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00:00Don't worry, Mrs. Collins. Both little hearts are beating strong.
00:03I froze at the doctor's words.
00:05My chart clearly stated nine-month single pregnancy.
00:09I gripped my billionaire husband's hand.
00:11Tom, did she just say two hearts?
00:14Don't be silly, Caroline. She means your heartbeat and the baby's.
00:18Once he's born, I'm taking you to Iceland to see the aurora. I promise.
00:23I believed him until that midnight.
00:25As I walked past the nurse's station to get ice, a hushed conversation stopped me.
00:31Mrs. Collins' organs are failing.
00:33Carrying a baby and incubating that bioengineered heart, her body is giving out.
00:39She may not survive labor.
00:41What about the incubated heart?
00:43It's perfect. The stem cell project funded by Mr. Collins worked.
00:47His ex-girlfriend's heart failure can finally be cured.
00:52Wait, Tom Collins knows his wife is going to die on the delivery table?
00:56Knows?
00:56Honey, he approved the protocol.
00:59Ice flooded my veins.
01:01I just clamped a hand over my mouth, suffocating my own sobs,
01:05and dragged my heavy body back to the VIP suite.
01:08Tom was asleep.
01:10The moonlight caught the sharp lines of his face.
01:13This was the man who held me when I lost my parents.
01:16The man who wept with me when my pregnancy was at its hardest.
01:20You are my only family, Caroline.
01:25I will protect you with my life.
01:27He smiled, and he lied.
01:31The next morning, Tom walked in carrying a warm glass of milk and a handful of pills.
01:35Time for your prenatal vitamins, my love?
01:37Pressing a soft kiss to my forehead.
01:40I stared at the pills.
01:41These weren't vitamins.
01:43These were anti-rejection meds.
01:45Meds to ensure the heart meant for his first love, Mia, grew perfectly inside my womb.
01:51I looked him dead in the eye.
01:53Tom, my chest has been hurting lately.
01:57The doctor said I might not make it through delivery if I...
02:00Don't you ever say that!
02:02I hired the best medical team in the world.
02:04The risk is less than 1%.
02:05You and the baby will be fine.
02:08Take your pills.
02:09He truly believed I wouldn't die.
02:11So, to save her, he forced me onto a roulette table with my life on the line.
02:18Fine.
02:19I'll take the pills.
02:21I swallowed them right in front of him.
02:23He smiled, satisfied, and kissed my cheek.
02:27I'm heading to the office.
02:28I'll be back tonight.
02:30The second the door clicked shut, I bolted to the bathroom.
02:33I shoved my fingers down my throat.
02:35I gagged.
02:37I choked.
02:38I threw up every single pill.
02:40Staring at the blood-streaked vomit in the porcelain sink, I pulled out my phone.
02:45I typed in the search bar with trembling, bloodless fingers.
02:49Underground doctors for a late-term abortion.
02:52Day three of secretly vomiting the anti-rejection meds.
02:55My body was punishing me.
02:57First came the low-grade fever.
02:59Then, a bone-crushing ache in my joints.
03:02By the afternoon, I barely had the strength to hold a glass of water.
03:06But in front of Tom, I was a flawless actress.
03:09He arrived right on time.
03:11Is the little guy kicking today, Caroline?
03:13He pressed his ear against my belly, listening for the baby's kicks.
03:17Right over the exact spot where that second heart was growing.
03:20Tom, if something goes wrong on the operating table, promise me you'll take care of our baby.
03:26The paring knife in his hand slipped.
03:28Dark red blood welled up on his thumb.
03:30What the hell is wrong with you lately, Caroline?
03:33He grabbed a tissue, wrapping it carelessly around his bleeding finger, and gripped my hand.
03:37I told you.
03:38As long as I'm here, nothing is going to happen.
03:41I already hired the best private postnatal care team.
03:44After this is all over, we are going to Iceland.
03:47Just like we planned.
03:49What a hollow promise.
03:51I looked down to hide the storm of emotions swirling inside me.
03:54He was so greedy.
03:56He wanted my body to save his precious Mia, and he wanted me to survive to be his perfect,
04:01obedient little wife raising his heir.
04:03Did he really think he was a god?
04:04Suddenly, his phone vibrated.
04:07I'm on my way.
04:08He hung up and grabbed his coat in a blur of motion.
04:12Something's come up at the office, Caroline.
04:13Get some rest.
04:14He walked out before I could even nod.
04:16I didn't ask anything.
04:17I just walked to the window and looked down.
04:20The car didn't head toward the hospital gates.
