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My Wife And Daughter Left Me For A Fake Tycoon But I’M The Real One
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00:04It 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, he'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!
01:00As I watched them hail a taxi and speed away, I took out my phone.
01:04I 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 conman with a rented suit.
01:17Happy Thanksgiving, Alexia.
01:20You 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.
01:31An 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.
02:36Let's see how long your prints last.
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.
02:49Cancel it.
02:50Now.
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.
03:40Ew, 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.
04:07Mr. 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.
04:23Owner?
04:24Who?
04:25I stepped forward, stepping right on that hundred dollar bill.
04:31I am Alexia.
04:34Alexia.
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!
05:49Daddy, tell them to stop!
05:50I 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.
06:08What?
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.
06:45Alexia spent the afternoon at a public library.
06:48Using the free Wi-Fi to search for Ethan Westfall.
06:51She had always known my last name.
06:54But 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.
07:28Come on.
07:28Hoping 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!
08:11I 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.
09:24I walked through the lobby.
09:26And every head bowed.
09:27Welcome back, Chairman Westfield.
09:31The staff chorused.
09:33I ignored them.
09:35My mind on the merger.
09:37But at the entrance,
09:38a 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,
10:25closing the heavy oak doors on her screams.
10:28But inside,
10:30a new problem awaited.
10:32My rival,
10:33a man who had been secretly funding Willie,
10:35was sitting in my chair.
10:37Welcome back, Ethan.
10:38Hope you enjoyed your vacation in the slums.
10:41Now,
10:42let's talk about who really owns Westfall.
10:52Two weeks after the eviction,
10:55this is what princess life looks like.
11:01She still tells herself it's not her fault.
11:08But someone else has been watching.
11:11Marcus Thorne.
11:12The man who wants to destroy Ethan.
11:15He doesn't see a victim.
11:17He sees a weapon.
11:22Desperate people make desperate choices.
11:26And 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
11:54about 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,
12:13he watches everything.
12:18Release 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,
13:16the 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.
13:28She opened her mouth,
13:30but no words came out.
13:32Ethan left without looking back.
13:34His revenge was only half done.
13:38Next episode,
13:39The 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,
13:53she wore fake diamonds.
13:55Now,
13:56this was all she had.
13:59I'm hungry, Mommy.
14:01Why didn't Daddy save us?
14:03Why is everyone a liar?
14:06She opened her mouth,
14:07but found no answer.
14:11Above her,
14:12the man she abandoned was looking down.
14:16His wealth was real.
14:18Hers was all lies.
14:28Need a ride to the shelter, ma'am?
14:34But she didn't know
14:35a pair of eyes was watching her.
14:38Am I done yet?
14:39Or is there one more lesson
14:41they need to learn?
14:49She thought last night
14:50was the lowest point.
14:54But the morning sun
14:55brought deeper shadows.
15:00Ms. Victor,
15:01Mr. Westfield has filed
15:02for emergency full custody of Cora.
15:04Given your current lack
15:04of stable housing,
15:06employment,
15:06and your involvement
15:07with two known felons
15:08in the past week,
15:09we believe you are
15:10an unfit mother.
15:11Mr. Westfield is not here.
15:12He is currently
15:13at a charity gala in London.
15:14He sent a private jet for Cora.
15:16You have ten minutes
15:17to say goodbye
15:18or we call the police
15:18to enforce the order.
15:24He can't do this!
15:25I'm her mother!
15:27Is Daddy in there?
15:28Tell him I'm sorry!
15:30I want my room back!
15:32She wouldn't give up
15:33her daughter.
15:37Even if it meant
15:38dragging her into hell.
15:41Stop them!
15:47She thought she was
15:48protecting her daughter.
15:50But she was becoming
15:52what she feared most.
16:00I won't let them
16:01take you.
16:03And for the first time,
16:04she was afraid
16:05of the woman holding her.
16:09They traded their last dollar
16:11for one night in hell.
16:12The bugs weren't picky.
16:13Even the last shred
16:14of dignity
16:15was being eaten away.
16:17I'm itchy, Mommy.
16:18The bed has bugs.
16:19Why can't we just call
16:19Daddy?
16:20He's a billionaire.
16:21He has a jet.
16:22Why are we living
16:22like rats?
16:23The child's cry
16:24cut into her heart
16:25like a knife.
16:26Exhaustion turns
16:27people into beasts.
16:30She finally exploded.
16:37That slap shattered
16:39the last trace of warmth.
16:41The room was small,
16:42but the tension
16:43filled every corner.
16:44Because your father
16:44wants to take you
16:45away from me!
16:46He wants to turn you
16:46against me!
16:47Don't you see?
16:48He's the villain!
16:50Willie was a liar,
16:51but at least he gave me
16:52ice cream.
16:52You just give me bruises.
16:54In that moment,
16:54the child became
16:55someone else.
16:56The phone buzzed
16:57like a warning
16:57from the dark.
