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The Truth About the April Fool's Divorce Episode
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00:00home to surprise hubby relax i'm definitely getting this divorce with this divorce
00:04she's been divorced twice already people have stabbed her in the back long enough there's
00:09no way she'd dare go through with a third one you really know how to play it handing
00:12over the divorce papers on april fool's day even if she kicks up a fuss afterward you
00:16just turn around and say it was a joke sweet tunker a bit and it'll blow over could she
00:20seriously hold it against you don't forget the pact we made back in our senior year of
00:26high school wendy's wedding is next week and for her bachelorette party all of us have to be single
00:33i turned and walked away taking shelter in the cafe across from the residential complex
00:38clutching the coffee cup tightly memories of the past flooded back the first time i got married
00:45it was to help my childhood friend sean fight for the family inheritance his grandfather was
00:50satisfied with my family background and status and handed the inheritance rights to him the
00:56youngest grandson the second time i got married it was to help my sworn brother chris escape an
01:01arranged marriage all the socialites in town heard i'd married him all gave up i never thought all
01:08i'd given would become their excuse to judge me i sat in the cafe for a full hour before i
01:13finally
01:13headed back home seeing me come back ethan walked over to take my luggage why didn't you tell me you
01:18were
01:18coming back i would have come to pick you up just as gentle as always have you eaten yes i
01:24have
01:24oh right honey there's something i need to talk to you about i set down the things in my hand
01:29and
01:29turned to look at him companies run into some trouble and we need to do an asset isolation our
01:37lawyer suggested we go through the divorce procedures first just as a formality i glanced down and it was
01:43a divorce agreement he had everything ready so quickly once the heat dies down we'll get remarried
01:50it'll only be a couple of months i know this is a bit out of the blue but sean and
01:55chris called
01:56today and they kept sneering at me saying you didn't hesitate for a second when you helped them
02:00but you'd refuse to do the same for me they also said a woman who's been divorced twice would never
02:06dare to do it a third time that you definitely wouldn't have the nerve to go through with it i've
02:11already got it all figured out tomorrow just happens to be april fool's day let's go handle it that
02:17day then we can slam the divorce certificate in their faces shock them silly and make sure they
02:22never dare to look down on you again it's april fool's day anyway anything we say can be passed
02:26off as a joke once the heat on the company dies down we'll get our marriage certificate back properly
02:30and no one will say a thing honey you're not actually gonna let them look down on me are you
02:35i
02:35looked into his eyes had just been clinking glasses with those two men celebrating and saying
02:41she won't make a fuss won't then you get some rest first tomorrow's the start of the month we'll sign
02:47the agreement first thing and then head over i took the pen flipped to the last page and signed my
02:52name
02:52neatly and swiftly give them a call tell them to stop going on about it he smiled and put the
03:01agreement
03:01away then leaned in and kissed me my wife is the best he took the agreement to the study to
03:06make a call
03:06his voice wasn't loud but through the closed door i still heard every word she signed it what did i
03:13tell you scarlet is the easiest to fool all right you two help me keep wendy steady on your end
03:18i'll
03:19head over once i'm done here i sat in the room for a very long time my phone buzzed once
03:24it was a message
03:25from chris haven't seen you in ages want to meet up once i would have replied yes i would have
03:31thought
03:31carefully about what to wear what makeup to put on i would have thought about how to uphold ethan's
03:37dignity in front of them to let them know i'd married well i would have tried to make them stop
03:42feuding with ethan after all on one side were the friends i'd grown up with on the other was the
03:48husband i loved deeply they were all people i cared about deeply i didn't want them to be stuck in
03:54this hostile state for the rest of their lives but now i couldn't even be bothered to reply
03:59i flipped the phone face down on the coffee table stood up and went to the balcony to bring in
04:04the
04:04laundry as i passed the study ethan was still on the phone his voice was very low but carried a
04:10kind of laughter i had never heard before that kind of laugh as if he no longer needed to act
