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$8.88M Betrayal
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00:02The girl I picked up from the slums climbed into my fiancé's bed.
00:07They even did those disgusting things right in front of my face.
00:10At the charity gala, my fiancé, Weston Pierce, dropped $8.88 million on a brooch for her.
00:17That was the only heirloom my grandmother left me.
00:20Sorry, babe.
00:22She put me on the spot and made me choose.
00:24Care to guess who I pick?
00:26What the hell are you doing?
00:28We're getting married next week.
00:31I'm marrying her instead.
00:33Amber, every time we have sex, I feel like with a dead body.
00:36But Sienna, she's fresh, young, and wild, and she's a damn firecracker in bed.
00:41Toss the brooch onto the floor and ground it under her red-bottomed stiletto.
00:45Have you heard that brooch shatter? Sounds nice, doesn't it?
00:47I stared at the fragments on the floor.
00:49If you wanted a new bride, then I would just get myself a new groom.
00:53Ladies and gentlemen, I, Amber Sinclair, am adding a surprise lot to tonight's auction.
00:57My marriage goes to the highest bidder.
01:02Amber Sinclair, putting herself up for sale?
01:05Looks so innocent, who would know she's such a slut?
01:07Seven years with Weston, she's probably nothing but a used-up hole.
01:11Who'd want to take her now?
01:12Publicly selling herself, how despicable.
01:16Weston held a cigar in his hands and planted a kiss on Sienna's chest before looking up with a laugh.
01:22He thought, I'm trying to force him to come back to me.
01:25One dollar.
01:28One dollar even cheaper than a hooker!
01:34She opened her legs for me at 18, and she was already a whore back then.
01:38That was something I've never told anyone else.
01:40I was sexual assaulted at 16, and Weston pulled me out of the darkest period of my life.
01:46He said he doesn't care about it, and he swore he'd keep my secret.
01:49He said he'd love me forever.
01:51Anyone else?
01:52Don't let this whore end up back with me.
01:5450!
01:5560!
01:5670!
01:5780!
01:59Amber, since you're putting yourself on the block, shouldn't we give everyone a little preview?
02:04Just to show them what they're paying for?
02:07Come on, Miss Sinclair.
02:09Why don't you tell them all about your talent?
02:11Aw, too shy to talk?
02:13Well, I'll do the honor then.
02:14Amber Sinclair was incredibly flexible in bed.
02:18And oh, her body's sensitive.
02:19Isn't that right, Weston?
02:21Keep going.
02:22She's way better than this.
02:23Oh, I almost forgot.
02:24She was a total sex addict.
02:26Our dear Amber here is a bottomless pit.
02:28Just send her over to me.
02:29I'll make sure she can't even get out of bed tomorrow.
02:32Enough bragging.
02:33They've got to see it themselves, right?
02:34Really exciting stuff.
02:35Yes, exactly.
02:37You've got tens of thousands of her nude pics, haven't you?
02:40Put them up on the big screen!
02:42Weston handed the drive to the host.
02:44After seeing these, everyone would want to have a little taste of her.
02:47My naked body appeared in high definition on the screen,
02:50with every inch of my skin laid bare for all to see.
02:53The bidding started at $3,000.
02:55Someone shouted five.
02:57Another almost doubled to $50,000.
02:59I lunged for the laptop, but Weston grabbed me by the hair and hurled me to the floor.
03:04Isn't that what you wanted?
03:05I'm doing you a favor.
03:08Pricing you up, you should be grateful.
03:10Photo after photo flashed onto the screen.
03:13Then came a five-second video, in high definition, with audio.
03:17My moans echoed through the entire hall.
03:19The crowd went mad.
03:21Who wants the full version?
03:22Start bid at $100,000!
03:24This is against the law!
03:26You're going to jail!
03:29In this room, I am the law.
03:32Meanwhile, more videos flooded the screen.
03:34The volume growing louder and louder.
03:36The bids were spiraling out of control.
03:39$500,000.
03:40$800,000.
03:41A million.
03:42I tried to run, but my wrists were locked in his grip.
