-in-law had been declared dead 10 years ago. I had even
00:41paid for the funeral.
00:43Go then. Family is important.
00:46A cold smile tugging at my lips.
00:55Taxi!
00:56As I watched them hail a taxi and speed away, I took out my phone. I didn't call a hospital.
01:02I called my head of security.
01:04Follow them. Find out who this Grandpa really is.
01:07I sat in my empty car, laughing softly. They left a billionaire for a conman with a rented suit.
01:13Happy Thanksgiving, Alexia.
01:15Alexia. You just traded a diamond for a piece of broken glass.
01:19And I'm gonna make sure you feel every jagged edge.
01:24I didn't have to wait long.
01:26An hour later,
01:28a messenger arrived at our humble apartment
01:30with a thick envelope.
01:32It wasn't a thank you note for the dinner.
01:34It was a divorce settlement.
01:36Alexia didn't even have the courage
01:38to tell me to my face.
01:46Her voice echoed from a pre-recorded voice note.
01:50Willie can give Cora everything you can't.
01:52Private jets,
01:53world tours,
01:54a legacy.
01:55You're just a delivery driver, Ethan.
01:57Bye-bye, poor daddy.
01:58I'm a princess now.
02:03I'm not coming home.
02:05For six years,
02:07I had worked three jobs to keep them comfortable,
02:10hiding the fact that I owned the very company I delivered for.
02:16I stood up and walked to my hidden wall safe.
02:23I pulled out a black titanium card
02:26and a Patek Philippe watch
02:27worth more than their fake tycoon's entire life.
02:30Let's see how long your prince lasts.
02:33When I cut off his air supply,
02:35I dialed my CFO.
02:38The man in the Hilton penthouse,
02:40Willie Vance.
02:41He's using a line of credit from our subsidiary.
02:44Cancel it.
02:44Now.
02:48And buy the Hilton.
02:49I want to be their landlord by sunrise.
02:54The next morning,
02:55I walked into the Hilton lobby.
02:57I wasn't wearing my delivery uniform.
03:00I was in a bespoke Italian suit
03:02that cost $30,000.
03:05Good morning, Mr. Westfold.
03:15But to Alexia and Cora,
03:17who were heading to the breakfast buffet with Willie.
03:20I was just an eyesore.
03:26Ethan?
03:28What are you doing here?
03:30Alexia hissed,
03:31trying to block me from Willie's view.
03:34Ew, is poor daddy trying to be fancy?
03:37You look like a clown in that suit.
03:39Listen, son.
03:41I know it's hard losing a woman like Alexia.
03:45Here's a hundred bucks.
03:47Go buy yourself a dignified meal.
03:51He tossed a hundred dollar bill on the floor.
03:54I didn't pick it up.
03:56I looked at the hotel manager,
03:58who was sweating profusely as he approached us.
04:02Mr. Vance,
04:03there's been a change in ownership.
04:05The new owner is here,
04:07and
04:07he's requested your immediate eviction for credit fraud.
04:12Willie's smile froze.
04:13Alexia looked confused.
04:18I stepped forward,
04:20stepping right on that hundred dollar bill.
04:24I am Alexia.
04:31Mr. Vance,
04:32you are under arrest for credit fraud.
04:37Ethan, stop this!
04:39You're scaring Cora!
04:51It's a long walk down from the penthouse.
04:55Willie didn't stay to fight.
04:58As soon as the word fraud was mentioned,
05:00he vanished through the service exit,
05:02leaving his daughter and granddaughter
05:04with a $5,000 room service bill
05:07and 10 suitcases they couldn't carry.
05:14Alexia pleaded
05:15as the security guards
05:17piled their bags on the sidewalk.
05:19Ethan!
05:21Stop this!
05:22So Willie had some business trouble,
05:24big deal!
05:25We'll just go back to our apartment and talk!
05:30You're scaring Cora!
05:33Cora!
05:37I want to go home!
05:39I hate this!
05:40Daddy, tell them to stop!
05:43I looked down at her,
05:44the child I had spoiled.
05:47You don't have a home, Cora.