04:16to pretend it suddenly hit me that in all the time we'd been together he'd never spoken to me like
04:22that
04:22the wind was strong on the balcony i took the clothes off the hangers one by one folded them neatly
04:27and put them in the laundry basket when i'd put away the last piece my phone lit up again
04:33this time it was a message from sean heard you're getting divorced again ethan is such a jerk he
04:37doesn't deserve you don't be upset your grandfather's 81st birthday party is in a few days chris and i are
04:42going to wish him a happy birthday we should catch up properly i let out a bitter laugh what beautiful
04:47words as if he wasn't one of the three in that living room that day
04:53i suddenly felt an overwhelming curiosity to find out what kind of person my stepsister wendy really
04:59was worth the three of them going through so much scheming to keep a pact treating me as a tool
05:04to
05:05achieve their goal none of it mattered i picked up the laundry basket and turned back into the house
05:11as i passed the study i didn't pause my steps for a second warm yellow light seeped through the crack
05:17in
05:17the door starting tomorrow none of this has anything to do with me anymore i just set down
05:22the laundry basket when the doorbell rang i walked to open the door but ethan got there before me
05:27standing outside the door was a very drunk wendy i knew you'd still be awake ethan instinctively
05:32glanced back at me what are you doing here she didn't answer until he saw me in the living room
05:36oh you're here too sister-in-law wendy's had too much to drink we we were taking her home but
05:41she
05:42insisted on coming over here to check things out chris stood in the doorway and glanced at me with a
05:46rather awkward expression on his face then his gaze swept to ethan his tone turning sharp and cold
05:51ethan your wife is home don't you know to keep a proper distance you're the one who got her this
05:58drunk and dragged her to my house and you're telling me to keep a proper distance i got her drunk
06:03it was
06:03you who posted that stupid moments about being single again fine you're the noble upstanding one
06:10i've delivered the person who got drunk over you do with it what you will the atmosphere was thick
06:16with awkwardness all right all right stop fighting when just wanted to stop by on her way i stood in
06:20the living room watching them their coordination was flawless if i hadn't heard them clinking glasses
06:25and plodding together with my own ears i would have truly believed they hated each other's guts
06:30for the longest time i'd thought the bond between sean chris and me was unbreakable
06:36impenetrable i had even married both of them my parents had passed away when i was young
06:40and my grandfather was always busy with work it was the two of them who filled my entire childhood
06:46and adolescence when i was upset as a kid sean was always there to comfort me chris had even taken
06:53a
06:53knife from a mugger to protect me to me they were closer than family but when did it start that
06:58the
06:58three of us the best of friends turned into this it was probably the year my father remarried
07:02and my stepmother moved into our house with wendy i just started high school back then and wendy
07:08was a year younger than me at first i didn't resent this new stepsister at all i even wanted to
07:13get
07:13along with her well but little by little she started to take everything from me intentionally or
07:19not the attention of my friends the affection of my elders and in the end even the people i liked
07:25were drawn to her one by one i withdrew my gaze and looked at them no more some cracks didn't
07:31just appear today it's just that today i was finally willing to see them you've come at the
07:35perfect time there's something i'd like you all to witness in person i walked to the coffee table
07:40and picked up the divorce agreement two copies i've already signed since everyone's here why not take a
07:45good look in person ethan reacted quickly i was voluntarily bringing up the divorce in front
07:50of sean and chris i was proving to them just how far i could go for him scarlet we can
07:57discuss this
07:57privately there's no need to since sister-in-law has already brought it out then may i ask one
08:02question when are you moving out the living room fell silent for a moment ethan frowned slightly wendy
08:08didn't look at him just looked at me her expression innocent this house it's under my name you can't
08:16just keep living here forever can you i froze the house under her name i instinctively looked at ethan
08:24but he avoided my gaze in that instant countless images surged through my mind the day we moved in
08:32he held my hand and said this is our home i'll handle all the paperwork don't you worry about a
08:36thing happily i took charge of picking out the curtains the sofa the dining table every piece of
