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00:00Ryan Carter, le fameux plebouillaire,
00:02openly declared that he only dated women
00:04on short-term arrangements.
00:06People all laughed at me,
00:08saying I was the most miserable wealthy wife in history.
00:11They all thought I'd endure it for the rest of my life.
00:13Until Ryan brought a college student
00:15named Kelly Smith home.
00:16The girl looked ordinary,
00:18yet she was the first woman he kept longer than a month.
00:21Ryan gave me two choices.
00:23Agree to an open marriage
00:24and let Kelly be on equal terms with me.
00:26Or just divorce him, split the assets evenly,
00:29and go our separate ways for good.
00:31His friends were there, watching the show.
00:33They were sure I'd just keep being a pushover,
00:36putting up with everything.
00:37But to their surprise,
00:39I chose the latter without hesitation.
00:41In my previous life, I chose to endure,
00:43and what I got in return
00:44was Kelly pushing her luck further and further.
00:46She forbade Ryan from touching me
00:48or giving me any of his assets.
00:50In my later years, I couldn't help but envy Kelly,
00:53who ended up with everything, money, children,
00:56the whole package.
00:57Even after Ryan died,
00:59his will didn't grant me anything.
01:00All his inheritance was left under Kelly's control.
01:03I had been his lawful wife,
01:05but ended up with nothing at last.
01:07Reborn into this life,
01:08I finally figured everything out.
01:10This time I just wanted to take the money and leave.
01:13I picked up the divorce agreement,
01:15read it carefully from beginning to end,
01:17and was about to sign my name.
01:19Anna, Taylor, think this through.
01:21Once you sign, there's no turning back.
01:25I didn't stop.
01:27I quickly wrote my name down.
01:29I'll pack my things and leave right now.
01:33Why the hell would I turn back?
01:35In my previous life,
01:37I thought bringing Kelly home
01:38was just another one of his tricks to mess with me.
01:41Naively, I believe that after all these years of marriage,
01:44he must have had at least a little affection for me.
01:46I was a fool.
01:48He and Kelly had kids one after another
01:50and grew old together in love.
01:51And I, in that house,
01:53was like an awkward outsider.
01:54Not until my later years did I hear him talking with Kelly
01:57in a hospital room.
01:58He said that back then,
01:59the dramatic scene of catching a guy in my bed
02:02had been arranged by him personally.
02:04I was just tired of her
02:05and didn't want things to get too ugly.
02:07So I staged the whole thing.
02:09There wasn't a shred of guilt in his clotted eyes.
02:12That way, anything I did afterward
02:15seemed completely justified.
02:17So that was it.
02:18No wonder every time I desperately tried to explain,
02:21all I got was his cold disbelief.
02:23Because from beginning to end,
02:24he knew the truth.
02:26He didn't love me.
02:27Yet he used a fabricated crime to trap me for 50 years.
02:30He could have ended it cleanly with one stroke,
02:32but instead chose to slowly torture me to death.
02:35Looking at the young yet still cold face before me,
02:37I felt nothing but hatred.
02:39He stared blankly at the signed agreement.
02:42His eyes filled with shock.
02:43Outside the door,
02:44the faint sounds of whispering abruptly stopped.
02:49My distinguished parents-in-law rushed in cheerfully.
02:52My mother-in-law grabbed Kelly's hand,
02:54looking her up and down,
02:55clicking her tongue in praise.
02:57Oh my, look at her!
02:59So young and so energetic!
03:02My father-in-law,
03:03who had always treated me with hostility,
03:05was smiling kindly at this moment.
03:07He shot me a pointed glance.
03:09Finally, we can send away that useless one.
03:12It's been so many years,
03:14but there's no kid at all.
03:15Kelly lowered her head shyly,
03:18pretending to be modest.
03:19Sir,
03:20madam,
03:21please don't say that.
03:23I don't want to disrespect Anna,
03:25especially since I'm not much younger than madam Anna.
03:28She paused,
03:29her face flushing.
03:31Actually,
03:31I'm already one month pregnant.
03:33It's just still early,
03:35so I plan to tell you about it later.
03:37I looked at her and frowned.
03:39As expected,
03:40still the same familiar sarcasm,
03:43the same nauseating tone.
03:44Only this time,
03:45I didn't care anymore.
03:47All these years,
03:48in order to be a useful wife,
03:50I worked myself to the bone at Carter Group during the day.
03:53At night,
03:53I still had to serve these two picky bastards.
03:56Just past 30,
03:57yet plenty of white hair had already crept into my temples.
04:00I did look kinda old.
04:02I turned back to my room
04:04and began packing my pitiful little bit of luggage,
04:06and I was already planning where I should go first
04:08to properly relax after getting the money.
04:11Didn't notice Ryan following me in.
04:13It's so late,
04:14there's no need to move out immediately.
04:16Leave tomorrow.
04:17Isn't the villa in the west of the city still empty?
04:20You can stay there for now.
04:22I don't feel free to that you're fine.