03:45So I couldn't break free.
03:46The sound of fabric tearing ripped through the air.
03:49My gown split open like I was being skinned alive.
03:52I tried to stop him, but Weston seized both my arms and pinned them behind my back with one hand.
03:57Under the spotlight, I stood almost naked.
04:01Oh, didn't you know?
04:03Amber actually had a baby with Weston, but that poor thing didn't even make it a month.
04:08That was last year.
04:09I had suffered a mental breakdown from the loss, and I was admitted to the psychiatric ward.
04:13Weston had stayed by my side the whole time, promising we would never speak of it again.
04:18And he told me we would have another one.
04:19But he had told Sienna, his mistress.
04:22Oops, I forgot.
04:24Weston told me not to say anything.
04:26I broke free from the grip and lunged at her, slamming Sienna's entire body into the first row of chairs.
04:32Try touch her again, I dare you.
04:35Sienna scrambled up from the floor, wiping blood from the corner of her mouth.
04:39Babe, let's go live. Let this bitch go viral.
04:42She pulled out her phone and aimed the camera directly at me.
04:44My brain exploded into a frantic buzz.
04:47Live on the internet?
04:48Absolutely no.
04:49I can't let my parents and my little sister see this.
04:52Weston, please, don't do this to me.
04:55I begged and asked him with tears on my face.
04:57Babe, you promised I can do whatever I want, right?
05:00It's your call, baby. Let's go live then.
05:04Sienna faced the camera and introduced me, calling me Manhattan's most innocent-looking slut,
05:10auctioning off my marriage to the public, starting at $1.
05:13I twisted my head away with all my might, but Weston's hand clamped onto my jaw, violently forcing my face
05:21back toward the camera.
05:23Can I take this shabby home for free?
05:24Drop the address. Let's organize a gangbang tonight. Such a slit.
05:29Sienna shoved her phone in front of my eyes. On the screen, my mother's voice message popped up.
05:34I didn't dare to check, but I knew she must be crying.
05:37My parents saw this eventually.
05:39I tried my best to break free from Weston and snatched the phone on the ground.
05:43Then, I grabbed Sienna's hair and slammed her head on the pillar.
05:47No!
05:51Babe, help!
05:59I'll add some juice to it.
06:00Anyone who wins the bid for Amber Sitzneth gets her little sister, too.
06:04Lily, college chick, pay for one bitch, but you get two.
06:07To NYU and bring her sister to me.
06:09No!
06:10Fifteen minutes later, the hotel doors swung open.
06:13My sister was dragged inside.
06:15She was trembling with fear, tears streaming down her face.
06:19I knelt on the floor, with toes curled tightly.
06:22Thirty million. Going once.
06:25Going twice.
06:28Any more bids?
06:30Go!
06:31I'll take them both.
06:33The hotel doors were thrown open once again.
06:35A dozen bodyguards in black filed in, clearing a path down the center.
06:40He took off his coat and draped it over my shoulder.
06:43I can still feel his body heat from the coat.
06:47Sorry I'm late.
06:50Fuller.
06:50A fat guy blocked his path, jabbing a finger at his chest.
06:54But he fat man's index finger had been bent backward, exposing the bones.
06:58How dare you!
07:00I'm a Harris!
07:01My family will make you pay!
07:02Cut off all ties with the Harris family.
07:04I don't want to hear their names again.
07:06Get your hands off her!
07:07She's mine!
07:09Weston raised a black card and claimed to him.
07:12Take them both?
07:13Unless you beat me.
07:15One hundred million.
07:16The man stopped eventually.
07:17He turned around and scoffed.
07:20Proof of funds.
07:21Now.
07:22Finally, my naked pictures were off the screen.
07:25A line of bank account information appeared.
07:28Ashford.
07:29Never heard of him.
07:32They all whispered, guessing he was just some nouveau reach upstart, waiting for him to
07:38be humiliated.
07:39The balance started loading.
07:42One.
07:43One hundred billion dollars?
07:48Am I qualified now?
07:50That's impossible!