05:49I sold the apartment this morning.
05:51And your grandpa didn't just have business trouble.
05:54He's a career conman
05:55who was using your mother's vanity
05:57to access my secondary accounts.
05:59What?
06:02You wanted a Tycoon?
06:04Well, you found one.
06:06He just wasn't the one you expected.
06:13Got into my Rolls Royce.
06:15Ma'am, please step back.
06:16The door being held open
06:17by a man in white gloves.
06:19Alexia tried to grab the handle.
06:22Ethan!
06:23Wait!
06:25To the office.
06:26I have a merger to finish.
06:28And tell the legal team
06:29to start the process for full custody.
06:31I won't have my daughter raised
06:32by a woman who sells her soul
06:33for a fake gold watch.
06:36Alexia spent the afternoon
06:37at a public library
06:39using the free Wi-Fi
06:41to search for Ethan Westfall.
06:43She had always known my last name,
06:45but she thought I was just another poor kid
06:47from the suburbs.
06:48When the search results loaded,
06:50her world collapsed.
06:52He...
06:52He was the real one.
06:54Wait, so Daddy is richer
06:56than Grandpa Willie?
06:57Does that mean I get my pony now?
07:00No, Cora.
07:02It means Daddy is never coming back.
07:04And we have nothing.
07:06Just then,
07:07her phone buzzed.
07:08It was a text from an unknown number.
07:11I'm in the park across the street.
07:13Come alone if you want to see Cora's future.
07:16Alexia grabbed Cora's hand and ran,
07:19hoping for a second chance.
07:24Ethan?
07:27But sitting on the park bench wasn't Ethan.
07:30It was Willie.
07:32Surprise.
07:41Please.
07:43One billion, Ethan!
07:45I know you're listening!
07:47Send the money to my offshore account!
07:50Or your precious girls become history!
07:54Please, Willie, stop!
07:56Ethan will give you whatever you want!
08:01I already gave him everything he deserved, Alexia.
08:04A one-way ticket to hell.
08:18You're a fake, Willie.
08:20And fakes always break under pressure.
08:28Hands behind your back!
08:33Ethan!
08:34Oh, thank God!
08:36We were so wrong!
08:38Take us home!
08:43I told you, Alexia.
08:44The home is sold.
08:46You're free to go.
08:47Anywhere but near me.
08:54The Westfall Tower touched the clouds.
08:57A monument of glass and steel.
09:13I walked through the lobby.
09:15And every head bowed.
09:17Welcome back, Chairman Westfield.
09:20The staff chorused.
09:22I ignored them.
09:24My mind on the merger.
09:26But at the entrance, a scene was unfolding.
09:34Ma'am, you cannot enter!
09:36Do you know who I am?
09:38Do you know who I am?
09:40My daddy owns you.
09:45But the divorce decree was finalized this morning.
09:55No.
09:56Alexia looked up and saw me watching from the mezzanine.
10:11I turned and walked into the boardroom, closing the heavy oak doors on her screams.
10:16But inside, a new problem awaited.
10:20My rival, a man who had been secretly funding Willie, was sitting in my chair.
10:25Welcome back, Ethan.
10:26Hope you enjoyed your vacation in the slums.
10:28Now, let's talk about who really owns Westfall.
10:40Two weeks after the eviction, this is what princess life looks like.
10:49She still tells herself it's not her fault.
10:56But someone else has been watching.
10:58Marcus Thorn.
11:00The man who wants to destroy Ethan.
11:03He doesn't see a victim.
11:04He sees a weapon.
11:09Desperate people make desperate choices.
11:13And Marcus knows exactly which buttons to push.
11:19You look like you've had a rough morning.
11:21She doesn't take it.
11:22But her hands are shaking.
11:25Ethan lied to you for years.
11:26He treated you like a social experiment.
11:29Don't you want to make him pay for that humiliation?
11:31There it is.
11:32The moment she sells her soul.
11:34Can I have a TV in the back?
11:36And ice cream?
11:37Anything you want, little princess.
11:39As long as your mother tells me everything she knows about Ethan's private bank codes and security protocols.