04:22It drove straight toward the heavily guarded VIP East Wing.
04:25I stripped off my hospital gown, threw on a hoodie, put on a medical mask, and followed
04:30him.
04:30The door to suite 601 was slightly ajar.
04:33Tom, you should just let me go.
04:36I'm dying anyway.
04:38If Caroline gets hurt because of me, I'll never forgive myself.
04:42Don't be stupid, Mia.
04:44You will be fine.
04:45The incubator heart is perfect.
04:47Everything is ready.
04:48Just five more days, and you'll be able to live a normal life again.
04:52But Caroline.
04:54She will be fine.
04:55I've got her on the best medication.
04:57The risks are practically zero.
04:59And even if...
05:00I owe you this, Mia.
05:02If you hadn't saved me back then, you wouldn't be suffering from heart failure now.
05:05As long as you survive, I will spend the rest of my life making it up to Caroline.
05:10I stood outside the door, biting my lip.
05:12Make it up to me?
05:13How, Tom?
05:14By putting flowers on my grave?
05:16For eight years, I thought I was his entire world.
05:19But the truth was finally out.
05:21To him, Mia's life was worth more than mine and our unborn child's combined.
05:25A dark, chilling smirk crept onto my face under the mask.
05:28Five days.
05:29As soon as I got back to my room, I started vomiting blood.
05:33Massive mouthfuls of dark, terrifying red.
05:36The withdrawal from the anti-rejection meds had triggered a massive immune response.
05:41My body was violently rejecting the foreign organ.
05:44Doctors and nurses rushed in, the room descending into absolute chaos.
05:49Why is she suddenly crashing?
05:52How the hell are you taking care of her?
05:54I kept my eyes closed.
05:57The doctor trembled.
05:58Mr. Collins, Mrs. Collins' immune system suddenly started attacking the incubated organ.
06:02Her liver and lungs are failing.
06:04We must terminate the incubation immediately or...
06:07No!
06:08Tom shoved the doctor away.
06:10He didn't even hesitate for a second.
06:12The heart needs three more days to fully mature.
06:15If you extract it now, it'll be defective.
06:17Mia won't be able to use it.
06:18A dead silence fell over the VIP suite.
06:21Through the thin fog of my oxygen mask, I opened my eyes slightly and looked at him.
06:25The man I loved.
06:27Choosing that heart over me.
06:29Mr. Collins, her body can't take anymore.
06:31Keep the process going!
06:33Save the heart!
06:34Give her the strongest immunosuppressants!
06:36I don't care about the cost!
06:38Just make sure she lasts the next three days!
06:41I closed my eyes.
06:42A single, cold tear slipped down my cheek and soaked into my pillow.
06:47Good.
06:47He had just personally snuffed out the last flickering flame of hope in my heart.
06:52As the doctor's needle pierced my skin, I made my decision.
06:56For the next two days, Tom never left my side.
06:59He canceled all his meetings.
07:01Heavy, dark circles bruised the skin under his eyes.
07:03He personally wiped my face with a warm towel.
07:07He fed me water, drop by drop.
07:09He held my hand tightly through the night, refusing to sleep.
07:11Hang on, Caroline.
07:12It's almost over.
07:14Once this is finished, you can hit me.
07:17You can scream at me.
07:19Just please, hold on.
07:20Looking at his exhausted face, I felt nothing but pity.
07:24He had no idea that I had heard every single word.
07:27He was still dreaming his sick little dream,
07:29believing he could drag me back from the gates of hell,
07:32and we'd go back to the way we were.
07:35Tom.
07:38I'm here, baby.
07:39What do you need?
07:41I'm craving those cinnamon rolls from that little bakery on the south side.
07:46The ones fresh out of the oven.
07:49He paused there for a second.
07:50Then pure ecstasy exploded in his eyes.
07:53Okay, I'll go get them right now.
07:55Wait for me.
07:56I'll be right back.
07:59Less than ten minutes later, the door to my room was pushed open again.
08:02Mia sat in a wheelchair, swamped in an oversized hospital gown,
08:06as a nurse wheeled her in.
08:07She pulled a document from her lap and placed it on my nightstand.
08:11Thank you, Caroline.
08:12I tried to talk Tom out of it.
08:14I told him it wasn't fair to you.
08:16But he said, he said you two could always have another baby.
08:20But this was his only chance to save me.
08:23This is the surgical risk consent form.
08:26He signed it three months ago.
08:27I turned my heavy head.
08:29My eyes landed on the paper.