07:51The Big Four's assets added up can't even be that much!
07:55Dominic stood in the center of the hall, holding me with one arm, while the other was tucked
07:59in his pocket.
08:00He looked at them like he was looking at a swarm of ants.
08:04Anything else?
08:06Or I'll take you home.
08:11Give me five minutes.
08:13I left Dominic's arms, and walked toward Weston Pierce, barefoot.
08:17I stood still in front of him, and raised my hand.
08:21That's for breaking our engagement.
08:26That's for showing my naked photos and videos in front of everyone.
08:31I turned to Sienna.
08:33She instinctively took a step back.
08:42And that's for biting the hand that feeds you.
08:46Apologize to Sienna!
08:47He was sent flying by a kick before he could finish his words.
08:51Dominic pulled back his leg and casually adjusted his cuffs.
08:55She's mine.
08:57Touch her again, and the price won't be this cheap.
09:00He scooped me up again and strode toward the exit.
09:03Security!
09:04Stop him!
09:06Dozens of private security guards in black blocked every exit.
09:11Don't even think about leaving this room!
09:13You're dead meat now!
09:15You gotta go, now!
09:16I'll be fine, but he will kill you for sure!
09:19You have that little faith in me?
09:22Three seconds later,
09:24the hotel entrance was blown open from the outside.
09:28Fully armed mercenaries filed in.
09:31Laser rad dots settled on the foreheads,
09:34chests, and crotches of Weston's guards.
09:40Who's the dead meat now?
09:45Go on, shoot me!
09:47Everyone's watching!
09:48You can't get away!
09:51The shot rang out.
09:52The bullet grazed Weston's right ear,
09:55taking off a small piece of the lobe.
09:57Blood flowed down his neck
09:58and soaked into his white collar.
10:01This time, I aimed for your ear.
10:03Next time, it's your head.
10:06He turned around,
10:07picked me up,
10:08and headed for the exit.
10:10No one dared to stand in his way.
10:12In the bathroom,
10:13hot water streamed down,
10:15but the disgusting marks remained.
10:17I scrubbed over and over.
10:19I kept scrubbing until my skin turned red
10:21and started to hurt,
10:22but I still felt filthy.
10:24No idea how much time had passed.
10:26I walked out in my bathrobe
10:28and sat down at the desk.
10:29I took my laptop
10:30and started writing,
10:32whistleblowing emails.
10:33One to the New York State
10:34Medical Board,
10:35one to the FBI's
10:36Medical Fraud Unit,
10:37and one to an investigative reporter
10:39at the New York Times.
10:41The content as follows.
10:42I found these files
10:43on her computer
10:44by accident last year.
10:45She knelt in front of me
10:47and cried,
10:47swearing she would never
10:48do it again.
10:49I went soft on her
10:50and let her off once,
10:52but I made a backup.
10:53Three clicks.
10:54Sent.
10:55I shut the laptop
10:56and fell into a deep sleep.
10:58At 4 a.m.
10:59Amber!
11:00Amber!
11:04Your photos and videos,
11:05they're all over the internet!
11:08I grabbed her phone,
11:10my fingers freezing
11:11with fear and rage.
11:13I saw my nude photos
11:14and sex taps
11:15packed into a folder,
11:17priced at $9.99.
11:19It had spread through
11:21the dark web
11:21like a virus.
11:23I gagged,
11:24my stomach turning in knots.
11:25Moments later,
11:27Weston conned.
11:27You did this,
11:29didn't you?
11:29Yeah, I did it.
11:31Why did you report Sienna?
11:32She lost her license
11:33because of you.
11:34Good luck then.
11:35The whole world
11:36saw you getting fucked,
11:38Amber.
11:38You'll be the internet
11:39whore for life.
11:41He hung up.
11:42The phone slipped
11:43from my hand
11:43and I collapsed
11:44to the floor.
11:45The door pushed open.
11:46Dominic strode in
11:47and pulled me
11:48into his arms.
11:49My lawyers are clearing it.
11:51Everyone will get
11:51a federal lawsuit.
11:52It's too late.
