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After Divorce, I Married His Archrival - Hot
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00:05my husband didn't love me he didn't love our daughter either in six years he's never held
00:12her not even once the doctor said he has emotional detachment disorder that he simply doesn't know
00:18how to express affection but the day his first love came back ethan actually smiled a real
00:25genuine smile but it wasn't for us he even brought tilly our daughter a gift for the first time ever
00:31for a moment i thought maybe he had finally come to his senses until tilly and i saw his phone
00:38wallpaper in the picture he was smiling one arm around a gap-toothed little girl the other hand
00:43holding hers his first love tilly tugged my hand her eyes were reddening mommy should we leave
00:53can we give daddy three last chances
00:58if after three times he still doesn't want us then we should leave i put the phone back where it
01:07was
01:07pretending nothing had happened yet in the end sorrow and bitterness filled my heart i let out
01:12a quiet breath and coaxed her back to her room because we made that deal three chances for ethan
01:18so tilly still treated him like her dad on father's day she brought home a little plaster
01:24figure she had made in kindergarten do you think daddy will like it i looked at the dirt still stuck
01:31between her fingers the stains that wouldn't wash out tiny cuts marked her soft skin of course he will
01:38i gently cleaned her hands and smiled actually she was terrible at clay but she saw an old clay figurine
01:46and ethan study once and thought he liked them so she's been learning ever since god knows how many
01:51clay figures she ruined before she finally made one that looked decent that night she waited on the
01:57couch until midnight but ethan never showed up i tried to carry her to bed but i accidentally woke
02:02her up is daddy home let mommy put you to bed we'll wake you up when daddy gets home no
02:09i'm waiting
02:11right here she refused to sleep curling up on the couch drifting in and out finally the front door
02:18opened ethan was home she jumped up instantly rushing over with a little figurine in her hands
02:25happy father's day daddy he froze for a second then he took it thanks
02:34do you like it he didn't answer tilly tried to follow but he stopped her how many times have i
02:41told you stay out of my study sorry daddy she looked up trying to read his expression just in
02:47time to see him toss her gift onto the desk like it meant nothing then he picked up a crooked
02:52little
02:52braided knot and placed it carefully on his shelf tilly's eyes filled with tears daddy did candy give you
02:58that for a moment his expression faltered tilly understood immediately and left the study i'm
03:04sorry daddy i'll never come in here again i stood there watching my heart breaking in ways i couldn't
03:10even put into words she was only six and she had already learned how to read the room just to
03:16keep
03:16her father from leaving strike one ethan blackwood you've got two left that night she just asked me
03:22one question mommy you said daddy has a disorder that he doesn't know how to love but if that's
03:29true why does he love candy so much will he ever love me like that i looked into her hopeful
03:34eyes
03:35i didn't know what to say that fey was his unresolved first love and candy was her daughter that they
03:41never had to try yet they easily had all his love and thus no matter how hard tilly and i
03:47tried
03:48he would never love us back ethan's study was full of gifts from us he never looked at them
03:53they sat in the corner collecting dust but candy's gifts he treasured them i didn't want to lie to my
04:00daughter i was trying to find the right words but tilly seemed to understand she hugged me in silence
04:08i made a mental note ethan you've got two chances left from that day on tilly never set foot in
04:15ethan
04:15blackwood study again on the surface she acted like she's not into ethan anymore but every time
04:20he came home her eyes still followed him instinctively the moment he tried to talk to her
04:26though she flinched fear filling her eyes he said nothing more he turned and left until tilly's
04:33birthday drew near she finally gathered her courage daddy will you celebrate my birthday with me
04:42when is your birthday he didn't remember her birthday tilly did not look hurt instead she
04:48answered him earnestly it's the day after tomorrow can you come i have plans that day tilly didn't cry
04:56or throw a tantrum daddy's very busy i should be more understanding mommy let's celebrate with grandma
05:05instead okay we'll celebrate with grandma on her birthday tilly tried hard to act cheerful but my
05:15mother still noticed something was wrong what's wrong my little sweetie who upset you tell grandma
05:25i'm not upset let grandma guess dad didn't come right you missed him tilly felt exposed and didn't
05:34know what to say so she just kept making excuses for ethan daddy is busy please don't be mad at
05:39him
05:40grandma my tilly is such a good girl how could your father miss your birthday i'll call him right now
05:47he wouldn't dare say no to me as margaret spoke i saw hope flicker back to my daughter's eyes
05:52daddy's really coming margaret pretended to call and scold him but she never dialed at all tilly
05:58suspected nothing her small face flushing with joy don't worry he said he'll be here soon i didn't
