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❤️A Breath Away From The Death
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00:00Honey, please, call an ambulance.
00:04After my fiancha's childhood friend found out, I was born with a heart condition.
00:09She secretly poured a second high-dose energy drink.
00:12Just to show respect to Charlotte on her big day.
00:15In a panic, I tore open my only emergency medication,
00:18but the water I used to take it had been swapped with more of the same high-caffeine energy drink.
00:23As soon as I swallowed it, a violent wave of nausea hit me.
00:27My vision blurred.
00:29Energy drinks are full of vitamins and caffeine.
00:32They help with hangovers and keep you alert and healthy.
00:36Ethan, your fiancé's acting is incredible.
00:38I've been a doctor for years, and I've never seen anyone react like this
00:42to a little champagne and a harmless energy drink.
00:45Honey, please, call an ambulance. I can't take it anymore.
00:50For a moment, Ethan's expression wavered.
00:53He looked almost worried and even took half a step forward.
00:56Come on, stop pretending.
00:58Nobody dies from a bit of champagne and an energy drink.
01:01Yeah, you're just jealous Charlotte got promoted and didn't want to toast to her.
01:05Ethan's face turned cold again.
01:06Charlotte's a doctor.
01:07You'll be fine with her here, right?
01:20I invited her because I wanted to fix things between us.
01:26What are you doing?
01:28We just called you out a bit, and now you're trying to post on Instagram to get people to attack
01:32us?
01:35Ethan's face was dark, and he looked at me with a cold glare.
01:40Though his brow tritched and his hand instinctively moved toward his pocket again,
01:45the pain made my vision go black at the edges.
01:48I didn't do anything, Ethan.
01:50I was born with a heart condition.
01:52I think I'm having an attack.
01:56Please, call an ambulance.
01:58Ethan finally noticed.
02:01Something was wrong.
02:02But before he could decide, Charlotte pulled him away.
02:10Ethan, your fiancé's so inconsiderate.
02:12Everyone came here to celebrate my promotion,
02:14but she's jealous and trying to ruin the party they threw for me.
02:18I knew Amelia never liked me.
02:20I invited her because I wanted to fix things between us,
02:23but she didn't appreciate it.
02:26She's showing everyone how nasty she can be.
02:30Ethan, if I'd known this would happen, I would have solely invited you.
02:36You really know how to act, don't you?
02:38Maybe try using that talent for acting instead of scheming
02:42and stirring up trouble.
02:44As a doctor, I can tell when someone's faking it.
02:51But even though it was supposed to be my date with Ethan,
02:55Ethan and Charlotte had grown up together.
02:58They had their own tight circle.
03:01Charlotte was unhappy about it.
03:02She often showed up uninvited whenever Ethan and I went out.
03:09Ethan.
03:11Charlotte's like my sister. Don't overthink it.
03:14Amelia, I'm only tagging along to help our friends decide
03:18if you're right for Ethan.
03:20He's already spent enough time on you.
03:22You can't be this greedy.
03:24Charlotte's words made me feel like if I loved Ethan,
03:26I would have to accept all his friends,
03:29even Charlotte herself.
03:31But even though it was supposed to be my date with Ethan,
03:34we ended up doing the things Charlotte liked.
03:37I pulled myself back to the present.
03:39Memories of those suffocating dates flashing through my mind.
03:47I get it, Amelia.
03:48You're so used to being in the spotlight
03:50that you have to steal the show, don't you?
03:53Today, the focus is on me,
03:55and since no one is cheering for you like your fans would,
03:58you're putting on an act just to get attention.
04:01Remember when we were kids?
04:03You said you'd kill anyone who made me unhappy.
04:06Looks like you've changed.
04:13You call yourself the fiancé of a mafia?
04:16The guests at the party sneered at me.
04:18They were all Charlotte and Ethan's friends.
04:21They had always thought I was not good enough for Ethan
04:23and felt nothing but dislike towards me.
04:31Amelia, I know you don't like Charlotte.
04:34I've already tried to keep you away from her,
04:36but her promotion party only lasts one day.
04:39Can't you just bear with it for a few hours?
04:43The sharp taste helped me stay conscious for a few more seconds.
04:47Instead of just begging,
04:48a spark of cold anger rose in me.
04:50I started crawling toward the door,
04:52my nails scraping the ground with determination.
04:54I hoped someone outside could help me,
04:56and part of me refused to die quietly in front of them.
05:01What's wrong?
05:02You got exposed,
05:03and now that Ethan won't defend you anymore,
05:05you're embarrassed?
05:06And trying to run away?
05:10But a couple exchanged uneasy glance.
05:12My weak body hit the champagne tower.
05:15Glasses fell to the ground,
05:16and champagne spilled all over me,
05:18soaking my clothes and mixing with my cold sweat.
05:27You call yourself the fiancé of a mafia boss?
05:30There's a limit to playing the victim.
05:32Look at yourself,
05:33all miserable and pathetic.
05:34You're making Ethan look bad.
05:40It's so hot,
05:41and this is an outdoor party.
05:44Ethan,
05:44your fiancé's been causing trouble
05:46even before the wedding.
05:47Imagine what she'll be like later.
05:48Today is the perfect chance to teach her a lesson.
05:59Amelia,
06:00I've had enough?
06:01Stop pretending and get up!
06:03The next moment,
06:05he froze.
06:06My face was deathly pale,
06:08lips turning a faint blue.
06:14Amelia's terrified of pain.
06:17Could it really be?
06:18My mind was already fogging over.
06:21It's so hot,
06:23and this is an outdoor party.
06:25She's suffering from heat strike,
06:27yet she lies on the ground
06:28and continues to pretend.
06:30A cold drink will fix her right up.
06:35Suddenly,
06:36everything went strangely quiet inside me.
06:39My heart no longer raced.
06:41It stuttered in irregular,
06:42terrifying beats.