04:24Anna,
04:25you're just being emotional.
04:26Calm down.
04:27I know how much you love me, okay?
04:29But I really can't let you be my legal wife anymore.
04:31I can't let my child grow up being labeled as illegitimate.
04:34I didn't respond.
04:35I just picked up my suitcase,
04:37walked past him,
04:38and headed straight for the door.
04:39There's nothing left to say between us.
04:41I'm very happy we're divorced.
04:44If you really still have a conscience,
04:46hurry up and pay me what you owe.
04:47The night wind carried fine snow as it rushed toward me,
04:50biting cold,
04:51yet unable to extinguish the fire burning in my heart.
04:56Ryan's efficiency was,
04:58as always,
04:59impressive.
05:00When I woke up,
05:01three billion was already in my bank account.
05:03With the money,
05:04the first thing I did was book
05:05Harbor City's most luxurious private club.
05:08Haircut,
05:09full-body spa,
05:10and everything.
05:11The haggard woman with graying temples
05:12in the mirror was gone.
05:14In her place stood a sharp-eyed beauty
05:15with flamboyant red hair.
05:17Just as I finished changing,
05:19my best friend Iris Allen called.
05:20She immediately burst into a fit of shouting.
05:23Anna Taylor!
05:24What's going on between you and Ryan?
05:26Have you lost your minds?
05:28What the hell happened?
05:30I held the phone a little farther away
05:32and asked lazily,
05:33What's wrong?
05:34And you still ask what's wrong?
05:36Haven't you seen the news yourself?
05:37The headlines are all the photos of Ryan's
05:39a tin flea with nairmosinols.
05:41He said front to Jesus
05:42that they bidges his lonely life.
05:44Even should they bail been quitting.
05:46Your snobby care-me were right there too.
05:48Something that bidges deserves it.
05:50Her voice dropped,
05:51filled with cautious concern.
05:53Well, are you okay?
05:54Such recognition.
05:55Ryan had now given it to her.
05:57I'm fine.
05:58Admiring my brand new look,
05:59I spoke calmly.
06:01We're already divorced.
06:05Iris didn't believe it.
06:06She'd watched me love Ryan
06:08for more than 10 years.
06:09She watched me bend over backward
06:11for this marriage,
06:12give up myself.
06:13Like a servant begging for scraps,
06:15begging for scraps of affection.
06:16I didn't explain further.
06:18I just laughed and said,
06:20Are you free tonight?
06:22Let's go get a drink.
06:23In Harbor City's most extravagant bar,
06:26the booths were piled high
06:27with the priciest wine.
06:29Several young, handsome male models
06:31surrounded me,
06:32attentively pouring drinks for me.
06:36Enjoy it.
06:39Iris stared at me.
06:40Holy shit.
06:41I believe it now.
06:43You really have let go.
06:45You were never like this before.
06:47Back then,
06:48to prove to Ryan
06:49that I wasn't after money,
06:51I calculated cost performance
06:52for everything.
06:53I had been afraid
06:54he'd think I was wasteful
06:55or didn't care about the family.
06:57Now,
06:57sitting in this luxurious private room,
06:59I looked at the woman
07:00reflected in the mirrored glass.
07:02The flamboyant red hair,
07:03the perfectly tailored haute couture dress,
07:05was strange yet familiar.
07:08Iris raised her glass
07:09and clinked it hard against mine.
07:12You look a bit like that
07:13once-in-a-century genius beauty
07:14from the finance department
07:15at Ace University.
07:16She downed a huge gulp of wine
07:18and then complained.
07:19Back then,
07:21so many venture capital firms
07:23were fighting to invest in you.
07:26If you'd started your own group,
07:28you'd have crushed Carter Group long ago.
07:30Spending over a decade
07:31being a servant for his family
07:33and after the divorce,
07:34you only got this much money?
07:35Girl,
07:36I really think you deserve better.
07:38I had been a servant for them
07:39for more than a decade.
07:41In my previous life,
07:42Carter Group,
07:43under my control,
07:44once dominated the national rankings
07:46as the strongest enterprise.
07:47Yet in my old age,
07:49I couldn't even afford
07:50a box of painkillers.
07:51In the end,
07:52I was thrown out by Kelly's children
07:54and died of illness
07:55beside a trash heap
07:56on a winter night.
07:57The business empire
07:58I built with my entire life
07:59went to Kelly and her children.
08:01Thinking of this,
08:02I drained the wine
08:03in my glass in one go.
08:04The spicy liquid
08:05burned down my throat,
08:06yet ignited the fire
08:07deep in my heart.
08:08I swore I would get back at them.
08:10Without me,
08:11could they really live so well?
08:15The very next day,
08:16news of my group registration
08:18spread like wildfire,
08:19stirring the entire circle.
08:20Some people sensed opportunity
08:22and rushed overnight with proposals,
08:24hoping to invest.
08:26But more people mocked
08:27and waited on the sidelines,
08:28waiting for the Carter family's reaction.