06:05call her out i just wanted tilly to enjoy her birthday tilly's art contest is next week she'll win
06:12first place again i'm sure of it our tilly is so talented ethan's company happens to be looking for
06:18a child art prodigy maybe tilly should do it tilly had never been encouraged by ethan before mommy can i
06:26really do it you absolutely can after dinner tilly went to the bathroom margaret went with her two
06:33minutes later i heard tilly scream i'm his daughter not you rushed out at once just in time to see
06:46candy
06:46fae's daughter shoved tilly i lunged forward and caught tilly before she hit the floor why did you
06:51push my daughter tilly was being mean to me first that's why i pushed her daddy you have to stand
06:58up
06:58for me you're lying at such a young age tilly didn't insult you at all i stepped forward to
07:05push her finger down when tilly was three ethan took her to the grocery store he forgot to change
07:10her diaper she cried for hours while strangers stared ever since then she hated being pointed at
07:16tilly shrank into my arms i could feel her trembling i looked at candy coldly put your hand down don't
07:23point at tilly candy understood perfectly but she lifted her finger even higher i'd just taken a step
07:30forward and ethan brushed past me and stepped in front of candy elena ashford what are you doing
07:36i didn't do anything ethan tilly called me a bastard rage flared in ethan's eyes he lifted candy
07:44into his arms you're not some unwanted child candy i'll always be your daddy your mother went through
07:50so much raising you alone over sears that's my fault so candy was his daughter fey had been
07:56carrying his child alone overseas all this time no wonder he adored her fey gave birth to his daughter
08:03alone enduring god knows how much judgment no wonder he doted on her tilly stared at the scene
08:09her voice trembling with fear daddy can't you just be my daddy and not hers for a moment tilly's teary
08:20eyes seemed to affect him but then candy buried her face in his neck seeking protection ethan snapped
08:26out of it tilly stop it go home that moment i watched the light die in my daughter's eyes then
08:34margaret came out she seemed to have reached some sort of agreement with fey they locked arms as if
08:39they were a close harmonious pair of in-laws when fey saw candy crying she didn't take her back from
08:45ethan instead she stepped closer and comforted her the two of them spoke softly to candy coaxing her
08:52gently then ethan took the birthday hat from fey's hand and placed it on candy's head himself
08:57the three of them stood there they looked like a perfect family of three all these six years ethan
09:03hasn't once spent tilly's birthday with her or even put a party hat on her i wanted to cover tilly's
09:09eyes she pulled my hands away she made herself look candy and tilly are family you girls should
09:16become good sisters from now on then will grandma become candy's grandma too
09:24you'll be the little sister candy will be the big sister okay she was only six how could she possibly
09:32understand they thought they could slide this past her while she was too young to understand but tilly
09:38had always been perceptive she knew what they meant she didn't ask mommy my birthday's over let's go
09:46home strike two ethan one left i took one look at him then i led tilly home nobody came after
09:54us nobody
09:55cared after that day tilly grew quieter it was as if a heavy weight had settled deep inside her i
10:02didn't
10:02know how to make it better but i knew there was still one last corner of her heart she kept
10:07for him
10:07a few days later the art competition was coming up i knew tilly was hoping ethan would be there so
10:13i
10:14invited him will daddy really come won't know until we ask i texted him in the morning by evening he
10:22still
10:23hadn't replied tilly's hope slowly turned into disappointment maybe daddy just doesn't like me
10:31then a buzz it was from ethan
10:36she lit up like someone had flipped a switch see mommy i knew he wouldn't abandon me
10:44the day of the competition tilly and i waited outside the venue for a long time but ethan never
10:50showed up
10:54i didn't lead tilly inside until the host urged everyone to enter tilly kept glancing at the door
11:00the whole way through hope and disappointment flickering back and forth even right before she
11:05went on stage she was still unhappy the host asked tilly about the meaning behind her painting
11:11tilly looked up and her eyes went wide ethan was sitting at the judge's table she thought he'd kept
11:18his promise to come watch her so she happily introduced her piece this piece is about a
11:24daughter who wants to go to an amusement park with her dad but ethan didn't vote for her he voted
11:31for
11:31candy tilly still won first place in the end but the moment she saw his vote tears slipped down her
11:37face
11:38she wiped them away and tried to comfort herself mommy daddy hasn't an emotional he's just trying
11:46to be fair he must have had a reason right i held her speechless ethan and i came from similar
11:54backgrounds it was an arranged match between our families i knew from the very beginning that there
11:59was someone in his heart he could never forget but i chose to marry him anyway i was wrong
12:06i'm sorry tilly it's all mommy's fault i'm so sorry tilly had no idea why i was saying sorry