06:45Not because the pain had eased,
06:47but because I seemed to have forgotten
06:48how to breathe.
06:52She's not actually dying?
06:53Is she?
06:56Ethan took a glass of strong whiskey
06:58from a waiter.
07:02Ethan looked at me with worry.
07:04He pushed through the crowd.
07:08Amelia, what's wrong?
07:12Move!
07:12Get out of the way!
07:14Amelia,
07:14your next role
07:16is a heroine
07:17with a heart condition?
07:18It's no wonder
07:20your act looks so real.
07:24You really fooled everyone.
07:26Your acting is...
07:28impressive.
07:33Ethan glanced at the trailer
07:35on Charlotte's phone.
07:36His worry turned to anger.
07:38Amelia,
07:39this is Charlotte's celebration party,
07:41not your personal show.
07:42Get up,
07:43or else.
07:45I was in too much pain
07:47to hear the rest.
07:48My face twisted in agony.
07:50Looks like she hasn't changed.
07:52Ethan,
07:53teach her a lesson.
07:54You
07:54are the mafia boss.
07:56How can you let her ruin my party
07:58and make a fool of you?
08:01Listen,
08:02Charlotte is the star today.
08:04Whether you like it or not,
08:12Ethan took a glass of strong whiskey
08:14from a waiter
08:15and held it out to me.
08:20I've known you for a very long time
08:22and never once heard about
08:23your heart condition.
08:24Get up
08:25and toast to Charlotte.
08:26I'll overlook the stupid thing
08:28you did today.
08:29Tears ran down my face
08:30from the pain.
08:32I looked at Ethan's
08:33cold,
08:33heartless face
08:34and forced myself to say,
08:37No!
08:39Amelia,
08:40I already finished my drink.
08:47Amelia,
08:48I already finished my drink.
08:50You are really narrow-minded.
08:52Poor Ethan.
08:53He always tries to defend you.
08:55If you love acting so much,
08:57I'll help you.
08:58I'll help you.
09:03I struggled.
09:04I could only watch helplessly
09:06as they poured the whiskey
09:07into my mouth.
09:08My heart could not take it.
09:10Sharp pain
09:11and suffocating pressure
09:12spread through me.
09:19Help.
09:20Help me.
09:21My heart.
09:23Stop pretending, Amelia.
09:25It is just a glass of whiskey.
09:27It can't hurt you.
09:29I've known you for a very long time
09:30and never once heard
09:31about your heart condition.
09:34I stayed silent
09:35because I loved you.
09:37I wanted to give you a chance,
09:39but you disappointed me.
09:49Ethan is handsome,
09:51rich,
09:52and the boss
09:52of the entire
09:53Rolling Stars.
09:56Three years ago,
09:57I ran away
09:58to follow my dream
09:59of acting.
10:00One day,
10:01I was cornered
10:02by street bugs
10:03and Ethan appeared
10:04like a hero.
10:08We fell in love
10:09at first sight
10:09and quickly grew close.
10:11When I learned
10:12that Ethan,
10:12who seemed cold
10:13and de-packed,
10:14had lost both his parents
10:15to sudden illness,
10:17I decided to hide
10:18my own condition
10:19so that he would not
10:20have to feel
10:20that kind of fear
10:21and worry again.
10:24Ethan turned away
10:25in disgust
10:26and refused
10:27to look at me again.
10:30After he turned his back,
10:32Charlene grew
10:32even more smug.
10:37I was forced
10:38to open my bloodshot eyes
10:39to look at the cruel
10:40woman in front of me.
10:49Why?
10:51Why are you doing
10:52this to me?
10:53You don't deserve him.
10:54Ethan is handsome,
10:56rich,
10:56and the boss
10:57of the entire
10:57Rolling Stones.
10:59I spent 11 years
11:00trying to win his heart
11:01and failed.
11:02How can someone like you,
11:04a filthy rat
11:04who crawled out
11:05of the gutter,
11:06ever deserve him?
11:09A filthy rat,
11:11a cold, bitter smile
11:12appeared on my lips.
11:14A filthy rat,
11:16a cold, bitter smile
11:18appeared on my lips.
11:20If my father knew
11:21I had been humiliated
11:23and mistreated like this
11:24after leaving home,
11:25how heartbroken
11:26would he be?
11:27Sadly,
11:28I would never see him again.
11:30My consciousness
11:31began to fade.
11:32Through the blur,
11:33I saw the pouch of medicine
11:34I had dropped
11:35near the waiter's feet.
11:36Some emergency medicine
11:38was still inside.
11:40Just a few more steps.
11:43Just a few more.
11:48I thought I could reach the pouch.
11:51I thought I could reach the pouch.
11:51Even if I could not,
11:53I hope this would catch
11:54this waiter's attention.
11:59Weren't you just pretending
12:01you were about to die?
12:02Look how fat
12:03you can crawl now.
12:05Amelia,
12:06you just couldn't help
12:07showing your clumsy trick!
12:09I take back my compliment
12:10about your acting!
12:13She raised her voice
12:15on purpose
12:15to draw everyone's attention.
12:17Ethan glanced at me,
12:18then turned away
12:19with even more impatience.
12:25I did not care about that.
12:26I bit down on the pain
12:28and tried to pull the packet
12:29away from under
12:29Charlotte's seal.
12:31Charlotte gave me
12:31a mocking smile
12:32and whispered,
12:33Your heart must hurt so much
12:35you nearly died, right?
12:37There's worse pain
12:38yet to come.
12:40Charlotte's eyes
12:41went cold.
12:42She lifted her foot
12:43and kicked my outstretched arm.
12:47I felt numb
12:49and could not even
12:50make a sound.
12:51The waiter who had been
12:53pushed aside
12:53pointed under the table
12:54and screamed,
12:55There's blood!
12:57There's so much blood!
13:00His cry got everyone's attention.
13:02Ethan frowned.