11:55Everyone saw it.
11:56Then we'll make them pay
11:58every single one of them.
12:00The next evening,
12:01Dominic brought Weston
12:02and Sienna to me.
12:03Weston's right arm
12:04is broken.
12:06Sienna's clothes were torn
12:07and her face was covered
12:08in grime and dried blood.
12:10They're all yours.
12:11Do whatever you want.
12:12You call the shots.
12:13I stamped on Weston's fingers
12:15and ground them slowly
12:16under my heel.
12:17Why did you do this to me?
12:18Don't act like you're innocent.
12:20A week ago,
12:22the Ritz,
12:228.30 p.m.
12:23You slept with someone else.
12:25Sienna saw it
12:26and recorded everything.
12:28I turned to Sienna.
12:29She avoided my gaze.
12:30I sneered and said,
12:32Really?
12:32I also recorded something.
12:34Want to check mine first?
12:35I pulled out my phone
12:36and showed the video
12:38to Weston.
12:38The footage was from
12:39a room at the Ritz,
12:41but the person screwed
12:42with the stranger
12:42on the bed
12:43was Sienna.
12:45Sienna had called me
12:46that night,
12:47claiming she was being
12:48harassed at the hotel.
12:49I dropped everything
12:50and rushed over
12:51only to walk
12:52into that scene.
12:55Sienna faked the video,
12:57swapping mine face
12:58on her,
12:59and sent it to Weston.
13:01I can explain.
13:02You lying bitch!
13:04You made me destroy Amber!
13:07Stripped her
13:08and humiliated her
13:09in front of everyone!
13:11And all of this
13:12because of a fake video
13:14you made?
13:15He threw her down.
13:16She coughed,
13:17gasping for breath.
13:18Then he dropped
13:19to his knees
13:19and turned to me.
13:20Amber,
13:21I'm so sorry.
13:22He slapped himself,
13:24calling himself
13:24a fucking monster.
13:25I looked down at him.
13:27He had been everything
13:28to me for seven years,
13:29while now,
13:30he knelt at my feet,
13:31his face covered in blood.
13:33He had exposed my nudes
13:35to ten million people
13:36at that auction.
13:37Then,
13:37he ripped open
13:38the scars
13:38of my dead child.
13:40You're sorry?
13:41That's supposed
13:42to fix everything?
13:42I crouched down
13:43to meet his eyes.
13:44Weston Pierce,
13:46take your bitch
13:46and get the hell
13:47out of my life.
13:48Never show your face again.
13:49I stood up
13:50and walked away
13:51without a backward glance.
13:53A week later,
13:54the Pierce family collapsed.
13:56Bank accounts locked.
13:57Assets frozen.
13:58Investors fled.
13:59A dynasty
14:00that had stood tall
14:01in New York
14:02for 30 years
14:03was wiped out for good.
14:04I saw Weston again
14:05at the villa entrance.
14:07He looked skeletal,
14:08hollow eyes,
14:10sunken cheeks.
14:11His right arm
14:12was in a sling
14:12and he held a stack
14:13of documents
14:14in his left hand.
14:15This is a hundred million,
14:16Amber,
14:17the last of the Pierce family's assets.
14:18I've already signed
14:19them.
14:20Just add your name.
14:21They're all yours.
14:24Take it.
14:25Think of it as
14:27I'm paying back
14:28for the wedding
14:28we never had.
14:30Will you forgive me?
14:31I shredded the papers
14:32and hurled the pieces
14:33at him.
14:34You think money
14:35can wash away
14:36your sins?
14:37In your dreams.
14:39Get the hell out.
14:40Don't ever let me
14:41see you again.
14:42He stood there,
14:43covered in paper scraps,
14:44dead silent.
14:45I shut the door.
14:46A month later,
14:47a breaking news alert
14:49flashed on the TV.
14:50Federal prosecutors
14:51have officially charged
14:52Weston Pierce,
14:53the former heir
14:54of the Pierce group,
14:55for his role
14:56in the leaking
14:57of private intimate videos.
