No More Mercy for My Ex Episode Billionaire Revenge, Secret Identity, ANS

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00:00:00My name is John Morgan. On our 20th wedding anniversary, I found out the truth.

00:00:06My cold, conservative wife could be that wild in another man's bed.

00:00:1120 years ago, Eva suddenly fell seriously ill.

00:00:15She lay in that hospital bed, pale and trembling, begging me.

00:00:19John, find yourself a healthy woman. I'll only drag you down.

00:00:26I stayed by her side, through endless nights. Swore to love her in sickness and in health, till death.

00:00:33What Eva never knew was, I was never some broke nobody.

00:00:37I was the billionaire CEO of Nexus. I hid it to protect her feelings.

00:00:42For 20 years, I took care of Eva, and our two children.

00:00:46Every Christmas, I cooked a feast for them.

00:00:49I was basting the turkey, when my sister Mia called again, urging me to come back and be my billionaire.

00:00:55Go back?

00:00:56I looked at the family photo on the table, and smiled, taking care of Eva and the kids.

00:01:02That was the life I wanted.

00:01:04The company gala? Let Eva take that COO position, and have her start paving the way for my son Alex,

00:01:10too.

00:01:11I carried a fresh-baked apple pie toward the bedroom.

00:01:14Thought she's going to say my cooking got better.

00:01:17Like always, I started tidying up her room.

00:01:20Then a bag by the bed caught my eye.

00:01:22I opened it, a red lace nightgown.

00:01:25This has to be Eva's surprise for me.

00:01:28Ever since we had kids, we've slept apart.

00:01:31She's always been so reserved.

00:01:34I grinned to myself.

00:01:35Tonight, I'll show her, I've still got it.

00:01:38While I was thinking, the door opened.

00:01:41Eva's home.

00:01:42I took her bag, now like I always did.

00:01:44What have you got for me tonight?

00:01:46She shoved me off, looked at me like I'm filth.

00:01:49She tossed her hair back, and I caught the hickey on her neck.

00:01:53Don't touch me.

00:01:54Get your filthy hands off me.

00:01:56I froze.

00:01:57She changed and curled up on the couch, smiled at her phone in a way I haven't seen in years.

00:02:03I stood there, like an idiot.

00:02:06Go get me a blanket from the bedroom.

00:02:07I nodded without thinking.

00:02:09Taking care of her is just instinct now.

00:02:11Then, while I pulled a blanket from the closet, a box fell in front of me.

00:02:17A red nightgown, love letter, and a DB fell out from the box.

00:02:22I turned the DV on, and there she was, wearing that red nightgown, all over another man.

00:02:29The affection I never got from her is right there on the screen.

00:02:33It was thunderstruck.

00:02:35Every word in those letters played out right there on the video.

00:02:38So she wasn't cold.

00:02:40She just saved all that heat for someone else.

00:02:42I lost it.

00:02:43I grabbed the box and the DV, and stormed out.

00:02:47I slammed the box down at her feet, and shoved the DV screen in her face.

00:02:52Her laughter echoed through the room.

00:02:54I looked at her panic, and said, slowly,

00:02:57You better explain what the hell this is.

00:03:00I slammed the evidence down in front of her.

00:03:03Eva freezes for a second.

00:03:05The panic passes, then turns into anger.

00:03:07Are you some kind of creep, going through my stuff?

00:03:10Phil and I were discussing photography, that's all.

00:03:13Photography?

00:03:14Did she thought I'm an idiot?

00:03:15That's how you dress to discuss photography?

00:03:18For 20 years I backed your career, gave you everything,

00:03:22and this is how you repay me?

00:03:23Cheating on me?

00:03:24Who is he?

00:03:25Tell me!

00:03:26Who the hell is that bastard?

00:03:28I grip her wrist.

00:03:29Then the door opens.

00:03:31Alex and Amy stand in the doorway.

00:03:33My son and my daughter.

00:03:35I don't want this exploding in front of them.

00:03:38I let go of Eva, and step back.

00:03:41But she refuses to back down.

00:03:43Phil cares about me.

00:03:44He understands and supports me.

00:03:47He's my soulmate, my best friend.

00:03:49My finger pointed her, shaking.

00:03:52Soulmate?

00:03:53Best friend?

00:03:54Then what have I been for 20 years?

00:03:56Your unpaid servant?

00:03:57Amy and Alex rush over and grab my arms.

00:04:00What are you doing?

00:04:00I look at them, and for a moment, hope rises.

00:04:04They'll take my side.

00:04:05They have to.

00:04:07I'm their father.

00:04:08Eva, look at your children.

00:04:10Can you swear in front of them that you and Phil are just friends?

00:04:13Eva looks away, unable to meet my eyes.

00:04:16Amy and Alex look down at the love letter that scattered across the floor.

00:04:20There should have been shock, rage, something.

00:04:24But all I saw was guilt.

00:04:26Dad, you've got it wrong.

00:04:28Mom and Phil are friends.

00:04:29What, a woman can't have a guy best friend now?

00:04:31Yeah, Dad.

00:04:33Uncle Phil's just Mom's CFO.

00:04:35The truth is, he's the one who got me my job.

00:04:37I stare at their faces like it was no big deal.

00:04:41They knew.

00:04:41They all knew.

00:04:43And they hid it from their father.

00:04:44I jabbed a finger into my chest.

00:04:46I'm your father!

00:04:47Why are you taking his side?

00:04:49No.

00:04:50Dad, that's not what I...

00:04:51Eva!

00:04:52Everyone turns.

00:04:53Phil stands in the entryway,

00:04:56holding three elegant gift bags.

00:04:58Eva!

00:04:58Wearing that perfect smile, like he belongs here.

00:05:01You left your clothes at my place.

00:05:03He lifts the bags casually, like he was mentioning nothing at all.

00:05:08That man Phil, just walked into my home.

00:05:11His shoes click across the floor.

00:05:14I clean myself, wearing that perfect smile, like some honored guest.

00:05:18Eva sees him, and her eyes light up.

00:05:21She practically throws herself at him.

00:05:23Alex and Amy look up at the same time, faces lighting up.

00:05:29The three of them gather around him, and I'm standing in the middle of my own living, like I'm invisible.

00:05:37So you're the famous Phil.

00:05:40Uh, yeah.

00:05:41Nice to meet you.

00:05:42I'm Phil, finance manager at Nexus Capital, and Eva's best friend.

00:05:48Best friend?

00:05:49Eva betrayed me for this piece of trash?

00:05:51I lunge at him and grab his collar.

00:05:54Then I hear Eva scream.

00:05:56Stop!

00:05:57She rushes in between us, and shoves me to the floor.

00:06:01She turns, touches Phil's arm, looks up at him with worry all over her face.

00:06:07Then she looks at me, cold.

00:06:09Listen, I hid those things because I knew you'd lose your mind.

00:06:13I knew Phil before I even met you.

00:06:16And if something was going to happen between us, it would have happened long ago.

00:06:20Why wait till now?

00:06:21Dad, are you serious?

00:06:22You and Mom have been married for decades.

00:06:25Where's the basic trust?

00:06:26Dad, stop embarrassing yourself.

00:06:29Uncle Phil helped me get where I am.

00:06:30I'm so angry, I can barely breathe.

00:06:33My hand clamps over my chest.

00:06:35Eva and I really are just friends.

00:06:37I only wanted to make her happy.

00:06:39If any of this crossed the line, I'll stay out of your business.

00:06:42He looks at Eva and smiles, polite and elegant.

00:06:46Somehow, it made me look like a clown.

00:06:49Get out of my house!

00:06:50I swang my fist with everything I've got at that fake, lying face.

00:06:55Then, a slap cracks across my left cheek.

00:06:59My head jerks sideways.

00:07:01My ears rang.

00:07:02The wife I spent 20 years caring for, slapped me for another name.

00:07:08I stand there holding my face, looking into Eva's eyes.

00:07:12And at that moment, I finally understood.

00:07:15In this house, I matter less than a stranger.

00:07:18What gives you the right to tell Phil to leave?

00:07:21I clawed my way up on my own.

00:07:23I'm about to be COO, and I have Phil to thank for that.

00:07:27And you?

00:07:28Marrying you was the worst mistake I ever made.

00:07:30You useless piece of shit.

00:07:32Useless?

00:07:33If I hadn't been pulling strings behind the scenes,

00:07:36how would an ordinary sales manager ever make it to COO?

00:07:40Eva, 20 years ago you were dying.

00:07:43I fed you medicine one spoon at a time.

00:07:46Stayed at your bedside day and night.

00:07:48Did you forget what we promised each other?

00:07:50I even missed my mother's funeral for you.

00:07:53Did I ask you to do it?

00:07:55Every one of those choices was yours.

00:07:58And let's be honest, I've supported you for years.

00:08:01We're even.

00:08:02I gave up my billion dollar fortune for her.

00:08:05Even missed my mom's last moments.

00:08:07And she actually dares to say we're even.

00:08:09Eva, I'm sorry.

00:08:11This is all my fault.

00:08:12I never meant to cause trouble in your marriage.

00:08:14These are Christmas gifts for your whole family.

00:08:17And if your husband doesn't want me here,

00:08:19I promise I'll never come around again.

00:08:22Alex opens his box.

00:08:23A brand new car key.

00:08:25His eyes light up as he looks at Phil in awe.

00:08:29Amy opens hers.

00:08:30A designer handbag.

00:08:32She screams and hugs it to her chest.

00:08:34Eva opens the last gift.

00:08:36A Harry Winston necklace.

00:08:38She gasps, holding it like it's priceless.

00:08:41I stand there watching.

00:08:43Their eyes on the gifts.

00:08:45No one gives a damn about how I feel.

00:08:48Phil, this must have cost a fortune.

00:08:51I saw you looking at it in that shop window.

00:08:53Think of it as my congratulations for becoming COO.

00:08:57My wife lowers her head, blushing like a girl.

00:09:00Uncle Phil, you're still trying to win mom over, aren't you?

00:09:03Her first love just never quits, huh?

00:09:05Alex suddenly jabs Amy's arm hard.

00:09:08She stumbles, covers her mouth, and looks at me guilt.

00:09:12First love.

00:09:13I look at Amy panicking after letting it slip.

00:09:16And I realize they never saw me as one of them.

00:09:20Eva, I know I failed you once.

00:09:23As long as you're happy now, I'm willing to walk away.

00:09:26He turns for the door.

00:09:27And I watch my own children beg the man destroying my family to stay.

00:09:32Wait! He's not the one who should leave. He is.

00:09:36Dad, you can't give mom happiness. Uncle Phil can. Just leave.

00:09:41I gave up everything for them.

00:09:44And now, for what Phil can give them, they're ready to kick me to the curb.

00:09:48You brought this on yourself.

00:09:50Uncle Phil already got me into Nexus Capital.

00:09:53What could you ever give me?

00:09:56Uncle Phil hands me 50 grand for pocket money like it's nothing.

00:09:59Aren't you embarrassed?

00:10:00If you really love mom, let her go.

00:10:03I look at these two children, standing before me like strangers.

00:10:07Are these really the same kids who once said,

00:10:11Dad, I'll take care of you.

00:10:13Six years ago, in the summer, I was wearing that faded blue apron,

00:10:17flower still on my hands.

00:10:19Alex and Amy ran in, waving their Harvard acceptance letters,

00:10:23and throw themselves into my arms.

00:10:26I'm so proud of you.

00:10:27I looked down at those letters.

00:10:29Tears of joy were in my eyes.

00:10:31I guessed they forgot those words a long time ago.

00:10:34I sacrificed everything for you.

00:10:37And this is how you treat me?

00:10:38Fine.

00:10:39I'll go.

00:10:40I was ready to walk away for good.

00:10:42But Phil wasn't done with me.

00:10:44No, John.

00:10:45I'm the one who should leave.

00:10:47He grabbed my arm, then suddenly threw himself backward like I shoved him.

00:10:51His body slammed into the entry cabinet with a thud.

00:10:54Then he slid down to the floor, grimacing.

00:10:57John!

00:10:58What are you doing?

00:10:59What pathetic acting, and my wife and children by every second of it.

00:11:04Eva got up and slapped me hard.

00:11:07I fell backward into the coffee table.

00:11:09A picture frame crashed to the floor.

00:11:12My palm drove into the broken glass,

00:11:14and blood seeped from the base of my palm onto the photo.

00:11:18Our family portrait lay in the wreckage.

00:11:21A crack in the glass cut right between me and Eva,

00:11:25splitting our smiles in two.

00:11:27John, what the hell are you doing?

00:11:29Today you hit Uncle Phil.

00:11:31Tomorrow, you'll hit Mom.

00:11:33Mom, divorce him!

00:11:35Now!

00:11:39I didn't touch him.

00:11:41Shut up!

00:11:41John, you're gonna kill us all.

00:11:43Throw him out!

00:11:44The door opens.

00:11:45The three of them grab me and throw me out.

00:11:48Get out of our house!

00:11:49You don't belong here!

00:11:50You're not my father anymore.

00:11:52Not ever again.

00:11:53I'm divorcing you.

00:11:54Then I see Phil, standing behind the three of them, smiling, satisfied.

00:12:00The door starts to close.

00:12:02The warm light disappears.

00:12:04And on my face, I can't tell if it's melted snow or my tears.

00:12:09Fireworks suddenly burst overhead.

00:12:11All over the street, people laughing and wishing each other Merry Christmas.

00:12:16Every family was celebrating Christmas.

00:12:18And on Christmas, I lost my family.

00:12:23After they threw me out, I had nowhere to go.

00:12:26So I went to my sister Mia's.

00:12:28She looks at me.

00:12:29Blood all over.

00:12:30And she knew everything.

00:12:32Her hand slams down on the table.

00:12:34Eva has what she has because of you?

00:12:36Alex got his job because of you!

00:12:38You gave them everything and this is what you get back?

00:12:42A bunch of ungrateful leeches!

00:12:44Mia's right.

00:12:45Eva became sales manager because I had a headhunter recruit her.

00:12:50Alex got his interview because I made it happen.

00:12:53I gave them everything and got this in return.

00:12:57Mia's eyes reddens.

00:12:58She hands me an old pocket watch.

00:13:01My hands shake as I open it.

00:13:04Mom left this for you.

00:13:05If she were alive, she'd never want to see you treated like this.

00:13:08Eva doesn't deserve you.

00:13:10It's me and my mother in that photo.

00:13:12And I remembered the hospital.

00:13:14It was when I missed seeing my mother one last time because I stayed with Eva.

00:13:19The biggest regret of my life.

00:13:21My mother was dying and I didn't even know it.