13:03He pushed through the guests
13:04and rushed to my side.
13:06When he saw me,
13:07he froze.
13:08The small cuts on my arm
13:10from the broken glass
13:11had been ripped open
13:12by Charlotte's heel.
13:13Blood flowed
13:13and soaked the grass
13:14beneath me.
13:15Amelia!
13:16I'll take you
13:16to the hospital now!
13:19He did not hesitate
13:20and reached to pick me up.
13:22Charlotte showed
13:23a flicker of panic.
13:27This is nothing, Ethan.
13:28It looks worse
13:28than it actually is.
13:30It's just a surface wound.
13:33No need for an emergency.
13:34I'm a doctor.
13:35I can treat her faster
13:36than going to the hospital.
13:38She grabbed a glass of liquor
13:40and poured it
13:41straight onto my wound.
13:45Charlotte acted concerned
13:46and lifted my arm.
13:48Blood ran from the wound
13:50and mixed with grass and dirt.
13:52Amelia,
13:53you have to stop
13:55with the pity party.
13:56You crawled over the glass
13:57on purpose
13:58to cut yourself,
13:59didn't you?
14:00You're taking advantage
14:01of Ethan's love for you
14:02to make him give in.
14:03I feel sorry for him.
14:10Is that it, Amelia?
14:12You knew I couldn't stand
14:13seeing someone close to me hurt
14:15so you used such petty tricks
14:16to threaten me?
14:17Can't you even put up
14:18with such a small thing
14:19as this for me?
14:21Listen, Amelia.
14:22We aren't leaving
14:23this place today.
14:24We'll stay until
14:24the party ends.
14:26Charlotte,
14:26treat her wound.
14:28Whoever helps Amelia
14:29will be considered
14:30to be against
14:30the whole Rolling Stones.
14:32Charlotte grew triumphant.
14:34She lifted my injured arm
14:35as if it were a rag doll.
14:37Don't worry, Ethan.
14:38I've treated wounds
14:40like these many times before.
14:42First,
14:43we need to disinfect them.
14:45She grabbed a glass of liquor
14:46and poured it
14:47straight onto my wound.
14:53If Ethan hadn't rescued her,
14:55who knows where she'd be now?
14:57The burning pain
14:59made my weak heart
15:00stop for a moment.
15:01My mind cleared a little.
15:03I spat up blood
15:04and managed to say
15:05with difficulty,
15:07My father.
15:10Rhys won't let you
15:11get away with this.
15:15Your father?
15:16A junkie from West Street
15:18or a drunk from East Street?
15:20My father runs
15:20the city hospitals
15:21and has close ties
15:22with the Rolling Stones.
15:24Don't try to act superior
15:25in front of me.
15:28Darkness flickered
15:29at the edge of my vision.
15:31I felt numb
15:32and could no longer
15:33feel the pain.
15:35Rhys?
15:35You mean the Rhys family
15:37that controls half
15:38the mafia world?
15:39Don't listen to her lies!
15:40Ethan told me
15:41she's a failed actress!
15:42If Ethan hadn't rescued her,
15:44who knows where she'd be now?
15:48The Rhys family?
15:50Please!
15:51This woman will say
15:52anything to survive!
15:55After hearing Charlotte's words,
15:57they laughed cruelly.
15:59Ethan's face grew even darker.
16:01He turned his back on me
16:03and walked away.
16:04He did not care about me,
16:06even though I was dying.
16:09The Rhys family?
16:21My body grew stiff.
16:24Before I blacked out,
16:27tears blurred my view.
16:29Papa, save me.
16:32I called out even though
16:33I knew it might just be
16:34a hallucination.
16:43Papa,
16:44do you really think
16:45you are a mafia principissa?
16:47Who is your papa?
16:48A mindless fan
16:49or another sponsor?
16:51She saw Ethan walk away
16:52and grabbed my mud-cocked hair.
16:56She slapped me hard.
17:00My world collapsed
17:01into dizzying blackness.
17:13face the truth.
17:15Even if you die by our hands,
17:17no one's coming to save you.
17:25Just as I closed my eyes in despair,
17:28a furious voice rang in my ear.
17:30I knew it better
17:32than any other voice
17:33in the world.
17:37How dare you torment my daughter?
17:40I'll make you pay
17:41with your lives!
17:44My father stormed
17:46into the party
17:46with a group of mafia men
17:48behind him.
17:52Charlotte and her friends
17:54froze when they saw
17:55the guns pointed at them.
17:56They let go of me
17:58right away
17:58and were terrified.
18:04My father pushed
18:05through the crowd.
18:07His eyes turned red
18:09with anger
18:09when he saw me weak
18:10and bleeding profusely.
18:22Amelia, my baby!
18:23My body could not
18:24hold on anymore.
18:25Soaked in sweat,
18:26I collapsed
18:27into my father's arms.
18:36Who dares make trouble
18:37on the Rolling Stones turf?
18:40Ethan!
18:41Ethan!
18:44Save me!
18:46When Charlotte saw Ethan,
18:48she acted like
18:49she had just seen
18:50her savior.
18:53He froze
18:54as soon as he saw
18:55the pill
18:55in my father's hand.
18:57A heart medicine?
19:00Amelia really has
19:02a heart condition?
19:03He finally realized
19:05that I had told him
19:06the truth.
19:07his face went pale
19:08and his mind
19:09went blank.
19:13You hurt my baby.
19:14I'll take your hands
19:15for that.
19:25You hurt my baby.
19:27I'll take your hands
19:29for that.
19:33Baby.
19:35Baby.
19:35Baby.
19:38Who are you?
19:39How dare you call
19:40my fiancee your baby?
19:42Ethan clearly misunderstood
19:44my relationship
19:45with my father.
19:46He clenched his jaw
19:47and tried his best
19:48to hold back
19:49his anger.
19:51Amelia, my love.
19:53I was wrong about you.
19:55You're badly hurt.
