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00:00I spent six years building a business empire by his side, but when his childhood sweetheart waltted
00:05into our lives as his personal secretary, the truth crackled like faulty wiring. I wasn't the
00:10original. I was the replica. Chloe, why didn't you knock? Hansen, we need to talk. Now? Listen to me.
00:20The Sagenis deal is the priority. Chloe, don't misunderstand. Hansen and I are just... he's been
00:26under so much pressure lately. Nina, I co-founded this company. Hansen let you in, but I can kick
00:32you out. Chloe, don't be so childish. She's just my secretary. Hansen, this is your last chance.
00:39Her or me. Chloe Cortland, stop being dramatic. The moment he said my full name, I knew the answer.
00:53Mom, tell grandpa. I'll do the arranged marriage. Really? Wait, what about that boyfriend of
01:00yours? He's gone. Oh, then sleep on it two more days. Marriage is huge, honey. Don't rush.
01:10I'm not. I've made up my mind. Our family's under debt, and alliance marriage was the only method.
01:18All these years, I defied dad for Hansen, sacrificed so much for him, but all I got was his betrayal
01:25and a bad stomach. Hansen Ford, I gave you a choice. You didn't take it. Fine. I don't want you
01:33either.
01:33When are you coming home? Two weeks.
01:40The cracks in my relationship with Hansen didn't just appear overnight. Two months ago,
01:45his little childhood suite showed up. Next thing I knew, she was his personal secretary.
01:49Then came that party. Nina's his childhood love, so he chose you after Nina rejected him
01:54because you smile like her. 14 days. That's the time I've given myself to leave. Austin to New York.
02:02Limited baggage allowance. Whatever doesn't fit, trash.
02:08By day, he's the alpha CEO. By night, he's waiting in line for my cake.
02:12He wants to make up for all the years he missed. So happy.
02:15My eyes stared on the watch on her wrist. Our couple's watch.
02:19The memory detonated like a bomb in my chest.
02:23We pulled three all-nighters straight to land our first major project.
02:27I was running on fumes, but Hansen's was electric, buzzing with that start-up high.
02:32That win put us on the map.
02:35He took me to the domain and bought me the matching watches I'd been secretly saving photos of.
02:42Chloe, anything you love, I have to be the one to give it to you.
02:46He told everyone I was his only one.
02:50But no one knew that when he looked at me with all that devotion, he was seeing someone else.
02:5620 seconds later, the watch was on eBay.
02:59Priced to sell. No description. No sentiment.
03:06Chloe, after all these years, Hansen's still remembers pink roses are my favorite.
03:11Thanks for raising such a perfect man for me.
03:14Hansen's didn't come home that night.
03:16Or the next.
03:21The next morning, I came to the office to resign.
03:24I couldn't afford to leave any loose ends that would follow me back to New York.
03:32Someone saw a trunkload of pink roses delivered for Hansen!
03:36Hansen's proposing, right? It's not your birthday. What else could it be?
03:39Pink roses. Nina's favorite.
03:43What's that?
03:45My resignation.
03:46Stepping back to be a trophy wife? Makes sense. Let me sign off on this.
03:50I didn't correct her. Why bother? The truth would be public soon enough.
03:58Before I walked into Hansen's office, I hesitated.
04:03I hadn't figured out the fastest way to get his signature without a fight.
04:06How to end us without bitter words.
04:12Hansen, let me finish this agreement first.
04:17Chloe's here.
04:19What?
04:20Hi, Chloe.
04:21Oh, hey, Chloe.
04:22Hansen, I need you to sign something.
04:24Sure.
04:28Ah, my ankle!
04:30Nina!
04:31Sign it first. Five seconds.
04:32Chloe, she's hurt. Can't this wait-
04:34Sign!
04:42Let me see.
04:44He signed.
04:45Not even glance at what he was signing.
04:48So eager to get back to his princess in distress.
04:52Perfect.
04:52I wanted this done.
04:54Wanted out of the city.
04:56Back to life I should have never left.
05:00Hansen didn't come home for days.
05:02He was on a business trip.
05:04With Nina, of course.
05:06Seven days left.
05:10Chloe, your wedding dress just arrived at the office.