08:31In the event of a critical emergency caused by rejection between the maternal body and the incubated organ,
08:38priority must be given to the survival of the incubated heart.
08:42Right below that clause was Tom Collins' signature.
08:45The ink was heavy, pressed into the paper without a hint of hesitation.
08:49It was never a one-percent gamble.
08:52I had been handed a death sentence from the very beginning.
08:56You are a good person, Caroline.
08:58And Tom really does love you.
09:02He planned out my future.
09:05And your future.
09:06So perfectly.
09:09Looking at her hypocritical, sorrowful face,
09:12my stomach churned with intense nausea.
09:16Mia, Mia, will you truly be able to live in peace with this heart?
09:20Her expression stiffened for a fraction of a second.
09:22Tom owes me this.
09:24I just want to live.
09:27I swear, Caroline, I'll take this heart and see the world for you.
09:34Get out.
09:36I closed my eyes, refusing to say another word.
09:39I ripped the IV needle from the back of my hand.
09:42Dragging my leaden body, I forced myself out of bed.
09:46I left behind the jewelry and the card Tom had given me.
09:49I took nothing but my ID.
09:51Then I sent a message to the clinic.
09:53I'm on my way.
09:55Prep the OR.
09:56I dragged my leaden body along the wall,
09:58one agonizing step at a time.
10:01You're too far along.
10:02Inducing labor now is incredibly dangerous.
10:04You're going to die on my table.
10:06I ignored his warning and transferred the last $15,000 in my account to his.
10:10Then I handed him a signed liability waiver.
10:13I climbed onto the makeshift operating table and lay down.
10:19Just do your best.
10:20The anesthetic wasn't enough.
10:22As the blade cut in, a scream trapped itself in my throat.
10:25It felt like my entire body was being torn apart.
10:29For the first time in eight years, I felt awake.
10:32I stared at the mold spots on the ceiling.
10:35In my heart, I silently whispered a final apology to my unborn child.
10:39I'm sorry, my baby.
10:41Let's go together, okay?
10:42I felt something completely detached from my body.
10:45I closed my eyes and let myself plummet into the abyss.
10:48At that exact moment...
10:50Caroline, I got them.
10:52Fresh out of the oven.
10:53I even had them add extra...
10:56The bed was empty.
10:57The insulated box slipped from his hands.
10:59The warm rolls scattered across the tiles.
11:03Caroline?
11:05Doctor!
11:06Nurses!
11:07Where the hell is my wife?
11:09Where is Caroline?
11:11The doctor ran in, his face as pale as a ghost.
11:14Mr. Collins, it's an emergency.
11:16The monitoring center just triggered an alarm.
11:20What happened?
11:21Ten minutes ago, the biometric signal for the incubated heart, it's gone.
11:26Tom slumped against the hospital wall.
11:29Impossible.
11:30She's just mad at me.
11:31She's just hiding.
11:32Just then, his phone vibrated violently in his pocket.
11:35It was a text from an unknown number.
11:38One picture, one sentence.
11:40The picture was a horrifying pile of bloody medical waste
11:44and unidentifiable tissue in a steel basin.
11:47The text read,
11:48Tom, the heart you prepared for Mia and the child we made.
11:53They are both right here.
11:54Caroline, no!
11:57A massive mouthful of dark blood sprayed from Tom's lips.
12:01His eyes rolled back and he collapsed heavily onto the floor,
12:05completely unconscious.
12:06I didn't die on that cold metal table.
12:08I had already arranged everything.
12:11A top-tier private ambulance was waiting just around the corner.
12:15I wanted to burn my bridges.
12:16I wanted to destroy his perfect heart.
12:20But I didn't intend to stay in the fire.
12:22He wasn't worth my life.
12:24Caroline, by the time you arrived, the blood loss was catastrophic.
12:28Your uterus had ruptured entirely.
12:30To save your life, we had to perform a full hysterectomy.
12:33I am so sorry.
12:34You will never be able to have children again.
12:37I stiffly lowered my head and looked at my flat stomach.
12:40Wrapped in thick white gauze, completely empty.
12:43The little heartbeat that had kept me company for nine months.
12:47The morning sickness is gone.
12:49The baby is gone.
12:51Everything I had ever hoped for was discarded like trash.
12:55I didn't cry.
12:57I just felt clean.
12:59I had finally severed the very last thread connecting me to Tom Collins.
13:04During my recovery, the private investigator I hired sent me updates on Tom.
13:09He said Tom crashed his car into the clinic.
13:12He dug through that reeking pile of bloody medical waste with his bare hands.