19:56Come back to me.
19:57I'll take you
19:58to the hospital
19:59right now.
19:59During the three years
20:00we were together,
20:01Ethan often said
20:02I was narrow-minded
20:03because I could not
20:04accept Charlotte
20:05being with us.
20:06he thought all our
20:07fights about her
20:07were because I was
20:08jealous and petty.
20:11But when he faced
20:12the same situation
20:13he was far from
20:14achieving the magnanimity
20:15and generosity
20:16that he expected
20:17me to display.
20:24You fool.
20:36You know Mr. Reesey
20:38and he values you
20:38so much
20:39you have to save me!
20:40This fool
20:41is the reason
20:41you hid your identity
20:42and refused to come home?
20:48Not anymore.
20:50I want to go home
20:52back to the Reese family.
20:57Reese?
20:58The top mafia
20:59family in the country?
21:00Amelia's connected
21:01to them?
21:15Who are you?
21:16What's your relationship
21:17with my fiancée?
21:23That old man
21:24must be Amelia's
21:25sugar daddy.
21:26Ethan,
21:27didn't the boss
21:28of the Reesey family
21:29help you take over
21:29the East District?
21:30You know Mr. Reesey
21:32and he values you
21:33so much
21:33you have to save me!
21:35Ethan froze.
21:36The Reese family
21:37had many branches
21:38and held power
21:39across the country.
21:40Ethan used to be
21:41the mere leader
21:42of a gang
21:42of small-time thugs.
21:44But three years ago
21:45he suddenly received help
21:46from the dawn of the Reese family
21:48and took control
21:49of both the East
21:50and West districts.
21:52The Rolling Stones
21:52quickly developed
21:53into a small mafia family
21:55in the nation.
22:00Everyone believed
22:01my father had helped
22:02because he saw potential
22:03in Ethan
22:04and the Rolling Stones.
22:05It was no wonder
22:06Charlotte thought
22:07my father
22:07who rarely showed
22:09his face
22:09was close to Ethan.
22:11My father carefully
22:12handed me over
22:13to his men.
22:14He stood up
22:15and looked coldly
22:16at Ethan.
22:18Three years ago
22:19you saved my daughter
22:20so I gave you a gift.
22:22I, David Reese
22:23consider my debt
22:25with you
22:25Ethan Cross
22:26fulfilled
22:27henceforth.
22:34But someone
22:35has to pay
22:36for what
22:37my daughter
22:37suffered today.
22:40David Reese?
22:42You're Mr. Reese?
22:44Amelia is your daughter?
22:46I'm sorry
22:47Mr. Reese
22:48I didn't know
22:49who Amelia
22:50really was.
22:51I was just joking
22:52around with her.
22:53Please have mercy.
22:54Joking?
22:56Then let me play
22:57a John U too.
23:00Charlotte clutched
23:02her arm
23:02and screamed
23:03in pain.
23:15My arm!
23:17No!
23:18No!
23:19I just got promoted!
23:21How am I supposed
23:22to operate now?
23:25I can't stand
23:26loud people.
23:28If you're unhappy
23:29that I only
23:30took your right hand
23:32then I can make it
23:34so that I take
23:35your other one
23:35as well.
23:40No!
23:41It's not like that!
23:42Ethan, please!
23:43You know that I had
23:44no idea about
23:44Amelia's condition.
23:45I even tried
23:46to treat her wound!
23:47Please tell him!
23:48When my father
23:49did not respond
23:50she turned to Ethan.
23:52Ethan frowned.
23:53He looked conflicted.
23:54Then one of
23:56my father's men
23:57stepped forward
23:57and played
23:58the security footage
23:59from the party.
24:00The video
24:01clearly showed
24:02Charlotte pouring
24:03a high-strength
24:04sports drink
24:05into my champagne.
24:06It also showed
24:08her stepping
24:08on the medicine
24:09packet while
24:10I was crawling.
24:25How dare you
24:26humiliate my daughter
24:28like this?
24:29I'll make you
24:30disappear.
24:34Please tell her
24:36to spare me!
24:39Charlotte was terrified.
24:43No, please!
24:45Ethan, you're
24:46Amelia's fiancé!
24:47You saved her once!
24:49Please tell her
24:50to spare me!
24:57Get off me!
24:59You lied to me
25:00and almost killed
25:00Amelia!
25:01How dare you
25:01ask me for help!
25:08You can't let me die!
25:10My father
25:10saved your life
25:11once!
25:11You promised him
25:12you'd protect me!
25:13You saved Amelia
25:15so you have to
25:15save me too!
25:18Ethan froze
25:20for a moment.
25:22He looked at me.
25:25His eyes were
25:26filled with
25:27conflict and
25:27hesitation.
25:31Charlotte had
25:32come between us.
25:34But I had
25:35never once
25:36questioned him
25:36no matter how
25:37much Ethan
25:38doubted or
25:39grew impatient
25:39with me.
25:40That was
25:41until today.
25:45I thought
25:45he chose
25:46Charlotte over
25:47me because
25:47she manipulated
25:48him.
25:49I did not
25:49expect that
25:50even after
25:51finding out
25:52the whole
25:52truth
25:52he would
25:53hesitate
25:53to choose
25:54between us.
25:56My father
25:57sneered.
26:00Get off me!
26:02You lied to me
26:03and almost
26:03killed Amelia!
26:04How dare
26:04you ask me
26:05for help!
26:07Stop!
26:08A life
26:08for a life
26:09we're even.
26:10I took
26:11a deep breath
26:12and stopped
26:13him.
26:20Papa
26:21that's
26:21enough.
26:29Amelia
26:29I knew it!
26:31I knew you'd
26:33forgive me!
26:34Stop!
26:36A life
26:36for a life
26:37we're even.
26:38I spared
26:39Charlotte for you.
26:41From now on
26:42we have
26:43nothing to do
26:44with each other.