05:13A custom couture has to be six figures.
05:15Hansen blow his whole saving on this?
05:23This isn't Hansen's style.
05:25He never planned to marry me.
05:29Honey, did you get the dress?
05:31The Kinas are so excited about this wedding.
05:33They wanted you to have it first.
05:34Make sure it fits.
05:35Wedding?
05:35What wedding?
05:36You're back from your trip?
05:39Chloe, I told you.
05:41Now's not the time.
05:42The Sedashian's deal is everything.
05:44Don't push me on this.
05:45Did I say the groom was you?
05:47What?
05:48Just a mix-up.
05:51Are you mad at me?
05:52I'm exhausted from the trip.
05:54Forgive me?
05:55Sure.
05:56Give me time, Chloe.
05:58I'll marry you.
05:59I promise.
05:59He said he'd marry me three years ago.
06:02I believed him.
06:03Now, I just want to laugh.
06:06Hansen, you need to sit in on the design director interviews later.
06:09Design director?
06:11You overwhelmed?
06:13Need backup?
06:15No.
06:16Hansen, I quit.
06:17You what?
06:19Chloe, we're in the middle of a funding round.
06:21Your resignation will screw us.
06:23So?
06:25My signature makes it official.
06:27Stop being childish.
06:28Hansen, I already have your signature.
06:37Bride Rella him into marrying you?
06:39So desperate, Chloe.
06:41Then the screenshot started rolling in.
06:43Conversations between Nina and Hansen.
06:45Not from the past two months, from the last two years.
06:48Mostly from Hansen.
06:49Nina, I'm dating someone.
06:51She smiles just like you.
06:53Nina, dreamed about you last night.
06:56I have all this.
06:57The cars.
06:58The Austin penthouse.
07:00Because of her.
07:02Nina, I can't betray her.
07:04Knowing you were a replacement was one thing.
07:06Seeing the proof in black and white?
07:08That was a different hell.
07:13Where have you been?
07:14Clearing my head.
07:17Still mad?
07:19No.
07:20I was harsh earlier.
07:22Your birthday's coming up.
07:24Any plans?
07:25Just the two of us at home.
07:26His birthday.
07:27Our anniversary.
07:28The day I leave.
07:30Chloe, you've been different lately.
07:33Let's talk once this week calms down.
07:35Calm down?
07:37Buying Nina cakes and pink roses?
07:39Sneaking around between us?
07:40Yeah, he was busy.
07:42Believe me, you're the only thing that matters.
07:44I caught the hint of roses on his skin.
07:49Your eyes are red.
07:50Were you crying?
07:53I...
07:56What's wrong?
07:57Don't cry.
07:58I'm coming.
08:02I watched from the window as his Porsche tore into the darkness,
08:05his words echoing in my ears.
08:07You're the only thing that matters.
08:09But it didn't matter anymore.
08:15The next few days blurred.
08:17I saw friends tied up loose ends.
08:20That night, I picked up the Sharpie, hesitated,
08:23then slashed another X.
08:26Today's Hanson's birthday.
08:27My last day in this city.
08:34Chloe, where's Hanson?
08:35I don't know.
08:36Listen, I heard Cyrus Keen's wedding is next week.
08:38If Hanson gets an invite,
08:40Sagadusty Capital's investment is guaranteed.
08:42Who did you say?
08:42Cyrus Keen, owner of Sagadusty Capital.
08:45New York.
08:46The Keeners family.
08:48Sagadusty Investment.
08:49It all clicked.
08:51Hello?
08:51Chloe, you still there?
08:52Yeah, I'll pass the message to Hanson.
08:57What happened again?
09:00Where are you?
09:01You don't know where I am?
09:03How would I?
09:04Stop playing dumb, Chloe.
09:06You had someone throw paint on Nina's door.
09:08She's terrified.
09:09When did you get so vicious?
09:11Nina told you that?
09:13She's never lied in her life.
09:14My stomach is killing me.
09:16Can you...
09:16It's a chronic issue.
09:18Deal with it.
09:19Nina needs me now.
09:20Are you coming home tonight?
09:21It's your birthday.
09:22I'll be there.
09:25He hung up.