12:15yet she quietly wiped my tears for me don't cry mommy tilly and i huddled together for comfort
12:23but then fae suddenly appeared dragging candy along tilly how dare you take first place i bet you copied
12:30candy's work all eyes were on tilly miss laurent is the famous international artist en if she accuses
12:37tilly of copying it must be true candy is en's daughter how could she ever lose to a nobody like
12:44tilly tilly clearly players your eyes and that's me they actually thought fae was en i saw the smug look
12:53on fae's face i knew right then she was pretending to be me if you apologize to candy now we
12:58won't take
12:59this any further i understood fae wasn't trying to prove anything she wanted to brand tilly to make
13:05sure the stain stuck to her for life even if tilly proved she hadn't plagiarized she would still be
13:09gossiped about for the rest of her life haunted by the same kind of trauma from that day at the
13:13supermarket when she was three if you're calling my daughter a cheater prove it look at the lines
13:19the details you call that a coincidence mrs blackwood does have a point they do look quite similar mrs
13:25blackwood she was calling herself ethan's wife that was how she'd gotten the judges on her side
13:29what's going on here i was about to explain when i saw ethan walking over ethan i'm not trying to
13:36cause any drama the evidence is just right there maybe tilly didn't mean to cheat she just got
13:42influenced by a nasty person but she's still so young you gotta teach her a lesson she's just a kid
13:49what if someone leads her down the wrong path she never said my name but every word pointed straight
13:54at me ethan you know i would never do this elena can you stop going after faithy for one second
14:01look
14:01at what you've turned tilly into daddy i didn't copy anyone don't you believe me
14:12tilly apologize to your sister such simple words but in that moment something inside tilly seemed to
14:18collapse the spark in her eyes died out entirely that's three ethan you're out tilly and i were
14:24done forgiving him i was still trying to figure out how to prove tilly hadn't cheated when a man's
14:28voice cut through the tension a man in casual clothes walked toward us tall composed cutting
14:33right through the crowd tilly recognized him immediately vincent hayes my high school classmate
14:39vincent had been a struggling student back then barely able to afford his daily meals i had
14:44secretly supported him financially throughout high school and once he found out he promised he would
14:48repay me one day we hadn't seen each other since graduation it wasn't until a couple of years ago
14:53that i ran into him again when he found out i had a daughter he started bringing tilly little gifts
14:58small things her room barely held any trace of ethan but it was filled with gifts vincent had given her
15:03it wasn't surprising that tilly recognized him instantly upon entering the crowd the first thing vincent did
15:09wasn't to offer an explanation but to take out a tissue and wipe away tilly's tears don't be afraid
15:14tilly uncle vincent believes you didn't plagiarize mommy and i will always be on your side uncle vincent
15:19do you really believe me even daddy doesn't believe me if daddy doesn't believe you then let's trade
15:26him in for a new daddy what if i'm your daddy before tilly would have argued right away since she
15:30was
15:30little tilly had always been mature for her age believing that a person should only have one father but
15:36now when vincent suggested trading fathers tilly didn't argue instead she tugged at his sleeve i'm
15:42too dumb to make daddy like me but if you were my dad would you still like me vincent was
15:49startled
15:49then a pain tender look came into his eyes tilly you are such a good girl anyone who doesn't like
15:54you must be blind ethan interrupted the tender moment between vincent and tilly all right enough
15:59who the hell are you you said you got proof fine show us his voice was harsh enough that
16:05tilly instinctively shrank back hiding behind vincent like he was her shield tilly was the
16:10child he never wanted but when he saw her seeking comfort from another man so intimately something
16:15uncomfortable flickered across his face tilly come here but tilly didn't even peek out at him
16:23she stayed hidden behind vincent refusing to move an inch is this how you always talk to her
16:28ethan seemed like he wanted to argue but he didn't know where to start
16:34daddy this man is so mean when it came to candy ethan naturally knew how to love a child without
16:41anyone having to teach him it's okay candy don't be afraid
16:46tilly is your real daughter you just prefer loving someone else's child huh guess your emotional disorder is
16:55permanent wait tilly is mr blackwood's biological daughter candy's been calling him dad this whole
17:00time i just assumed i bumped up candy's score because of that but honestly tilly's work was
17:05so incredible first place hers no matter what so this is the famous mr blackwood why is he protecting
17:11an outsider instead of his own daughter is that woman his mistress and the other girl his secret child
17:15cut the bullshit mr blackwood is known for being fair he's just doing his job doing his job you mean
17:21holding someone else's daughter while yelling at his own i'm the organizer of this competition the
17:26surveillance footage on this card is the proof that tilly did not plagiarize actually we don't really