26:45Ethan
26:45froze in
26:46place.
26:47What did
26:48you just
26:48say?
26:49At that
26:49moment
26:49the
26:50Reese
26:50family's
26:51medical
26:51car
26:51screeched
26:52to a
26:52stop
26:52at the
26:53entrance
26:53of the
26:53party.
26:54My
26:54father
26:55lifted me
26:55into his
26:56arms
26:56and said
26:56to the
26:57remaining
26:57mafia
26:57members
26:59deal
26:59with
27:00everyone
27:00here
27:00but
27:01remember
27:02my
27:02daughters
27:02are
27:03his
27:03orders
27:04spare
27:04their
27:04lives.
27:06Then
27:06he carried
27:07me out
27:08of the
27:08party
27:08without
27:08another
27:09word.
27:11Ethan
27:11tried
27:11to
27:12chase
27:12after
27:12us.
27:13No!
27:14Amelia
27:15you know
27:15I love
27:15you the
27:16most!
27:16Don't
27:16leave me!
27:24I already
27:25gave you
27:25one chance.
27:26My
27:26daughter
27:27needs
27:27to be
27:27treated.
27:28If you
27:28keep
27:28bothering
27:29us
27:29I'll
27:29destroy
27:30the
27:30Rolling
27:30Stones
27:30completely.
27:40Behind
27:41him
27:41my
27:41father's
27:42men
27:42were
27:42taking
27:42care
27:43of
27:43Charlotte
27:43and
27:43her
27:43friends.
27:44They
27:44were
27:45pushed
27:45into
27:45a
27:45tub
27:45full
27:46of
27:46champagne.
27:47They
27:47felt
27:47the
27:48suffocating
27:48panic
27:49I
27:49had
27:49just
27:49experienced.
28:00They
28:01were
28:01nearly
28:01drowned
28:02before
28:02someone
28:03finally
28:03pulled
28:04them
28:04out.
28:05Charlotte
28:06was
28:06drenched.
28:07She
28:07wrapped
28:08her
28:08arms
28:08around
28:09herself
28:09and
28:10ran
28:10to
28:10Ethan
28:11sobbing.
28:14Ethan
28:15they
28:15want
28:16to
28:16pull
28:16all
28:16my
28:17teeth.
28:18My
28:18father
28:19knows
28:19I
28:19offended
28:20the
28:20Reese
28:20family
28:21but
28:21he
28:21doesn't
28:21even
28:22care
28:22to
28:22plead
28:23for
28:23me.
28:25You
28:26have
28:26to
28:27save
28:27me.
28:27In
28:28Ethan's
28:28mind
28:28Charlotte
28:29came
28:29from
28:29a
28:29better
28:29family
28:30than
28:30I
28:30did.
28:30She
28:31was
28:31also
28:31more
28:31generous
28:32and
28:32considerate.
28:33He
28:33once
28:33thought
28:33that
28:33if
28:33Charlotte
28:34were
28:34his
28:34fiance
28:34he
28:35might
28:35not
28:35have
28:35struggled
28:36so
28:36much
28:36in
28:36a
28:36relationship
28:37but
28:37he
28:37quickly
28:38dismissed
28:38the
28:38thought
28:38with a
28:39wise
28:39smile.
28:44He
28:44knew
28:44the
28:44only
28:45person
28:45he
28:46had
28:46ever
28:46really
28:46loved
28:47was
28:47me.
28:47He
28:48thought
28:48I
28:48did
28:48not
28:53match
28:54his
28:54social
28:55standing.
28:58Still
28:59he
28:59humbled
29:00himself
29:00and
29:01set
29:01aside
29:01hood
29:02his
29:02pride
29:02to
29:02love
29:03me.
29:03Charlotte
29:04had
29:04mocked
29:04me
29:04in
29:05front
29:05of
29:05his
29:05friends
29:05many
29:06times.
29:07She
29:07said
29:07I
29:07was
29:08not
29:08worth
29:08his
29:08love
29:09and
29:09he
29:09was
29:09foolish
29:10to
29:10chase
29:10after
29:11me.
29:12He
29:12had
29:13been
29:13a
29:13fool
29:13not
29:13to
29:14realize
29:14that
29:14someone
29:15as
29:15perfect
29:16as
29:16Charlotte
29:16would
29:16want
29:17to
29:17hurt
29:17me.
29:18He
29:19had
29:19been
29:19witless
29:20enough
29:20to
29:21trust
29:21her
29:23and
29:23lose
29:23me
29:23forever.
29:24He
29:24stared
29:25at
29:25the
29:25car
29:25as
29:26it
29:26vanished
29:26and
29:27ignored
29:27Charlotte
29:28and
29:28her
29:28sobs.
29:29He
29:29opened
29:29his
29:29mouth
29:30to
29:30speak
29:30but
29:31he
29:31could
29:31not
29:31utter
29:32a
29:32word.
29:33Finally
29:33a tear
29:34rolled
29:34down
29:35from
29:35his
29:35bloodshot
29:36eyes.
29:39Back
29:39at the
29:39Reese
29:40family
29:40villa
29:41under
29:41my
29:41father's
29:42care
29:42and
29:43the
29:43medical
29:43team's
29:43attention
29:44I
29:44quickly
29:45recovered.
29:46The
29:47scars
29:47on my
29:47hands
29:48faded
29:48into
29:49faint
29:49lines.
29:50Returning
29:50home
29:50after
29:51three
29:51years
29:52I
29:52felt
29:53a
29:53wave
29:53of
29:53emotion.
30:02Since
30:03I
30:03was
30:03little
30:03my
30:04father
30:04had
30:05always
30:05worried
30:05about
30:05my
30:06heart
30:06condition.
30:07When
30:08he
30:08learned
30:08I
30:08wanted
30:08to
30:09be
30:09an
30:09actress
30:10he
30:10feared
30:11my
30:11body
30:11would
30:12not
30:12be
30:12able
30:12to
30:12handle
30:13it
30:13and
30:13strongly
30:14opposed.