08:43furniture here i picked out trip after trip to the home furnishing mall the decor here all according
08:48to his preferences i never cared whose name was on the property deed but i never thought our marital
08:54home belonging to us as husband and wife would be under my stepsister's name i'm leaving right now
09:02scarlet tomorrow nine o'clock the city hall i didn't look back i pulled my suitcase to the door
09:09changed my shoes opened the door i could still hear the sounds coming from inside
09:15now sit even more cooperative than when i begged her to get the certificate laughter mixed with voices
09:20erupted dully from behind the door i stood at the elevator listening to this story that felt so
09:25unfamiliar my reflection in the mirror looked calmer than i had imagined it wasn't until i got
09:30into a taxi that my phone finally buzzed a message from ethan about the house i'll explain to you be
09:35good
09:35find a place to stay for now i'll come pick you up in a few days i stared at the
09:39screen for a few
09:40seconds then flipped the phone over and laid it face down on my lap outside the car window the
09:45streetlights receded one by one come pick me up in a few days saying it as if i had merely
09:50stepped out
09:50to buy groceries and would be back soon i leaned back in the seat and closed my eyes no need
09:55ethan
09:56need for you to come pick me up nine in the morning the next day outside the city hall by
10:00the time i
10:01arrived ethan was already waiting there seeing me get out of the taxi he stubbed out his cigarette
10:06and walked over where did you go last night my grandfather's he glanced at me and reached out to
10:10touch my hair i turned my head away his hand hung in the air for a moment before he pulled
10:14it back
10:14scarlet you saved face for me in front of sean and chris i know what you did as for the
10:21house
10:22wendy needed to apply for a residency permit in the city and needed to own a property
10:26i figured it was just putting a name on paper you were already marrying down and besides she's
10:31your stepsister i didn't think you'd mind so i didn't tell you i looked into his eyes and said
10:36nothing i wouldn't mind he gave our marital home to my stepsister and brushed it off with a you're
10:42rich you won't mind it wasn't that he thought i wouldn't mind he simply didn't care whether i
10:46mind it or not anyway you do have the right to live in the house after the divorce you should
10:52stay
10:52somewhere else for a while once i've handled everything on my end i'll bring you back i almost
10:58laughed out loud even now he still thought i was just playing along with his act let's go let's get
11:03this done the procedure went faster than i'd imagined sign press the fingerprint hand over the photos the
11:13clerk finally pressed down the embossing stamp a soft click sounding the divorce certificate in my hand
11:19was a thin little booklet much like the marriage certificate just a different color i need to take
11:25a call it's urgent wait for me here a moment i'll take you to back a bit he walked a
11:29few steps away
11:30and answered the phone his voice was very low but two words still drifted over wendy i stood where i
11:36was
11:36quietly watching his back something's come up get yourself back first i'll contact you later it wasn't
11:45until after he'd walked out the main entrance that i slowly turned around and headed toward the
11:49marriage registration window on the other side when ethan walked out of the city hall the sun was
11:54already high in the sky he looked at the divorce certificate in his hand then glanced at his phone
11:59screen april 1st april fool's day that's right today was the day the string that had been stretched
12:07taut in his heart loosened slightly his phone suddenly rang a client was calling he picked up and they
12:14talked for nearly 10 minutes when he hung up he glanced back at the entrance of the city hall
12:20why hasn't scarlett come out yet he hesitated for a moment then turned and walked back he wanted to
12:25go inside and say a few more words to her at least set a date for their remarriage so she
12:30wouldn't let
12:30her imagination run wild he hadn't gone more than two steps when he collided head on with a man pushing
12:35the door open from inside the divorce certificate also slipped out sorry gust of wind blew over flipping
12:41open half a page of the marriage certificate's cover revealing a corner of a photo
12:48it's fine ethan looked up the other was a man in a dark gray trench coat tall and straight in
12:54posture with a calm expression congratulations getting married today ethan made some offhand polite
13:02remark the man glanced at the divorce certificate in his hand and said congratulations to you too
13:09ethan ethan paused the man had already tucked the marriage certificate into his inner pocket
