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Scarlett's Fake Death
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00:01Three days before the wedding, I was in a terrible car accident.
00:05The man who saved me, my fiancé, Ethan Hall, was actually the mastermind behind it.
00:10I lay on the hospital bed, passed out from the pain.
00:15But then, I overheard Ethan talking to his family doctor.
00:20There's still time for surgery. Any later, and Mrs. Hall will be a cripple for life.
00:25Just keep her stable. We can't let her ruin the wedding.
00:30I promise Jenna, I'm going to give our child a grand welcome into the Hall family.
00:35So, the wedding I had been looking forward to was nothing but a lie.
00:39The love I wanted was actually my death warrant.
00:44Mr. Hall, the tests show that Mrs. Hall is six weeks pregnant.
00:49What? She's pregnant?
00:51The crash was too violent, we can't save the baby.
00:53And, to save her life, we must remove her uterus immediately.
01:02I never wanted it to end up like this.
01:06Just enough so she couldn't have a baby for a while, or attend the wedding.
01:13Proceed with the surgery, but don't tell anyone about her miscarriage.
01:17Once she wakes up, I'll take her to the orphanage to bring the child home.
01:21Now that she can't have children of her own, she'll give Lily all her love.
01:25Mr. Hall.
01:32Scarlet is a good girl, and you two grew up together.
01:36Fine. As long as you're sure about this.
01:41She's still out, go prep for the surgery now.
01:43I don't want her to suffer too much.
01:53I tried desperately to open my eyes, but the anesthetic had already taken hold.
02:03It'll be over soon, Scarlet.
02:05I'll be right here, waiting for you.
02:09When I opened my eyes again, I had already been moved to the ward.
02:13Ethan was sitting by and by my bed, his face filled with worry, when he saw me wake up.
02:19Scarlet? You're awake? How are you feeling?
02:25You haven't slept all night, have you?
02:27I'm fine. Go get some rest.
02:35Ethan relaxed and quickly fell asleep.
02:39I picked up his phone from the bedside table and unlocked it.
02:42The wallpaper was our wedding photo.
02:45But the top contact on his social media was Jenna.
02:49I clicked into the chat.
02:50There were all photos of Jenna holding a child.
02:57Lily's asking for daddy again.
03:00Lily really loved the cake you sent.
03:02She ate the whole thing herself.
03:04Lily's throwing a fit.
03:05She wants you to take her to the fair.
03:07Can't make any sense with her.
03:10Ethan Hall didn't reply with any words.
03:12But under every single photo, there was a two hour long video call.
03:18I remembered when we first got together.
03:20I once asked him.
03:22Do you like kids?
03:23No. They're too noisy.
03:25Having you is more than enough.
03:27I finally understood.
03:29He didn't hate kids.
03:31He just hated any child born from me.
03:35The second chat on his social media was with the wedding planner.
03:40A month ago, when Ethan just started planning the wedding, he listed Jenna's name as the bride.
03:47I let out a bitter laugh and stopped reading.
03:52I contacted my best friend to find a hospital abroad for my surgery.
03:56I also asked her to help me cancel all my IDs and documents.
04:00She replied instantly with a voice note, cursing Ethan out for a solid 30 seconds.
04:06Wait, you want me to help you cancel your IDs?
04:08You finally thought it through?
04:13Yes.
04:14Oh my God! Don't worry! Leave it to me!
04:19I put my phone and fell asleep.
04:22I woke up again, startled by the sound of Ethan's weeping.
04:34I looked at Ethan's bloodshot eyes and said nothing.
04:41Don't worry. I won't give up on you.
04:43Once you're discharged, we'll adopt a child, okay?
04:53I didn't bother calling him out.
04:55After a long silence, I nodded.
05:00After a while, Ethan Hall spoke with a struggle.
05:03It's just that the wedding is already prepared.
05:06And since you haven't recovered yet, we might have to-
05:09Just find someone to take my place.
05:10We can't embarrass the Hall family.
05:12I knew exactly what he wanted to say.
05:14And instead of letting myself be forced into a corner,
05:17it was better to bring it up first.