00:13:24When she called me, I was tending to Eva.

00:13:27Mom was already fading.

00:13:28Her voice was weak and I was too blind to hear it.

00:13:31Mom.

00:13:32John.

00:13:33What's wrong?

00:13:34Nothing baby.

00:13:35Just wanted to hear your voice.

00:13:36Then Eva coughed a few times and I rushed my mother off the phone.

00:13:42Mom, something's come up here.

00:13:43I'll call you later.

00:13:44The call ended.

00:13:45I hurried to Eva's bedside, asking if she was hurting, if she needed a doctor.

00:13:50Later I learned that was the last time I ever spoke to my mother.

00:13:53I stare at the watch, tears falling.

00:13:56Mom.

00:13:57I failed you.

00:13:58But not anymore.

00:14:00Never again.

00:14:00I'm divorcing Eva and I'm taking back everything that's mine.

00:14:05Mia.

00:14:06I need a favor.

00:14:07Mia looks at me, eyes still red, and gives one hard nod.

00:14:12And just as I make up my mind to take everything back, something else is happening in that house.

00:14:18The kitchen sink is clogged.

00:14:20Phil has been wrestling with it forever.

00:14:22Clearly, he's not handy.

00:14:25It's Christmas.

00:14:26There's no plumber coming today.

00:14:28Dad used to fix stuff like this.

00:14:30I'll give John this.

00:14:32He was always better at fixing things than I am.

00:14:35Fixing pipes is about all he was good for.

00:14:37Don't compare that loser to you.

00:14:39Then the pipe burst.

00:14:41All four of them scream at once in chaos.

00:14:44Water went everywhere.

00:14:45Then Phil's phone rings.

00:14:47He gets word that I met with Mia, and his face changes.

00:14:51My uncle's high up at Nexus.

00:14:53He said he saw John with the COO.

00:14:55What if John told her everything?

00:14:56If the COO believes his lies,

00:14:58all the years I put into this,

00:15:00go up in smoke!

00:15:02While those idiots were panicking,

00:15:05Mia and I were sitting in a coffee shop,

00:15:07drinking coffee like nothing was wrong.

00:15:09John,

00:15:10you sure you want to do this at the company gala?

00:15:13Mia asks if I'm sure.

00:15:14I was the one who put her where she is.

00:15:17Now I'm only taking back what I once gave.

00:15:19Mia's phone suddenly buzzes.

00:15:21Call her.

00:15:22ID Phil.

00:15:22We look at each other and smirk.

00:15:24She puts him on the speaker.

00:15:26Hello, Director Morgan.

00:15:27This is Phil.

00:15:28I just wanted to remind you about Eva's promotion to COO.

00:15:31Please don't let rumors affect your judgment.

00:15:34Eva is extremely capable.

00:15:36She's fully qualified for the job.

00:15:38That self-important idiot

00:15:39thinks being finance manager

00:15:41gives him enough pull to put in a good word for Abba.

00:15:44He has no idea.

00:15:46The COO he's trying to flatter

00:15:48is the blood sister of the loser he looks down on.

00:15:52Enough.

00:15:52How I make my decisions is none of your concern.

00:15:56Tell Eva to be ready for the gala.

00:15:58I've got quite a surprise for her.

00:16:00The second she hands up,

00:16:01I can picture Eva and Phil

00:16:03already acting like they've made it.

00:16:05Still dreaming they're about to hit the big time.

00:16:08The night of the gala,

00:16:09the four of them showed up in fancy clothes.

00:16:12Eva is ready for what she thinks

00:16:14will be the proudest moment of her life.

00:16:16Co-workers crowd around her with congratulations.

00:16:20Eva, heard they're announcing your promotion to COO tonight.

00:16:23Congratulations.

00:16:24Eva, looks like you're about to be our boss.

00:16:28Don't forget us when you make it to the top.

00:16:31Of course.

00:16:32Uncle Phil and my mom are basically a match made in heaven.

00:16:36No kidding.

00:16:37That loser my mom used to be married to,

00:16:39he wouldn't make it through the front door here.

00:16:41They're right.

00:16:42A loser couldn't get in here

00:16:44because the man walking through those doors tonight

00:16:48is the true owner of this empire.

00:16:51Dozens of men in black stand beside the cars with Mia,

00:16:55waiting for me.

00:16:56My brother will be out any second.

00:16:58Everyone, be ready.

00:17:00Yes, ma'am.

00:17:01I step out the front door,

00:17:03one step at a time,

00:17:05under security escort.

00:17:06I slid into the backseat of a Maybach.

00:17:09The motorcade starts moving,

00:17:11rolling into the city.

00:17:1220 years.

00:17:14I gave up everything for that ridiculous thing called love.

00:17:18I made myself their servant,

00:17:20and all my sacrifice bought me was contempt.

00:17:24Now, the game is over.

00:17:27In the ballroom,

00:17:29Eva is still soaking up the praise.

00:17:31Heard the CEO is back,

00:17:33and he's personally handing out the promotion letters

00:17:35to everyone getting promoted.

00:17:37Wow, that's the highest honor there is.

00:17:40He's not just our chairman,

00:17:41he's the richest man in the country.

00:17:44If I were the CEO's son,

00:17:45I'd never have to work a day in my life.

00:17:48If I could get the CEO to be my wedding witness,

00:17:51I'd brag about it forever.

00:17:52What they don't know,

00:17:53the CEO they're talking about is me.

00:17:58Eva,

00:17:59when the CEO hands you that promotion,

00:18:01make sure you mention my name.

00:18:04Don't worry.

00:18:05I will.

00:18:07A bodyguard opens my car door.

00:18:09Mia stands beside me.

00:18:11Hundreds of executives and staff

00:18:13line up on both sides of the entrance,

00:18:16bowing at me.

00:18:17Good evening, Mr. Morgan.

00:18:19Mr. Morgan,

00:18:20a title of power and wealth.

00:18:22I haven't heard it in 20 years.

00:18:25Eva,

00:18:26are you ready for the biggest surprise of your life?

00:18:29John's never seen anything like this.

00:18:31You should have brought that loser to open his eyes.

00:18:33A guy like him wouldn't know what to do with opportunity

00:18:35if it hit him in the face.

00:18:37He deserves nothing.

00:18:39Exactly.

00:18:40Not everyone can get in here.

00:18:41That old loser doesn't belong anywhere near the spotlight.

00:18:45The CEO is here.

00:18:48The doors swing open.

00:18:49A spotlight hits me.

00:18:51And I look at those four clowns.

00:18:53The same people trashing me one second ago,

00:18:55now frozen where they stand.

00:18:57I am John Morgan,

00:18:59CEO of Nexus Capital.

00:19:01And I'm back.

00:19:02Their judgment is over.

00:19:04Mine has just begun.

00:19:07I stride into the ballroom.

00:19:09First time in 20 years.

00:19:10I'm out in public,

00:19:12wearing a custom suit.

00:19:14Look at that suit.

00:19:16That's Q-Tour.

00:19:17You can't just buy that.

00:19:18And those cufflinks?

00:19:19Wait.

00:19:20No way.

00:19:21That's the billionaire CEO

00:19:23everyone's been talking about?

00:19:24I hear the whispers.

00:19:26Eva's in the crowd,

00:19:27just staring at me,

00:19:28frozen.

00:19:29My dad?

00:19:30Is that billionaire CEO?

00:19:32Oh, please.

00:19:34No way.

00:19:35John's a broke nobody living off me.

00:19:37I was married to him for years.

00:19:39I know exactly what he is.

00:19:40She dregs Alex and Amy with her

00:19:43and storms over.

00:19:44John,

00:19:45who the hell let you in?

00:19:47You think dressing up fancy

00:19:49is going to make me believe you?

00:19:51In your dreams.

00:19:52Who said I came for you?

00:19:54I'm here for the gala.

00:19:55They laugh in my face.

00:19:57Not a second of doubt.

00:19:59I'm still just trash.

00:20:01You think a suit makes you CEO?

00:20:03Get real.

00:20:04This isn't your world.

00:20:06You don't belong here.

00:20:08Stop embarrassing yourself.

00:20:10Out of pity for

00:20:11whatever family we have left?

00:20:14Here's a tip.

00:20:16Ten minutes.

00:20:17The COO and CEO

00:20:19are about to present

00:20:20the appointment certificate

00:20:21to my mom.

00:20:22I let out a cold laugh.

00:20:24We'll see who's presenting

00:20:25the certificate to who.

00:20:27Eva pulls out a stack of papers.

00:20:29and slams them

00:20:30against my chest.

00:20:31Divorce papers.

00:20:33Sign them.

00:20:34Then get the hell out.

00:20:36Once I'm COO,

00:20:38you're nothing to me.

00:20:39You're not even fit

00:20:40to shine my shoes.

00:20:41I flip through it

00:20:43line by line.

00:20:44Even the asset

00:20:45splits done.

00:20:46I walk away with nothing.

00:20:48She cheated first.

00:20:49And she makes it look like

00:20:51somehow

00:20:51she's the victim.

00:20:52You haven't made a dime

00:20:54all these years.

00:20:55You've been living off me.

00:20:57They still don't get it.

00:20:59Everything they have,

00:21:00I gave them.

00:21:01Without me,

00:21:02they're nothing.

00:21:03I look at them and smile,

00:21:05my heart in bitter.

00:21:06Fine.

00:21:07If that's what they want,

00:21:08I pull a pen

00:21:09from my suit,

00:21:10about to sign,

00:21:11when Alex suddenly

00:21:12stops me.

00:21:14Wait!

00:21:15Alex suddenly cuts in.

00:21:17For a second,

00:21:17I thought he had finally

00:21:18come to his senses.

00:21:20But I'm wrong.

00:21:21He frowns,

00:21:22looking at me like

00:21:22I'm garbage,

00:21:23then shoves another document

00:21:25right into my face.

00:21:26Go ahead.

00:21:27Sign this too.

00:21:29I'm done with you.

00:21:30My sister and I

00:21:31don't have a loser

00:21:31like you for a dad.

00:21:33Sign it,

00:21:33and we're done.

00:21:35I take it

00:21:35and look down.

00:21:37Agreement to end

00:21:38father-son relationship.

00:21:40My fingers start to shake.

00:21:42Alex Morgan.

00:21:43John Morgan.

00:21:44My own son,

00:21:45cutting me off.

00:21:46From now on,

00:21:47we take Phil's name.

00:21:48I'm Alex Fry.

00:21:50My sister's Amy Fry.

00:21:52Sign it.

00:21:53Now.

00:21:55From today on,

00:21:56I'm Amy Fry.

00:21:57Sounds way better

00:21:59than Amy Morgan.

00:22:00Eva stands there,

00:22:01arms crossed,

00:22:03smirking,

00:22:04the three of them together

00:22:05like a real family.

00:22:07I stare at the paper,

00:22:09eyes stinging,

00:22:1020 years,

00:22:11everything I gave them,

00:22:13and this is what I get.

00:22:14Alex,

00:22:15Amy,

00:22:16that's a bit much.

00:22:18You really are gonna humiliate

00:22:20your own father like this?

00:22:21John,

00:22:22you've been a pretty lousy father.

00:22:24Just look,

00:22:25your own kids don't even want you.

00:22:26Everything I gave,

00:22:28all these years,

00:22:29this is what it comes down to?

00:22:30I raise them myself

00:22:32and turn them into monsters.

00:22:34Eva watches coldly,

00:22:35arms folded,

00:22:36waiting for me to sign

00:22:37so she can toss me out like trash.

00:22:39My pen hits the paper.

00:22:42Stroke by stroke,

00:22:43I sign my name.

00:22:45I fling the signed papers at Alex.

00:22:47They scatter across the floor

00:22:48as he scrambles to pick them up.

00:22:51Eva,

00:22:52Amy,

00:22:53Alex,

00:22:54you just killed

00:22:55whatever love I had left for you.

00:22:57My mom's about to be COO.

00:23:00Without her,

00:23:01you won't even be able to feed yourself.

00:23:03Congrats, mom.

00:23:04Looks like you and Uncle Phil

00:23:05are finally getting their happy ending.

00:23:07Mom,

00:23:08once you're COO,

00:23:09I basically run this place.

00:23:11I wipe the tears from my eyes

00:23:13and look up at them.

00:23:14Their faces

00:23:15are full of hope for the future.

00:23:17How nice.

00:23:18Too bad.

00:23:19It's about to end.

00:23:20And what makes you think

00:23:21that's a promotion

00:23:22and not a termination?

00:23:24I look at Eva,

00:23:26still so full of herself.

00:23:28She really thinks she's won.

00:23:29She really thinks

00:23:31that COO seat is hers.

00:23:37And what makes you

00:23:38think that's a promotion

00:23:41and not a termination?

00:23:43I hold Eva's promotion letter

00:23:45and tell Mia

00:23:46I'm pulling her promotion.

00:23:48Eva and Alex are out

00:23:49and I'll make sure

00:23:50no one in this industry

00:23:51ever hires them again.

00:23:53I put her there.

00:23:55I can drag her down myself.

00:23:57I flick my lighter open.

00:23:58The flame catches the edge of the paper.

00:24:01I watch it burn to ash.

00:24:02The ashes drift beside my coffee.

00:24:05My face stays cold.

00:24:07Twenty years.

00:24:08It ends now.

00:24:09I look at them, ice cold.

00:24:11A bunch of clowns

00:24:12and they have no idea

00:24:13what's coming.

00:24:16Fired?

00:24:17Do you even know

00:24:18what this event is?

00:24:19It's to celebrate

00:24:21my mom's promotion.

00:24:22Fired?

00:24:23Yeah, right.

00:24:26John, after the divorce,

00:24:28I hope you can at least

00:24:29take care of yourself.

00:24:30Living off others?

00:24:32That's just pathetic.

00:24:34Living off others?

00:24:35Pathetic.

00:24:36And she says that

00:24:36with a straight face.

00:24:38Every meal she's eaten,

00:24:39every outfit she's worn,

00:24:41every promotion she's had,

00:24:43none of it happened without me.

00:24:44I shove past Phil and Eva

00:24:46and walk forward,

00:24:48steady.

00:24:51Jesus!

00:24:53John's gone crazy!

00:24:54Hey!

00:24:55That's the CEO's chair!

00:24:57I stop in front of the chair

00:24:58and stare everyone down.

00:25:00That chair was mine

00:25:01twenty years ago.

00:25:02I'm just taking my seat back.

00:25:04Eva,

00:25:04he's your ex-husband.

00:25:06If he pulls something

00:25:07and pisses off the higher-ups,

00:25:09your promotion's done.

00:25:11He's trying to ruin you!