11:45He threw us out like trash.
11:47I'll give you everything.
11:48I want him to crawl in the mud like I did.
11:57From the top of his tower, he watches everything.
12:04Release phase two.
12:08No one knows what that means.
12:11She thought this was her chance to rise again.
12:14But she didn't know the lights tonight would only reveal another lie.
12:20But the trap was already set.
12:23And she walked right into it.
12:26She was looking for him.
12:28The man she once abandoned.
12:31But what hung around her neck was never real diamonds.
12:35Ethan had seen her long ago.
12:37He just didn't care.
12:39His eyes looked at her like she was a joke.
12:44Ethan, I believe you remember your wife?
12:48She thought this would hurt him.
12:50It's a beautiful piece.
12:52Too bad the diamonds are synthetic.
12:54And the gold is copper alloy.
12:56Her smile shattered in that moment.
13:00On the screen, the death certificate of Marcus's company.
13:04I bought Marcus's firm an hour ago.
13:07He's bankrupt.
13:11Marcus Thone, you are under arrest.
13:14She opened her mouth, but no words came out.
13:18Ethan left without looking back.
13:20His revenge was only half done.
13:23Next episode, The Last Dollar.
13:25She thought she had hit rock bottom.
13:29But she didn't know there was deeper down.
13:34The Last Dollar.
13:37Three days ago, she wore fake diamonds.
13:41Now, this was all she had.
13:44I'm hungry, Mommy.
13:46Why didn't Daddy save us?
13:48Why is everyone a liar?
13:51She opened her mouth, but found no answer.
13:56Above her, the man she abandoned was looking down.
14:00His wealth was real.
14:02Hers was all lies.
14:12Need a ride to the shelter, ma'am?
14:18But she didn't know a pair of eyes was watching her.
14:22Am I done yet?
14:24Or is there one more lesson they need to learn?
14:33She thought last night was the lowest point.
14:38But the morning sun brought deeper shadows.
14:44Ms. Victor, Mr. Westfield has filed for emergency full custody of Cora.
14:48Given your current lack of stable housing, employment, and your involvement with two known felons in the past week,
14:53we believe you are an unfit mother.
14:55Mr. Westfield is not here.
14:56He is currently at a charity gala in London.
14:58He sent a private jet for Cora.
15:00You have ten minutes to say goodbye, or we call the police to enforce the order.
15:08He can't do this!
15:09I'm her mother!
15:11Is Daddy in there?
15:13Tell him I'm sorry!
15:14I want my room back!
15:16She wouldn't give up her daughter.
15:21Even if it meant dragging her into hell.
15:25Stop them!
15:31She thought she was protecting her daughter.
15:34But she was becoming what she feared most.
15:44I won't let them take you.
15:46And for the first time, she was afraid of the woman holding her.
15:52They traded their last dollar for one night in hell.
15:55The bugs weren't picky.
15:57Even the last shred of dignity was being eaten away.
16:00I'm itchy, Mommy.
16:01The bed has bugs.
16:02Why can't we just call Daddy?
16:03He's a billionaire.
16:04He has a jet.
16:05Why are we living like rats?
16:06The child's cry cut into her heart like a knife.
16:08Exhaustion turns people into beasts.
16:13She finally exploded.
16:20That slap shattered the last trace of warmth.
16:23The room was small, but the tension filled every corner.
16:26Because your father wants to take you away from me!
16:28He wants to turn you against me!
16:30Don't you see?
16:31He's the villain!
16:32Willie was a liar, but at least he gave me ice cream.
16:35You just give me bruises.
16:36In that moment, the child became someone else.
16:39The phone buzzed like a warning from the dark.
16:46I know where you are, Alexia.
16:47I escaped custody during a hospital transfer.
16:50I have a plan to get us both out of the country, but I need Cora.
16:53Ethan will pay anything to get her back.
16:54Meet me at the old docks at midnight.
16:56And just like that, she chose the devil again.
17:03I needed Alexia to show her true colors completely.
17:07So she could never claim to be a mother again.
17:11My heart broke for the child I had raised, but I knew I couldn't step in yet.