08:30Someone clearly gave instructions
08:32to the media,
08:32so paparazzi articles
08:34were all belittling me
08:35for overestimating myself.
08:36I looked at the push notifications
08:38on my phone
08:39and swiped them away expressionlessly.
08:40I just didn't expect
08:42to receive a call from Ryan.
08:44Anna,
08:45can't you be a bit more understanding?
08:47I've just found true love.
08:50Besides,
08:50instead of starting
08:51some small, broken group,
08:53wouldn't it be better
08:53to stay at Carter Group?
08:55That Southern District merger
08:56you were handling before?
08:58I hung up the phone directly.
09:00As expected,
09:01he had just remembered
09:02that I was still useful.
09:04That Southern District project
09:05was a tough nut
09:06I'd been working on
09:07for over half a year.
09:08I drank until my stomach
09:10perforated for it.
09:11Without me,
09:12Carter Group wouldn't even
09:13know where to start.
09:14At Carter Group,
09:15although I was the president,
09:17my monthly salary
09:17was only $1,000.
09:19All because my
09:20distinguished father-in-law
09:21said we were family
09:22and shouldn't be so calculative.
09:24I once naively believed
09:25that was his test for me.
09:27Now it seemed
09:27I was nothing more
09:28than an exceptionally capable
09:29yet ridiculously cheap
09:30housemaid they had recruited.
09:32The more I thought about it,
09:33the angrier I became.
09:35I made up my mind
09:36at that time.
09:37I would take over
09:38all those projects
09:39I brought to Carter Group
09:40in my previous life.
09:41Even if my new group
09:42couldn't deal with them,
09:43I would personally
09:44hand them over
09:44to Carter Group's
09:45deadliest rivals.
09:48After the call was cut off,
09:50Ryan slammed his phone
09:51to the ground in fury.
09:53All these years,
09:54he had grown used
09:55to my obedience,
09:56expecting me to show up
09:57on command
09:57and disappear at his whim.
09:59Now that I'd hung up
10:00on him so decisively,
10:01he felt really mad.
10:02At that moment,
10:04his special assistant
10:05awkwardly came in holding
10:06a stack of documents
10:07he couldn't even understand,
10:08asking him to sign them.
10:10Days of exhaustion,
10:11plus years of unfamiliarity
10:12with group affairs,
10:13had left him truly
10:14overwhelmed lately.
10:15Kelly followed the assistant in,
10:17took Ryan's hand,
10:18and said with eyes
10:19full of concern,
10:20Ryan,
10:21don't work yourself too hard.
10:23I'm your wife now.
10:25Let me help share your burden.
10:27He hesitated,
10:28somewhat uneasy.
10:29You're still young
10:30and unfamiliar
10:31with group operations.
10:32Go rotate
10:33through the departments first.
10:35Kelly's eyes immediately
10:36reddened with grievance
10:37as she questioned him.
10:38Anna Taylor could be
10:39the president.
10:40Why can't I?
10:42Ryan subconsciously
10:43wanted to say
10:43that at least Anna
10:44was a top graduate
10:45from Mace University's
10:46finance department.
10:47But the moment
10:48he met Kelly's eyes,
10:49all his rationality
10:50was thrown away.
10:51His heart softened
10:52and he just nodded.
10:54Kelly broke into a smile
10:55through her tears,
10:56hugged him,
10:57and said affectionately,
10:58I'm just worried about you.
11:00Look at you.
11:01You've lost so much weight lately.
11:05Less than half a month
11:06after my group started up,
11:08everything was already
11:09running smoothly.
11:10During this time,
11:11Kelly sent people over
11:12more than once
11:13to cause trouble.
11:14Just some petty tricks,
11:15all of which I brushed
11:16aside with ease.
11:17After all these years,
11:18the connections I'd built
11:19were far beyond
11:20what a little girl
11:21like her could compare to.
11:22Those senior employees
11:23at Carter Group
11:24whom I personally trained
11:25had long wanted to leave
11:26after hearing I'd gone solo.
11:27Especially since
11:28after Kelly started working there,
11:30she kept suppressing them,
11:31making their days suffocating.
11:33I didn't rush
11:34to bring them over.
11:35I had them stir up
11:36a little chaos
11:37before they left,
11:38a small token
11:39of allegiance to me.
11:40Kelly thought losing
11:41a few people
11:41was no big deal,
11:42even secretly rejoicing
11:43that she'd cleared out
11:44some remnants of me.
11:45But she didn't understand,
11:47some of them
11:47were critical for the group.
11:49Projects fell through
11:50one after another,
11:51and Carter Group's
11:52stock price plunged
11:53again and again.
11:54Meanwhile,
11:55on my side,
11:56with capable team members,
11:57we unleashed
11:58astonishing power,
11:59consecutively landing
12:00several deals
12:01worth tens of millions.
12:02Standing by the floor-to-ceiling
12:04window in the conference room,
12:05looking at the jubilant team below,
12:07I announced loudly,
12:08Tonight at OTK Club,
12:10it's all on me.
