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00:00After the hundredth time my bestie's hot brother used my body as pre-match warm-up,
00:04I walked out of this relationship and announced to everyone,
00:07I am getting married.
00:09To his mortal enemy, my best friend's brother is the most famous soccer star in the country.
00:14His name stays in the tabloids every other week,
00:17and yet, he is still the most eligible bachelor alive.
00:2025 years old, drop-dead gorgeous, filthy rich,
00:24nobody knows that I, a completely ordinary sports channel journalist,
00:29have been in a secret relationship with him for five years.
00:32Five years.
00:34He played the field.
00:35He liked to roam.
00:36And I, I slowly, quietly reshaped myself into exactly what he wanted.
00:46Silas!
00:48Slow down.
00:50Already tapping out, babe.
00:52My legs went weak.
00:53I just closed my eyes and let him do whatever he wanted.
00:57Five years of indulging his nonsense.
00:59I proposed to him three times.
01:01He turned me down.
01:03All three times.
01:04After my best friend, Maya, got married.
01:07Her family started setting her brother up on blind dates.
01:10I looked at Silas one evening and said it plainly.
01:12Silas, my family's giving me an ultimatum.
01:14I have to get married this year.
01:16He paused, then pressed a soft kiss to my ear.
01:19Just wait a little longer.
01:20Then came Memorial Day weekend.
01:22Maya grabbed my arm.
01:23Yuna!
01:24You won't believe it!
01:25My cold-hearted brother is actually planning to propose!
01:28He even bought the ring!
01:31Really?
01:32You know about it?
01:34My heart slammed against my ribs.
01:36Hope.
01:37Real, terrifying hope.
01:38It started to bloom in my chest.
01:41Wait.
01:42You know too?
01:44Yeah.
01:46Oh, I guess that makes sense.
01:48She's on his team.
01:49Some junior assistant.
01:51Didn't she go to your university?
01:53I went still.
01:54The bloom in my chest turned to ash.
01:57I swallowed it down.
01:58My head lowered, pretending to scroll through my phone.
02:01A call from home shattered the silence.
02:05Yuna, when are you meeting the man we arranged?
02:08We're running out of patience.
02:10The man was Hudson Cole, the most respected soccer coach in the country.
02:14But also, Silas' mortal anemone, who's issued Silas multiple red cards and publicly sneered
02:21that a playboy will never wear the World Player of the Year crown.
02:24Hudson is a family friend.
02:26I only pretend not to know him for Silas' sake.
02:29But now...
02:31Don't worry.
02:32I will go.
02:34What a coincidence.
02:35I'm also getting married over Memorial Day weekend.
02:38Beach ceremony.
02:39Will you be my maid of honor?
02:41What?
02:43Are you serious?
02:44I've been trying to set you up for years, and you turned down every single one,
02:47and now you're just getting married out of nowhere?
02:50My family arranged it.
02:52I can't keep waiting.
02:56Fair enough.
02:57Grandma's losing more memories every day.
02:59She's been holding on just to see you walk down the aisle.
03:03I looked down.
03:04The grandma who raised me had dementia.
03:07Her one remaining wish, in her clearer moments, was to see me get married.
03:11Silas knew.
03:13He'd always known.
03:14And he still just said wait a little longer.
03:17Five years of a secret relationship I couldn't even mention.
03:21Enough of that.
03:22Show me a photo of this guy.
03:24I forced a small smile and reached for my phone, and a hand shot out from behind me, snatching
03:30it clean away.
03:31Yuna's got a boyfriend?
03:32Let me see.
03:33But I could see exactly what he was doing.
03:35He was deleting the few photos we had together.
03:38He was worried I might show Maya our photos.
03:42You little brat!
03:43Give that back!
03:43I'm just looking out for Yuna.
03:46She's basically a little bunny.
03:48Too easy to take advantage of.
03:51My face burned hot, little bunny.
03:52That was what he called me in bed.
03:54He used to tease me.
03:56You were in your 30s, and you've still got no bite.
03:59You just lie there being adorable.
04:02Yuna, your eyes are red.
04:05I'm fine.
04:06Just tired.
04:07I'm heading home.
04:08I walked away fast.
04:10Go apologize.
04:11I'll settle the check and meet you outside.
04:16Silas caught up with me in the parking garage.
04:22You're upset?
04:23I just wasn't expecting you to suddenly want to go public.
04:26He was too close.
04:27Close enough to see the smear of lipstick on his collar.
04:31Not mine.
04:32I shoved him off.
04:33Hard.
04:34Weren't you going to drive us home?
04:36Get in the car.
04:37Silas actually looked startled.