13:14his gaze swept past ethan's face without lingering then he turned and left ethan stared after him a
13:22thought growing heavier in his mind today is april fool's day who would choose to get married today
13:28and this man's voice his build he felt like he had seen him somewhere before
13:36wait he called after him the man stopped turned sideways his expression still faint and unperturbed
13:42just then his phone rang he glanced down and saw it was chris calling he looked up to say wait
13:49a
13:50moment only to find the man in the dark gray trench coat had turned the corner and vanished he ignored
13:56the
13:56call and was about to look for scarlet when his phone vibrated again it was a location sent by sean
14:02with a message attached hurry up we have to reach the island before sunset he halted in his tracks
14:09that island he recalled what wendy had said by the sea back in high school she wanted to spend three
14:15wild days and nights on the island with everyone before getting married now she was really about to
14:21tie the knot yet the island was off limits to outsiders he was the only one who had access to
14:26it
14:27there was no way he could be late if he went back to find scarlet and got tangled up he
14:33wouldn't be able to
14:33to leave he didn't hesitate any longer and headed toward the parking lot the car arrived at the dock and
14:40everyone waited with bags in hand wendy stood at the front her white dress and hair fluttering in the sea
14:46breeze
14:48ethan glanced at the dress and paused for a second that was the dress he had bought for her on
14:53her 17th birthday
14:54with three months of saved up allowance
14:59ethan what took you so long we've been waiting for you forever penalty three drinks no excuses
15:06a warm soft touch registered at his wrist he looked down at her she was looking up at him and
15:12smiling
15:13eyes glistening exactly the same as back in high school
15:19fine i'll drink a chorus of teasing erupted around them
15:22ethan still foils wendy this much what are you jealous
15:28by the time they reached the resort the sky had already darkened fairy lights were strung across the
15:33terrace music was playing from the speakers the atmosphere pumped to the max speaking of which
15:39wendy you're getting married next week and we still haven't seen the groom
15:45you've kept him hidden so well
15:49groom what groom the terrace fell silent for a moment
15:54aren't you getting married next week
16:02april fools after all these years how do you guys fall for it every single year
16:09all right all right you win
16:13you even fooled us
16:17oh come on it's just an excuse for everyone to get together and have fun
16:22you're not going to be spoil muns who can't take a joke are you
16:26we can take it we can take it we only got to come to this island thanks to you
16:30exactly someone here is so biased the moment you announced your engagement he started figuring
16:34out how to get the island's membership now your dream has basically come true go all out party
16:39hard for three days and three nights
16:43thank you for still remembering my dream
16:46the atmosphere was completely ignited by that one toast
16:51hey hold on if wendy's not married he just got divorced then aren't all of us single right now
16:56after all these years what are you two still doing pretending this is just some pure friendship
17:01who doesn't know about what happened in high school you two acted like you die without each other
17:07you've had too much to drink
17:12i'm not drunk i mean it you two one never married one just divorced isn't this perfect
17:20why don't you just get together get together right right ethan got divorced for wendy if wendy
17:27doesn't take responsibility who will
17:33ethan stood there the scene at the town hall flashing through his mind after scarlett signed
17:37the papers she looked at him calmly he had thought she knew it was a fake divorce and felt nothing
17:43but now he was unsure ethan you're not going to gang up and tease me with them are you
17:48he's not teasing he's being serious
17:54ethan looked at the stepsister before him his so-called white moonlight he clearly wanted to
17:59say something but the words stuck in his throat and wouldn't come out wasn't this the wild night
18:04he had wanted the party broke up at some point he didn't know when ethan only remembered drinking
18:08one glass after another drinking until the fairy lights before his eyes blurred into hazy halos
18:14after that he only remembered the hotel corridor lights being very bright the bed being very soft
18:20someone undoing his tie he turned his head and saw the strands of long hair scattered on the
18:27pillow next to him he jolted upright he closed his eyes and tried to remember last night's images
18:33were broken drinking cheering the hotel the bed and then morning
18:41ethan stood by the bed and instinctively picked up his phone but he found no messages at all from