05:19At least I could keep some dignity.
05:22You... you agree?
05:24It's not like I can go anyway way.
05:30Scarlet, thank you.
05:33Now that he had what he wanted, he didn't push any further.
05:37A notification sound on his phone.
05:40He looked down, instinctively.
05:43Shhh.
05:44Scarlet, what documents are you cancelling?
05:52Nothing. Just my ID expired, so...
05:55I'm renewing it online.
05:57He didn't think twice and hugged me tighter.
06:00Since it's hard for you to get around right now,
06:02just let me know what you need, and I'll take care of it for you.
06:08Ethan, I want to leave the hospital.
06:12Absolutely no. You haven't recovered yet. I won't allow it.
06:15Didn't you say you wanted to adopt?
06:17I want to go check out the orphanage, okay?
06:21In five years, this was the first time I had ever acted cute with him.
06:25He couldn't show no to me, and softened his stance agreeing to go.
06:29On the way there, he took out several cupcakes he had prepared in the car and lined them up in
06:33front of me.
06:35I bought these specifically for you, from your favorite bakery.
06:39I looked at the label on the packaging, safe for toddlers.
06:42It stung my eyes.
06:44What's wrong? You used to love this place.
06:50Yeah, I used to.
06:52Five years of lies. It was time to end it.
06:58As soon we entered the orphanage, a little girl rushed up and hugged Ethan's leg.
07:03Daddy!
07:09I sponsor this orphanage and have visited a few times.
07:13This child is an orphan, and she's always called me that.
07:15She looks a lot like you. I almost thought she was yours.
07:18What's her name?
07:19Lily. She's the one I'm planning to adopt.
07:25Mom!
07:26Before he could explain further, Lily started crying and screaming for her mother.
07:31Ethan Hall's face turned pale instantly.
07:34I'm fine. Go comfort her. She's a beautiful child. I like her.
07:39He breathed a sigh of relief and carried the child into the office.
07:45I went to the restroom to avoid it.
07:48But at the corner, I overheard the staff's gossiping.
07:51Mr. Hall is making his own daughter pretend to be an orphan?
07:54Those clothes are all high-end luxury brands. Who would actually believe that?
07:58What do you know? How else is the child supposed to enter the family legitimately?
08:02Just make sure you don't slip up in front of Mrs. Hall.
08:05I knew it. Jenna is the only one Mr. Hall truly cares about.
08:09They used to come here all the time for events back when they were in college.
08:13I tried to walk away, only to find myself back at the office door.
08:17The door was slightly a-pern, and voices were drifting from inside.
08:21Is he treating you well?
08:22Quite well. He even wants me to have a baby with him.
08:28Once Lily is settled with me, you won't have to worry anymore.
08:31If you need anything, just message me anytime.
08:37By the way, take this bracelet. A wedding gift.
08:45Another gift? My closet is already packed.
08:48If Scarlet finds out, she definitely won't be happy.
08:53Despite her words, she didn't hesitate to take the gift.
08:57Lily laughed and threw herself into Jenna's arms, calling her mommy over and over again.
09:02Ethan stood by, watching the scene with a faint, tender smile.
09:10Mrs. Hall? I was just looking for you. Here's some paperwork you need to sign.
09:13The laughter inside the room stopped dead.
09:15The door was pulled open from within, revealing Ethan's panicked face.
09:19Scarlet? What are you doing here?
09:21Scarlet, don't get the wrong idea. Jenna is a volunteer here.
09:24She's only here today to discuss the adoption.
09:31Scarlet, it's been a long time.
09:36It's fine. I was just wandering around.
09:38You two carry on. I'll wait for you in the car.
09:43With that, I turned my wheelchair and began to leave.
09:52She does charity events all the time.
09:54All the kids here call her mommy.
09:56Once the paperwork is finished, I'll explain everything to Lily.
09:59Looking at his anxious face, I suddenly felt like laughing.
10:02To make sure his child could enter the Hall family.
10:04He planned a car accident, killing my child, and stripped away my right to ever be a mother again.
10:09Now that he has finally gotten exactly what he wanted, who is he playing the victim for?