30:15I
30:16had
30:16been
30:16obedient
30:16all
30:17my
30:17life
30:18but
30:19I
30:19once
30:19found
30:19the
30:19courage
30:20to
30:20run
30:20away
30:20in
30:21the
30:21middle
30:21of
30:21the
30:21night
30:24after
30:24meeting
30:25Ethan
30:25I
30:26hid
30:26my
30:26identity
30:26because
30:27I
30:27was
30:27afraid
30:28my
30:28father
30:28would
30:28find
30:29out.
30:32It
30:33was
30:33not
30:33until
30:33the
30:33day
30:34before
30:34Charlotte's
30:34promotion
30:35party
30:35that I
30:36overheard her
30:37talking to
30:37Ethan.
30:38I
30:39learned
30:39that the
30:39Rolling
30:40Stones
30:40success
30:41was because
30:41of my
30:42father's
30:42support.
30:43Amelia
30:44I'll
30:45support
30:45you.
30:46He
30:46found
30:46the
30:46world's
30:46top
30:47heart
30:47surgeon.
30:48After
30:48the
30:48socialry
30:49you
30:49continue
30:49pursuing
30:50your dream
30:50of
30:51acting.
30:51They
30:52said
30:52I
30:52had
30:52a
30:5290%
30:53chance
30:54of a
30:54full
30:54recovery.
30:57The night
30:58before my
30:58surgery abroad
30:59someone broke
31:01into the
31:02Reese family
31:02villa.
31:20Prince
31:37Ethan came
31:38alone.
31:38He carried
31:39a small
31:39gun.
31:40He had
31:41no men
31:41with him
31:41and did
31:42not hurt
31:42anyone.
31:43He
31:43deliberately
31:44smashed
31:44things around
31:45the Reese
31:45family territory
31:46and waited
31:46for my
31:47father's
31:47men to
31:48catch
31:48him
31:48and take
31:49him
31:49back
31:49to
31:49the
31:49villa.
31:50His
31:51goal
31:51was
31:51clear.
31:52He
31:53wanted
31:53to
31:53see
31:53me.
31:57My
31:58father
31:58round
31:58slightly
31:59and
31:59looked
31:59at
31:59me.
32:00Whatever
32:01you
32:01decide
32:02I'll
32:02support
32:03you.
32:03You
32:04can
32:04let
32:04him
32:04in
32:04or
32:05send
32:05him
32:05away.
32:06Let
32:07him
32:07in.
32:08Take
32:09him
32:09to
32:09the
32:09accounts
32:09office.
32:10Add
32:10up
32:11the
32:11damage
32:11done
32:11and
32:11make
32:11him
32:12pay
32:12ten
32:12times
32:12what
32:13he
32:13owes.
32:14The
32:14Rolling
32:15Stones
32:15have
32:15had
32:15a
32:16good
32:16run
32:16thanks
32:16to
32:17my
32:17father.
32:17Make
32:18sure
32:18the
32:18accounts
32:19are
32:19settled.
32:20My
32:20father
32:20and
32:21the
32:21men
32:21looked
32:21surprised
32:22by
32:22my
32:22tone.
32:23One
32:23of
32:23them
32:23paused
32:24and
32:24asked,
32:25Prince
32:26of
32:26Pesa,
32:27don't
32:27you
32:27want
32:27to
32:27see
32:28him?
32:29I
32:30raised
32:30an
32:30eyebrow
32:30and
32:31continued
32:31folding
32:31my
32:32clothes.
32:33What
32:33for?
32:34I'm
32:34leaving
32:34for my
32:35surgery
32:35tomorrow.
32:35I
32:35need
32:36to
32:36pack.
32:36Make
32:37sure
32:37he
32:37pays
32:37ten
32:37times
32:38in
32:38cash.
32:39Don't
32:39excuse
32:39even
32:39a
32:40single
32:40cent.
32:42My
32:42father
32:43and
32:43the
32:43men
32:43exchanged
32:43glances
32:44and
32:44smiled.
32:51I
32:52boarded
32:52the
32:52plane
32:53as
32:53planned.
32:55Everything
32:55for the
32:56surgery
32:56went
32:56smoothly.
32:57On
32:58the
32:58day
32:58of
32:58the
32:58surgery,
32:59the
32:59sky
32:59was
32:59clear
33:00and
33:00bright.
33:01The
33:02sunlight
33:02felt
33:03like a
33:03promise
33:03of a
33:03better
33:04future.
33:11I
33:12took
33:12a
33:12deep
33:12breath
33:13as
33:13I
33:13was
33:13wheeled
33:14into
33:14the
33:14operating
33:14room.
33:15The
33:15ensnesialist
33:16gave
33:16me
33:17the
33:17medicine
33:17and
33:17left
33:18the
33:18room.
33:20The
33:21surgery
33:21would
33:21begin
33:21once
33:22the
33:22surgeon
33:22was
33:23ready.
33:24I
33:25took
33:25slow,
33:26deep
33:26breaths,
33:27closed
33:27my
33:28eyes,
33:28and
33:29hoped
33:29I
33:29would
33:29wake
33:30up
33:30to
33:30a
33:30new
33:31life.
33:33Before
33:34I
33:34lost
33:34consciousness,
33:35a
33:36nurse
33:36suddenly
33:36ran
33:36into
33:37the
33:37room.
33:38She
33:39pulled
33:39down
33:39her
33:40mask
33:40to
33:40reveal
33:40a
33:41scarred
33:41twisted
33:41face.
33:43It
33:44was
33:44Charlotte!
33:45After
33:46I
33:46returned
33:46to
33:46the
33:47Reese
33:47family
33:47villa,
33:48I
33:48had
33:48heard
33:48what
33:48had
33:48happened
33:49to
33:49her.