00:25:12I don't hesitate.

00:25:13I sit in the CEO's chair.

00:25:15Eva rushes up

00:25:16and shoves me down.

00:25:17The chair crashes to the floor

00:25:19with a dull thud.

00:25:22John, what the hell are you doing?

00:25:24I told you.

00:25:26I'm here for the gala.

00:25:27Oh, please.

00:25:29Still lying?

00:25:30Some nobody sneaks in

00:25:32without an invite

00:25:33just to make a scene?

00:25:34Get out!

00:25:35Now!

00:25:36She raises her hand

00:25:38to hit me.

00:25:39The same hand

00:25:40that slapped me twice before.

00:25:42Not this time.

00:25:43I catch her wrist.

00:25:44Eva!

00:25:45The moment the door bursts open

00:25:47to me lying in a pool of blood,

00:25:49her eyes turn red instantly.

00:25:50We were married.

00:25:53I put up with you

00:25:54because I loved you.

00:25:55That's over now.

00:25:56We're divorced now.

00:25:59You touch me again?

00:26:02Try it.

00:26:03I shove her hand off.

00:26:05Eva stumbles back

00:26:06and Phil catches her

00:26:07without thinking.

00:26:08Nice teamwork.

00:26:11John!

00:26:12Do you even know

00:26:13what that chair is?

00:26:14That's the CEO's seat.

00:26:16You're going to get us

00:26:17all screwed!

00:26:20That seat is always mine.

00:26:22I pick up the chair

00:26:23Eva knocked over

00:26:24and set it back in place.

00:26:26What's the problem

00:26:27with me sitting here?

00:26:28This was my seat

00:26:28to begin with.

00:26:29I sit down

00:26:30in the CEO's chair.

00:26:3120 years

00:26:32and it finally

00:26:33has its owner back.

00:26:34Ah!

00:26:36John!

00:26:38John, you've lost

00:26:40your mind!

00:26:41You've completely

00:26:42lost it!

00:26:43Eva tries to rush me

00:26:44but Phil holds her back.

00:26:46What's he afraid of?

00:26:47Her getting hit again

00:26:48or things getting

00:26:49out of hand?

00:26:50Listen,

00:26:51the billionaire CEO

00:26:52and the CO are

00:26:53about to show up.

00:26:54You want to die?

00:26:55Don't drag us down

00:26:56with you!

00:26:56Alex shoves me

00:26:57but I don't move an inch.

00:26:59I just sit there

00:26:59while they keep screaming.

00:27:01John,

00:27:01you're going to

00:27:03cost Eva everything!

00:27:05Mom,

00:27:06if he keeps this up,

00:27:08I'm screwed!

00:27:11Get up!

00:27:13If you ruin my promotion,

00:27:15I swear I won't

00:27:16let this go!

00:27:18bother responding.

00:27:20Then,

00:27:20the ballroom doors

00:27:21burst open

00:27:22as security

00:27:23steps aside

00:27:24as a man in his 50s

00:27:25storms in

00:27:26full of authority.

00:27:28I know him,

00:27:28Gilbert Newman,

00:27:30Phil's uncle,

00:27:30one of the top guys

00:27:32at Nexus.

00:27:33Everyone turns,

00:27:34Phil's eyes light up,

00:27:35relief washes

00:27:36over his face.

00:27:37He thinks his savior

00:27:38just walked in.

00:27:39His grin stretches

00:27:40ear to ear

00:27:41as he rushes over.

00:27:43What's all this noise?

00:27:44The CEO and COO

00:27:46will be here

00:27:46any minute!

00:27:47Uncle,

00:27:48Gilbert,

00:27:48perfect timing.

00:27:49That idiot's sitting

00:27:50in the CEO's chair.

00:27:51He's basically

00:27:52challenging the CEO.

00:27:53You've got to

00:27:54teach him a lesson.

00:28:01What?

00:28:03Challenging the CEO?

00:28:05Where'd this clown

00:28:06come from?

00:28:07I'll make him

00:28:08pay for this!

00:28:12Gilbert stops

00:28:13right in front of me,

00:28:14eyes wide.

00:28:15I just sit there,

00:28:16smirking.

00:28:16I thought one look

00:28:18at me would make him

00:28:19panic and start

00:28:20apologizing.

00:28:21Instead,

00:28:21he doesn't even

00:28:22recognize me.

00:28:23You've got some nerve

00:28:24sitting in the CEO's chair.

00:28:26Get the hell up right now

00:28:27while I'm being nice.

00:28:28Unless you want trouble.

00:28:29John,

00:28:30cut the act.

00:28:31Mr. Newman's

00:28:32a company veteran.

00:28:33I almost forgot this.

00:28:34Nobody joined

00:28:35after I left the company.

00:28:38He's been with the company

00:28:39longer than I have.

00:28:40Who the hell are you?

00:28:42You really think

00:28:43Mr. Newman

00:28:44would even look

00:28:45twice at you?

00:28:46You pathetic old loser.

00:28:48Stop running your mouth.

00:28:49You're only making

00:28:50yourself look worse.

00:28:51Just get out!

00:28:52Mr. Newman,

00:28:53that's my useless father.

00:28:55He lives in his own fantasy

00:28:56and actually thinks

00:28:57he's the CEO

00:28:58who vanished

00:28:5820 years ago.

00:29:00Mr. Newman,

00:29:02if I were you,

00:29:03I'd think very carefully

00:29:04before making

00:29:04your next move.

00:29:05Gilbert meets my eyes.

00:29:06For a second,

00:29:07I see hesitation.

00:29:08A nobody like him

00:29:10has never met

00:29:11the real CEO.

00:29:12He doesn't know

00:29:13what to make of me.

00:29:14Uncle Gilbert,

00:29:15don't let him bluff you.

00:29:17He's just Eva's

00:29:18deadbeat ex-husband.

00:29:19He came here

00:29:20to sabotage her promotion.

00:29:22Dodd Phil grins.

00:29:23Fawning like a dog

00:29:24begging for scraps.

00:29:26Mr. Newman,

00:29:26please get him out of here.

00:29:27Don't let my family mess

00:29:29ruin the gala.

00:29:29Got it.

00:29:30Leave it to me.

00:29:32Drag this old fool out.

00:29:33The security guards

00:29:34close in,

00:29:35smirking.

00:29:36I frown,

00:29:37not out of fear,

00:29:38out of rage,

00:29:39dot 20 years.

00:29:40And now even some nobody

00:29:41who came in after me

00:29:42thinks he can walk

00:29:43all over me.

00:29:44The guards circle around me,

00:29:46but I don't back down.

00:29:47My calm is starting

00:29:48to rattle them.

00:29:49Want to know

00:29:49if I'm really the CEO?

00:29:51Call your CON,

00:29:52Mia Morgan.

00:29:52She can clear it up right now.

00:29:53Who the hell are you

00:29:55to order me

00:29:55to call the COO?

00:29:57She already said

00:29:58tonight

00:29:58is the CEO's

00:30:00homecoming party.

00:30:01You better

00:30:02get out now

00:30:03or I'll beat your ass

00:30:05first

00:30:05and throw you out

00:30:06myself.

00:30:07John,

00:30:08stop clinging

00:30:09to my mom

00:30:09like some parasite.

00:30:11You're after her money

00:30:12and you just

00:30:12won't go away.

00:30:14We signed the divorce papers.

00:30:15Let's just end this

00:30:16and move on.

00:30:17Stop bothering me,

00:30:17okay?

00:30:18Bothering her?

00:30:18I let out a cold laugh.

00:30:20Just looking at her

00:30:21makes me sick.

00:30:22This company is mine.

00:30:24They're the ones

00:30:24who should be thrown out.

00:30:26Security!

00:30:26Get them out of here!

00:30:27The guards rush me

00:30:29and drag me out of the chair.

00:30:30I fight back,

00:30:31but there are too many

00:30:33of them in this struggle.

00:30:34A pocket watch

00:30:35slips from my suit

00:30:36and hits the floor.

00:30:37My mother's pocket watch,

00:30:39the last thing she left me.

00:30:41I lunge for it,

00:30:42but Eva gets there first.

00:30:43I yell at her

00:30:44to give it back,

00:30:45but Eva looks at the watch

00:30:47and lets out a mocking laugh.

00:30:49So this is the watch

00:30:50your old hag of a mother

00:30:51left you?

00:30:52Disgusting.

00:30:53She crouches

00:30:54and dangles it

00:30:55in front of me

00:30:55like teasing a dog dot.

00:30:57Two guards pin my arms down

00:30:59while I struggle to reach it,

00:31:01but Eva pulls it back,

00:31:02laughing like a maniac.

00:31:04I'm shaking with rage.

00:31:05I didn't even make it

00:31:07to see my mother

00:31:08before she died,

00:31:08and now the last thing

00:31:10she left me

00:31:10is being ruined

00:31:11by this woman.

00:31:12Where'd all that backbone go?

00:31:13Want it back?

00:31:14Fine.

00:31:15Kneel.

00:31:16Slap yourself

00:31:17a hundred times,

00:31:18admit you were wrong,

00:31:20and maybe I'll give it back.

00:31:21She sneers.

00:31:22There's nothing in her eyes

00:31:24but cruelty.

00:31:25Kneel?

00:31:25Slap myself?

00:31:26What does she think I am?

00:31:28But the watch

00:31:28keeps swinging in her hand.

00:31:30It's the last thing

00:31:31my mother left me.

00:31:32She swings the pocket watch

00:31:34in front of me,

00:31:35leaning in,

00:31:36daring me with her eyes.

00:31:37She loves having me

00:31:39under her heel.

00:31:40What?

00:31:40You won't do it?

00:31:42Then I'll throw it away.

00:31:43Every time I see

00:31:45that old hag,

00:31:46she makes my blood boil.

00:31:47She raises her arm

00:31:49to throw the watch.

00:31:50The last thing

00:31:51my mother left me.

00:31:52I was young then.

00:31:53My mother was still alive.

00:31:54I stood close beside her,

00:31:56posing for the camera.

00:31:57The shutter

00:31:58caught our smiles.

00:31:59I opened the old watch.

00:32:01Inside is the photo

00:32:02we just took.

00:32:03When I'm not with you,

00:32:05keep this watch

00:32:06close to your heart.

00:32:07Think of it as your mother

00:32:08staying beside you.

00:32:10Mom,

00:32:10I'm sorry.

00:32:11I couldn't protect

00:32:12what you left me.

00:32:13Fine.

00:32:15I'll kneel.

00:32:17Phil smirks.

00:32:18Alex stands with his hands

00:32:19in his pockets.

00:32:20Amy throws me

00:32:21a look of contempt.

00:32:22No one says a word for me.

00:32:24They're all enjoying

00:32:25the showed slowly.

00:32:26I sink to my knees.

00:32:28Both knees slam

00:32:29against the marble floor.

00:32:31Pain shoots through me.

00:32:33John,

00:32:33after all these years,

00:32:34you haven't changed a bit.

00:32:36Still so quick to kneel.

00:32:38Pathetic.

00:32:39Like some dog

00:32:40begging for scraps.

00:32:41I'd beg her

00:32:42to give me the watch back.

00:32:44She has no intention

00:32:45of letting me have it.

00:32:47She throws the watch.

00:32:48I scream in despair.

00:32:49It spins through the air

00:32:51like a Medeer

00:32:51and shatters in two.

00:32:53I threw myself

00:32:54toward the broken pocket watch.

00:32:55My shaking hands

00:32:56clutch the two halves.

00:32:58One side the photo,

00:32:59one side the dial.

00:33:00I try like a madman

00:33:01to piece it back together.

00:33:03It won't go back together.

00:33:04Broken like my heart.

00:33:05Phil picks up a bottle

00:33:07and walks toward me.

00:33:08The bottle explodes

00:33:09over my head.

00:33:10Glass flies.

00:33:11Blood pours down my face.

00:33:13A ringing fills my ears

00:33:14like a funeral bell.

00:33:16Before blacking out,

00:33:17I see Phil grinning.

00:33:18Ava, Alex, Amy

00:33:20just standing there,

00:33:21cold.

00:33:21Like they're watching

00:33:22someone else's tragedy.

00:33:23I close my eyes.

00:33:25Mom,

00:33:25I'm coming to find you.

00:33:26The doors slam open.

00:33:28Mia storms in,

00:33:29furious.

00:33:30The moment the door

00:33:31bursts open,

00:33:32Mia sees me lying

00:33:33in a pool of blood.

00:33:34Her eyes turn red

00:33:35instantly.

00:33:36A crowd gathers around,

00:33:38whispering among themselves.

00:33:39Dot Mia helps me up,

00:33:40her fingers trembling violently.

00:33:42You're my only brother.

00:33:45I will never let anyone hurt you.

00:33:47What?

00:33:48Her brother.

00:33:49Brother?

00:33:50Since when did you have a brother?

00:33:51Mia gently brushes my forehead.

00:33:53Her eyes fill with pain.

00:33:55Pain.

00:33:55Are you alright?

00:33:56Someone call a doctor.

00:33:57Doctor now!

00:33:58Help him!

00:34:00The doctors rush over

00:34:01and help me

00:34:02into a nearby chair.

00:34:04Mia clench her fists,

00:34:05stands up,

00:34:06and stares fiercely

00:34:07at everyone.

00:34:08Who did this?

00:34:10Miss Morgan,

00:34:11we were wrong to hit him,

00:34:13but he started it.

00:34:13He impersonated the CEO,

00:34:15crashed the annual gala,

00:34:17and sat in the CEO's chair.

00:34:18We were defending

00:34:19the CEO's dignity.

00:34:20Mia said nothing.

00:34:21She raises her hand

00:34:23and slaps Phil hard

00:34:24across the face.

00:34:25The slap echoed

00:34:26through the entire hall.

00:34:27Eva catches the staggering Phil.

00:34:30What the hell

00:34:30are you talking about?

00:34:32My fault.

00:34:33Miss Morgan.

00:34:34Security was far too lax.

00:34:36He managed to slip in.

00:34:38I'll deal with this immediately.

00:34:40I'll sort everything out.

00:34:41The CEO will never find out.

00:34:43Mia turns and slaps Gilbert

00:34:45again across the face.

00:34:47Gilbert's head

00:34:47snapped to the side.

00:34:49He covers his cheek

00:34:50and doesn't dare

00:34:51to make a sound.

00:34:52You idiot.

00:34:53Do you have any idea

00:34:55who he is?

00:34:56Isn't he just a piece of trash?

00:34:57For God's sake.

00:34:59Mia hears him muttering.

00:35:01She turns

00:35:02and slaps him again.