09:26He didn't even let me finish.
09:31Hanson Ford, I'm not waiting anymore.
09:36Hanson, we're done.
09:44To the airport.
09:45My things, my life, myself, all of it is disappearing from this city that was never mine.
09:54I never expected anyone waiting at the gate when landed in New York.
09:59But waiting at the gate was Cyrus Keen.
10:01A legend in finance circles.
10:04The man I was supposed to spend the rest of my life with.
10:13That's all you brought?
10:14Yeah.
10:15Most of my stuff wasn't worth hauling back.
10:17People, things.
10:19I just have to cut ties with what doesn't matter anymore.
10:22Let's get you home.
10:24I stole a glance at the man beside me, and something I couldn't name settled in my chest.
10:30Quiet, steady.
10:31The second I let my guard down, sleep crashed over me.
10:36Why the sudden change of heart about New York?
10:40I just felt like it.
10:53Sorry.
10:55We're here.
10:56Oh.
10:57Already?
10:58Why didn't you wake me?
11:00You needed to sleep.
11:03I don't know.
11:08Oh, there you are.
11:13Cyrus said he had a meeting near the airport and offered to pick you up.
11:17Come in for tea.
11:19Another time, Mrs. Cortland.
11:20You and Chloe should catch up.
11:21The car got here at ten.
11:23You fell asleep.
11:25He just let you sleep for two hours.
11:30Cyrus had sat in that car for two hours waiting for me to wake up,
11:33and he'd said nothing.
11:43Tell me about the boy in Austin.
11:44We broke up.
11:46He cheated?
11:47Why are you asking that?
11:49I'm your mother.
11:50If he hadn't cheated, would you really have found your way back?
11:59So you've always thought I chose the wrong path?
12:03Not at all.
12:04Life doesn't come with a road map.
12:06Whatever decisions you make, this family will always be your safety net.
12:12There, there.
12:13No more tears.
12:18Rest up these next two days.
12:21You'll be busy soon.
12:22Busy with what?
12:24Your wedding to Cyrus.
12:26There's still plenty for the bride to finalize.
12:35Hi, Claire.
12:37Chloe!
12:37Where did you get those wedding invitations printed?
12:39They're gorgeous.
12:40But you messed up your name.
12:41The groom is Cyrus Keen.
12:42What do you mean?
12:44The groom at my wedding next week is Cyrus Keen.
12:46What?
12:47Chloe, are you serious?
12:49Is it because of Nina?
12:51I thought you and Hanson were-
12:53We're done.
12:53I'm back in New York.
12:55I'm marrying Cyrus Keen.
12:56You mean, Saduity Capital, Cyrus Keen?
13:00Yes.
13:00Do you regret it?
13:01The six years?
13:03I did.
13:04Not anymore.
13:07I never expected Claire would confront Hanson for his carelessness and his lies with Nina.
13:13Where are you?
13:14Still babysitting Nina?
13:16Claire, mind your own business.
13:18I'll be at Nina's building in 30 minutes.
13:20Be outside.
13:25Give me the jade pendant Chloe gave you.
13:27Why?
13:28It's meant for the person she marries.
13:30You're not that person anymore.
13:32We're fine.
13:33We're not broken up.
13:35Fine.
13:36Do you even know where Chloe is right now?
13:38She told you we had a fight?
13:39A fight?
13:41What else?
13:42You think she's actually leaving me?
13:43Hanson Ford, do the decent thing.
13:45You messed up?
13:46Let her go.
13:48Messed up?
13:48Just give the pendant back.
13:50Make Chloe come get it herself.
13:52She can't.
13:55Why not?
13:56Where is she?
13:57Hanson, whatever Chloe does, you brought on yourself.
14:06Hanson, where are you going?
14:07Let go!
14:14It's just a fight.
14:16She's waiting for me at home.
14:33What did I say to her on that last call?
14:36I called her vicious.
14:37I told her to deal with it.
14:39I said Nina needed me.
14:43Hanson?
14:44What are you doing here?
14:45I was worried.
14:49So, Chloe's gone?
14:50No, she's just angry.
14:52I'll fix it.
14:52Maybe it's for the best.
14:53Shut up!