33:49She
33:50infended
33:50the
33:50Reese
33:50family,
33:51her
33:51sewn
33:51family
33:52abandoned
33:52her
33:52completely.
33:53She
33:53has
33:54on
33:54the
33:54vials
33:54hair
33:54always
33:55looked
33:55bright
33:55and
33:55charming,
33:56but
33:56inside
33:57she
33:57was
33:57cruel
33:58and
33:58twisted.
33:58her
33:59former
33:59victims
34:00found out
34:00that she
34:01had
34:01become
34:01an
34:01outcast
34:02and
34:02had
34:02also
34:02lost
34:03one
34:03of
34:03her
34:03hands.
34:04They
34:04came
34:04after
34:05her
34:05for
34:05revenge.
34:06Even
34:07Ethan,
34:07for some
34:08reason,
34:08ignored her
34:09completely.
34:14Well,
34:15well,
34:16you finally
34:17fell into
34:17my hands.
34:19Desperate
34:19and ruined,
34:21Charlotte moved
34:21from place
34:22to place
34:22in the
34:22red light
34:23district.
34:23She
34:24sold
34:24her
34:25body
34:25constantly
34:26for
34:26food.
34:27One
34:27day,
34:28she
34:28argued
34:28with
34:29another
34:29woman
34:29over
34:29a
34:29client
34:30and
34:30angered
34:30the
34:31local
34:31thugs.
34:39After
34:40that,
34:40she
34:41vanished
34:41without
34:42a
34:42trace.
34:46I
34:46never
34:47thought
34:47she
34:47would
34:47show
34:48up
34:48in
34:48my
34:48operating
34:48room.
34:54Well,
34:55well,
34:56you
34:56finally
34:57fell
34:57into
34:57my
34:58hands.
34:59All
34:59those
35:00days
35:00sneaking
35:00into
35:00this
35:01hospital
35:01were
35:01worth
35:02it.
35:11All
35:12of
35:12this
35:13is
35:13your
35:13fault.
35:14I'll
35:14make
35:14you
35:15suffer.
35:15I
35:16wanted
35:16to
35:16scream,
35:17but
35:17the
35:17anesthesia
35:18kept
35:18me
35:18from
35:18moving.
35:19Sleep
35:19overtook
35:20me
35:20faster,
35:21and
35:21tears
35:22streamed
35:22down
35:22my
35:22face.
35:23I
35:23did
35:24not
35:24want
35:24to
35:24die
35:25like
35:25this.
35:27Amelia,
35:28hurry!
35:29Somebody
35:29help!
35:34Damn it!
35:35How are
35:35you always
35:36this
35:36lucky?
35:36Go
35:37to
35:37hell!
35:37Charlotte
35:37panicked.
35:38She
35:38grabbed
35:39a
35:39scalpel
35:39and
35:39aimed
35:39for
35:40my
35:40heart.
35:45Yeah,
35:46it's
35:47okay
35:47now.
35:48A
35:48blurry
35:48figure
35:49leapt
35:49forward
35:50and
35:50kicked
35:50Charlotte
35:50away.
35:51Charlotte,
35:52acting
35:53like
35:53a
35:53madman
35:54jumped
35:54up
35:54again
35:54and
35:55swung
35:55the
35:55scalpel
35:56at
35:56me.
35:59Amelia!
36:02The
36:03figure threw
36:03himself around
36:04me and
36:04shielded me.
36:05The
36:06knife
36:06pierced
36:07his
36:07body
36:07and he
36:08let out
36:08a low
36:08groan.
36:10When
36:11the
36:11scalpel
36:11struck
36:12his
36:12heart,
36:13I
36:13finally
36:13saw
36:14Ethan's
36:14face.
36:15The
36:15next
36:15moment,
36:16the
36:16anesthesia
36:17took
36:17over,
36:17and I
36:18slowly
36:19closed
36:19my
36:19eyes.
36:24When
36:25the
36:25doctors
36:25and
36:25security
36:26rushed
36:26into
36:26the
36:26operating
36:27room,
36:27Ethan
36:28finally
36:28allowed
36:29himself
36:29a
36:29relieved
36:29smile.
36:30Blood
36:31spurted
36:31from
36:31his
36:31mouth.
36:35Yeah,
36:37it's
36:37okay
36:38now.
36:38When
36:39I
36:39woke
36:39up,
36:40my
36:40heart
36:40surgery
36:41had
36:41been
36:41completed
36:41successfully.
36:42I
36:43opened
36:43my
36:43eyes
36:44to
36:44see
36:44my
36:44father
36:44crying
36:45with
36:45joy.
36:46I
36:46knew
36:47my
36:47new
36:47life
36:47had
36:48really
36:48began.
36:51Because
36:51of the
36:52attack
36:52before,
36:53three
36:54rows
36:54of
36:54Reese
36:54family
36:55guards
36:55surrounded
36:56my
36:56hospital
36:56room.
36:58But
36:58that
36:58was
36:59unnecessary.
37:00The
37:00Reese
37:00family
37:01issued
37:01a bounty
37:01against
37:02her
37:02and
37:02her
37:02family.
37:03Spending
37:04the rest
37:04of her
37:04life
37:05in
37:05prison
37:05was
37:05almost
37:06a
37:06relief
37:06for
37:06her.
37:12I
37:13thought
37:13of
37:13Ethan
37:14who
37:14had
37:14taken
37:14the
37:14blow
37:15for
37:15me.
37:16One
37:16quiet
37:16night,
37:17my
37:17father
37:17walked
37:18to
37:18the
37:18window
37:18and
37:18gently
37:19opened
37:19it.
37:20Amelia,
37:21come here.
37:21Look at
37:22the moon.
37:27I
37:28stood up
37:28and walked
37:29over.
37:30The night
37:30breeze was
37:31cool.