12:11No one leaves sober.
12:12Awesome!
12:13Amid the thunderous cheers,
12:15I led everyone
12:16out of the group building
12:17in a grand procession.
12:19At the entrance,
12:20a familiar black Mercedes
12:21was parked quietly
12:22by the roadside.
12:23The car door opened,
12:26and Ryan stepped out
12:27with an arrogant look,
12:28waving at me.
12:29I didn't even glance his way,
12:31leading my people
12:32straight ahead.
12:33His special assistant
12:34stopped me.
12:35Ryan followed,
12:36his face openly showing
12:37displeasure and
12:38restrained anger.
12:39Anna Taylor,
12:40what do you mean?
12:41Didn't you see me?
12:42You've really grown bold now.
12:44A little impatient,
12:45I looked at him
12:46coldly and said,
12:47Sir,
12:48do you need something?
12:49He seemed slightly
12:50taken aback by my attitude,
12:52but still got straight
12:52to the point,
12:54issuing an order.
12:55Shut down your group
12:56and come back
12:57to Carter Group.
12:58I was so angered
12:59by his self-righteousness
13:00that I laughed.
13:01He took my laughter
13:02as hesitation,
13:03and his tone
13:03softened a little.
13:05Anna,
13:06I've really been
13:07exhausted lately.
13:09Don't keep fighting
13:10with me, okay?
13:11He paused,
13:12as if making
13:12a huge concession.
13:14If you really mind Kelly,
13:16I can have her move
13:17somewhere else for now.
13:18Looking at this
13:19pompous man before me,
13:20I couldn't help
13:21but question my own
13:22judgment back then.
13:24I'm not throwing
13:24a tantrum.
13:25Mr. Ryan,
13:26we're already divorced.
13:28Please don't interfere
13:29with my life anymore.
13:30I've already compromised.
13:32What more do you want?
13:34The group needs you
13:35right now,
13:35and you choose this moment
13:37to put on airs?
13:38I suddenly felt
13:39there was no reasoning
13:40with him at all.
13:40In his world,
13:42everyone was supposed
13:43to revolve around him.
13:44If you've got any issues,
13:45sir,
13:46why don't you go bother
13:47your precious wife,
13:48Kelly Smith?
13:48I'm just an outsider.
13:50I have no obligation
13:51to clean up your mess.
13:52He seemed to have realized
13:53something and said,
13:54You care about the status?
13:56Anna,
13:57once Kelly gives birth,
13:58I'll think about it.
14:00But you have to promise me
14:01no going public.
14:03I don't want Kelly
14:04to be hurt.
14:05I stared at him,
14:06enunciating every word.
14:08I'll say it one last time.
14:10Get lost.
14:11Don't let me see you again.
14:13I'm never getting back
14:14together with you.
14:15Ever.
14:16Ryan's face darkened
14:17with rage.
14:18Anna Taylor,
14:19don't push your luck.
14:21Don't forget this is
14:22Harbor City.
14:23If I want to crush
14:24a low-tier little group
14:25like yours,
14:26it's easy as pie.
14:27Oh,
14:28Mr. Ryan sure has
14:29a bad temper.
14:34Not only openly
14:35harassing my fiancé,
14:37but also threatening
14:38to destroy her group.
14:39Ryan turned his head
14:40and was totally stunned.
14:42It was Alex White,
14:43another rich young man,
14:44and Ryan's nemesis.
14:46Alex strolled over lazily
14:47and naturally wrapped
14:48an arm around my waist,
14:50leaning his head
14:51intimately against
14:51my shoulder.
14:52Darling,
14:53I've been waiting
14:53in the parking lot forever.
14:55Turns out you were here
14:56stopped by a bastard.
14:57Ryan trembled with fury,
14:59pointing at me.
15:00Anna Taylor!
15:01Give me an explanation!
15:03Why did you betray me?
15:04Then,
15:05as if he suddenly
15:06figured something out,
15:07he put on a smug,
15:08all-knowing expression.
15:11I get it now.
15:12You're acting,
15:13aren't you?
15:14You deliberately found Alex
15:15to piss me off.
15:16Alex rolled his eyes
15:17dramatically
15:18and dragged me away.
15:19Let's just not waste
15:20time with him.
15:22Stop right there!
15:23Ryan tried to chase after us,
15:25but he was too agitated,
15:27and with his recent
15:28chaotic schedule,
15:29his abdomen suddenly
15:30seized with sharp pain.
15:31He doubled over in pain,
15:33clutching his stomach,
15:34cold sweat beating
15:35on his forehead.
15:36Anna!
15:37My stomach hurts!
15:38I didn't slow down,
15:40in fact I walked even faster,
15:41not turning my head
15:43even once.
15:44Behind me were his
15:44suppressed groans of pain,
15:46and his assistant's
15:47panic screams.
15:50Alex didn't give me
15:51any chance to look back.
15:52He directly shoved me
15:54into the passenger seat
15:55of his flashy red Ferrari.