00:35:03Watch your mouth!

00:35:05Why?

00:35:07You hit me again?

00:35:08Miss Morgan,

00:35:09that man is nothing

00:35:10but a parasite.

00:35:12What else am I supposed

00:35:13to call him?

00:35:14Quite right, Miss Morgan.

00:35:16Mia's fury erupts completely.

00:35:19Her eyes blaze

00:35:19as if spitting fire.

00:35:21You venomous woman

00:35:22and you two ungrateful

00:35:24little beasts.

00:35:25You're lower than dirt!

00:35:28You've bullied him

00:35:29for 20 years.

00:35:30Today,

00:35:30I'm gonna make you pay

00:35:31for every bit of it.

00:35:33Guards,

00:35:33surround them!

00:35:34Five guards step forward

00:35:36and surrounds Eva

00:35:37and the others.

00:35:38Eva's expression

00:35:39finally changes.

00:35:40What is all of this?

00:35:43Mia, stop.

00:35:44I regain consciousness

00:35:46and stride toward them.

00:35:47Blood still streams

00:35:48down my forehead

00:35:49but I had never been

00:35:50so clear-headed

00:35:51in my life.

00:35:53Eva stares at me

00:35:54in shock.

00:35:54She probably never imagined

00:35:56that the worthless trash

00:35:57she has trampled underfoot

00:35:59would ever be called

00:36:00brother

00:36:01by the CO.

00:36:03Ma'am,

00:36:04stop.

00:36:04Brother,

00:36:05are you alright?

00:36:07It's all my fault.

00:36:09My only brother

00:36:12hurt on my own turf.

00:36:14I pat Mia's shoulder

00:36:15reassuringly.

00:36:16Her eyes turns red

00:36:17just like when she was

00:36:19a little girl

00:36:19who had been wronged

00:36:20except this time

00:36:21it was me.

00:36:22Mia reaches out

00:36:23and examines the wound

00:36:24on my forehead

00:36:25with concern.

00:36:26Her actions made others

00:36:27jump to all sorts

00:36:28of malicious conclusions

00:36:29about the relationship

00:36:30between her and me.

00:36:32Why is dad so close

00:36:33to Miss Morgan?

00:36:34I'm wondering too.

00:36:36Why did Miss Morgan

00:36:37hit Uncle Phil

00:36:38for that loser?

00:36:38What's really between them?

00:36:40If Miss Morgan

00:36:41values him this much

00:36:43maybe he really is

00:36:44someone important

00:36:45we shouldn't mess with?

00:36:47Shit.

00:36:48I messed with

00:36:49the wrong person.

00:36:51Looks like John

00:36:52and the COO

00:36:53have something special

00:36:54going on.

00:36:55Miss Morgan!

00:36:56What exactly

00:36:58is your relationship

00:36:59with my good-for-nothing

00:37:00ex-husband?

00:37:04That's none of your

00:37:05damn business.

00:37:06I swear

00:37:07today

00:37:08every single one

00:37:09of you who hurt him

00:37:10is going to pay.

00:37:12Phil,

00:37:12Gilgret

00:37:13and Eva's expressions

00:37:14grew complicated.

00:37:16Fear

00:37:16began to creep

00:37:17across their faces.

00:37:19Phil you tell me

00:37:20right now

00:37:20who the hell

00:37:21did you just beat up?

00:37:22He's just Eva's

00:37:23pathetic ex-husband.

00:37:24Who else would he be?

00:37:25Gilbert slaps Phil

00:37:27across the face.

00:37:28This lap

00:37:29is even harder

00:37:30than Mia's.

00:37:31A pathetic ex-husband?

00:37:33Then why the hell

00:37:34is the COO

00:37:35getting involved?

00:37:36And how did this

00:37:38so-called nobody

00:37:39even get into

00:37:40the gala

00:37:40in the first place?

00:37:41Phil clutches

00:37:42his face.

00:37:43Stunned,

00:37:44he finally realizes

00:37:45something was

00:37:46terribly wrong.

00:37:47Mia hands

00:37:47the broken pocket watch

00:37:49back to me.

00:37:50Brother,

00:37:50this watch

00:37:50is over 10 years old.

00:37:52I'm afraid

00:37:53it can never

00:37:54be put back together.

00:37:54I gaze at the photo

00:37:56inside the watch

00:37:57of my mother and me.

00:37:58Mom,

00:37:59are you watching

00:38:00from above?

00:38:00Watching your son

00:38:01get bullied

00:38:02by these scumbags?

00:38:03What do you want

00:38:04to do with them?

00:38:05I lift my head

00:38:06and glare at Eva

00:38:07furiously.

00:38:08She shook with terror.

00:38:10Phil, Alex

00:38:11and Amy

00:38:12try to stand

00:38:13calm and firm

00:38:14but their gazes

00:38:15shift

00:38:16restlessly.

00:38:17They were finally

00:38:18afraid.

00:38:19Too late.

00:38:19I clenched

00:38:20the broken pocket watch.

00:38:21This shattered watch

00:38:22was the last thing

00:38:23my mother left me.

00:38:24She shouldn't

00:38:25have touched it.

00:38:26Eva,

00:38:27there's one thing

00:38:27you never should

00:38:28have done.

00:38:30Smash my mother's

00:38:31last keepsake to me.

00:38:33It's just a piece

00:38:34of junk.

00:38:35What,

00:38:35you want to hit

00:38:36my mom or something?

00:38:37You've given them

00:38:37everything

00:38:38and this is how

00:38:38they pay you?

00:38:40Do you think

00:38:40they even deserve

00:38:41all of this?

00:38:42Suddenly,

00:38:43Phil points at me

00:38:43and Mia

00:38:44like he just

00:38:45discovered a new world.

00:38:46I get it now!

00:38:48Mia's been protecting

00:38:49you this whole time!

00:38:50No wonder you got

00:38:51into the gala

00:38:52so easily!

00:38:54You

00:38:54and

00:38:55Mia!

00:38:57You two

00:38:58have been having

00:38:58an affair

00:38:59this whole time,

00:39:00haven't you?

00:39:03Nice one,

00:39:04John!

00:39:04You accuse me

00:39:05of cheating?

00:39:05You're the one

00:39:06who's been cheating

00:39:07this whole time!

00:39:09You old bastard!

00:39:11I thought you

00:39:12were decent!

00:39:14You betrayed

00:39:15my mom!

00:39:16My face

00:39:16turns even colder.

00:39:18They're such

00:39:18experts at

00:39:19twisting the truth.

00:39:20When you

00:39:21divorced mom,

00:39:22you acted

00:39:22like the victim.

00:39:24Turns out

00:39:24you'd already

00:39:25been sleeping

00:39:26with this woman.

00:39:27How disgusting!

00:39:29Do you really

00:39:29think there

00:39:30is something

00:39:31going on

00:39:31between Mia

00:39:32and that man?

00:39:33Hard to say.

00:39:34Otherwise,

00:39:35why would

00:39:36Mia stand up

00:39:36for him?

00:39:37Buoyed

00:39:38by the voices

00:39:38agreeing with her,

00:39:39Eva grew

00:39:40increasingly arrogant.

00:39:42She approaches

00:39:43Mia,

00:39:43speaking in

00:39:44a bitterly

00:39:44sarcastic tone.

00:39:46Mia,

00:39:46so you like

00:39:47picking up

00:39:48the trash

00:39:48I've already

00:39:48played with?

00:39:49This is the

00:39:50kind of man

00:39:50you go for?

00:39:51No wonder

00:39:52you're still

00:39:52single in your

00:39:5330s.

00:39:54Who knows

00:39:54how many

00:39:55younger men

00:39:55you're keeping

00:39:56on the side?

00:39:56You really

00:39:57think no one

00:39:58knows about

00:39:58all the

00:39:58dirty little

00:39:59secrets

00:39:59you've got

00:39:59going on

00:40:00behind the

00:40:00scenes?

00:40:01She doesn't

00:40:02get to

00:40:02finish her

00:40:03sentence.

00:40:03I give

00:40:04her a sharp

00:40:05brutal slap.

00:40:06That single

00:40:06blow held

00:40:07all the

00:40:08resentment

00:40:08I'd bottled

00:40:09up for

00:40:0920 years.

00:40:10Amy and

00:40:11Alex are

00:40:12utterly

00:40:12dumbfounded,

00:40:13their mouths

00:40:14hanging agape.

00:40:15Phil hurries

00:40:16to steady

00:40:17the staggering

00:40:18Eva.

00:40:18I stand

00:40:19before them,

00:40:20cold and

00:40:20unyielding,

00:40:21motionless,

00:40:22like a stone

00:40:23statue.

00:40:24Eva covers

00:40:24her cheek,

00:40:25staring at me

00:40:26in utter

00:40:26disbelief.

00:40:27She had

00:40:28never once

00:40:29thought the

00:40:29docile,

00:40:30submissive

00:40:30nobody would

00:40:31dare to

00:40:32lay a

00:40:32hand on

00:40:32her.

00:40:33This slap

00:40:34was not

00:40:34for me.

00:40:35It was for

00:40:35my mother

00:40:36and for

00:40:37Mia.

00:40:38Eva covers

00:40:38her face,

00:40:39utterly

00:40:39dumbfounded.

00:40:40She never

00:40:41thought she

00:40:42would ever

00:40:42take a slap

00:40:43from me.

00:40:43Never.

00:40:44But I've

00:40:44wanted to

00:40:45slap her

00:40:45for way

00:40:46too long.

00:40:48John,

00:40:49how dare

00:40:50you hit

00:40:50me just

00:40:51because of

00:40:52your little

00:40:53mistress?

00:40:53Shut your

00:40:54mouth up!

00:40:55He's my

00:40:55sister.

00:40:56I won't

00:40:57you slander

00:40:58her like

00:40:58that.

00:40:59I've known

00:40:59you for

00:41:00over 20

00:41:00years and

00:41:01I've never

00:41:02heard a

00:41:02single word

00:41:03about you

00:41:03having a

00:41:04sister.

00:41:04And you

00:41:05call me

00:41:05a cheater.

00:41:06Turns out

00:41:07you hooked

00:41:08yourself a

00:41:08rich woman,

00:41:09huh?

00:41:09The divorce

00:41:10worked out

00:41:11perfectly for

00:41:12you,

00:41:12didn't it?

00:41:14Mom,

00:41:15you were

00:41:15blind to

00:41:16even fall

00:41:17for him.

00:41:18This is

00:41:18absolutely

00:41:19ridiculous.

00:41:20Guards,

00:41:21throw them

00:41:21out!

00:41:22Six bodyguards

00:41:23in black

00:41:23suits storms

00:41:24in, looking

00:41:25fierce, ready

00:41:26for action.

00:41:27But Eva

00:41:28doesn't panic.

00:41:29Instead, she

00:41:29holds her

00:41:30head high.

00:41:31Don't you

00:41:31dare.

00:41:32The CEO is

00:41:34giving me my

00:41:34well-deserved

00:41:35promotion at

00:41:36the annual

00:41:36gala.

00:41:37If you throw

00:41:38me out and

00:41:38he can't

00:41:39reach me, do

00:41:40you think you

00:41:40can handle

00:41:40the consequences?

00:41:43That's

00:41:44right.

00:41:45Mom becoming

00:41:46COO was

00:41:47the CEO's

00:41:48decision.

00:41:49Once she

00:41:50gets this

00:41:50position,

00:41:52you'll all

00:41:52be screwed.

00:41:54Glad you

00:41:54reminded me.

00:41:55I almost

00:41:56forgot about

00:41:57this.

00:41:58Mia and I

00:41:58exchange look.

00:42:00We both

00:42:00knew Eva

00:42:01wasn't getting

00:42:01any promotion

00:42:02letter today

00:42:03at all.

00:42:04Mia holds

00:42:04out her

00:42:05hand.

00:42:05An assistant

00:42:06promptly hands

00:42:07her a red

00:42:08leather folder.

00:42:09The CEO

00:42:09does indeed

00:42:10have something

00:42:11he needs me

00:42:11to hand

00:42:11to you

00:42:12personally.

00:42:13Mom,

00:42:14this is

00:42:14wonderful!

00:42:15Congratulations!

00:42:17After all

00:42:17these years,

00:42:18your dream

00:42:19has finally

00:42:20come true.

00:42:21Eva tries

00:42:21hard to

00:42:22suppress the

00:42:23smile tugging

00:42:24at the

00:42:24corners of

00:42:24her lips.

00:42:25She thinks

00:42:26she is

00:42:26winning.

00:42:27Mom,

00:42:28in struggle

00:42:28home for

00:42:28mission,

00:42:30once you

00:42:31become COO,

00:42:33don't forget

00:42:33the house you

00:42:34promised me.

00:42:35Mia hands

00:42:36the red

00:42:36folder to

00:42:37Eva,

00:42:37like handing

00:42:38over a

00:42:39knife.

00:42:39Quick,

00:42:40Eva,

00:42:40open it.

00:42:41Open it

00:42:41now!

00:42:42Smiling,

00:42:43Eva opens

00:42:43the red

00:42:44folder.

00:42:44I smirk.

00:42:45Alex and

00:42:46Amy lean

00:42:46in,

00:42:47faces full

00:42:47of anticipation.

00:42:49Then,

00:42:49their smiles

00:42:50froze.

00:42:51How is

00:42:51this possible?

00:42:55The

00:42:56termination

00:42:56notice!

00:42:58Eva stands

00:42:59there,

00:42:59holding the

00:43:00termination

00:43:00notice.

00:43:01Frozen

00:43:02stiff,

00:43:02as if

00:43:03struck by

00:43:04lightning.

00:43:04No way!

00:43:05This can't

00:43:05be true!

00:43:09John!

00:43:10You're

00:43:10behind all

00:43:11of this!

00:43:12Miss

00:43:12Morgan,

00:43:12let's be

00:43:13fair here.

00:43:14Eva has

00:43:15worked her

00:43:15ass off

00:43:16for over

00:43:16a decade.

00:43:18What

00:43:18possible

00:43:19reason does

00:43:19the CEO

00:43:20have to

00:43:20fire her?

00:43:21John,

00:43:21are you

00:43:21doing this

00:43:22just to

00:43:22get back

00:43:23at my

00:43:23mom?

00:43:23I sneer.

00:43:24Revenge?

00:43:25She did

00:43:25this to

00:43:26herself.

00:43:26Suddenly,

00:43:27Eva bursts

00:43:28out laughing,

00:43:28like she'd

00:43:29lost her

00:43:29mind.

00:43:30The

00:43:30laughter

00:43:30echoes

00:43:31through

00:43:31the

00:43:31ballroom,

00:43:32sending

00:43:32chills

00:43:32down

00:43:33everyone's

00:43:33spine.