04:39Five years.
04:40In five years, I had never spoken to him in that tone.
04:45I have a plan, okay?
04:47I was going to tell my family eventually.
04:48Why are you so desperate to rush this?
04:50I turned to look at my own reflection in the window.
04:53The fine lines at the corners of my eyes.
04:57I'm getting married.
05:00Silas went rigid.
05:02A second later, his phone rang.
05:03He picked up a soft, sweet voice came through the speaker.
05:07Nina, the junior assistant on his team.
05:10Hello?
05:10Silas, there's an issue with tomorrow's training schedule.
05:13Don't worry.
05:14I'm on my way.
05:15He hung up, pressed his forehead to mine.
05:17Almost like he'd misunderstood the whole thing.
05:20I'm still young.
05:21Career has to come first right now.
05:23The marriage thing.
05:24Just wait a little more, okay?
05:27Team emergency.
05:28Go home with my sister.
05:29He circled around to the driver's seat.
05:32Left nothing but exhaust in his wake.
05:34It was like the last time.
05:35He'd said he wanted to see the ocean.
05:37I researched every coastal spot.
05:40Found the best viewpoint.
05:41He said he wanted seafood.
05:43I compared a dozen restaurants.
05:45Made the reservation.
05:46At the airport.
05:48One second he had his arms around me.
05:50His phone rang.
05:51Team crisis.
05:52He walked away without looking back.
05:54I waited for him for a whole week.
05:59Yuna!
06:00Where'd he go?
06:01Team thing.
06:03Had to leave.
06:04It's Nina again, isn't it?
06:05I don't get it.
06:06Aside from being young and pretty, what does she even have?
06:09Young, pretty.
06:10I let those words sit on my tongue.
06:12They tasted like ash.
06:13Last month, he'd grabbed my waist in bed and said,
06:16Babe, you really should start working out more.
06:19Maya grabbed my arm and flagged down a cab.
06:21You don't even know.
06:22Nina was handling the team's travel arrangements last month,
06:25and she just added herself to the itinerary,
06:28and Silas went along with it.
06:30He spent a whole week with her at the beach.
06:32I added her on social media.
06:34Silas tried to play it off,
06:36said she went to the same university as you,
06:37so he couldn't exactly kick her out.
06:39Look, here's...
06:41Look, here's her post right here.
06:42The date.
06:43The exact week I was waiting alone.
06:45Every location in the photos.
06:47I recognized them.
06:48They were all from the travel guide I had put together and sent him.
06:52Our fifth anniversary as a secret couple was the first day of their public romance.
06:56I dropped Maya off at her place,
06:58said goodbye like everything was fine.
07:00Bye, Maya.
07:01But the moment the door closed,
07:03I gave the driver Silas' club address.
07:05Take me to Silas' club, please.
07:07I'd been to that building many times,
07:08but they only ever knew me as Maya's best friend.
07:11Nobody knew what happened in that office,
07:13the couch,
07:14the desk by the floor-to-ceiling windows.
07:16Five years of things that only I knew.
07:18The office door was slightly open.
07:20I was about to push it when I heard voices.
07:23Let's go somewhere for Memorial Day weekend.
07:25I froze with my hand in the air.
07:27Just us.
07:28Then Silas' voice.
07:29Actually, there's something I need to tell you.
07:32My chest seized.
07:34I shoved the door open.
07:42What a coincidence.
07:43My wedding is also on the Memorial Day weekend.
07:47Oh, you're getting married over the holiday, Yuna?
07:50Then Silas definitely has to be there.
07:52He's basically your family.
07:53We can reschedule our trip.
07:54The second she was gone,
07:56the warmth drained from Silas' face.
08:00How did you end up here?
08:01Are you really that desperate to force my hand?
08:04Desperate force.
08:04I felt the air go out of me.
08:08Fine.
08:09Go home.
08:10Outside, Nina and a few co-workers
08:12were watching through the glass.
08:13I had come here to officially break up with him,
08:16but I suddenly realized there was nothing left to say.
08:19You can only break up if you were together.
08:21And clearly,
08:22in his mind,
08:23we never were.
08:24He snatched the invitation out of my fingers,
08:27said a quick goodbye to the group,
08:28and shoved me into his car.
08:31The invitation got crumpled in his fist.
08:34He tossed it under the seat.
08:36Silenced the whole drive home.
08:40He hauled me upstairs,
08:42pushed me down onto the couch.
08:46Yuna, enough.
08:48Why can't you give me a little more time?
08:50Do you have to humiliate me in front of everyone?
08:53Suddenly, the air felt thin.
08:55Five years underground.