18:46scarlett she hadn't asked him where he was last night unlike those two previous times when he
18:52sean and chris had their divorces she would still send messages reminding them to take care of their
18:57health would be concerned about the aftermath of their divorces yet for this divorce with him of all
19:02people she asked nothing at all ethan she glanced at the marks and her face reddened last night
19:10i'm sorry those words i'm sorry he didn't even know himself who he was saying them to
19:16you're saying sorry to me wendy got out of bed her legs weakening she nearly stumbled and ethan quickly
19:24held her up look i can't even stand cuddly anymore ethan let go of her hand and stepped back
19:31wendy's smile froze on her face her voice suddenly dropping low ethan how much longer are you going to
19:38keep pretending in high school her grandfather threatened you under the guise of sponsoring you
19:43that's the only reason you were with her you've already climbed to this position do you still need
19:47afraid of a washed-up tycoon like him ethan turned around and saw tears streaming down her face
19:55her grandfather didn't threaten me i was the one who pursued her that little girl back then with
20:01fashionally dyed hair steered clear of marriage at all costs her parents divorced and then passed away
20:07one after the other she grew up under her grandfather's protection having seen too many
20:11relationships fall apart she didn't think marriage held any meaning at all she was so loyal willing to
20:16go get a marriage certificate for a childhood friend's future without batting an eye in her eyes those
20:21were two separate things love was freedom marriage was chains she was willing to wear chains for a
20:26friend but didn't want to do that for her own love it was him who went to her time and
20:30again proving
20:30time and again that he was different from others i won't let you regret this our marriage won't be a
20:35tomb he took himself apart and showed her and only then did she finally nod carefully placing her love
20:41into his hands and exchanged it for a marriage certificate in the truest sense but now just what had he
20:47done
20:47then i must have been overthinking it just go ethan turned and opened the door sean and chris were
20:56standing right outside the door both wearing complicated expressions what did you guys do last night
21:02bro you went too far didn't you don't forget you and scaretta are only fake divorced
21:16i'll take responsibility for her
21:23take responsibility with what you just got divorced yesterday and today you're saying you'll take
21:28responsibility for someone else is this fair to scarlett and besides she's your wife's stepsister
21:34then what do you want me to do all right all right let's all stop arguing ethan you should
21:39calm down first in your current state any decision you make is going to be the wrong one
21:47going for a smoke ethan chose to temporarily escape the smoke dispersed under the light he stared at the
21:55gray white wisps lost in thought he really did need some time to think about his relationship with his wife
22:02people always grow accustomed to what they have and then start to pine for what they've lost
22:06high school white moon was like a thorn buried in his heart not exactly painful not actually itchy
22:11but he had never actually pulled it out 17 he truly been very close to wendy back then he didn't
22:16know
22:17scarlett yet later when sean and chris brought this girl before him the circle he had desperately tried
22:25to squeeze into she had been born right at its center back then he was so jealous of sean and
22:34chris
22:34jealous that they could be so close to her that they could call each other brothers and sister he
22:37tried every means to become part of that circle and finally he won her heart he ranked among forbes
22:42top 10 young billionaires under 30 yet his marriage turned plain in the end even the best life grows
22:46dull with time he intended to get divorced on april fool's day to keep his promise to wendy and easy
22:51his
22:51mind but once he actually went through with it he realized he couldn't do it as easily as he'd
22:56imagined it's like ditching old clothes worn for years feeling empty and chilly in the wind he stubbed
23:02out his cigarette and straightened up in that moment he suddenly felt he should still go back and find her
23:08even if she was angry even if she wanted to curse him out at least
23:19sean's voice suddenly rang out from the room carrying a panic ethan had never heard before
23:23wendy was standing on the windowsill half her body leaning outside don't come any closer she turned
23:29her head and screamed ethan rushed in reaching out to try and grab her just come down first we can
23:36talk
23:36this out properly what's there to talk about in school you meanly gave me like a letter then i showed