10:14I'm not being difficult, Ethan. Just finish the paperwork.
10:17I'll be waiting in the car.
10:20He let out a sigh of relief and watched as I went back to the car.
10:25Every staff I passed looked at me with eyes full of contempt.
10:28I ignored them.
10:29I pulled out my phone, on the confirmation page for my ID, canceling.
10:35I pressed the button without any hesitation.
10:37To celebrate Ethan bringing the child home.
10:41The Hall family hosted a grand dinner.
10:44I said that my body hadn't fully recovered to hide away in my second floor room.
10:49But the laughter from downstairs kept drifting in.
10:54Watching the picture perfect scene of a happy family below.
10:59If you keep spoiling her like this, she's gonna get into trouble sooner or later.
11:03She's my daughter. She deserves the best.
11:06I gripped the arm holds of my wheelchair so hard my knuckles turned white.
11:10Tears splashing onto the back of my hands.
11:13I spun around. Startled. I hadn't realized when she had crept up.
11:18Does your heart ache, watching this?
11:24Before I could say a word, she kicked my wheelchair over.
11:27Must be hard to be a useless cripple, right Scarlett?
11:31After all these years, and you're still this pathetic.
11:34Watching me take your place at your own wedding.
11:36Watching your husband bring home my daughter.
11:38Losing your own child and can never get pregnant again.
11:41Even I pity you.
11:42I struggled, trying to crawl back up.
11:45In the next second, Jenna leaned back and threw herself straight down the stairs.
11:56I hadn't even processed what happened.
11:59Ethan already had Jenna in his arms.
12:01Scarlett? What the hell are you doing?
12:03Jenna went up there to call you for dinner, and you pushed her?
12:06Ethan's parents also glared at Wuma with deep dissatisfaction.
12:09Lily stood to the side, wailing at the top of her lungs.
12:13Dad!
12:14The bad woman is bullying mommy!
12:16I don't want her in this house!
12:21I'm so sorry.
12:22I only told Scarlett that I agreed to take her place at the wedding.
12:26I didn't think she would miss her stand.
12:33Ethan.
12:34The wedding.
12:35The car accident.
12:36Don't you think you owe me an explanation?
12:39Explain what?
12:40Your accident had nothing to do with Jenna.
12:42Jenna was kind enough to stand in for you at the wedding?
12:45And this is how you treat her?
12:46You laid hands on her.
12:48Apologize to Jenna.
12:49Now!
12:50Before I could even open my mouth, Ethan's parents' faces turned cold.
12:55Aside from our son, who else would even want a useless cripple?
12:59Enough.
13:00Leave her.
13:01Hurry and get Jenna to the hospital.
13:04Five years of devotion.
13:05An unborn child.
13:07A healthy body.
13:08In this single moment, it all vanished.
13:13Miss...
13:14Should I call a doctor?
13:15No need.
13:20Book me a flight.
13:21The earliest one available on the day of the wedding.
13:24Where...
13:24Where are you going?
13:26Switzerland.
13:26That night, Ethan sent a message to explain.
13:29Making you apologize was just an act for Jenna.
13:32My parents were just talking.
13:34Don't take it to heart.
13:35I've prepared a surprise for you.
13:37Wait for the wedding day.
13:39But I knew better.
13:40This act wasn't for Jenna.
13:41It was for me.
13:42He had been performing this deep affection for five long years.
13:46Finally, the show was over.
13:48For the next two days, I didn't go home.
13:50Ethan didn't return either.
13:52He was too busy preparing the wedding.
13:54On the morning of the wedding, I called him.
13:56He was in the middle of a meeting with his assistant.
13:59Mr. Hall, are you sure about transferring half of the company's sheriffs to Miss Lewis?
14:03Isn't that too risky?
14:05Just do as I say.
14:07That half is the compensation I promised her.
14:09The other half...
14:11I'm leaving for the child.
14:17Also, keep an eye on the guest list.
14:19Make sure Scarlet's family doesn't show up to cause a scene.
14:21Okay.
14:29Scarlet?
14:29Sorry to keep you waiting.
14:31The ceremony's about to start.