17:04I know where you are, Alexia.
17:05I escaped custody
17:06during a hospital transfer.
17:07I have a plan
17:07to get us both
17:08out of the country,
17:09but I need Cora.
17:10Ethan will pay anything
17:11to get her back.
17:12Meet me at the old docks
17:13at midnight.
17:13And just like that,
17:14she chose the devil again.
17:21I needed Alexia
17:22to show her true colors
17:24completely,
17:25so she could never
17:26claim to be a mother again.
17:28My heart broke
17:29for the child I had raised,
17:31but I knew
17:32I couldn't step in yet.
17:39The wind at the docks
17:40was freezing,
17:42smelling of salt
17:43and rot.
17:45I was like,
17:52You promised, Willie.
17:5450,000 cash
17:55and a passport to Brazil.
17:56Just take her
17:56and call Ethan.
17:57I can't do this anymore.
17:59You're selling me?
18:00To him?
18:00But he tried to hurt us.
18:01It's for your own good, Cora.
18:02Ethan will give him the money
18:03and then you'll be back
18:04in your palace.
18:04It's the only way.
18:05She was trying to convince
18:06herself more than her daughter.
18:08You're a piece of work, Alexia.
18:10Selling your own's flesh
18:11and blood to a felfin.
18:13No wonder Ethan
18:13hid his billions from you.
18:15You're hollow.
18:16He thought the prey
18:17was already in his grasp.
18:19But in the darkness,
18:20another pair of eyes
18:21had already locked onto him.
18:26Step away from my daughter.
18:29The game is over, Willie.
18:31And for you, Alexia,
18:33this is the end of the line.
18:36He panicked,
18:37grasping for the last straw.
18:40But she was no longer
18:41the princess
18:42who let others control her.
18:45She didn't cry.
18:46She just looked with hatred
18:48at the woman
18:48who 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
18:58had found herself.
19:01The courtroom was packed.
19:03The media was calling it
19:04the tycoon's betrayal.
19:10Conspiracy,
19:12child endangerment,
19:13and fraud.
19:16I was under duress.
19:18Ethan manipulated me.
19:20He hid his wealth
19:21to test me.
19:22And when I was vulnerable,
19:23Willie stepped in.
19:24I was just a woman
19:25trying to find her father.
19:26I did everything
19:26for my daughter.
19:28The audience had already
19:29heard the real tape.
19:30Her tears meant nothing now.
19:32He didn't flinch.
19:33He had seen this coming
19:34a long time ago.
19:36Your Honor,
19:37the defense will now
19:38play audio evidence.
19:4050,000 cash
19:41and a passport to Brazil.
19:43Just take her
19:44and call Ethan.
19:45I can't do this anymore.
19:47Character isn't tested
19:48when things are easy.
19:49Alexia,
19:50it's tested
19:50when things are hard.
19:51You failed every test
19:52I gave you,
19:53and then you failed
19:53the one test that mattered,
19:54being a mother.
19:55You didn't sell your daughter
19:56because you were under duress.
19:57You sold her
19:58because she was no longer
19:58a 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!
20:13I didn't even blink.
20:15Outside,
20:15the sun was bright.
20:17But the child's heart
20:18had already frozen.
20:21Is she gone for good?
20:26Yes.
20:30Then let's go buy that pony.
20:35It wasn't a request.
20:36It was a demand.
20:39I moved Cora
20:40into the Westfall estate,
20:42a mansion with 30 rooms
20:44and a staff of 20.
20:47I bought her the pony,
20:49the private tutors,
20:50and the designer wardrobe.
20:52I wanted to give her back
20:54the childhood Alexia had stolen.
20:57But every gift I gave her
20:58seemed to make her colder.
21:00This pony is the wrong color,
21:02daddy.
21:03I wanted a white one.
21:07The tutor you hired
21:09is boring.
21:10I want someone
21:11who will just do
21:12my homework for me.
21:13After all,
21:14I'm a Westfold now.
21:15Why should I work?
21:16I realized with a sinking heart
21:18that the damage
21:20was deeper than I thought.
21:21She had learned
21:22the wrong lessons from it.
21:25Tell the chef
21:26I want lobster for dinner
21:28and tell him
21:29not to be late.
21:31She saw my wealth
21:33not as a tool for good,
21:34but as a weapon
21:35to control others.
21:36I sat in my study,
21:38staring at a photo
21:40of the three of us
21:41from years ago.
21:43Sir, there's a problem.
21:44Miss Victor,
21:45she's not in prison.
21:46There was a riot
21:46during the transfer
21:47and she disappeared.
21:59When I reached the room,
22:00the window was open
22:01and Cora's bed was empty.
22:05A note was pinned
22:07to the pillow
22:07with a kitchen knife.
22:12I knew where she had taken her.
22:14I drove to the old
22:15derelicate department
22:17where we had lived
22:18for 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
22:35something shiny
22:36in the trash that morning.