00:43:34She

00:43:34throws

00:43:34the

00:43:34termination

00:43:35notice

00:43:35to the

00:43:36ground.

00:43:36Seething

00:43:37with

00:43:37rage

00:43:38and

00:43:38strides

00:43:38toward

00:43:39me.

00:43:39This

00:43:39can't

00:43:40be

00:43:40true!

00:43:41The

00:43:41CEO

00:43:41was

00:43:42supposed

00:43:42to

00:43:42promote

00:43:42me!

00:43:43Where

00:43:43is

00:43:44the

00:43:44CEO?

00:43:44I

00:43:44need

00:43:45to

00:43:45see

00:43:45him!

00:43:46He

00:43:46doesn't

00:43:46want

00:43:46to

00:43:46see

00:43:47you.

00:43:47Phil's

00:43:48eyes

00:43:48shift

00:43:49slightly,

00:43:50putting

00:43:50on yet

00:43:50another

00:43:51pitiful

00:43:51performance.

00:43:52he

00:43:53won't

00:43:53see

00:43:53us?

00:43:54He

00:43:54won't

00:43:55see

00:43:55us?

00:43:55I

00:43:56get

00:43:56it

00:43:56now,

00:43:57Miss

00:43:57Morgan.

00:43:57You

00:43:58were

00:43:58afraid

00:43:58Eva

00:43:59becoming

00:43:59COO

00:44:00would

00:44:00threaten

00:44:01your

00:44:01position,

00:44:01so

00:44:02you

00:44:02spread

00:44:02rumors.

00:44:03You

00:44:03and

00:44:03John

00:44:04doctored

00:44:04the

00:44:04letter

00:44:05together.

00:44:13Mia

00:44:13looks

00:44:14at

00:44:14them

00:44:14coldly,

00:44:15like

00:44:15she

00:44:15was

00:44:15watching

00:44:16a

00:44:16bunch

00:44:16of

00:44:16clowns.

00:44:25Gilbert's

00:44:25jaw

00:44:26drops

00:44:26in

00:44:26utter

00:44:27disbelief.

00:44:33Enough.

00:44:34Throw

00:44:35them

00:44:35out.

00:44:36The

00:44:36guard

00:44:36swum

00:44:37forward,

00:44:38dragging

00:44:38them

00:44:38out.

00:44:38Eva

00:44:39struggles

00:44:39and

00:44:40screams,

00:44:40her voice

00:44:41echoing sharply

00:44:42throughout the

00:44:42ballroom.

00:44:43Even

00:44:43as she

00:44:44was being

00:44:44escorted

00:44:45out,

00:44:45she

00:44:45kept

00:44:45howling

00:44:46like

00:44:46a

00:44:46pathetic

00:44:47stray

00:44:47cur.

00:44:50Mia

00:44:55and

00:44:55I

00:44:55stand

00:44:56in

00:44:56the

00:44:56center

00:44:56of

00:44:56the

00:44:57ballroom,

00:44:57watching

00:44:58them

00:44:58being

00:44:58driven

00:44:58out.

00:44:59The

00:44:59moment

00:44:59the

00:45:00doors

00:45:00close,

00:45:01the

00:45:01world

00:45:01finally

00:45:01falls

00:45:02quiet.

00:45:02Brother,

00:45:03do you

00:45:03think

00:45:03they're

00:45:04gonna

00:45:04let

00:45:04this

00:45:04go?

00:45:05I

00:45:05look

00:45:05at

00:45:06the

00:45:06closed

00:45:06doors,

00:45:07a

00:45:07cold

00:45:07smile

00:45:08curling

00:45:08at the

00:45:09corner

00:45:09of

00:45:09my

00:45:09lips.

00:45:10I

00:45:10shake

00:45:10my

00:45:10head,

00:45:11let

00:45:11them

00:45:11do

00:45:11whatever

00:45:12they

00:45:12want.

00:45:12They're

00:45:13just

00:45:13a

00:45:13bunch

00:45:13of

00:45:14clowns.

00:45:14Twenty

00:45:15years

00:45:15of

00:45:15bond

00:45:15between

00:45:16us

00:45:16has

00:45:16ended

00:45:17completely.

00:45:18From

00:45:18this

00:45:18day

00:45:19forth,

00:45:19we

00:45:19are

00:45:19strangers.

00:45:21I

00:45:21was

00:45:22concentrating

00:45:22on my

00:45:22wood

00:45:23carving.

00:45:24Wood

00:45:24shavings

00:45:25curled

00:45:25off beneath

00:45:25my

00:45:26fingers.

00:45:27These

00:45:27hands

00:45:28had

00:45:28cooked

00:45:28for

00:45:29Eva

00:45:29for

00:45:29twenty

00:45:29years.

00:45:30Now

00:45:31they

00:45:31finally

00:45:31get

00:45:31to

00:45:32do

00:45:32something

00:45:32for

00:45:32me.

00:45:33Mia

00:45:34enters

00:45:34the

00:45:34room,

00:45:35holding

00:45:35an

00:45:35invitation.

00:45:37John,

00:45:38now that

00:45:38you're

00:45:39back as

00:45:39CEO,

00:45:40you

00:45:40really

00:45:40should

00:45:41attend

00:45:41the

00:45:41meeting

00:45:41three

00:45:42days

00:45:42from

00:45:42now.

00:45:43I

00:45:44nod

00:45:44and

00:45:45tell

00:45:45her

00:45:45I

00:45:45got

00:45:45it.

00:45:46Mia

00:45:46didn't

00:45:46leave.

00:45:47She

00:45:47stands

00:45:48quietly

00:45:48behind

00:45:49me,

00:45:49hesitant

00:45:50to

00:45:50speak

00:45:50her

00:45:50mind.

00:45:51John,

00:45:52you've

00:45:52thrown

00:45:53yourself

00:45:53head

00:45:53first

00:45:54into

00:45:54work.

00:45:55You

00:45:55don't

00:45:55go to

00:45:55any

00:45:56of

00:45:56the

00:45:56events

00:45:56I

00:45:56set

00:45:56up

00:45:57for

00:45:57you?

00:45:57Are

00:45:58you

00:45:58still

00:45:58hung

00:45:58up

00:45:58on

00:45:59Eva?

00:46:00She

00:46:00grabs

00:46:00my

00:46:01arm,

00:46:01her

00:46:01eyes

00:46:02full

00:46:02of

00:46:02concern.

00:46:04John,

00:46:05I've

00:46:05scheduled

00:46:06a

00:46:06dinner

00:46:06with

00:46:06that

00:46:06investor.

00:46:08She's

00:46:08stunning.

00:46:09Go

00:46:10meet

00:46:10her.

00:46:11Maybe

00:46:11she

00:46:11can

00:46:12help

00:46:12you

00:46:12forget

00:46:12about

00:46:12Eva.

00:46:13I

00:46:13put

00:46:14down

00:46:14my

00:46:14carving

00:46:14knife

00:46:15and

00:46:15sigh.

00:46:16Mia,

00:46:16I

00:46:16don't

00:46:16need

00:46:17that.

00:46:17She's

00:46:18coming

00:46:18to

00:46:18discuss

00:46:19business.

00:46:19A

00:46:20private

00:46:20meeting

00:46:20like

00:46:21that

00:46:21would

00:46:21look

00:46:21bad.

00:46:22I'd

00:46:22rather

00:46:22not

00:46:23go.

00:46:23You've

00:46:23got

00:46:23it

00:46:24wrong.

00:46:24She

00:46:25asked

00:46:25me

00:46:25to

00:46:25invite

00:46:26you.

00:46:26And

00:46:27you

00:46:27know

00:46:27her

00:46:27too.

00:46:28If

00:46:29you

00:46:29don't

00:46:29go,

00:46:29you'll

00:46:29regret

00:46:30it.

00:46:31I

00:46:31look

00:46:31up

00:46:32at

00:46:32Mia's

00:46:32mysterious

00:46:33smile.

00:46:33And

00:46:34nod

00:46:34dot

00:46:34I

00:46:35trust

00:46:35Mia.

00:46:36She

00:46:36never

00:46:36lied

00:46:36to

00:46:37me.

00:46:37Three

00:46:38days

00:46:38later,

00:46:39I

00:46:39push

00:46:40open

00:46:40the

00:46:40door

00:46:40of

00:46:40the

00:46:41coffee

00:46:41shop.

00:46:42Sunlight

00:46:42streams

00:46:43through

00:46:43the

00:46:43floor

00:46:43to

00:46:44ceiling

00:46:44windows.

00:46:45Falling

00:46:45upon

00:46:46a

00:46:46woman

00:46:46sitting

00:46:46alone,

00:46:47I

00:46:47slow

00:46:47my

00:46:48steps,

00:46:48staring

00:46:49at

00:46:49her

00:46:49back.

00:46:50It

00:46:50was

00:46:50a

00:46:50silhouette

00:46:51I

00:46:51know

00:46:51all

00:46:52too

00:46:52well.

00:46:52She

00:46:53turns

00:46:53and

00:46:53stands

00:46:54up,

00:46:54smiling,

00:46:55though

00:46:55she's

00:46:5640

00:46:56now.

00:46:57But

00:46:57when

00:46:57she

00:46:57smiles,

00:46:58she

00:46:58looks

00:46:5920

00:46:59again.

00:47:00John.

00:47:01Annie.

00:47:02It's

00:47:03you.

00:47:09Annie.

00:47:10My

00:47:11old

00:47:11friend.

00:47:1220

00:47:12years

00:47:13had

00:47:13gone

00:47:13by.

00:47:14Yet

00:47:14she

00:47:14seemed

00:47:15unchanged.

00:47:16No,

00:47:16she

00:47:16has

00:47:17changed.

00:47:17She's

00:47:18even

00:47:18better.

00:47:20I

00:47:21sit

00:47:21across

00:47:21from

00:47:22Annie.

00:47:22Warm

00:47:23sunlight

00:47:23falls

00:47:23across

00:47:24her

00:47:24face.

00:47:25Two

00:47:25decades

00:47:26feel

00:47:26like

00:47:26nothing

00:47:26but a

00:47:27fleeting

00:47:27dream.

00:47:28What's

00:47:29wrong?

00:47:29Surprised

00:47:30to see

00:47:30me?

00:47:31Annie?

00:47:32I

00:47:33can't

00:47:33believe

00:47:33it.

00:47:34It's

00:47:35been

00:47:35like

00:47:3620

00:47:36years

00:47:37since

00:47:37we

00:47:37last

00:47:37saw

00:47:38each

00:47:38other.

00:47:38That

00:47:39year,

00:47:39we

00:47:40were

00:47:40both

00:47:40still

00:47:40young.

00:47:41She

00:47:41was

00:47:41wearing

00:47:41her

00:47:42school

00:47:42uniform.

00:47:43So

00:47:43was

00:47:43I.

00:47:44She

00:47:44came

00:47:44to

00:47:45return

00:47:45a

00:47:45book

00:47:45to

00:47:46me,

00:47:46just

00:47:46like

00:47:47always.

00:47:48John,

00:47:48I'm

00:47:49leaving

00:47:49for

00:47:49business

00:47:50school

00:47:50in

00:47:50Europe.

00:47:51I

00:47:52won't

00:47:52get

00:47:52to

00:47:52borrow

00:47:52your

00:47:52books

00:47:52anymore.

00:47:53Here,

00:47:54this

00:47:55belongs

00:47:55back

00:47:55to

00:47:55you.

00:47:56I

00:47:57took

00:47:57the

00:47:57book.

00:47:58It

00:47:58felt

00:47:59like

00:47:59a

00:47:59piece

00:47:59of

00:48:00my

00:48:00heart

00:48:00was

00:48:00missing.

00:48:01She

00:48:02handed

00:48:02me

00:48:02a

00:48:02small

00:48:03box

00:48:03of

00:48:03cookies.

00:48:04I

00:48:05wanted

00:48:05to

00:48:05give

00:48:05you

00:48:05something

00:48:06I

00:48:06made

00:48:06myself,

00:48:06so

00:48:08I

00:48:09baked

00:48:09these

00:48:09cookies.

00:48:11Think

00:48:12of it

00:48:12as

00:48:12a

00:48:13little

00:48:14goodbye

00:48:14gift.

00:48:18You're

00:48:18really

00:48:18going

00:48:19abroad

00:48:19to

00:48:19study?

00:48:20Yes.

00:48:21You're

00:48:22already

00:48:22the

00:48:22youngest

00:48:22billionaire

00:48:23in

00:48:23the

00:48:23city.

00:48:24I

00:48:24need

00:48:25to

00:48:25work

00:48:25hard

00:48:25to

00:48:26catch

00:48:26up.

00:48:27Only

00:48:27then

00:48:28maybe

00:48:29I

00:48:30could

00:48:30finally...

00:48:31She

00:48:31never

00:48:32finished

00:48:32her

00:48:32sentence.

00:48:33Those

00:48:34words

00:48:34stayed

00:48:35unspoken

00:48:35for

00:48:3620

00:48:36years.

00:48:37Before

00:48:37she

00:48:38departed,

00:48:38she

00:48:39held

00:48:39me

00:48:39in

00:48:39a

00:48:39tight

00:48:40embrace.

00:48:40That

00:48:41hug

00:48:41was

00:48:42far

00:48:42warmer

00:48:42than

00:48:43any

00:48:43affection

00:48:43Eva

00:48:44had

00:48:44given

00:48:44me

00:48:45over

00:48:4520

00:48:45years.

00:48:47I

00:48:47watched

00:48:48her

00:48:48leave.

00:48:50Her

00:48:50silhouette

00:48:51fading

00:48:51farther

00:48:52and farther

00:48:52away.

00:48:54When I

00:48:55opened the

00:48:55book,

00:48:56a bookmark

00:48:57slipped out.

00:48:58Written on

00:48:59it was a

00:49:00simple

00:49:00confession.

00:49:01I like

00:49:02you.

00:49:03I

00:49:03smile

00:49:04wistfully.

00:49:0520

00:49:05years

00:49:05had

00:49:05passed.

00:49:06I

00:49:06still

00:49:07kept

00:49:07that

00:49:07precious

00:49:07bookmark.

00:49:09I

00:49:09never

00:49:09imagined

00:49:10that

00:49:11little

00:49:11girl

00:49:11who

00:49:11came

00:49:12to

00:49:12borrow

00:49:12books

00:49:12from

00:49:12me

00:49:13every

00:49:13day

00:49:13would

00:49:14grow

00:49:14into

00:49:14such

00:49:14an

00:49:14extraordinary

00:49:15woman.