17:21The wind at the docks was freezing, smelling of salt and rot.
17:34You promised, Willie.
17:36Fifty thousand cash and a passport to Brazil.
17:38Just take her and call Ethan.
17:39I can't do this anymore.
17:40You're selling me?
17:41To him?
17:42But he tried to hurt us.
17:43It's for your own good, Cora.
17:44Ethan will give him the money, and then you'll be back in your palace.
17:46It's the only way.
17:47She was trying to convince herself more than her daughter.
17:50You're a piece of work, Alexia.
17:52Selling your own flesh and blood to a felfin.
17:54No wonder Ethan hid his billions from you.
17:56You're hollow.
17:57He thought the prey was already in his grasp.
18:00But in the darkness, another pair of eyes had already locked onto him.
18:07Step away from my daughter.
18:10The game is over, Willie.
18:13And for you, Alexia, this is the end of the line.
18:17He panicked, grasping for the last straw.
18:21But she was no longer the princess who let others control her.
18:26She didn't cry.
18:27She just looked with hatred at the woman who was supposed to protect her.
18:31I'm not a princess.
18:33And you're not my mother.
18:35She had lost everything.
18:37But the child had found herself.
18:42The courtroom was packed.
18:44The media was calling it the tycoon's betrayal.
18:52Conspiracy, child endangerment, and fraud.
18:57I was under duress.
18:59Ethan manipulated me.
19:00He hid his wealth to test me.
19:02And when I was vulnerable, Willie stepped in.
19:04I was just a woman trying to find her father.
19:06I did everything for my daughter.
19:08The audience had already heard the real tape.
19:10Her tears meant nothing now.
19:12He didn't flinch.
19:14He had seen this coming a long time ago.
19:16Your Honor, the defense will now play audio evidence.
19:2150,000 cash and a passport to Brazil.
19:23Just take her and call Ethan.
19:25I can't do this anymore.
19:27Character isn't tested when things are easy.
19:29Alexia, it's tested when things are hard.
19:31You failed every test I gave you,
19:33and then you failed the one test that mattered, being a mother.
19:35You didn't sell your daughter because you were under duress.
19:37You sold her because she was no longer a ticket to a palace.
19:40Guilty on all counts.
19:45Ethan, I'll change!
19:47I'll love you again!
19:49Please!
19:50Ethan, please!
19:53I didn't even blink.
19:55Outside, the sun was bright.
19:56But the child's heart had already frozen.
20:01Is she gone for good?
20:06Yes.
20:10Then let's go buy that pony.
20:14It wasn't a request.
20:16It was a demand.
20:19I moved Cora into the Westfall Estate.
20:22A mansion with 30 rooms and a staff of 20.
20:26I bought her the pony, the private tutors, and the designer wardrobe.
20:32I wanted to give her back the childhood Alexia had stolen.
20:36But every gift I gave her seemed to make her colder.
20:40This pony is the wrong color, Daddy.
20:42I wanted a white one.
20:47The tutor you hired is boring.
20:49I want someone who will just do my homework for me.
20:52After all, I'm a Westfold now.
20:54Why should I work?
20:56I realized with a sinking heart
20:57that the damage was deeper than I thought.
21:00She had learned the wrong lessons from it.
21:04Tell the chef I want lobster for dinner
21:07and tell him not to be late.
21:10She saw my wealth not as a tool for good.
21:13But as a weapon to control others,
21:15I sat in my study,
21:17staring at a photo of the three of us from years ago.
21:21Sir, there's a problem.
21:23Miss Victor, she's not in prison.
21:24There was a riot during the transfert, and she disappeared.
21:37When I reached the room,
21:39the window was open,
21:40and Cora's bed was empty.
21:44A note was pinned to the pillow with a kitchen knife.
21:50I knew where she had taken her.
21:52I drove to the old derelicate department where we had lived for six years.
21:57The place was a ruin, smelling of dust and rot.
22:07Look, Ethan.
22:09We're a family again.
22:12Alexia had found something shiny in the trash that morning.
22:15We're rich.
22:17We don't need your Westbent money.