14:53I'll get her back!
14:57That afternoon, the Keene family dropped by.
15:00Hello.
15:01Hello.
15:02Thank you for having us.
15:03Of course.
15:03I can't wait for you to officially join the family and whip this boy into shape.
15:07He's become such a cold fish lately.
15:09Mrs. Keene, actually, Mr. Keene is...
15:11Missy Cortland certainly knows how to play the dutiful fiancé.
15:13Be nice.
15:16Dinner is served.
15:18After dinner, I drove us to a local park.
15:23Do you really not remember me?
15:27Maybe we'd met at some party years ago?
15:30I'm terrible with faces.
15:31Sorry.
15:37His fingers were cold, but his embrace was warm.
15:40I'm so sorry.
15:41Did he hit your wife?
15:42Nah.
15:42Didn't hit my wife.
15:44Thanks.
15:45Not calling me Mr. Keene anymore?
15:46Can I call you Cyrus?
15:48Cyrus?
15:50Cyrus?
15:51Chloe, it's me.
15:53What do you want, Hanson?
15:54I need to see you.
15:55I'm not in Austin anymore.
15:56And we shouldn't see each other ever again.
15:58I'm in New York, Chloe.
15:59I've got nothing to say.
16:01Don't call again.
16:06My favorite strawberry flavor!
16:09It is cold.
16:09Your stomach's a mess.
16:10Just a couple bites for the taste.
16:12How'd you know about my stomach?
16:14That medicinal broth you drank, the herbs are all for gut health.
16:17Pretty observant.
16:18Let's go home.
16:22I was bracing for Cyrus to ask about that phone call, but he never did.
16:27I had no idea what I'd say.
16:29We barely knew each other yet, and digging up my ex would only plant a land ma'am in our
16:34future marriage.
16:38The next morning, Mom dragged me out of bed for my wedding makeup trail, with six full
16:43hair and makeup changes for different outfits, keeping me busy until twilight.
16:48I wrapped my coat tighter, heading for my car when a voice came from behind me.
16:55Hanson, this is pathetic.
16:58Coffee shop next door.
16:59Can I buy you a coffee?
17:01Fine.
17:04I heard you're getting married?
17:07That's right.
17:08I'm getting married.
17:09Is this just about getting married?
17:11I'll marry you.
17:12Right now.
17:13Chloe, six years.
17:14Six years?
17:15You just throw that away?
17:17What's so funny?
17:20Hanson, you know well you checked out of this relationship first.
17:23You disrespected those six years first.
17:26What gives you the right to interrogate me now?
17:29Hanson, do you remember why you chased me in the first place?
17:34What?
17:35Because I smiled like her.
17:37Chloe, no.
17:38I...
17:38Maybe at first, but not after we got together.
17:41Let me show you something.
17:43I showed him every screenshot Nina had sent me that night.
17:47Each one like a brutal slap.
17:50Over and over.
17:51Until he couldn't speak.
17:53I felt nothing.
17:54No satisfaction.
17:56No pity.
17:57Just cruel indifference.
17:59No.
18:00Please.
18:00I didn't mean it.
18:02The pendant.
18:05Chloe, can't you give me one more chance?
18:07Just one.
18:09Hanson, people only get one shot.
18:25What are you doing here?
18:26Passing by.
18:27I saw someone who looked like you.
18:28Thought I'd check.
18:29And I was right.
18:30Get in.
18:36It's freezing.
18:37Come on.
18:38Come on.
18:44Your taste in men?
18:45Not great.
18:46If your ex was so perfect, you wouldn't be in an arranged marriage with me.
18:48I don't have an ex.
18:50Come on.
18:51No one goes three decades without falling for someone.
18:53I've fallen for someone.
18:54Then we're even.
18:56You still have feelings for him?
18:58No.
18:59I had an ex you have a crush.
19:01I'd call that a wash.
19:03Not a wash.
19:04Why not?
19:06Because it's not.
19:08Chloe, are you actually over him?
19:10I'm over him.
19:13Cyrus, I was with him for six years.
19:15If he hadn't crossed the line, we'd probably be married right now.
19:18If that bothers you, we can postpone the wedding or...