00:49:16Annie

00:49:17blushes

00:49:17and smiles

00:49:18bashfully.

00:49:19At

00:49:2040,

00:49:20she

00:49:21still

00:49:21smiles

00:49:21like

00:49:21the

00:49:22girl

00:49:22I

00:49:22remember.

00:49:24The

00:49:25real

00:49:25reason

00:49:25I

00:49:26went

00:49:26overseas

00:49:27all

00:49:27those

00:49:27years

00:49:27ago

00:49:28was

00:49:29to

00:49:29be

00:49:29someone

00:49:30worthy

00:49:30of

00:49:30you.

00:49:36Annie

00:49:37looks at

00:49:37me.

00:49:38There

00:49:38was hope

00:49:39in her

00:49:39eyes

00:49:39and

00:49:4020

00:49:40years

00:49:40of

00:49:40waiting.

00:49:41Back

00:49:42then,

00:49:42you

00:49:42were

00:49:42the

00:49:43golden

00:49:43boy.

00:49:43So I

00:49:44went

00:49:44abroad

00:49:45trying to

00:49:45catch up

00:49:45to

00:49:45you

00:49:46to

00:49:46become

00:49:46someone

00:49:46worthy

00:49:47of

00:49:47standing

00:49:47by

00:49:47your

00:49:47side.

00:49:48But

00:49:49when

00:49:49I

00:49:49finally

00:49:49came

00:49:50back,

00:49:51you

00:49:51no

00:49:51longer

00:49:51belonged

00:49:52to

00:49:52me.

00:49:53I

00:49:53was

00:49:53deeply

00:49:54moved.

00:49:55Those

00:49:55words

00:49:55hit me

00:49:56right

00:49:56in the

00:49:56chest.

00:49:57I

00:49:57had

00:49:58given

00:49:58everything

00:49:58in the

00:49:59first

00:49:59half

00:49:59of

00:50:00my

00:50:00life

00:50:00to

00:50:00Eva

00:50:01and

00:50:01the

00:50:01children.

00:50:02But

00:50:02I

00:50:02never

00:50:03knew

00:50:03that

00:50:04someone

00:50:04had

00:50:04been

00:50:04quietly

00:50:05caring

00:50:05for

00:50:06me

00:50:06all

00:50:06these

00:50:06years.

00:50:07John,

00:50:08now

00:50:08that

00:50:08you're

00:50:08free,

00:50:10maybe

00:50:10you

00:50:10could

00:50:11give

00:50:11us

00:50:11a

00:50:11chance.

00:50:12Annie

00:50:12gazes

00:50:13at me

00:50:13with

00:50:13deep

00:50:13affection.

00:50:15Her

00:50:15eyes

00:50:15were

00:50:16soft

00:50:16but

00:50:16certain.

00:50:17So,

00:50:18what's

00:50:19your

00:50:19answer?

00:50:19I

00:50:20lowered

00:50:20my

00:50:20head

00:50:20and

00:50:21fall

00:50:21silent

00:50:22for

00:50:22a

00:50:22few

00:50:22seconds.

00:50:23Annie,

00:50:24I

00:50:24don't

00:50:24want

00:50:24to

00:50:24hold

00:50:24you

00:50:24back.

00:50:25I

00:50:25just

00:50:26got

00:50:26divorced

00:50:26and

00:50:27I'm

00:50:27not

00:50:27ready

00:50:27to

00:50:27start

00:50:28a

00:50:28new

00:50:28relationship

00:50:28yet.

00:50:29That's

00:50:30okay.

00:50:31I've

00:50:32waited

00:50:32this

00:50:32long,

00:50:32haven't

00:50:33I?

00:50:33I

00:50:33can

00:50:33wait

00:50:33a

00:50:33little

00:50:34longer

00:50:35until

00:50:35you've

00:50:36really

00:50:36let go

00:50:36of

00:50:37the

00:50:37past.

00:50:38I

00:50:38don't

00:50:38love

00:50:39Eva

00:50:39anymore,

00:50:40but

00:50:40I

00:50:40just

00:50:41got

00:50:41divorced

00:50:41and

00:50:42the

00:50:42investment

00:50:42meeting

00:50:42is

00:50:42right

00:50:43around

00:50:43the

00:50:43corner.

00:50:45If

00:50:45I

00:50:45said

00:50:45yes

00:50:46to

00:50:46you

00:50:46now,

00:50:46it

00:50:46would

00:50:46feel

00:50:47like

00:50:47I'm

00:50:47using

00:50:47you.

00:50:48That

00:50:49wouldn't

00:50:49be

00:50:49fair

00:50:49to

00:50:49you

00:50:49at

00:50:49all.

00:50:50After

00:50:51the

00:50:51meeting

00:50:51is

00:50:51over,

00:50:52I'll

00:50:52give

00:50:52you

00:50:52a

00:50:52real

00:50:52answer.

00:50:53All

00:50:53right.

00:50:55Our

00:50:55company

00:50:55was

00:50:55already

00:50:56leaning

00:50:56toward

00:51:03this.

00:51:04I'll

00:51:04wait

00:51:04for

00:51:05your

00:51:05answer.

00:51:06All

00:51:06right.

00:51:07I

00:51:07promise.

00:51:08We

00:51:08stand

00:51:08up

00:51:09to

00:51:09leave.

00:51:10Suddenly,

00:51:10Annie

00:51:11stumbles

00:51:11slightly

00:51:12as her

00:51:12high

00:51:13heel

00:51:13twists.

00:51:14She

00:51:14almost

00:51:14fell.

00:51:15I

00:51:16reach

00:51:16out

00:51:16quickly

00:51:16to

00:51:16steady

00:51:17her,

00:51:17catching

00:51:18her

00:51:18gently

00:51:18into

00:51:18my

00:51:19arms.

00:51:19Our

00:51:20eyes

00:51:20meet,

00:51:20and

00:51:21the

00:51:21air

00:51:21between

00:51:21us

00:51:22instantly

00:51:22fills

00:51:23with

00:51:23tension.

00:51:23And

00:51:24then,

00:51:24a

00:51:25sharp,

00:51:25nasty

00:51:26voice

00:51:26cut

00:51:26through

00:51:27the

00:51:27moment

00:51:27like

00:51:28a

00:51:28cold

00:51:28knife,

00:51:29shattering

00:51:29the

00:51:30warmth.

00:51:32Annie

00:51:32and

00:51:33I

00:51:33pull

00:51:33apart

00:51:33quickly.

00:51:34Flirting

00:51:35with

00:51:35another

00:51:35woman

00:51:35in

00:51:36broad

00:51:36daylight?

00:51:37Eva

00:51:37walks

00:51:38over

00:51:38with

00:51:38Alex

00:51:38and

00:51:39Amy,

00:51:39a

00:51:39familiar

00:51:40sneer

00:51:40on

00:51:40her

00:51:40face

00:51:41that

00:51:41I

00:51:41knew

00:51:41all

00:51:42too

00:51:42well.

00:51:42Pathetic.

00:51:43A

00:51:44leopard

00:51:44never

00:51:44changes

00:51:45its

00:51:45spots.

00:51:46This

00:51:46woman

00:51:47just

00:51:47won't

00:51:47leave

00:51:47me

00:51:47alone.

00:51:48She

00:51:49can't

00:51:49even

00:51:49let

00:51:49me

00:51:50have

00:51:50a

00:51:50cup

00:51:50of

00:51:50coffee

00:51:51in

00:51:51peace.

00:51:51I

00:51:52didn't

00:51:52hesitate.

00:51:54Eva,

00:51:55what

00:51:55the

00:51:55hell

00:51:55do

00:51:55you

00:51:55want?

00:51:56What

00:51:56do

00:51:56I

00:51:57want?

00:51:57Look

00:51:58at

00:51:58you.

00:51:59One

00:51:59woman

00:51:59is

00:52:00not

00:52:00enough

00:52:00for

00:52:00you.

00:52:01You

00:52:02just

00:52:02cannot

00:52:02wait

00:52:02to

00:52:03jump

00:52:03into

00:52:03someone

00:52:03else's

00:52:04bed.

00:52:04Watch

00:52:05your

00:52:05mouth.

00:52:06Pathetic.

00:52:07At

00:52:08least

00:52:08your

00:52:08taste

00:52:09is

00:52:09consistent.

00:52:09You

00:52:10have

00:52:10latched

00:52:10on

00:52:10to

00:52:10another

00:52:11rich

00:52:11woman.

00:52:14Hey

00:52:14beautiful.

00:52:15Why

00:52:16waste

00:52:16your

00:52:16time

00:52:17on

00:52:17this

00:52:17old

00:52:17guy?

00:52:18I

00:52:19am

00:52:19younger

00:52:19than

00:52:19him,

00:52:20stronger

00:52:21and

00:52:21better

00:52:22than

00:52:28I

00:52:29slap

00:52:29Alex

00:52:30across

00:52:30the

00:52:30face

00:52:31hard.

00:52:32Eva

00:52:32catches

00:52:33him,

00:52:33stunned.

00:52:35You

00:52:35bastard.

00:52:37Apologize.

00:52:38Now!

00:52:39How dare

00:52:40you hit

00:52:41my son!

00:52:41You

00:52:42filthy

00:52:43bastard!

00:52:43You

00:52:44cheating

00:52:44bastard!

00:52:45You

00:52:45shameless

00:52:46moocher!

00:52:47I

00:52:47let out

00:52:47a mocking

00:52:48laugh.

00:52:49How

00:52:50ridiculous.

00:52:51I

00:52:51could

00:52:51throw

00:52:52every

00:52:52single

00:52:52one

00:52:52of

00:52:53those

00:52:53insults

00:52:53right

00:52:54back

00:52:54at

00:52:54her.

00:52:54I

00:52:55grab

00:52:55Annie's

00:52:55arm

00:52:56and

00:52:56try

00:52:56to

00:52:56leave.

00:52:57But

00:52:57Eva

00:52:57blocks

00:52:58our

00:52:58way

00:52:58like

00:52:58an

00:52:58unhinked

00:52:59maniac.

00:53:00She

00:53:00stares

00:53:01at

00:53:01Annie

00:53:01with

00:53:01nothing

00:53:02but

00:53:02venom

00:53:02in

00:53:02her

00:53:03eyes.

00:53:03You

00:53:03have

00:53:04no

00:53:04idea

00:53:04what

00:53:05kind

00:53:05of

00:53:05man

00:53:05you

00:53:05got

00:53:05involved

00:53:06with.

00:53:06This

00:53:07piece

00:53:07of

00:53:07trash.

00:53:08He

00:53:09lived

00:53:09off

00:53:09me

00:53:10for

00:53:10years.

00:53:11Then

00:53:11he

00:53:12sucked

00:53:12up

00:53:12to

00:53:13the

00:53:13company's

00:53:14COO

00:53:14and

00:53:15now

00:53:15he's

00:53:15clinging

00:53:16to

00:53:16you

00:53:17for

00:53:17your

00:53:17money.

00:53:19If

00:53:19John

00:53:19were

00:53:19willing

00:53:20to

00:53:20let

00:53:20me

00:53:20support

00:53:21him

00:53:21it's

00:53:22an

00:53:22honor

00:53:22for

00:53:23me.

00:53:23Eva

00:53:24freezes.

00:53:25Her

00:53:25face

00:53:25was

00:53:25full

00:53:26of

00:53:26disbelief.

00:53:27They

00:53:27probably

00:53:28never

00:53:28imagined

00:53:28anyone

00:53:29would

00:53:29ever

00:53:29say

00:53:30something

00:53:30like

00:53:30that.

00:53:32Eva

00:53:32I

00:53:33am

00:53:33warning

00:53:34you

00:53:34for

00:53:34the

00:53:34last

00:53:35time.

00:53:35I

00:53:36destroyed

00:53:36your

00:53:36career

00:53:37once

00:53:37and

00:53:38I

00:53:38can

00:53:38do

00:53:38it

00:53:38again.

00:53:39Push

00:53:39me

00:53:39any

00:53:39further

00:53:40and

00:53:40I

00:53:40will

00:53:40make

00:53:41you

00:53:41disappear

00:53:41from

00:53:42this

00:53:42city

00:53:42completely.

00:53:50Go

00:53:51ahead

00:53:51and

00:53:52enjoy

00:53:52your

00:53:52little

00:53:52moment

00:53:53John.

00:53:54Three

00:53:54days

00:53:54from

00:53:54now

00:53:55at

00:53:55the

00:53:55investor

00:53:55meeting

00:53:56I

00:53:56will

00:53:56drag

00:53:57you

00:53:57down

00:53:57to

00:53:57hell.

00:53:58You

00:53:59will

00:53:59never

00:54:00get

00:54:00back

00:54:00up.

00:54:01I

00:54:01don't

00:54:01even

00:54:01bother

00:54:02looking

00:54:02back.

00:54:03Three

00:54:03days

00:54:04from

00:54:04now

00:54:04we'll

00:54:05see

00:54:05who

00:54:05drags

00:54:06who

00:54:06to

00:54:06hell.

00:54:07The

00:54:08banquet

00:54:08hall

00:54:08packs

00:54:09with

00:54:09guests

00:54:09who

00:54:10mingle

00:54:10with

00:54:11wine

00:54:11glasses

00:54:11and

00:54:12hand

00:54:12laughter

00:54:13and

00:54:13the

00:54:13clink

00:54:14of

00:54:14glasses

00:54:14fills

00:54:15the

00:54:15air.

00:54:16Eva

00:54:16stands

00:54:16at

00:54:16the

00:54:17center

00:54:17of

00:54:17the

00:54:17crowd

00:54:18chatting

00:54:18confidently

00:54:19as if

00:54:19she

00:54:20had

00:54:20never

00:54:20been

00:54:20fired.

00:54:21The

00:54:22main

00:54:22door

00:54:23swings

00:54:23open.

00:54:24I

00:54:24walk

00:54:25in

00:54:25with

00:54:25one

00:54:25hand

00:54:26in

00:54:26my

00:54:26pocket

00:54:26surrounded

00:54:27by

00:54:27bodyguards.

00:54:29Twenty

00:54:29years

00:54:29have

00:54:30passed

00:54:30but

00:54:31I've

00:54:31never

00:54:31lost

00:54:32this

00:54:32presence.

00:54:33Eva

00:54:33cucked

00:54:33his

00:54:34sight

00:54:34of

00:54:34me.

00:54:34Her

00:54:35smile

00:54:35freezing

00:54:35on

00:54:36her

00:54:36face

00:54:36as

00:54:36if

00:54:37she'd

00:54:37been

00:54:37choked.