22:38We're rich.
22:39We don't need
22:40your Westbent money.
22:42Willy is coming back
22:43for us any minute now.
22:44Alexia,
22:45put the knife down.
22:46He knew the truth
22:47would break her,
22:48but he had no choice.
22:50Willy is dead.
22:51He drowned in the harbor.
22:52It's over.
22:53Just let Cora go
22:55and I'll get you help.
22:58Liar!
22:58You're just like him!
23:00You hid the truth
23:01to watch me crawl!
23:02She had nothing left
23:03to lose.
23:04If we can't live
23:06in a palace,
23:07we'll burn
23:08in this hole together!
23:09And she was ready
23:11to take them with her.
23:13One match.
23:15And it would all be over.
23:17The first flame
23:18caught the dry curtains
23:19and the room
23:20turned into
23:21an orange furnace.
23:22I tried to reach Cora,
23:23but a fallen beam
23:24blocked my path.
23:26In that moment,
23:27the spoiled princess died
23:29and a survivor was born.
23:42I've got you, Cora!
23:44Don't look back!
23:47Hush,
23:48little baby.
23:57Daddy?
23:59I don't want
24:00the pony anymore.
24:01I don't want
24:02the diamonds.
24:03I just want
24:04to be your daughter again.
24:05Can we go back
24:06to being poor
24:07if it means
24:08we're real?
24:12From the ashes,
24:14something real
24:15was finally born.
24:19Alexia didn't die.
24:21The firefighters
24:22found her in a bathtub,
24:23unconscious but alive.
24:25But when she woke up,
24:26she didn't know
24:27who she was.
24:28Her mind
24:29was 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
24:36returned.
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
24:43to make sure
24:43you're taken care of.
24:44No greed.
24:46No malice.
24:47Just emptiness.
24:48And maybe
24:49that was mercy.
24:51Will I be
24:52a princess there?
24:55No, Alexia.
24:57You'll just be
24:58a person.
24:59And that's
25:00much better.
25:10Is she happy
25:12now, Daddy?
25:12She's at peace,
25:13Cora.
25:14That's more
25:15than she ever
25:15gave herself.
25:16She had finally
25:17found peace
25:18and they had
25:19finally found
25:20each other.
25:23The board
25:24will run the company.
25:25I realized
25:26the empire
25:26was a prison.
25:27I appointed
25:28a professional board
25:29and took a sabbatical.
25:31This is just
25:32like when we were poor.
25:34I thought
25:34you were a billionaire.
25:39She hated the mud,
25:41the lack of Wi-Fi
25:43and washing dishes.
25:45I am a billionaire.
25:46But money is just
25:47a tool, Cora.
25:49If you don't know
25:50how to live without it,
25:51it will eventually
25:52own you.
25:54Look at your mother.
25:55Look at Willie.
25:56They died inside
25:57long before their
25:58heart stopped.
26:04slowly,
26:05her eyes
26:06brightened.
26:06She stopped
26:07asking for designer
26:08bags
26:09and started
26:10asking about
26:11the stars.
26:18I did it
26:19myself, Daddy.
26:20I didn't need
26:21anyone to help.
26:24I felt a weight
26:25lift from my chest
26:26that I'd carried
26:27for a decade.
26:28We were finally
26:30real.
26:36Mr. Westfield,
26:38I'm from the treasury.
26:39We found
26:40Willie's secret vault
26:41and you're not
26:42going to believe
26:43what was inside.
26:46Inside Willie's vault
26:47weren't gold bars
26:48or stolen cash.
26:49It was a single,
26:51dusty wooden box.
26:53Inside were letters
26:54from my father,
26:55the man who had
26:56built the Westfall
26:57Empire.
26:58My son,
26:58I've instructed
26:59Willie to test
27:00you one day.
27:00I need to know
27:01if the woman you
27:01chose loves the man
27:02or the crown.
27:03If he ever
27:03approaches you,
27:04know that it is
27:05my final lesson
27:06from beyond the grave.
27:07Wealth is a filter,
27:08Ethan.
27:09It filters out the
27:09fake until only
27:10the truth remains.
27:12You hid the truth
27:14to watch me crawl!
27:16Willie had gone rogue,
27:17but the test
27:18had worked
27:19exactly as
27:20my father intended.
27:23I looked at Cora,
27:25who was playing
27:25with the dog
27:26in the field.
27:27She had survived
27:28the filter.
27:29Everything happens
27:29for a reason.
27:31Years later,
27:32Cora would take
27:33over the foundation,
27:34becoming a leader
27:35known for her wisdom
27:36and humility.
27:38Sometimes people ask
27:39if I miss
27:40the tycoon life.
27:41I just point
27:42to the sunset
27:42over the mountains
27:43and the laughter
27:44of my daughter.
27:45I found the real treasure
27:46a long time ago
27:47and it never needed
27:48a gold watch to shine.
27:49Oh, oh, oh.
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