19:21Chloe, marriage isn't a game.
19:25Marrying you was a deliberate choice and I don't change my mind easily.
19:29From now on, every six year of yours is mine.
19:32I won't waste energy on someone already in the past.
19:36Feel better now?
19:38Yeah.
19:38Much better.
19:40I heard his company's gearing up for an IPO.
19:42Cyrus, that's business.
19:44What if I decide to make it personal?
19:46I'll be your wife.
19:47I'll support whatever you decide.
19:53You never asked what Hansen said the other day.
19:56I didn't need to.
19:57He said he wanted me back.
20:02And what did you say?
20:03I walked out.
20:10Chloe!
20:12Chloe, wait.
20:15Please.
20:15Hansen, what are you doing?
20:16I can't just let you go.
20:18Six years, Chloe.
20:19You can't just walk away and marry him like I meant nothing.
20:23Don't touch her.
20:24This is between me and Chloe.
20:26No.
20:27It's not.
20:29You had six years.
20:31You chose someone else every single time.
20:33Now you don't get to show up and act like you're the victim.
20:35You don't know anything about us?
20:37I know you cheated her.
20:38I know you spent your anniversary with another woman.
20:41I know you made her cry many times.
20:45Chloe, please.
20:46Just talk to me.
20:48Alone.
20:50You're not in love with me, Hansen.
20:51You just don't want to lose.
20:55I love you.
20:56I've always loved you.
20:58Nina was just a mistake.
21:01Hansen, it's over.
21:02Chloe, I was wrong.
21:04Please come back.
21:04I'll do anything.
21:05Leave before I call the police.
21:08And tell your company Saggerency is pulling all investment.
21:14Thank you for today.
21:20The Ford Technologies deal.
21:22Pull the term sheet effective immediately.
21:23Sir, the due diligence is still ongoing.
21:25I've seen enough.
21:27You do don't have to thank me.
21:28I'm here, always.
21:30And I'll make sure he never hurts you again.
21:43Hansen, are you insane?
21:45Who the hell gave you permission to send those screenshots to Chloe?
21:47Now she's got the wrong idea about us.
21:49You happy?
21:50No, I didn't.
21:52Maybe she snooped my phone.
21:54Chloe's not like that.
21:56Hansen, please.
21:57Don't you feel anything for me anymore?
21:59Now Chloe's gone.
22:00Can't we try?
22:01You used to love me so much.
22:06Smile.
22:07What?
22:07Can't even smile.
22:10Not even close.
22:12Who are you putting on this show for, Hansen?
22:15Chloe can't see it.
22:16She'd only find it disgusting.
22:24Hansen, Sedage Capital terminated all investment discussions with...
22:27What?
22:28They said it's due to material discrepancies found during due diligence.
22:31Hansen, what happened?
22:40Mr. Keene, the termination notice has been sent.
22:42Ford Technology is requesting a call.
22:44Deny it.
22:44And the IPO?
22:45Without us, they won't clear the SEC review.
22:47That's not our problem.
23:09The IPO?
23:17Nina, we need to talk. The IPO is dead.
23:20I'm leaving. Don't try to find me.
23:29Hi, Claire.
23:30There's something you should know. Sagusty pulled their investment from Ford Technologies.
23:35What?
23:36Cyrus signed off on it. Due diligence found irregularities in the books. The IPO is dead.
23:41Would you have wanted him to?
23:45No. It's not my fight anymore.
23:48I just want you to be happy, Chloe. Whatever that looks like.
24:19It's two in the morning.
24:20I know.
24:21You were waiting?
24:23I didn't want you to be alone.
24:25Why?
24:30My mom said you told her you'd marry me a long time ago.
24:33I thought maybe if I said it out loud, I'd stop thinking about it.
24:38Did it work?
24:41No.
24:44You're not what I expected.
24:47What did you expect?
24:49Someone who wanted a business arrangement.
24:52I don't want a business arrangement.
24:54I want you to marry me because you want to.
24:57Not because your family needs it.
24:59Not because you're running from something.
25:03What if I don't know what I want yet?
25:09Then I'll wait.
25:20The night before the wedding, the Cortton family estate overflowed with pure, unrestrained joy.