37:33In the
37:33garden below,
37:34among the
37:34shadows of
37:35the trees,
37:36I saw a
37:36familiar figure
37:37leaning on
37:37a cane,
37:38wearing the
37:39same hospital
37:39gown as
37:40me.
37:41He was
37:41staring up
37:42at my
37:42window.
37:43The
37:43moment our
37:43eyes met,
37:44he froze,
37:45then quickly
37:45retreated into
37:46the darkness.
37:47my father
37:48sighed
37:48softly.
37:49That
37:49boy is
37:50lucky.
37:50The
37:51scalpel
37:51missed his
37:51heart by
37:52less than
37:52a centimeter.
37:53The
37:53doctors say
37:54he may
37:54develop
37:54heart
37:55problems
37:55in the
37:55future.
37:56He'll
37:57suffer
37:57when it
37:57blames
37:58up.
37:58I
37:58saved
37:59him.
38:00You're
38:00not angry,
38:01are you?
38:02He glanced
38:02at me
38:03cautiously.
38:04I looked
38:05at the
38:05empty
38:05garden for
38:06a few
38:06seconds,
38:07then reached
38:08out and
38:08slowly closed
38:09the window.
38:10Why
38:10would I
38:10be
38:11angry?
38:13He
38:13saved my
38:14life once
38:14and now
38:15we're
38:15even.
38:17from now
38:18on,
38:21we have
38:21nothing to
38:22do with
38:22each other.
38:24The next
38:25morning,
38:26a nurse
38:26came in
38:26to change
38:27my IV.
38:29Mr.
38:30Ethan
38:30discharged
38:30himself late
38:31last night.
38:32He said he
38:33couldn't bear
38:33to stay here
38:34any longer.
38:37my father
38:38brought breakfast
38:39in person.
38:40Security
38:41reported he
38:42stood in
38:42the garden
38:42until dawn.
38:45I lowered
38:46my eyes,
38:47stirred the
38:48oatmeal gently,
38:48and said
38:49nothing.
38:57three months
38:58later,
38:59my new
38:59drama
39:00became a
39:00massive
39:01hit.
39:01I went
39:02from a
39:02forgotten
39:02actress
39:03to a
39:03household
39:04name
39:04overnight.
39:05One
39:05evening,
39:06I attended
39:06a private
39:07dinner
39:07with my
39:08father
39:08at an
39:08exclusive
39:09club.
39:10I
39:26Amelia,
39:27I've been
39:28looking for
39:28you for
39:29months.
39:29I know
39:30I was
39:30wrong.
39:30I was
39:30blind.
39:32Please,
39:32give me
39:32one chance
39:33to make
39:33it up
39:33to you.
39:35You're
39:36blocking
39:36my way.
39:38Just
39:38five minutes.
39:40That's
39:40all I
39:41ask.
39:54The
39:54lady
39:55said no.
39:56Learned to
39:56read the
39:56room.
39:59This
39:59is between
40:00me and
40:00her.
40:05Not
40:06anymore.
40:07She's
40:07with me
40:08tonight.
40:15You're
40:15choosing
40:16him
40:16over
40:16me?
40:17I'm
40:17not
40:17choosing
40:18anyone.
40:18I
40:19already
40:19chose
40:19to
40:19leave
40:20you
40:20three
40:20months
40:20ago.
40:33The
40:34night of
40:34the
40:34movie
40:34premiere
40:35arrived.
40:35The
40:36red
40:36carpet
40:36was
40:36lined
40:37with
40:37cameras
40:37and
40:37screaming
40:38fans.
40:39I
40:39wore a
40:39stunning
40:40gold
40:40gown
40:40that
40:41shimmered
40:41under
40:41the
40:41lights
40:42walking
40:42confidently
40:43down
40:43the
40:43carpet.
40:43to
40:44me.
40:45Tonight
40:46belonged
40:46to
40:47me.
40:56Amelia,
40:57I was
40:58wrong.
40:59I
40:59should
40:59have
41:00believed
41:00you.
41:01I
41:01watched
41:01you
41:02almost
41:02die
41:02and
41:03did
41:03nothing.
41:05Please
41:06give me
41:07one last
41:07chance.
41:08I'll
41:08spend
41:08the
41:09rest
41:09of
41:09my
41:09life
41:09making
41:10it
41:10up
41:10to
41:10you.
41:14You
41:15had
41:15your
41:15chance
41:15Ethan.
41:16You
41:17watched
41:17me
41:17lying
41:17on
41:17the
41:17ground
41:18begging
41:18for
41:18help
41:18and
41:18chose
41:19to
41:19believe
41:19someone
41:19else.
41:21There
41:21is
41:21nothing
41:21left
41:22between
41:22us.
41:24Amelia,
41:24please.
41:25I
41:26love
41:26you.
41:26I'm
41:26done
41:26with
41:27the
41:27past.
41:28Tonight
41:28is
41:28about
41:29my
41:29future.
41:31I
41:31turned
41:32away
41:32gracefully.
41:35Shall
41:35we,
41:36my
41:36leading
41:36lady?
41:37On
41:37my
41:37right,
41:38Victor
41:38Murata,
41:38the
41:39powerful
41:39producer,
41:40handed
41:40me a
41:40bouquet
41:40of
41:41roses.
41:41Jack
41:41Warren
41:42appeared
41:42on
41:42my
41:43left,
41:43offering
41:44his
41:44arm
41:44with
41:44charming
41:45smiles.
41:46the
41:46brightest
41:46star
41:46tonight.
41:52Amelia,
41:53go,
41:54go.
41:55I
41:55can't
41:55live
41:55without
41:56you.
41:56I
41:57never
41:57looked
41:57back.
41:59From
41:59this
41:59moment
42:00on,
42:00I
42:00was
42:00no
42:01longer
42:01anyone's
42:01fiance.
42:02I
42:02was
42:02Amelia
42:03Reese,
42:03the
42:04heroine
42:04of
42:04my
42:05own
42:05story.
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