00:54:38She

00:54:38grabs

00:54:38Amy's

00:54:39arm

00:54:39pointing

00:54:39in

00:54:39my

00:54:40direction

00:54:40and

00:54:40strides

00:54:41over

00:54:41toward

00:54:41me.

00:54:42Well

00:54:42well

00:54:43look

00:54:43who

00:54:43is

00:54:44all

00:54:44alone.

00:54:44Where

00:54:45is

00:54:45your

00:54:45old

00:54:45fling

00:54:46and

00:54:46that

00:54:46wealthy

00:54:47lady

00:54:47who

00:54:47runs

00:54:47the

00:54:47coffee

00:54:48shop?

00:54:48How

00:54:49funny

00:54:49not

00:54:50a

00:54:50single

00:54:50one

00:54:50of

00:54:50them

00:54:50is

00:54:51here.

00:54:51Maybe

00:54:51they

00:54:52both

00:54:52found

00:54:52out

00:54:52you've

00:54:53been

00:54:53playing

00:54:53both

00:54:53sides

00:54:54and

00:54:54dumped

00:54:54you?

00:54:55I

00:54:55sip

00:54:55my

00:54:55drink

00:54:56waiting

00:54:56for

00:54:57the

00:54:57meeting

00:54:57to

00:54:57start

00:54:58not

00:54:59wanting

00:54:59to

00:54:59waste

00:54:59my

00:54:59time

00:55:00on

00:55:00a

00:55:00bunch

00:55:00of

00:55:00clowns.

00:55:05Ladies

00:55:05and

00:55:05gentlemen

00:55:11side

00:55:11Mr.

00:55:12Charles.

00:55:13The host

00:55:13gestures

00:55:14toward

00:55:14Charles

00:55:15a man

00:55:16in his

00:55:16forties

00:55:17Annie's

00:55:18subordinate.

00:55:21Charles

00:55:22raises

00:55:22his glass

00:55:23politely.

00:55:25Thank you

00:55:25all for

00:55:25coming.

00:55:26Now

00:55:27I

00:55:27officially

00:55:28declare

00:55:28the

00:55:29investment

00:55:29conference

00:55:30open.

00:55:31Wait

00:55:32I have

00:55:32something

00:55:32to say.

00:55:35Charles

00:55:35pauses

00:55:36and sets

00:55:37down his

00:55:37glass.

00:55:38The

00:55:38entire

00:55:39hall

00:55:39falls

00:55:40silent.

00:55:40Her

00:55:41voice

00:55:41was

00:55:41sharp

00:55:42and

00:55:42piercing

00:55:43like

00:55:43nails

00:55:44on

00:55:44a

00:55:44chalk

00:55:44board.

00:55:45What

00:55:45was

00:55:46she

00:55:46going

00:55:46to

00:55:46say?

00:55:47Nothing

00:55:47more

00:55:47than

00:55:47her

00:55:48usual

00:55:48self-righteous

00:55:49slander

00:55:50and lies.

00:55:50Did

00:55:51she

00:55:51really

00:55:51think

00:55:52that

00:55:52would

00:55:52bring

00:55:52me

00:55:52down?

00:55:53Very

00:55:53well

00:55:54ma'am.

00:55:55Please

00:55:56go

00:55:56ahead.

00:55:57What

00:55:57is

00:55:58it

00:55:58you'd

00:55:58like

00:55:58to

00:55:58say?

00:55:59Ladies

00:55:59and

00:56:00gentlemen

00:56:00our

00:56:01purpose

00:56:01here

00:56:01today

00:56:02is

00:56:02simple.

00:56:03The

00:56:03major

00:56:03investor

00:56:04wants

00:56:04to

00:56:05enter

00:56:05the

00:56:05tech

00:56:05sector

00:56:06and

00:56:06find

00:56:06suitable

00:56:07partners.

00:56:08This

00:56:09is

00:56:09not

00:56:09just

00:56:09about

00:56:10capital

00:56:10or

00:56:10capability.

00:56:11The

00:56:12most

00:56:12important

00:56:13thing

00:56:13is

00:56:13character.

00:56:14It's

00:56:15not

00:56:15that

00:56:15obvious.

00:56:16Everyone

00:56:16here

00:56:17has

00:56:17both

00:56:17capability

00:56:18and

00:56:18integrity

00:56:19do

00:56:19not

00:56:19they?

00:56:20What

00:56:20is

00:56:21this

00:56:21woman

00:56:21trying

00:56:21to

00:56:21say?

00:56:22Everyone

00:56:22here

00:56:23belongs

00:56:24in

00:56:24this

00:56:24room

00:56:26except

00:56:27one

00:56:27man.

00:56:29And

00:56:30that

00:56:30person

00:56:31is

00:56:32you!

00:56:32My

00:56:33ex

00:56:33husband

00:56:34John.

00:56:35The

00:56:36guests

00:56:37and

00:56:37Charles

00:56:37all

00:56:38turn

00:56:38to

00:56:38look

00:56:38at

00:56:38me.

00:56:39Suddenly

00:56:39two

00:56:40photos

00:56:40flashes

00:56:41up

00:56:41on

00:56:41the

00:56:41big

00:56:41screen.

00:56:42One

00:56:42of

00:56:42a

00:56:42young

00:56:43John

00:56:43with

00:56:43Mia

00:56:44and

00:56:44another

00:56:45of

00:56:45John

00:56:45with

00:56:46Annie.

00:56:46Mr.

00:56:47Charles

00:56:48John's

00:56:48a

00:56:48leech.

00:56:49His

00:56:49private

00:56:50life

00:56:50is

00:56:50a

00:56:50mess.

00:56:51He's

00:56:51been

00:56:51messing

00:56:51around

00:56:52with

00:56:52two

00:56:52women

00:56:52at

00:56:52the

00:56:52same

00:56:53time.

00:56:53He

00:56:53doesn't

00:56:54deserve

00:56:54to

00:56:54partner

00:56:55with

00:56:55you.

00:56:56He

00:56:56doesn't

00:56:57even

00:56:57deserve

00:56:57to

00:56:57stand

00:56:58here.

00:57:01The

00:57:02woman

00:57:02looks

00:57:02familiar.

00:57:03Isn't

00:57:03that

00:57:04Mia

00:57:04Morgan,

00:57:04the

00:57:04COO

00:57:05of

00:57:05Nexus

00:57:05Capital

00:57:06Group?

00:57:07This

00:57:08guy's

00:57:08good at

00:57:09it.

00:57:09He

00:57:09actually

00:57:09hooked

00:57:10Mia

00:57:10Morgan?

00:57:12Who's

00:57:13the

00:57:13other

00:57:13woman?

00:57:13She's

00:57:14pretty

00:57:14hot

00:57:14too.

00:57:16I

00:57:17stand

00:57:17rooting

00:57:17to the

00:57:18spot,

00:57:18listening

00:57:19to those

00:57:19whispers,

00:57:20my face

00:57:21darkening

00:57:22with anger.

00:57:23Eva,

00:57:23if you're

00:57:24asking for

00:57:24it,

00:57:25I'll

00:57:25give you

00:57:25what you

00:57:26want.

00:57:26Eva

00:57:27sashays

00:57:28towards

00:57:28Charles,

00:57:29a warm

00:57:29smile

00:57:30plastered

00:57:30on her

00:57:30face.

00:57:31Mr.

00:57:32Charles,

00:57:32as the

00:57:33investor's

00:57:33representative,

00:57:34I'm

00:57:35sure you

00:57:35will

00:57:35make

00:57:35the

00:57:36right

00:57:36judgment.

00:57:37Charles

00:57:37adjusts

00:57:37his

00:57:38suit

00:57:38jacket,

00:57:38a hint

00:57:39of

00:57:39helplessness

00:57:40on his

00:57:40face.

00:57:40He

00:57:41had

00:57:41probably

00:57:41never

00:57:41seen

00:57:42a

00:57:42woman

00:57:42so

00:57:42reckless

00:57:43with

00:57:43her

00:57:43own

00:57:43fate.

00:57:44He

00:57:44doesn't

00:57:45belong

00:57:45here.

00:57:45I

00:57:46used

00:57:46to

00:57:46be

00:57:46a

00:57:46sales

00:57:47director

00:57:47at

00:57:47Nexus

00:57:48Capital

00:57:4810

00:57:48years

00:57:49of

00:57:49experience

00:57:50and

00:57:51I've

00:57:51prepared

00:57:51a

00:57:52perfect

00:57:52promotional

00:57:53plan

00:57:53for

00:57:53your

00:57:53company.

00:57:55Charles

00:57:55takes

00:57:56Eva's

00:57:56proposal

00:57:57and flips

00:57:58through

00:57:58it

00:57:58quickly.

00:57:59His

00:57:59frown

00:58:00deepens

00:58:00with

00:58:00every

00:58:01page.

00:58:01If

00:58:02you

00:58:02take

00:58:02my

00:58:02advice,

00:58:03you'll

00:58:03find

00:58:04the

00:58:04most

00:58:04suitable

00:58:04partner.

00:58:05You'll

00:58:06dominate

00:58:06the

00:58:07market

00:58:07and

00:58:07become

00:58:07the

00:58:08industry

00:58:08leader.

00:58:09Charles

00:58:09snaps

00:58:10the

00:58:10proposal

00:58:10shut.

00:58:11Then,

00:58:12without

00:58:12a

00:58:12word,

00:58:13he

00:58:13slaps

00:58:13Eva hard

00:58:14across

00:58:15the

00:58:15face.

00:58:16She

00:58:17shrieks,

00:58:18her

00:58:18scream

00:58:18piercing

00:58:19through

00:58:19the

00:58:19entire

00:58:20conference

00:58:20hall.

00:58:21The

00:58:21guests

00:58:22exchange

00:58:22stunning

00:58:23glances.

00:58:24Alex

00:58:24and

00:58:24Amy

00:58:24rushes

00:58:25to

00:58:25support

00:58:25Eva.

00:58:26How

00:58:27dare

00:58:27you

00:58:27slander

00:58:28our

00:58:28investor?

00:58:29Charles

00:58:29hurls

00:58:30the

00:58:30proposal

00:58:30at

00:58:31Eva.

00:58:31Papers

00:58:32scatter

00:58:32across

00:58:33the

00:58:33floor.

00:58:34I

00:58:34didn't!

00:58:35When

00:58:35did I

00:58:35slander

00:58:36the

00:58:36investor?

00:58:37I

00:58:37only

00:58:38talked

00:58:38about

00:58:38that

00:58:39worthless

00:58:39piece

00:58:39of

00:58:40trash,

00:58:40John!

00:58:41Charles

00:58:42follows

00:58:42her

00:58:42pointing

00:58:43finger

00:58:43and

00:58:43looks

00:58:44at

00:58:44me.

00:58:44I

00:58:44stand

00:58:45calmly,

00:58:46arms

00:58:46crossing,

00:58:46like I

00:58:47was

00:58:47watching

00:58:47a

00:58:47circus.

00:58:49Alex

00:58:49turned

00:58:50to me

00:58:50furiously,

00:58:51his

00:58:51eyes

00:58:51blazing

00:58:52with

00:58:52rage,

00:58:53but I

00:58:53don't

00:58:54even

00:58:54flinch.

00:58:55You

00:58:55old

00:58:55bastard!

00:58:56What

00:58:56trick

00:58:56are

00:58:57you

00:58:57pulling

00:58:57now?

00:58:58A

00:58:58trick?

00:58:59Against

00:59:00you?

00:59:00You're

00:59:01not even

00:59:01worth

00:59:01the

00:59:02effort.

00:59:05The

00:59:06investor

00:59:06has

00:59:07arrived.

00:59:07The

00:59:07doors

00:59:08swing

00:59:08open.

00:59:09Two

00:59:09bodyguards

00:59:10stand

00:59:10on

00:59:11either

00:59:11side.

00:59:12Annie

00:59:12strides

00:59:12in.

00:59:13Her

00:59:13gaze

00:59:13sweeps

00:59:14over

00:59:14Eva,

00:59:15then

00:59:15Alex,

00:59:16and

00:59:16finally

00:59:16lands

00:59:17on

00:59:17me.

00:59:18She

00:59:19smiles,

00:59:19just

00:59:20slightly.

00:59:22Everyone

00:59:22watches as

00:59:23Annie walks

00:59:23in.

00:59:28I

00:59:29smile.

00:59:30My

00:59:30eyes

00:59:30fix

00:59:30on

00:59:31her.

00:59:31Eva

00:59:31stands

00:59:32frozen.

00:59:32Her

00:59:32eye

00:59:33is

00:59:33wide

00:59:33open,

00:59:34as

00:59:34if

00:59:34she'd

00:59:34something

00:59:35unbelievable.

00:59:36Isn't

00:59:36she the

00:59:37other

00:59:37woman

00:59:37from

00:59:37the

00:59:37photo?

00:59:39How

00:59:39did

00:59:39this

00:59:40guy

00:59:40manage

00:59:40to

00:59:40win

00:59:41up

00:59:41two

00:59:43beautiful

00:59:43women?

00:59:47There's

00:59:48nothing

00:59:48going on

00:59:48between

00:59:48John

00:59:49and

00:59:49me.

00:59:49Go

00:59:50ahead,

00:59:50say

00:59:50another

00:59:51word,

00:59:51see

00:59:51what

00:59:51happens.

00:59:52nothing?

00:59:53You

00:59:53were

00:59:53holding

00:59:53each

00:59:54other

00:59:54so

00:59:54closely,

00:59:55that's

00:59:55nothing?

00:59:56Eva

00:59:56mimicked

00:59:56the

00:59:57embrace

00:59:57from

00:59:57the

00:59:57photo

00:59:58on

00:59:58the

00:59:58screen,

00:59:59her

00:59:59gestures

00:59:59growing

01:00:00more

01:00:00exaggerated,

01:00:01as if

01:00:01she were

01:00:02putting

01:00:02on a

01:00:02comedy

01:00:02show.

01:00:03I

01:00:03watch

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01:00:25relationship

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01:00:26Is

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01:00:26how

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01:00:27Hey,

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01:00:31John,

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01:00:37people

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01:00:40me.

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01:00:52Get

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01:00:54up!

01:00:55I

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01:00:56anyone!

01:00:59Eva

01:00:59stares

01:01:00at me

01:01:00and walks

01:01:01toward me.

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01:01:46billionaire?

01:01:47Charles

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01:01:49calmly.

01:01:50Alex

01:01:50and

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01:01:51the

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01:01:52faces

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01:01:53pale.