17:31need to get to the bottom of this i just want till to apologize to candy and give the trophy
17:35back
17:36don't even think about it tilly didn't plagiarize anything i won't let her take the blame
17:47fine prove it at first only fey appeared on screen then one of the judges walked in fey slipped him
17:53money and told him to vote for candy after watching the video the truth was clear to everyone the room
17:59went quiet fey you were the one bribing the judges i was just afraid no one would appreciate
18:05candy's talent i just wanted to give her a safety net tell candy to apologize to tilly
18:10tilly stole my trophy i'm not apologizing ethan looked surprised he clearly hadn't expected this
18:17side of her not from the sweet well-behaved girl he thought he knew tears welled up in both fey
18:22and
18:22candy's eyes they looked at ethan putting on a pitiful show ethan frowned saying nothing almost
18:28unconsciously his gaze shifted toward me and tilly this is tilly's account she finished her painting
18:33three days ago and posted it online it's identical the one she won first place with today you claim
18:38tilly plagiarized if anything i'd say candy is the one who copied tilly my daughter would never do
18:42that what am i selling if that's not costing what is it then for once ethan didn't step in to
18:48defend
18:48them enough he finally showed the impartiality of a father fey candy you both owe tilly an apology
18:57mommy and i didn't do anything wrong i won't apologize daddy if you keep acting like this i'm going to
19:03hate you
19:04you better make it up to me and mommy right now we're going back overseas and you'll never find us
19:11what did you just say say that again she's just joking ethan don't take it seriously when i was at
19:17my worst only you could help me but where were you were you hiding from me on purpose do you
19:21even know
19:22how much i suffered you just stood by and did nothing the moment he mentioned me it was like
19:27something clicked it was the first time i'd ever seen guilt on his face but i couldn't feel a single
19:32shred of sympathy for ethan since the matter is settled tilly and i will take the trophy and go
19:36whatever phase rayal character turned out to be that was between them it had nothing to do with me
19:42elena take tilly home i'll handle things here
19:45i almost laughed out loud tilly and i were heading home not to wait for him but to pack our
19:51things and
19:51leave let me drive you and tilly home i used to reject vincent i always put ethan's feelings first
19:57kept my distance from other men but this time i nodded since ethan had never once driven tilly
20:02and me home why couldn't i find a husband who would thank you vincent he drove us home safely the
20:08whole
20:09way he kept checking on tilly talking to her making her laugh mommy i don't want to go home can
20:15i have
20:15uncle vincent's be my daddy instead if that's what you want tilly from now on i'm your daddy
20:21if you don't mind can we stay at your place for a couple of days elena you're not joking right
20:27you were giving me a chance i've decided to divorce ethan
20:32my home is yours and tilly's i didn't pack much two suitcases in total there wasn't much in that
20:38house worth taking anyway the divorce papers were already there ethan had wanted this for a long time
20:44but i had refused to sign but that changed now i placed the signed divorce papers on the living room
20:49table turned around and walked out without looking back vincent and tilly were already in the car
20:54waiting for me that night tilly and i spent a wonderful evening at vincent's place as for what
21:00kind of look ethan had on his face when he found those papers i don't care two carefree days passed
21:05i was debating whether to tell my family about the divorce when a message popped up on my art
21:10account from ethan i had posted a teaser for a new piece a painting centered around the idea of family
21:15ethan asked me if i could become their chief designer and build a new business line for me
21:19for years he had been sending me messages like this sharing his thoughts his struggles and every
21:24time i had answered him this time i didn't reply back then i kept that account going to help ease
21:29his
21:29condition but now if faye had already stolen my identity why should i keep putting myself through
21:34this sure enough within two days i heard that ethan had welcomed faye as an honored guest he had signed
21:40a contract with her the terms were clear if she failed to deliver the artwork on time she would
21:44owe 10 times the penalty if she chose to play yen then she'd better be ready for what came with
21:49it
21:4910 days later the delivery date arrived i didn't release my painting instead i delayed it by one
21:55day that same day i watched ethan hold a press conference to apologize the product launch had to
21:59be delayed due to an internal issue the financial damage from that delay of course fell on the person
22:04responsible faye that afternoon i just pulled a fresh batch of cookies out of the oven for tilly when my
22:09phone started blowing up ian you've never missed a deadline before are you doing this on purpose
22:13because of you i lost my fiancee and my job her intuition was spot on yes i did it on
22:19purpose most
22:20of the other messages however were from ethan he sincerely invited me i ignored him instead i signed with
22:26vincent
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