15:56The sports car roared
15:58out of the parking lot.
15:59Only then did he take off
16:00his sunglasses
16:01and smile at me sideways.
16:02Well,
16:03not bad acting, right?
16:05I didn't speak,
16:06just watched the cityscape
16:07speeding passed
16:07outside the window.
16:08Hey Anna,
16:09don't be so indifferent.
16:11He nudged me lightly
16:13with his elbow.
16:15I helped you out,
16:16you know.
16:17Not even a thank you?
16:18Thank you.
16:19I kept it brief.
16:21He pouted,
16:22clearly dissatisfied
16:23with my coldness.
16:24But he didn't say more,
16:25only turned up
16:26the volume of the car music.
16:28That very night,
16:29the headlines of
16:30Harbor City's
16:30financial and entertainment
16:31sections were all
16:32dominated by Ryan Carter.
16:34Hashtag Carter group
16:35president chasing
16:36former love,
16:37suffer stomach spasms,
16:38and his hospitalized hashtag.
16:39The accompanying photos
16:41showed him being taken
16:41into an ambulance
16:42by his assistant
16:43and bodyguards.
16:44The comments section
16:45exploded.
16:46Some mocked Ryan
16:47for bringing it on himself,
16:49saying he should have
16:50expected this day back
16:51when he flaunted
16:51his mistress.
16:53Others claimed
16:53Kelly Smith was
16:54inferior to me,
16:55which was why
16:56Ryan turned back,
16:57and that the two of us
16:57would soon remarry.
16:58In the VIP ward
17:00of Harbor City
17:00First Hospital,
17:01Kelly Smith,
17:02eyes bloodshot,
17:03grabbed the glass cup
17:04from the bedside table
17:05and smashed it viciously
17:06onto the floor,
17:07shards flying everywhere.
17:08Why did you go
17:09to find her?
17:10Why?
17:11She glared fiercely
17:12at the pale-faced
17:13Ryan on the hospital bed.
17:14Didn't you say
17:15having me alone
17:15was enough?
17:17The sharp,
17:18shattering sound
17:19startled Ryan,
17:20and a dull ache
17:21crept through his abdomen.
17:22He rubbed his temples
17:23tiredly,
17:24even opening his eyes
17:25feeling like an effort.
17:26His voice was very light.
17:28What are you yelling for?
17:31I went to see her
17:32for group matters.
17:33Group matters?
17:35Are group matters
17:36more important than me?
17:37Kelly rushed to the bedside,
17:39her eyes filled
17:40with obsessive possessiveness.
17:41I don't care!
17:42You swear right now!
17:44Promise you'll never
17:45go see Anna Taylor again!
17:48Never!
17:52Ryan was irritated
17:53and flustered.
17:55He suddenly
17:55shoved her away.
17:56Shut up!
17:58If you hadn't
17:59messed the group up
18:00so badly,
18:00would I need to warn
18:01and lower myself
18:02to go beg her?
18:03His voice shot up sharply,
18:05tinged with hysteria.
18:07I...
18:08But then the ward door
18:09was pushed open.
18:11Ryan's mother
18:12walked in carrying
18:13a thermal food container.
18:14When she saw the mess
18:15all over the floor
18:16and her son's pale face,
18:18her anger instantly flared.
18:19Kelly Smith!
18:21You're really becoming
18:22more and more outraging!
18:23She slammed the container
18:24heavily onto the table.
18:26Can't you see Ryan
18:27isn't feeling well?
18:28Why are you still
18:29yelling at him?
18:30If Anna were here,
18:32she'd have already
18:33gone home to make
18:34dinner for Ryan by now.
18:36You only know
18:36how to make a scene!
18:38Anna Taylor!
18:40You're talking
18:40about her again!
18:41Letting out
18:42a cold snort.
18:43I'm not her!
18:45I don't want to do
18:46that kind of servant work!
18:48She crossed her arms
18:49over her chest
18:50and stubbornly
18:51talked back.
18:51What do you mean?
18:52There's no mother
18:53poor-ins at Tows
18:54that way they have
18:55to go up myself!
18:56I think you just
18:57pick on fight
18:57and girly you and
18:58how I stack!
19:00I'm parrying
19:00your grandson!
19:01You don't want him
19:02anymore?
19:03How dare you
19:04talk back!
19:06What have you
19:07ever done for Ryan?
19:08Other than spending
19:09money and causing
19:10trouble,
19:11what else did you do?
19:14What trouble
19:15did I cause?
19:16Get out!
19:17Both of you!
19:18Get out!
19:19Ryan forced
19:20himself upright,
19:21grabbed the pillow
19:22by the bed,
19:22and hurled it at them
19:23with all his strength.
19:25Get out!
19:26Now!
19:27The ward fell
19:28into dead silence
19:29in an instant.
19:30Ryan's mother
19:31and Kelly
19:31were both stunned.