23:45up and you didn't want me anymore then side of divorce did and you still don't want me ethan stood
23:51rooted
23:51to the spot his palms soaked in cold sweat a love letter he had never written her a love letter
23:57the only
23:58one was for scarlet it just hadn't been delivered somehow ending up in her hands but he couldn't say that
24:04at least not at this crucial moment just go go back to that woman as she spoke her body leaned
24:13further outward i won't go i'll stay with you wendy looked up her eyes blurry with tears really
24:22really she hesitated for a moment then slowly reached out her hand ethan and pulled her down
24:28from the windowsill she crying so hard her whole body trembled i'm not greedy just this period of
24:35time when you when you see your own heart clear if you want to leave i won't stop you
24:42okay wendy's she took his phone swiped and tapped a few times every trace of scarlett's contact
24:47information had been completely deleted this way you can keep your promise and stay with me properly
24:53ethan said nothing just locked the phone screen and put it into his pocket wendy buried her head in
24:58his chest do you still remember my other dream with things having unfolded this way all sean and chris
25:06could do was play dumb hey we gotta play it cool after three days of partying on the island they
25:13went
25:13to attend old mr johnson's birthday party as if nothing had happened as scarlett's best friends they had
25:19shown up every year without fail just as the two of them gifts in hand were about to enter they
25:25were
25:25stopped by the receptionist i'm sorry you two are not on the guest list look more carefully we are
25:38scarlett's childhood friends we've spent new years and holidays at her house since we were kids
25:44i'm sorry if you're not on the list you're not on the list
25:52aren't these the waist looks from the sean and chris families
25:57they married the former tycoon's granddaughter and still managed to run the family business into
26:01the ground like this you really do see everything in this life
26:07both of them are the ex-husbands right coming to the ex-wife's grandfather's birthday party
26:12are you hoping for a remarriage what remarriage her the old man is going to announce a happy occasion today
26:33the receptionist glanced at him then unhurriedly pressed the intercom
26:39two minutes later the old butler stewart came out
26:49stewart there's no need for the two of you to come in the future
26:55please be on your way
27:01chris's expression changed he wanted to say something but stewart had already turned and
27:06was walking back inside guests at the entrance trickled in in twos and threes as they passed by
27:12the two of them their eyes carried curiosity and pity
27:24let's go
27:28why should we
27:32scarlett and i ever since we were kids
27:34grew up playing together grew up together we're the closest of friends since we were kids he
27:41couldn't go on
27:44three days after being turned away from the birthday party sean received a call from home
27:53you're really gonna do this after everything your mother and i have done for you you're gonna throw
27:58it all away because of some girl who exactly have you offended recently the approval for that piece
28:03of land in the south side of the city has been held up they say there are new regulations new
28:08regulations that project has been in the works for three years and no one has ever mentioned
28:13any new regulations sean clutched his phone unable to say a single word of course he knew who
28:19it was that piece of land was secured back when he and scarlett were married
28:29her grandfather had personally stepped in to pull strings for him
28:34kashwarao the end but he had been laughing around since childhood
28:39aside of being born into a good family he had no real ability to spock of
28:45now his aging father still had to humble himself to clean up his mess
28:49he scrolled to scarlett's number hesitated for a long time and then pressed the dial button
28:57what came through from the other end was still
29:00the number you have dialed is out of service
29:04the number you have dialed is out of service
29:11his heart instantly felt like a piece was missing
29:15this person who he had always believed would be waiting right there as long as he turned around had
29:19been as if she had never existed in this world these past three days if his family's business
29:23hadn't all been through if his parents hadn't been seeking help everywhere to know revol
29:26he probably wouldn't even have a way to get any news of her he put down his phone and suddenly
29:30remember to winter many years ago don't be afraid i'm here at that time he felt the entire world could
29:41the entire world would change but scarlett wouldn't
29:42but scarlett wouldn't
29:42but scarlett wouldn't
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