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01:01:55Eva

01:01:55Collins,

01:01:56you have

01:01:57no idea

01:01:58what you've

01:01:58lost,

01:01:59and every

01:02:00bit of

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01:02:00your own

01:02:01damn

01:02:01fault.

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01:02:02freezes

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01:02:03second.

01:02:04Then,

01:02:05she

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01:02:07laughter.

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01:02:10mind.

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01:02:14Mia!

01:02:14You're

01:02:14just

01:02:14covering

01:02:15for the

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01:02:16you're

01:02:16keeping!

01:02:17Eva,

01:02:19still

01:02:19can't

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01:02:20reality?

01:02:21Go

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01:02:22search for

01:02:22who the

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01:02:23Capital

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01:02:25you many

01:02:25times.

01:02:26Too

01:02:26lazy

01:02:27to

01:02:27check?

01:02:28No!

01:02:29No

01:02:29way!

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01:02:31phone,

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01:02:37loser

01:02:38who

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01:02:38at

01:02:38home

01:02:38for

01:02:39decades!

01:02:40Eva

01:02:40kept

01:02:41running

01:02:41her

01:02:41mouth.

01:02:43CEO?

01:02:44Billionaire?

01:02:45You

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01:02:46kidding

01:02:46me!

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01:02:49look,

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01:03:13instantly,

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01:03:16dream.

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01:03:17Collins,

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01:03:18you

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01:03:19yourself?

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01:03:20my

01:03:20brother

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01:03:24your

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01:03:48Capital?

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01:04:17yourself,

01:04:17your

01:04:17success

01:04:18today

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01:04:30words.

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01:04:31date,

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01:04:41repeatedly,

01:04:42backing

01:04:43away.

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01:04:46a

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01:04:46mess.

01:04:53Suddenly,

01:04:54Alex

01:04:55and

01:04:55Amy

01:04:55rush

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01:04:56their

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01:04:58grabbing

01:04:59my

01:04:59hands.

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01:05:05you.

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01:05:17my

01:05:17hands

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01:05:19to

01:05:19the

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01:05:20Then

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01:05:21scramble

01:05:21right

01:05:21back

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01:05:23me

01:05:23again.

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01:05:25my

01:05:25hands

01:05:25once

01:05:26more,

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01:05:27pitifully.

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01:05:29drag

01:05:29them

01:05:30out!

01:05:30Two

01:05:30bodyguards

01:05:31rush

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01:05:32grab

01:05:32them

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01:05:33haul

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01:05:34toward

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01:05:35struggle

01:05:35furiously,

01:05:37shouting,

01:05:37their voices

01:05:38echoing

01:05:39through the

01:05:39hall.

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01:05:40where I

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01:05:41my

01:05:41resolve

01:05:42unshaken.

01:05:43The

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01:05:46my

01:05:46family

01:05:47anymore.

01:05:48A

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01:05:49is

01:05:50nothing

01:05:50but a

01:05:50pale

01:05:51excuse.

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01:05:55park,

01:05:56sunlight

01:05:56filters

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01:05:58branches,

01:05:59casting

01:05:59dappling

01:06:00shadows

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01:06:02Annie

01:06:02and I

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01:06:03side

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01:06:05twenty

01:06:05years

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01:06:08not

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01:06:12She

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01:06:14with

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01:06:14her

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01:06:24me

01:06:24what

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01:06:24was

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01:06:28smiles

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01:06:29faces.

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01:06:31buried

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01:06:31time,

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01:06:32back

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01:06:34spring

01:06:34grass

01:06:35pushing

01:06:35through

01:06:35the

01:06:35dirt.

01:06:36Annie,

01:06:37it's

01:06:37cold.

01:06:37You're

01:06:38not

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01:06:38enough.

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01:06:42my

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01:06:44neck.

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01:06:50shoulder.

01:06:56Annie,

01:06:57do you

01:06:57remember I

01:06:58promised you

01:06:58an answer

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01:06:59meeting?

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01:07:11my

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01:07:12it.

01:07:13Eyes

01:07:13sincere.

01:07:14Annie,

01:07:15will you

01:07:15marry

01:07:15me?

01:07:16Will

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01:07:17my

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01:07:18the

01:07:18rest

01:07:18of

01:07:18our

01:07:18lives

01:07:19together?

01:07:19Annie

01:07:19stunned

01:07:20for a

01:07:20moment.

01:07:21She

01:07:21covers

01:07:21her

01:07:22mouth

01:07:22with

01:07:22both

01:07:22hands,

01:07:23her

01:07:23eyes

01:07:24glistening

01:07:24with

01:07:24tears,

01:07:25filling

01:07:25with joy

01:07:26and

01:07:26emotion.

01:07:27Yes,

01:07:28with

01:07:29all

01:07:29my

01:07:29heart.

01:07:30I'll

01:07:30be

01:07:30with

01:07:31you

01:07:31forever.

01:07:32I

01:07:32stand

01:07:32up

01:07:33and

01:07:33gently

01:07:33slip

01:07:34the

01:07:34ring

01:07:34onto

01:07:34her

01:07:35finger.

01:07:35The

01:07:36ring

01:07:36sparkles

01:07:37brightly

01:07:37in

01:07:37the

01:07:38sunlight,

01:07:38casting

01:07:39tiny,

01:07:40warm

01:07:40glints.

01:07:47Do

01:07:47you

01:07:47know

01:07:48how

01:07:48long

01:07:48I've

01:07:48waited

01:07:49for

01:07:49this

01:07:49moment?

01:07:50I

01:07:51won't

01:07:51make

01:07:51you

01:07:51wait

01:07:51any

01:07:52longer.

01:07:52Annie

01:07:52holds

01:07:53me

01:07:53tight,

01:07:54tears

01:07:54in her

01:07:54eyes,

01:07:55and

01:07:55nods

01:07:55firmly.

01:07:56I

01:07:56gently

01:07:57pat her

01:07:57back.

01:07:57Then,

01:07:58a

01:07:59sharp

01:07:59voice

01:07:59shatters

01:08:00the

01:08:00piece.

01:08:01John!

01:08:01I

01:08:02turn

01:08:02around.

01:08:03Ava

01:08:03and

01:08:03Amy

01:08:04stand

01:08:04not

01:08:04far

01:08:05away,

01:08:05their

01:08:06eyes

01:08:06fixing

01:08:06on

01:08:07me.

01:08:07Instinctively,

01:08:08I

01:08:09step

01:08:09in front

01:08:10of

01:08:10Annie

01:08:10to

01:08:10protect

01:08:11her.

01:08:11What

01:08:12are

01:08:12you

01:08:12doing

01:08:13here?

01:08:13Ava

01:08:14and

01:08:14Amy

01:08:15walk

01:08:15toward

01:08:15me.

01:08:16I

01:08:16stand

01:08:17in

01:08:17front

01:08:17of

01:08:17Annie,

01:08:18refusing

01:08:18to

01:08:19let

01:08:19that

01:08:19woman

01:08:19disturb

01:08:20my

01:08:20life

01:08:20any

01:08:21further.

01:08:22We

01:08:22need

01:08:22to

01:08:22talk.

01:08:24Should

01:08:24I

01:08:25step

01:08:25aside?

01:08:25No.

01:08:26Just say

01:08:27what you

01:08:27have to

01:08:27say.

01:08:28We

01:08:28still

01:08:28have

01:08:28things

01:08:28to

01:08:28do.

01:08:29stare

01:08:29at

01:08:29her

01:08:30coldly.

01:08:31Amy

01:08:31stands

01:08:31right

01:08:32beside

01:08:32her,

01:08:32with

01:08:33the

01:08:33same

01:08:33heartbroken

01:08:34look.

01:08:34Since

01:08:35when did

01:08:35people

01:08:36like

01:08:36them

01:08:36have

01:08:36hearts

01:08:37that

01:08:37would

01:08:37hurt?

01:08:44John,

01:08:44I'm

01:08:44sorry.

01:08:46I

01:08:46was

01:08:46wrong.

01:08:47Please

01:08:49come

01:08:49home

01:08:50with

01:08:50me.

01:08:51She

01:08:51reaches

01:08:52for

01:08:52my

01:08:52hand,

01:08:53the

01:08:53same

01:08:53hand

01:08:54that

01:08:54slapped

01:08:54me,

01:08:55the

01:08:55same

01:08:55hand

01:08:56that

01:08:56threw

01:08:56away

01:08:56my

01:08:57mother's

01:08:57pocket

01:08:57watch.

01:08:58I

01:08:59yank

01:08:59my

01:08:59hand

01:09:00away

01:09:00from

01:09:00hers.

01:09:01Eva

01:09:01looks

01:09:01stunned,

01:09:02as if

01:09:03she

01:09:03were

01:09:03the

01:09:03one

01:09:04who

01:09:04had

01:09:04been

01:09:04wronged.

01:09:05Eva,

01:09:06we're

01:09:06already

01:09:06divorced.

01:09:07We're

01:09:08done.

01:09:12Please,

01:09:13please,

01:09:13I'm

01:09:13begging

01:09:14you.

01:09:14I

01:09:15regret

01:09:15it.

01:09:16I

01:09:16never

01:09:17wanted

01:09:17a

01:09:17divorce.

01:09:18Please,

01:09:20let's

01:09:20remarry

01:09:21now.

01:09:22Annie

01:09:22looks at

01:09:23me

01:09:23nervously.

01:09:24My

01:09:24heart

01:09:25was

01:09:25churning,

01:09:26but

01:09:26my

01:09:26face

01:09:26showed

01:09:27nothing.

01:09:27I

01:09:28don't

01:09:28care

01:09:28why

01:09:28you

01:09:29changed

01:09:29your

01:09:29mind.

01:09:29You

01:09:30chose

01:09:30the

01:09:30divorce.

01:09:31You

01:09:32broke

01:09:32your

01:09:32vows.

01:09:33There's

01:09:34nothing

01:09:34left

01:09:34between

01:09:34us.

01:09:35I

01:09:36turn

01:09:36my

01:09:36head

01:09:36slowly

01:09:37and

01:09:37look

01:09:37at

01:09:37Annie.

01:09:38In

01:09:38her

01:09:38eyes,

01:09:39I

01:09:39could

01:09:40see

01:09:40unease,

01:09:41hope,

01:09:42and

01:09:42trust.

01:09:43I

01:09:43call

01:09:44her

01:09:44softly

01:09:44and

01:09:45gently

01:09:45pull

01:09:45her

01:09:46into

01:09:46my

01:09:46arms,

01:09:47embracing

01:09:47her

01:09:48with

01:09:48all

01:09:48my

01:09:48tenderness.

01:09:49Now,

01:09:50I

01:09:50only

01:09:50care

01:09:51about

01:09:51Annie.

01:09:52As

01:09:52for

01:09:53you,

01:09:53I'm

01:09:53completely

01:09:54done.

01:09:55Don't

01:09:56ever

01:09:56come

01:09:56near

01:09:56us

01:09:56again.

01:10:00I

01:10:00walk

01:10:01straight

01:10:01past

01:10:01Eva

01:10:02with

01:10:02Annie

01:10:02in my

01:10:03arms,

01:10:03never

01:10:04looking

01:10:04back.

01:10:05Not

01:10:05even

01:10:05once.

01:10:06Each

01:10:07step

01:10:07fills

01:10:08with

01:10:08unwavering

01:10:09resolve.

01:10:10Annie

01:10:10glances

01:10:10at her

01:10:11softly.

01:10:12There

01:10:12was no

01:10:12smugness

01:10:13in that

01:10:13look,

01:10:14only

01:10:14pity.

01:10:15From

01:10:15behind

01:10:16us,

01:10:17Eva's

01:10:17cries

01:10:17drift

01:10:18drift

01:10:18over,

01:10:18clear

01:10:19and

01:10:19heavy.

01:10:20no,

01:10:21John!

01:10:23The

01:10:24next

01:10:24day,

01:10:25I

01:10:25am

01:10:25working

01:10:26in

01:10:26my

01:10:26office

01:10:26when

01:10:27a

01:10:27noisy

01:10:27commotion

01:10:28drifts

01:10:28up from

01:10:29downstairs.

01:10:32I

01:10:32stand

01:10:33by the

01:10:33window

01:10:33and pull

01:10:34back

01:10:34the

01:10:34curtain.

01:10:36Eva

01:10:36is

01:10:36kneeling

01:10:36on the

01:10:37street

01:10:37holding

01:10:37up a

01:10:38sign

01:10:38that

01:10:38reads,

01:10:39John,

01:10:40I

01:10:40was

01:10:40wrong.

01:10:41Beside

01:10:41her

01:10:42stand

01:10:42another

01:10:42sign.

01:10:43I

01:10:43just

01:10:43want

01:10:44us

01:10:44to

01:10:44remarry.

01:10:45Please

01:10:45forgive

01:10:45me.

01:10:46I'll

01:10:46wait

01:10:46for

01:10:46you

01:10:46right

01:10:47here

01:10:47for

01:10:47the

01:10:47sake

01:10:48of

01:10:48our

01:10:48children.

01:10:49A

01:10:49crowd

01:10:50of

01:10:50passersby

01:10:50had

01:10:51gathered

01:10:51around

01:10:52her,

01:10:52pointing,

01:10:53whispering,

01:10:54and taking

01:10:54photos,

01:10:55some

01:10:56feeling sympathy

01:10:56for her,

01:10:57others

01:10:58mocking

01:10:58her.

01:10:59I

01:10:59stand

01:11:00by the

01:11:00window,

01:11:01expressionless,

01:11:02and pull

01:11:02the

01:11:03curtain

01:11:03shut.

01:11:07Moments

01:11:08later,

01:11:08the

01:11:08office

01:11:09door

01:11:09creaks

01:11:09open.

01:11:10Annie

01:11:11walks

01:11:11in,

01:11:12holding

01:11:12a warm

01:11:13lunchbox.

01:11:14I

01:11:14hurry

01:11:14over to

01:11:15greet

01:11:15her.

01:11:15We

01:11:16sit

01:11:16down

01:11:16together

01:11:16to

01:11:17enjoy

01:11:17our

01:11:18lunch.

01:11:19In

01:11:19this

01:11:19world,

01:11:20some

01:11:20people

01:11:21will

01:11:21throw

01:11:21you

01:11:21away

01:11:22like

01:11:22trash,

01:11:23while

01:11:23others

01:11:24will

01:11:24treasure

01:11:24you

01:11:25like

01:11:25gold.

01:11:26Don't

01:11:26waste

01:11:26your

01:11:27heart

01:11:27on

01:11:27the

01:11:28wrong

01:11:28person.

No More Mercy for My Ex Episode Billionaire Revenge, Secret Identity, ANS

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