25:26Cyrus is a good man.
25:28The only thing missing was...
25:30Well, we'd have to build the emotional connection gradually.
25:33But that couldn't be rushed.
25:36Zoe!
25:37I thought you weren't coming until tomorrow.
25:39Of course I had to come today to see you one last time before you're off the market.
25:43We're not kids anymore.
25:45You couldn't just get married at 16, could you?
25:47That's twisted logic.
25:49I never thought Cyrus Keen would actually make it official with you.
25:53What do you mean?
25:54He's been into you for years.
25:56Don't tell me you didn't know.
25:58What?
25:58You seriously had no idea?
26:01That man has the patience of a saint.
26:02We were college classmates.
26:04He knew I'd known you since high school and kept asking about you.
26:08But when he learned you had a boyfriend, he went quiet.
26:11Then at our last gathering, he asked if you were doing okay.
26:16And if there was any chance that...
26:19What did you say?
26:20Okay, don't kill me.
26:22Had a couple drinks and let slip what you'd told me.
26:25That Hanson was cheating with Nina and how you were stuck with a scumbag.
26:29I said you'd lost your mind picking such a jerk.
26:31And Hanson, well, he just lost it.
26:33When exactly was this college reunion?
26:35Early this month, I think.
26:38The 6th?
26:41Grandfather had proposed my alliance with the Keen family on the 8th.
26:45The timing wasn't just convenient.
26:46It was surgical.
26:50Chloe?
26:51Chloe?
26:51Zoe, are you saying...
26:53Cyrus has been into me for years?
26:54That's why he kept asking about me?
26:56Why else?
26:57Is he crazy?
27:05My heart hummered against my ribs for the rest of the day.
27:09Shock.
27:10Disbelief.
27:12Confusion.
27:12Do you really not remember me?
27:14I know you made her cry many times.
27:16I thought maybe if I said it out loud, I'd stop thinking about it.
27:18I've fallen for someone.
27:19And a thin thread of relief and gratitude that the man I was marrying won and wanted me this badly.
27:25For this long.
27:29Hello?
27:30Can't sleep?
27:32How'd you know?
27:34Your fitness step count keeps climbing every few minutes.
27:37Cyrus, how exactly did we meet before?
27:418th Creed.
27:42Outside school.
27:45I'd had a fight with my grandpa, and he left me at the school gate.
27:49You walked by and gave me a strawberry ice cream bar.
27:55Reluctantly.
27:55I wasn't reluctant.
27:57It was just an ice cream, not like I was giving up my firstborn.
28:01Right.
28:02You're incredibly generous.
28:06It's late.
28:07Get some sleep.
28:10Chloe, tomorrow...
28:12Wait for me to come get you.
28:15Okay.
28:16See you tomorrow.
28:18See you tomorrow.
28:25Still not tired?
28:26Cyrus.
28:31I heard you've liked me for a long time.
28:35For loving me all these years.
28:41My pleasure.
28:47You nervous?
28:48No.
28:49Seeing you this happy, I can finally breathe.
28:51Of course I'm happy.
28:53Because that man has been waiting for this day since he was 14.
28:56For 12 years.
29:01Oh, she looks beautiful.
29:03I know, right?
29:10I spent six years trying to be seen, waiting, begging to be chosen.
29:17But Cyrus never asked me to prove anything.
29:21He just waited.
29:23He saw me from the very beginning.
29:26Do you, Chloe, take this man?
29:29I have something I need to say first.
29:35I once asked, what if I don't know what I want yet?
29:38I know now.
29:40I'm choosing you.
29:42Because you saw me before I even knew I was lost.
29:47I've been waiting for you to find your way home.
29:49Then let's not wait any longer.
29:52Chloe, do you take Cyrus to be your lawfully wedded husband?
29:55Till death do you part?
29:59I do.
29:59Do you take Chloe to be your lawfully wedded wife?
30:02I do.
30:04With all my heart for the rest of my life.
30:09I've waited 12 years for this.
30:12And I'll never let you go.
30:26Today, I'm not a replica.
30:28I'm Chloe Cortland.
30:29I'm Chloe Cortland.
30:30And I'm afraid.
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