13:17Finally, he found the cheap silver band I had left behind in the blood.
13:21The detective told me Tom collapsed right there in the middle of that bloodstained floor.
13:27Spit up blood.
13:28Passed out.
13:29But he didn't let Mia die.
13:31He bought the most advanced, obscenely expensive life support machines to forcefully keep her alive.
13:37But he completely stopped all her medications.
13:40He forced Mia to stay wide awake, feeling her organs slowly fail and rot inside her, day by day.
13:47Every afternoon, Tom would sit by her bed.
13:50He would dig his nails into his own wrists until they bled.
13:53You owe my wife and child two lives.
13:56I'm going to make sure you rot in this bed, begging for a death that will never come.
14:01Looking at the photos and listening to the recordings my investigator sent, I felt nothing.
14:07It was almost funny.
14:08When I was fighting for my life, he chose to protect Mia.
14:12Now that my heart was dead and my body was ruined, he was torturing her as some twisted sacrifice to
14:18my memory.
14:19Tom Collins never loved anyone.
14:22He only loved the drama of his own suffering.
14:25The day I was discharged, I officially dropped his name.
14:28I reverted to my maiden name, Caroline Vance.
14:32I held a one-way ticket to Paris in my hand.
14:34I left everything belonging to Mrs. Collins behind.
14:38Three years later, the Manhattan Museum of Modern Art.
14:42As one of Europe's most acclaimed rising jewelry designers, I returned to the States to host the grand finale of
14:48my solo exhibition.
14:50The gallery was brilliantly lit, packed with elite socialites, celebrities, and billionaires.
14:55I moved through the crowd in a sharp, bespoke white suit that clung to me in all the right places.
15:01With a flute of vintage champagne in one hand, I leaned in, conversing with a group of top-tier investors
15:07in French.
15:09Suddenly, a violent commotion erupted at the entrance of the exhibition hall.
15:13Sir, you cannot go in there. You don't have an invitation.
15:16Over the shouts of the security guards, a stumbling figure broke through the barricade and crashed into everyone's line of
15:22sight.
15:22It was Tom.
15:23I took a sip of champagne.
15:25I barely recognized him.
15:27The ruthless billionaire was gone, replaced with a walking skeleton.
15:31His frantic gaze swept the room and locked onto mine.
15:35Caroline.
15:36He took one step, knees buckled, and crashed hard onto the marble floor.
15:40Under the shocked stares of the elite, Tom Collins crawled, like a beaten dog, inch by inch, right to my
15:47feet.
15:48He reached out a shaking hand, pulling back just an inch from my stiletto.
15:52It's you. It's really you.
15:55Tears smashed against the marble.
15:56I knew you were alive. Caroline, I was wrong. I'm so sorry.
16:01I've been in hell for three years.
16:04Punish me. Curse me. Just come home. We can have another baby.
16:08I'll give you anything I have.
16:10I looked down at him. No anger. No hatred.
16:13Not even the thrill of revenge.
16:15Just the mild disgust of looking at trash on the street.
16:18I took a half-step back.
16:20Sir, you have the wrong person.
16:22My name is Caroline Vance.
16:24And please, step back.
16:26These shoes are vintage.
16:28They're incredibly difficult to clean once they've been soiled.
16:31He stared into my eyes, desperately searching for a crack in my facade.
16:35A hint of love.
16:36Even a hint of hate.
16:38But he found nothing.
16:39I didn't hate him.
16:41I just, completely and utterly, felt nothing for him anymore.
16:45Caroline, how can you pretend you don't know me?
16:47It's Tom, your husband!
16:51Stop pretending!
16:52You're just mad at me, right?
16:53We can start over!
16:55We can have another baby!
16:56Another baby?
16:58I tasted the words.
16:59And then, I smiled and leaned down.
17:02Did you forget Tom?
17:04Three years ago, in that clinic.
17:06My uterus was scooped out along with our dead baby.
17:10How exactly do you expect a woman with no womb to give you a baby?
17:14Tom's face drained of all color, turning dead white.
17:17I stood back up.
17:18I pulled a silk handkerchief from my bag.
17:20Wiped the edge of my skirt where his breath had hit.
17:24Security.
17:25This man is mentally unstable.
17:27Throw him out.
17:28He's disturbing my guests.
17:29The guards swarmed him.
17:31They hauled Tom up by his arms like a dead dog.
17:33He was paralyzed.
17:35He could only watch as I smiled and turned my back.
17:41I didn't even spare him a backward glance.
17:44After that exhibition, Tom went completely insane.
