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