14:32I'll come straight back to you soon.
14:36Ethan.
14:37Happy wedding day.
14:42You mean happy wedding day to us.
14:44Now be a good girl and wait for me at home.
14:49I didn't say another word.
14:51I hung up the phone, turned around, and boarded the plane.
14:55The wedding ceremony began, but Ethan kept thinking about the phone call earlier.
14:59Ethan, happy wedding day.
15:01An overwhelming sense of unease surged in his chest.
15:04Go find out where Scarlet is.
15:05I'm marrying someone else today.
15:07There's no way she won't try to cause a scene.
15:10The ceremony was over.
15:12Ethan, hand in hand with Jenna, wove through the guests, greeting them.
15:20Mr. Hall!
15:21The flight Mrs. Hell boarded this morning.
15:23It crashed into the sea.
15:25The entire wedding hall fell into a dead silence.
15:34What?
15:35Say that again?
15:36Ethan, calm down.
15:38Everyone is watching.
15:43Scarlet is supposed to be waiting for me at home.
15:46We spoke on the phone this morning.
15:50The CCTV confirms it was her.
15:52She left two nights ago.
15:53The same night you left with Miss Lewis.
16:00For the first time in his life, Ethan was drowned in a profound sense of helplessness.
16:05He didn't even have the strength to stand.
16:08After a long silence, he spoke in a low, fragile voice.
16:11It can't be.
16:13Scarlet promised me.
16:14She said she'd wait for me to come home.
16:16She even wished us a happy wedding day.
16:18No, wait.
16:20What she said was happy wedding day to Jenna and me.
16:25Mr. Hall?
16:26Maybe Mrs. Hall found out about your plan?
16:29Impossible.
16:30I only arranged a minor car accident to keep her away from the wedding.
16:32I had no idea she was pregnant.
16:34He seemed to be trying to convince himself.
16:36Is how she was, if she had found out anything, she would have confronted me long ago.
16:40She wouldn't just leave like this.
16:44I won't allow it.
16:49Search for her.
16:50Scour the whole state if you have to.
16:52If she's alive, I want to see her.
16:54If she's, if she's dead, I'll be the one to bury her!
17:01Search for her!
17:02Scour the whole state if you have to!
17:05His assistant, face pale with terror, turned and bolted.
17:09Jenna immediately hurried over.
17:12What's wrong?
17:13Is Scarlet making a scene again?
17:15She always has a temper.
17:16But she shouldn't make up lines about a plane crash to trick you, Mom and Dad.
17:20Ethan, you've spoiled her too much.
17:23Ethan stared at her, saying nothing.
17:25Jenna shift, feeling uncomfortable under his gaze.
17:28What is it?
17:29Jenna, last warning.
17:31You are only here for Scarlet to attend the wedding.
17:33And my parents.
17:35You don't get to call them Mom and Dad.
17:40Daddy, Grandma and Grandpa are asking for you.
17:43Just leave that bad woman, okay?
17:46Bad woman?
17:48The woman in the wheelchair is bad.
17:51Try to take Lily away.
17:53Did you tell her to say that?
17:56She's just a child.
17:58What exactly have you been feeding her?
18:00If you don't know how to raise her, then Lily will stay with my parents from now on.
18:04Just back off and stay out of it.
18:07On his phone, the screen was still glowing with the news of the plane crash.
18:10Jenna's just here to help out.
18:12There's no way Mr. Hall actually loves that cripple, right?
18:16Of course not.
18:17Mr. Hall is definitely into Jenna.
18:19Just look at how grand this wedding is.
18:22Scarlet is quite a tragedy.
18:23That accident left her paralyzed, killed her baby, and she can never have any children ever again.
18:29How... how can this be?
18:31I blocked every news outlet.
18:34No one should know anything about it.
18:36I haven't seen Scarlet for two days.
18:39Did these people...
18:41Did they say these things to her face?
18:43His brain felt like it was exploding.
18:45He closed his eyes.
18:47Ethan's parents saw him return and both let out a visible sigh of relief.
18:52Ethan, now that Scarlet is out of the picture, you and Jenna should pick a date to go and register
18:57your marriage officially.