19:33Ryan collapsed
19:33weakly back onto the bed,
19:35burying his face
19:36into the blanket
19:36as suppressed sobs
19:37seeped out muffled.
19:38This was the first time
19:39he regretted it.
19:41Regretted divorcing Anna.
19:42When Anna was around,
19:44the group never
19:45had any problems,
19:46and the household
19:46was always in
19:47perfect order.
19:48Anna would arrange
19:49everything properly,
19:50and Ryan could just
19:51enjoy his life.
19:54But now,
19:55because of several
19:56useless relatives
19:57Kelly had stuffed
19:58into the group,
19:59accidents happened
19:59again and again,
20:00and several projects
20:01had already been cancelled.
20:03By the time he realized
20:04something was wrong,
20:05most of the capable
20:06backbones in the group
20:07had already left.
20:08And his parents,
20:09who once praised
20:10Kelly non-stop,
20:11now constantly complained
20:12and expressed
20:13dissatisfaction.
20:14Life seemed to have
20:15gone back to years ago,
20:16when his group
20:17was on the brink
20:18of bankruptcy,
20:18besieged on all sides.
20:20The difference was,
20:21back then,
20:22when he turned around,
20:23I was always there.
20:24Don't be afraid,
20:25you've got me.
20:27But now,
20:28behind him,
20:29there was no one at all.
20:31A few days later,
20:32the contract with
20:33the white group
20:34was officially signed.
20:35This was the biggest
20:36deal I'd landed
20:37since leaving Carter Group.
20:38It meant my small group
20:39had finally gained
20:40a firm foothold.
20:41Alex White attended
20:42in person.
20:44After signing,
20:44he tossed the pen aside
20:45and smiled brightly at me.
20:47President Anna,
20:48to celebrate
20:49our successful cooperation,
20:50how about dinner together?
20:52I looked at his handsome face
20:53and declined politely.
20:57No, I still have
20:58something to do tonight.
21:00His smile faded.
21:01He leaned forward,
21:03bracing his hands
21:03on the table.
21:05Anna Taylor,
21:05how long are you
21:06going to keep running?
21:08You clearly know
21:09what I mean.
21:10Ever since that day
21:12in the parking lot
21:12when he helped me out,
21:13Alex White had launched
21:14a fierce pursuit.
21:16Flowers,
21:17gifts,
21:17and endless invitations.
21:19It was impossible
21:20to ignore,
21:21but I remained distant
21:22the entire time.
21:24Mr. Alex,
21:25if you're just trying
21:25to provoke Ryan,
21:26there's really no need
21:27to waste your effort on me.
21:28Alex looked at me
21:29with his big eyes.
21:30He suddenly smiled
21:31with a touch
21:32of childish pride.
21:33I'm not that boring.
21:35I really do like you.
21:38His gaze was far too intense.
21:40I subconsciously stepped back,
21:42but he grabbed my sleeve.
21:44Alex's fingers
21:45were long and warm.
21:46He gently shook my arm
21:47and softened his voice.
21:49Come on,
21:49just give me a chance.
21:51Have dinner with me, okay?
21:53He winked playfully
21:55at me and lowered his voice.
21:56I'll tell you a secret
21:57about Ryan.
21:58I wanted to say no,
22:00but unconsciously agreed.
22:04Both of us were startled.
22:07The receptionist
22:08then hurried in anxiously.
22:10President Anna,
22:11I'm sorry.
22:12This gentleman
22:12insisted on barging in.
22:14We couldn't stop him.
22:15I waved my hand,
22:17signaling her to step out first.
22:18The uninvited guests
22:20were right behind
22:20the receptionist.
22:21The one in front
22:22sat in a wheelchair,
22:24which was Ryan.
22:24Only a few days had passed,
22:26yet he looked as if
22:27all vitality had been
22:28drained from him,
22:29his face sallow
22:29and his eye socket sunken.
22:31Anna, I'm here
22:32to take you home.
22:34I looked at him,
22:35not feeling sorry for him,
22:37but only mad at him
22:38for interrupting me.
22:39I reached out
22:39and pressed the internal line
22:41on the desk.
22:43Security?
22:44Please come here
22:45and take these
22:46uninvited people out.
22:47Ryan looked kinda stunned.
22:49He probably hadn't expected me
22:51to be this ruthless.
22:52His eyes instantly reddened.
22:54Anna Taylor,
22:55how can you treat me like this?
22:56I've already thought it through
22:58these past few days.
22:59Most suitable for each other.
23:01I've already brought up
23:02divorce with Kelly Smith.
23:04I don't have any feelings
23:05for you anymore.
23:06Who you marry or divorce
23:07has nothing to do with me.
23:09Please,
23:10don't come disturb my life again.
23:12I don't wanna be your servant anymore.
23:13The decisiveness in my words
23:15left his face full of hurt.
23:17We've been married
23:18for so many years,
23:19remember?
23:20You won't even give me
23:22one chance?
23:22He stared at me
23:23in disbelief
23:24until he confirmed
23:25that there was only indifference
23:26left in my eyes.