14:59I switched the TV off
15:00and turned to the man
15:01beside me.
15:02Dominic Ashford,
15:04who are you,
15:05really?
15:06He didn't respond
15:07at once.
15:08Instead,
15:09he pulled a small box
15:10from the inner pocket
15:11of his suit
15:12and flipped it open.
15:15Put it on,
15:16be my wife,
15:17and you'll never
15:18run away from me.
15:19I looked at the ring,
15:21then back at his eyes.
15:25You haven't answered
15:26my question yet.
15:27The Ashfords
15:28arrived the state
15:29from London
15:29120 years ago.
15:30We started out
15:31in arms dealing,
15:32then diversified
15:33into tech,
15:34finance,
15:35energy,
15:35and real estate.
15:36You name it,
15:37we have it.
15:38Our business
15:39spans 47 countries.
15:40We exist beyond lists,
15:42media,
15:43and society.
15:44The assets
15:45of the so-called
15:46Big Four
15:46are merely
15:47our quarterly revenue.
15:49So you're,
15:49like,
15:50some kind of
15:51secret billionaire?
15:53Something like that.
15:54He gently took
15:55my hand in his.
15:56There are only
15:57a few people
15:57in the world
15:58who even know
15:58the Ashford name.
16:00Then why help me?
16:02Have we met before?
16:04He pulled
16:04a small conch shell.
16:05It was smooth
16:06and weathered
16:06with a sapphire
16:07colored surface.
16:08Recognize this?
16:09The shell
16:10was like a key,
16:11unlocking a door
16:12in the deepest
16:13part of my memory.
16:14Fifteen years ago,
16:16I was nine.
16:17There was a coffee shop
16:18in Brooklyn
16:19where my dad
16:19used to go.
16:20One day,
16:21while I waited
16:22for my dad,
16:23a boy stumbled
16:24into the shop.
16:25Around seven
16:26or eight years old,
16:27he looked like
16:28a stray cat.
16:29He snatched a bun
16:30from the counter
16:31and stuffed it
16:32into his mouth.
16:34My shop
16:35ain't a charity,
16:36you little brat!
16:37Get the hell out!
16:39He curled
16:39into a ball,
16:40not even
16:41swallowing the bread.
16:42I placed some
16:43bills on the counter.
16:44It's on me!
16:45And give him
16:45some more milk!
16:47The boy huddled
16:48in the corner,
16:49devouring the food.
16:50I pulled out
16:51a conch shell
16:52I found on the beach
16:53during the school trip
16:54and gave it to him.
16:55Take this.
16:57When you feel scared,
16:58blow it loud.
16:59Feel me right there
17:00by your side.
17:01He took the shell,
17:03his grimy hand
17:04clenching it tight.
17:05Later,
17:06a wealthy-looking couple
17:08rushed onto the street
17:09and took the boy away.
17:10As they were leaving,
17:12the boy glanced back at me.
17:13And now,
17:14fifteen years later,
17:16that boy stood here
17:17in front of my eyes.
17:19I whispered
17:20with a trembling voice,
17:21You...
17:22you're that boy?
17:23He enfolded me
17:25in his arms.
17:25My family was in New York
17:27to visit relatives
17:28and I got lost.
17:29I hadn't eaten
17:30for three days by then.
17:32You saved me life, Amber.
17:34I've been looking
17:35for you for fifteen years.
17:37Amber,
17:38from now on,
17:39no one would ever
17:40lay a finger on you.
17:41The day the state
17:42medical board
17:43released its findings,
17:45Sienna posted something
17:46on Instagram.
17:47New life,
17:48new beginnings.
17:49Two hours later,
17:50her account was deactivated.
17:52That same day,
17:53FBI agents
17:54from the healthcare
17:55fraud unit
17:56knocked on her door
17:57when they led
17:57her away in handcuffs.
17:59Her makeup was flawless,
18:01manicure brand new.
18:02She looked out
18:03the police cruiser window
18:05at the cameras,
18:06and for once,
18:07that sugary
18:08and fake smile
18:09was gone.
18:10There was only terror
18:11in her eyes.