18:58Register? Jenna is already married to someone abroad.
19:02If we hadn't told you that, would you have ever believed us?
19:05Alright, enough.
19:06That cripple is gone now.
19:07Jenna doesn't have to keep up the act anymore.
19:09From now on, we are one family.
19:12Ethan stared at her.
19:13Fragments of the past few months flashing through his mind.
19:16He remembered every time he asked Jenna about her husband.
19:20He had never once detailed how they met.
19:23And there wasn't a single trace of a husband on her social media.
19:27So all this time, there was never a husband abroad?
19:31His parents looked away, confirmed it.
19:34Ethan closed his eyes.
19:36To bring Lily home, I orchestrated that accident.
19:40And for what?
19:40My own child is dead.
19:42Scarlet lost her womb, she will never stand again.
19:46My wife will only ever be Scarlet.
19:50Whether she is alive or dead, she is the only woman I will marry.
19:53If you want this wedding so badly, you can finish it yourselves!
19:56Jenna, holding Lily, chased after him.
19:58Ethan! Lily's arm is cut!
20:00You have to take her to the hospital first!
20:02The moment he stepped out of the hall, he answered the call.
20:06Did you find Scarlet?
20:07There's nothing.
20:08You might want to check with the rescue team.
20:09After this long, they might have already recovered the... the remains.
20:14Ethan hung up and rushed to his car, only to slam on the brakes and screech to a halt at
20:19the roadside.
20:20He violently slapped himself across the face.
20:23Twice.
20:23I was the one who arranged it.
20:25I killed my own child.
20:28She was in a wheelchair.
20:30And just lost her baby.
20:32How could she survive a plane crash?
20:36Scarlet, I'm the one who murdered you.
20:39At the same time I had already arrived in Switzerland, my best friend was there to meet me.
20:44The moment she saw me in the wheelchair, she burst out crying.
20:48How did this happen?
20:50That scumbag Ethan?
20:52Didn't he promise he'd take good care of you?
20:54I'm fine.
20:55I chose to stay by his side back then.
20:57I'll take this as a hard lesson learned.
21:00Is the surgery scheduled?
21:02All set.
21:02The specialist said the sex rate is very high.
21:14The surgery went perfectly.
21:15The doctor told me that with training, I would be able to return to a normal life.
21:19I stopped following the news from back home.
21:21But daily headlines about the halls still popped up on my phone every day.
21:25At the wedding, the groom had fled halfway through.
21:28Leaving Jenna as the joke of the city.
21:31While Ethan's parents publicly declared her their daughter-in-law.
21:34Ethan posted our wedding photo.
21:37Scarlet, my one and only wife.
21:40Jenna's dreams of joining the elite were shattered.
21:42The two families were now at each other's throats, fighting over Lily's custody.
21:46The comments were filled with people cursing Ethan's name.
21:51I understood him less and less.
21:53He was the one who calculated everything.
21:56The one who caused my ruin.
21:57Now that I've stepped out of his way.
21:59Who is he performing this belated devotion for?
22:05I stopped clicking on the news from back home.
22:08Focusing entirely on my recovery.
22:10But Ethan was the exact opposite.
22:12He drank every single day, rarely ever finding himself sober.
22:18When the family doctor came to treat his perforated ulcer, Ethan grabbed him desperately.
22:24Scarlet's still alive, right?
22:25The flight records were fake.
22:27She's just punishing me.
22:29I'll tell you the truth, Ethan.
22:32After the accident, Scarlet was conscious.
22:35During the surgery, I saw her crying.
22:37Ethan, you broke her heart.
22:39She'll never come back.
22:41Only then did Ethan truly understand what he had lost.
22:45Right after his surgery, he pulled every connection to track down my new identity.
22:50A day later, he appeared at the door of my hospital ward.
22:54He stood there, watching me fall and crawl back, again and again.
22:59After an eternity, he turned and stopped a nurse.
23:17I opened the note, there was only one line written on it.
23:21I will never appear before you again.
23:23This is the last thing I can do for you.
23:25See you Jason!
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