23:27Only then did he understand.
23:29I wasn't saying this
23:31out of spite.
23:31He stopped faking tears.
23:34Anna Taylor,
23:35don't forget.
23:35If I hadn't sponsored you
23:37back then,
23:37you would even have been able
23:38to go to college.
23:40Now you're leaving me
23:42after your achievement?
23:44I don't want much.
23:47Just help me hold
23:48Carter group together
23:49for five years, alright?
23:50At last,
23:51he pulled out
23:52this trump card.
23:55The so-called debt of gratitude
23:56had weighed me down
23:57for a full ten years.
23:58I fell silent.
24:00At the moment I hesitated,
24:02a warm hand covered
24:03the back of my hand.
24:04Alex had somehow
24:05come to stand beside me.
24:07Ryan Carter,
24:07do you have no shame at all?
24:09His voice was clear,
24:10with undisguised contempt.
24:12Using my credit
24:13to blackmail others?
24:14How can you be
24:15so utterly shameless?
24:17Alex White?
24:18Why are you here?
24:22Why can't I be here?
24:24If I weren't,
24:25I wouldn't have known
24:27that you've been
24:27taking my credit,
24:29using my kindness
24:30to threaten
24:31the woman I love?
24:32You're talking nonsense!
24:34Shut up!
24:35I did sponsor her!
24:38Is that so?
24:39Alex took out his phone
24:40and presented it to me.
24:42Anna,
24:43see for yourself.
24:44Then,
24:45through an anonymous
24:46charitable organization
24:47to your accounts
24:48from high school
24:48through university,
24:50the one who sponsored you
24:51was always me.
24:53My mind buzzed,
24:54turning completely blank.
24:56On the screen,
24:57rows of transfer records
24:58were displayed
24:58with crystal clarity.
25:00Dates and amounts.
25:01Every single one
25:02matched exactly
25:03the scholarships
25:04I had received back then.
25:05The recipient account
25:06was my high school
25:07financial aid fund account,
25:08and the designated
25:09beneficiary was
25:10Anna Taylor.
25:12In both my past
25:14and present lives,
25:15I had always believed
25:16it was Ryan.
25:17In my freshman year,
25:18he had taken the initiative
25:19to find me
25:20and told me
25:20he was the anonymous sponsor.
25:22Because of that debt
25:23of gratitude,
25:24I was deeply thankful
25:25to him and,
25:26after graduation,
25:27threw myself into his group
25:28without hesitation.
25:30It was also because
25:31of that gratitude
25:31that I developed
25:32feelings for him.
25:33Even when he
25:34sampled my dignity
25:35time and time again,
25:36I endured it
25:37because of that
25:37supposed kindness.
25:38I thought it was
25:39something I owed him.
25:40So from the very beginning,
25:42it had all been a lie.
25:44Ryan looked terrible,
25:45but he still wanted
25:46to make a final.
25:47I stayed by your side
25:48for four years in college
25:49and always encouraged you.
25:52Doesn't that count
25:52as emotional support?
25:54Then he tried
25:55to move me again.
25:57Yeah, I didn't sponsor
25:58you financially,
25:59but we were husband
26:01and wife for ten years.
26:02Isn't that bond enough
26:03for you to help me
26:04just once?
26:06Have you forgotten
26:07how you used to love me?
26:10I promise I won't care
26:12about your past affair
26:13anymore.
26:13You forgive me
26:14this once too.
26:16We can still live
26:17a happy life together,
26:18okay?
26:21I almost laughed
26:22from sheer anger.
26:23At this point,
26:25he was still trying
26:26to bind me
26:26with his twisted logic.
26:28Ryan Carter,
26:28do you really think
26:29I'm an idiot?
26:30My voice wasn't loud,
26:31but it froze the air
26:32in the entire conference room.
26:34Back then,
26:35I sobered up
26:35from after the man
26:36in my bed
26:37was sent by you.
26:40Even I drug the glass
26:41of water
26:42of those prepared
26:42by you chinsed,
26:43wasn't it?
26:44Ryan's face
26:44instantly turned
26:45deathly pale.
26:46I shook my head
26:47in disappointment.
26:48The last shred
26:49of lingering feeling
26:50in my heart
26:50turning to ashes.
26:51The thing I regret
26:52most in this life
26:53is being with a man
26:54like you,
26:55full of lies.
26:56Those words became
26:57the final straw
26:58that crushed him.
26:59He slumped weakly
27:00in his wheelchair,
27:01tears rolling down
27:02in big drops.
27:03No,
27:04it's not like that.
27:07How can you regret it?
27:09You love me!
27:10You clearly love me!
27:13At that moment,
27:15the security guards
27:16who had arrived late
27:16finally broke
27:17through Ryan's
27:18black-seated bodyguards.
27:19Together with the wheelchair,
27:21they pushed the whole group out.
27:22The world finally became quiet.
27:25In the conference room,
27:26only Alex White
27:27and I remained.
27:28And it was super awkward.