18:12One afternoon,
18:13as Lily was walking
18:14home from class,
18:15she noticed
18:16a black SUV
18:17tailing her.
18:18She called me,
18:19her voice trembling.
18:22Amber,
18:23that car keeps following me.
18:24I was too scared
18:25to go home.
18:26Dominic took the phone
18:27before I could say a word.
18:29Lily,
18:29go to the nearest Starbucks.
18:31Sit by the window.
18:32Don't move.
18:33Someone will be there
18:34in three minutes.
18:35Forty minutes later,
18:36Dominic got the report.
18:37The SUV belonged
18:38to Weston Pierce.
18:39The two men in the car
18:40have been secured.
18:41They found ropes,
18:42duct tape,
18:43and sedatives in the trunk.
18:45Weston planned to kidnap Lily.
18:47I need to see him.
18:49The next day,
18:50Weston was thrown
18:51at my feet.
18:52Both his legs
18:53were shattered.
18:54His right arm
18:55had been useless,
18:57and now his left fingers
18:58were broken too.
18:59You are out of your mind.
19:03Kidnapping Lily?
19:04That's a federal felony.
19:07I just,
19:08I just wanted you back.
19:10One last chance,
19:11Amber.
19:12That's all I ask.
19:19Weston,
19:19do you know
19:19what I regret the most?
19:21It's not that I loved you
19:23for seven years.
19:24It's the day
19:24at that auction.
19:25I should have let
19:26Dominic's bullet
19:27through your brain,
19:28not just your ear.
19:34Hand him over
19:35to the FBI.
19:38Three months later,
19:39I sat in the witness stand.
19:42Weston was in the dock.
19:43He was dressed
19:44in an orange jumpsuit
19:45and shackles.
19:46His eye sockets
19:47were hollow
19:48like a skull.
19:51Weston Peer,
19:52this court now sentences
19:53you 25 years
19:54in federal prison.
19:55No parole.
19:57Reporters in the gallery
19:58went wild,
19:59snapping photos nonstop.
20:01Weston showed no reaction
20:02as he was being escorted
20:04out by the bailiffs.
20:05He suddenly turned
20:07to look at me.
20:08Amber,
20:09the biggest mistake
20:09in my life
20:10was not loving you
20:12the way you deserved
20:12when you were 18.
20:14The bailiff took him away.
20:16The iron gate closed
20:17with a heavy thud.
20:18I stood up
20:19and walked out
20:20of the courtroom.
20:21Dominic was waiting
20:22for me.
20:23I took his hand,
20:25our fingers intertwining.
20:27It was finally over.
20:29Days later,
20:30at the airport,
20:31we flew to Paris.
20:33Our hundredth day
20:34in Paris.
20:35Dominic headed out early,
20:36saying he needs
20:37to take care of something.
20:39When he returned
20:40at noon,
20:40he was holding
20:41a bouquet,
20:42lilies of the valley.
20:46What's this for?
20:47Nothing special.
20:48I just realized
20:49I never proposed
20:50to you properly.
20:51I looked down
20:52at the emerald ring
20:53on my finger.
20:54I've been wearing this
20:55for three months,
20:56haven't I?
20:56I forced that on you.
20:57It doesn't count.
20:59Amber Sinclair,
21:00when I was nine,
21:01you gave me bread,
21:02milk,
21:02a whistle,
21:03and saved my life.
21:04I can never repay you.
21:06So,
21:06let me spend the rest
21:08of my life
21:08making it up to you,
21:09will you?
21:09Under one condition.
21:11Go ahead.
21:11A fresh croissant
21:13every morning,
21:15golden,
21:16flaky,
21:16and still warm
21:18from the boulanary.
21:19He smiled.
21:20His eyes curved
21:21into a smile,
21:22just like the boy
21:23who found hope
21:24in a piece of bread
21:2515 years ago.
21:26His lips met mine
21:27in this lovely
21:28spring afternoon.
21:30New beginning
21:30of a year.
21:31New life
21:32for us.
21:33for us.
21:34New life
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