22:19Willy is coming back for us any minute now.
22:22Alexia, put the knife down.
22:24He knew the truth would break her,
22:26but he had no choice.
22:28Willy is dead.
22:28He drowned in the harbor.
22:30It's over.
22:31Just let Cora go, and I'll get you help.
22:35Liar!
22:36You're just like him!
22:37You hid the truth to watch me crawl!
22:39She had nothing left to lose.
22:42If we can't live in a palace,
22:44we'll burn in this hole together!
22:47And she was ready to take them with her.
22:50One match,
22:52and it would all be over.
22:55The first flame caught the dry curtains,
22:57and the room turned into an orange furnace.
22:59I tried to reach Cora,
23:01but a fallen beam blocked my path.
23:03In that moment,
23:04the spoiled princess died,
23:06and a survivor was born.
23:19I've got you, Cora!
23:21Don't look back!
23:24Hush, little baby!
23:34Daddy?
23:35I don't want the pony anymore.
23:38I don't want the diamonds.
23:40I just want to be your daughter again.
23:42Can we go back to being poor
23:44if it means we're real?
23:49From the ashes,
23:50something real was finally born.
23:55Alexia didn't die.
23:57The firefighters found her in a bathtub,
23:59unconscious but alive.
24:01But when she woke up,
24:03she didn't know who she was.
24:05Her mind was wiped clean.
24:07Who are you?
24:08Are you my brother?
24:09Did I have a family?
24:11For a moment,
24:12the ghost of love returned.
24:13Then he let it go.
24:15No.
24:15I'm just a benefactor.
24:17You had a difficult life,
24:18and I'm here to make sure you're taken care of.
24:21No greed.
24:22No malice.
24:23Just emptiness.
24:24And maybe that was mercy.
24:28Will I be a princess there?
24:32No, Alexia.
24:33You'll just be a person.
24:35And that's much better.
24:46Is she happy now, Daddy?
24:48She's at peace, Cora.
24:50That's more than she ever gave herself.
24:52She had finally found peace,
24:54and they had finally found each other.
24:59The board will run the company.
25:01I realized the empire was a prison.
25:03I appointed a professional board
25:05and took a sabbatical.
25:07This is just like when we were poor.
25:09I thought you were a billionaire.
25:15She hated the mud,
25:16the lack of Wi-Fi,
25:18and washing dishes.
25:20I am a billionaire.
25:21But money is just a tool, Cora.
25:24If you don't know how to live without it,
25:26it will eventually own you.
25:29Look at your mother.
25:30Look at Willie.
25:31They died inside long before their hearts stopped.
25:39Slowly, her eyes brightened.
25:41She stopped asking for designer bags
25:44and started asking about the stars.
25:53I did it myself, Daddy.
25:55I didn't need anyone to help.
25:59I felt a weight lift from my chest
26:01that I'd carried for a decade.
26:03We were finally real.
26:11Mr. Westfield, I'm from the treasury.
26:14We found Willie's secret vault,
26:16and you're not going to believe what was inside.
26:20Inside Willie's vault weren't gold bars or stolen cash.
26:23It was a single, dusty wooden box.
26:27Inside were letters from my father,
26:29the man who had built the Westfall Empire.
26:32My son, I've instructed Willie to test you one day.
26:34I need to know if the woman you chose loves the man or the crown.
26:37If he ever approaches you,
26:38know that it is my final lesson from beyond the grave.
26:41Wealth is a filter, Ethan.
26:43It filters out the fake until only the truth remains.
26:46You hid the truth to watch me crawl!
26:50Willie had gone rogue,
26:51but the test had worked exactly as my father intended.
26:57I looked at Cora,
26:58who was playing with the dog in the field.
27:01She had survived the filter.
27:03Everything happens for a reason.
27:04Years later,
27:06Cora would take over the foundation,
27:08becoming a leader known for her wisdom and humility.
27:11Sometimes people ask if I miss the tycoon life.
27:14I just point to the sunset over the mountains
27:17and the laughter of my daughter.
27:18I found the real treasure a long time ago,
27:21and it never needed a gold watch to shine.
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