27:29He didn't look at me,
27:31his gaze drifting
27:32to the patterns
27:32on the carpet.
27:34Well,
27:35I still have some things
27:36to deal with at my group.
27:37I'll head out first.
27:38After saying that,
27:39he turned around.
27:41Wait.
27:42I grabbed his wrist.
27:44Didn't you say
27:45we were going to have dinner?
27:46I didn't mean to use this
27:48to pressure you.
27:49Don't misunderstand.
27:50If you don't like me,
27:52you don't have to force yourself
27:53to be with me
27:54just because I sponsored you.
27:55Seeing his awkward
27:56yet proud demeanor,
27:58I wasn't so upset anymore.
27:59I couldn't help
28:00but laugh a bit.
28:01I won't.
28:02I softened my tone,
28:04still holding his wrist.
28:06I just really,
28:07really want to have
28:08a meal with you.
28:10I looked into his eyes
28:12and asked again seriously.
28:15So Mr. Alex,
28:16would you like to?
28:17Under my gaze,
28:19his cheeks grew
28:19redder and redder
28:20and then he nodded gently.
28:23To prevent Ryan
28:24from coming back
28:25to pester me again,
28:26I threw a few obstacles
28:27into some of Carter Group's
28:28overseas projects.
28:30I didn't intend
28:31to do anything drastic
28:32to Carter Group.
28:33I just wanted
28:34to keep him busy,
28:35keep him from bothering me.
28:36But the foundation
28:37of Carter Group
28:38had long rotted.
28:39My small move
28:40was nearly the first
28:41domino to fall.
28:42Carter Group's stock price
28:44plunged without warning.
28:45Several major projects
28:46under negotiation
28:47blew up one after another.
28:49Partners withdrew
28:50their investments
28:50and the capital chain
28:52snapped on the spot.
28:53When the first domino fell,
28:55the whole thing
28:55wouldn't last for long.
28:57Bank collection notices
28:58piled up like mountains
28:59and every day
29:00there were creditors
29:00blocking the gates
29:01of the Carter family go up.
29:03Kelly Smith,
29:04the once gentle woman
29:05who had obeyed Ryan
29:06and everything,
29:06realized that Carter Group
29:08was absolutely going down.
29:10She immediately turned around
29:11and filed a lawsuit,
29:12demanding a divorce
29:13and division
29:14of Ryan's assets.
29:15The two of them
29:16made a huge scene.
29:17The former lovers
29:18faced each other in court,
29:20hurling accusations.
29:21All of Harbor City
29:22was watching Ryan
29:23make a fool of himself,
29:25laughing at how he ditched
29:26his good wife
29:26only to marry that bitch.
29:27I saw all this news
29:29while on dates with Alex
29:30through push notifications
29:31on my phone.
29:32I only glanced at them
29:33before immediately
29:34locking the screen.
29:35It had nothing to do
29:36with me anymore.
29:37What I cared about more
29:39was Alex,
29:39sitting across from me.
29:41Our relationship slowly
29:42became better through
29:43dinners,
29:44movies,
29:44and visits to art exhibitions.
29:46On Christmas Day,
29:48Harbor City saw its first
29:49snowfall of the winter.
29:50I booked out the
29:51mountaintop revolving restaurant.
29:55Through the huge
29:56floor-to-ceiling windows,
29:58we could overlook
29:58the dazzling lights
29:59of the entire city.
30:01Alex,
30:01dressed in a bespoke suit,
30:03sat quietly across from me.
30:05The snowy glow outside
30:06reflected on his face,
30:07making him look
30:08kinda unreal.
30:09Amid the gentle sound
30:10of violin music,
30:11I knelt on one knee.
30:13He froze for a moment,
30:15a hint of panic
30:15in his eyes.
30:17Alex White.
30:18I looked up at him,
30:19holding his cold hand.
30:21These past few months,
30:22every day I've spent
30:23with you has made me
30:23very happy.
30:24I want to turn this
30:25happiness into a lifetime.
30:27So,
30:28would you be willing
30:29to be my boyfriend?
30:31His eyes instantly
30:32turned red,
30:33his lips trembling,
30:34unable to utter
30:35a single word.
30:36The surrounding diners
30:37had gone quiet,
30:38all watching us.
30:39After a long while,
30:41he finally lowered his hand
30:42in disbelief
30:43and nodded hard.
30:44Thunderous applause
30:45erupted throughout
30:46the restaurant.
30:47I put the ring on his finger
30:48and threw myself
30:49into his arms.
30:50My phone vibrated
30:51on the table,
30:52but I ignored it.
30:53The person I was holding
30:54was my whole world.
30:56Only later did I find out
30:57that those notifications
30:58were the final headlines
30:59of that night.
31:00Carter Group
31:01officially announces
31:02bankruptcy and liquidation.
31:04Former Carter Group
31:05president's lover
31:05Kelly Smith suspected
31:06of commercial embezzlement
31:08and leaking trade secrets.
31:09Now arrested by police.
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