17:47He bought the entire high-rise opposite my studio, just to stare at my window through a
17:51telescope all day.
17:52At 3 a.m., he'd line up across town to buy my favorite pastries, leaving them on the
17:57bench I walked past like a thief.
17:59During a massive thunderstorm, he knelt outside my apartment building, soaked, just waiting
18:04for my bedroom light to turn on.
18:06He thought if he looked pathetic enough, if he groveled hard enough, I would soften.
18:11I would forgive him like I used to.
18:13He forgot one thing.
18:14He had killed the old Caroline with his own two hands.
18:17Those warm pastries?
18:19I didn't even glance at them.
18:20I had the janitor toss them in the trash.
18:22That night in the storm?
18:24He collapsed in the freezing rain with a 104-degree fever.
18:28Wearing my stilettos and holding my umbrella, I walked right over his unconscious body.
18:33I didn't even bother dialing 911.
18:35Half a month later, dusk.
18:37The second I stepped out of my studio, Tom lunged from the shadows, blocking my path.
18:42His eyes were entirely bloodshot.
18:44In his shaking hands, he gripped a thick manila folder.
18:47Mrs. Vance, five minutes.
18:51Please.
18:51He knew he had no right to call me Caroline anymore.
18:54His tone was buried in the dirt.
18:56I stopped.
18:57I crossed my arms, looking at him with ice in my veins.
19:00Mr. Collins, stalking doesn't really suit a billionaire.
19:04Tears welled in his red eyes.
19:06This is 80% of Collins Group shares, plus every real estate property and trust fund under my name.
19:12I pulled me as life support.
19:14She's dead.
19:15She died in agony.
19:17I know this doesn't make up for what you suffered, but if you want, I can kill myself right now.
19:23Just please stop looking at me like I'm a stranger.
19:28Billions of dollars.
19:29Wealth most people couldn't dream of in a lifetime.
19:34Tom, do you honestly think this little mourn it act is touching?
19:38You're handing over your company because you feel guilty.
19:42You're buying your own peace of mind.
19:45You pulled me as plug.
19:46That wasn't revenge for me.
19:49She became the ugliest stain on your perfect life, and you just wanted to scrub the evidence away.
19:54From the very beginning, Tom, the only person you have ever loved is yourself.
19:59Don't play the romantic hero with me now, Tom.
20:01You just make me sick.
20:04The folder slipped from his hands.
20:06Looking at him felt like a waste of my time.
20:08I stepped right on the papers, straight to the parking lot.
20:12After Mia died, her family went bankrupt.
20:14Mia's brother Liam blamed my return for everything.
20:17As I was walking to my car in the parking garage,
20:20You bitch! Give my sister her life back!
20:23he lunged in.
20:24I tensed up, ready to dodge.
20:26But suddenly, a dark shadow threw itself in front of me.
20:29It was Tom.
20:30The knife buried itself to the hilt, deep into Tom's abdomen.
20:34A few warm drops splattering onto the toe of my designer heels.
20:38Seeing he had stabbed Tom, Liam turned pale with terror.
20:42He yanked the knife out, dropped it, and scrambled away.
20:45Tom's legs gave out.
20:47He collapsed heavily onto the concrete.
20:49Blood poured through his fingers, staining his white dress shirt of violent crimson.
20:54Caroline, look.
20:56I told you.
20:58I used my life to protect you.
21:01I didn't lie.
21:03This time, I chose you.
21:05I didn't save anyone else.
21:08Desperately wanting to touch the hem of my coat, I looked at him.
21:11I calmly pulled a wet wipe from my purse and wiped the drops of blood off my leather shoe.
21:16You are pathetic.
21:17I dropped the bloody wipe right next to his face.
21:19I could have easily dodged that blade.
21:22But you just had to jump in, didn't you?
21:25You're so desperate to use this cheap act of self-sacrifice to guilt trap me back into your life.
21:30His hand, still reaching out for me midair, began to shake violently.
21:35I pulled out my phone and called 911.
21:38Emergency?
21:39Midtown Tower, underground parking, Sector B.
21:42There's a stranger here with a stab wound to the abdomen.
21:45My eyes locking onto his crumbling face.
21:47Please hurry.
21:48I don't want him to die next to my car.
21:50It's bad luck.
21:51I hung up and turned to get into my car.
21:54Caroline!
21:55Ah!
21:56With the last ounce of his strength, he lunged and wrapped his bloody arms around my ankle.
22:01His tears mixed with cold sweat, smashing onto the concrete.
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