08:56I told myself it was because of Maya,
08:58because his career was just getting started.
09:00But it was never that.
09:02He hid me because I was something to be ashamed of.
09:05I shoved him away,
09:06stumbled to the bathroom,
09:08threw up.
09:10We both need to calm down.
09:15The door slammed.
09:17His footsteps faded.
09:26A long time passed.
09:28I pulled myself up off the floor,
09:30went to the back of the closet,
09:32and dug out a tin box.
09:34Five years of a secret relationship.
09:36Movi ticket stubs.
09:38Photos from a theme park.
09:39A little craft project we made together.
09:41All of it buried in the back of the closet
09:44for five years.
09:45By the time dawn came,
09:47the tin box was in the trash.
09:49I took one last look at the apartment.
09:52He bought this place right after he made it big.
09:55Babe, we finally have a home.
09:56He'd laughed like a little kid when he showed me.
09:59That night,
10:00Maya told me Silas had gone off the grid,
10:02wasn't answering anyone.
10:04Not even his parents.
10:05I didn't care anymore.
10:07The invitations went out.
10:09The date crept closer.
10:10The night before the wedding,
10:13I posted on social media for the first time.
10:15Just a quiet announcement.
10:17Tomorrow, I am getting married.
10:19The likes and congratulations flooded in instantly.
10:22Hundreds of them.
10:23So this is what it feels like.
10:25A relationship that gets to exist in the light.
10:27Then my phone rang.
10:29Silas.
10:31Silas.
10:32Simus?
10:33Oh, Yuna.
10:35Simus is busy right now.
10:37We're all out together.
10:38Do you want to come?
10:39No, it's okay.
10:42I was about to hang up when a burst of laughter erupted from the other end.
10:52He'd had a lot to drink.
10:54Silas.
10:54Most regrettable thing you've ever done.
10:56No lying.
10:57Biggest regret.
10:59Acting on impulse and chasing an older woman.
11:02Knowing I couldn't give her what she wanted.
11:04Laughter rippled through the room.
11:07Silas has layers.
11:09We see you.
11:11Older women always want commitment.
11:13But who doesn't want to end up with someone young and beautiful?
11:17Okay, okay.
11:18Shh.
11:18Next question.
11:20Most reckless thing you've done lately?
11:22A beat, then Silas' voice again.
11:28I'm about to propose.
11:30He's finally settling down.
11:32It's Nina, right?
11:33It has to be Nina.
11:35I hung up.
11:41Blocked his number.
11:47Silas woke up to his phone buzzing.
11:49He squinted at the screen.
11:51A call log.
11:52Yuna's number.
11:53He had no memory of dialing it.
11:56He frowned, then opened her social media.
11:58Over a hundred likes.
12:00Dozens of congratulations.
12:02The family group chat had exploded, too.
12:05He set the phone down.
12:07Picked it back up.
12:08Maya had posted a video.
12:09A wedding venue by the beach.
12:11We're here.
12:12Yuna looks stunning today.
12:14Silas, you left yet?
12:15Don't be late.
12:16He stared at the location pin.
12:18His pulse spiked.
12:19She actually did it.
12:20She was really doing this to pressure him.
12:23But he kept scrolling through the group chat photos anyway.
12:25Yuna in a fitted mermaid gown.
12:27Eyes cast slightly down.
12:29A soft, quiet smile on her lips.
12:31His heart was hammering.
12:33Exactly the way it did the first time he ever saw her.
12:36Simus, we're all suited up and ready to roll.
12:38Just say the word.
12:39We're running out of time, man.
12:41Just head to the beach.
12:42We've all figured it out, you know?
12:44Last night made it real obvious.
12:46She's your sister's best friend.
12:47If you don't show up, Maya will end you.
12:50He hung up.
12:51Silas finally got to his feet and pulled on the white suit he'd had custom made on short
12:56notice.
12:57Then he wrapped his fingers around the two ring boxes in his pocket.
13:00He'd been planning to give them to her on their sixth anniversary, but she'd forced
13:04his hand.
13:05He couldn't let her do this alone.
13:07Grabbed his keys.
13:11Drove to the beach.
13:14The car had barely stopped when his friend called again, completely panicked.
13:23Silas, what's going on?
13:24This wedding, the groomsmen and the groomer are already here.
13:29He undid his seatbelt with one hand and pinched the bridge of his nose.
13:33His voice was rough, still ragged from last night's drinks.
13:37What are you talking about?
13:38You must be at the wrong place.
13:40He forwarded the location Maya had posted in the family chat.
13:44Silas, this is the location.
13:46And there's only one wedding on this stretch of beach for miles.
13:49The whole thing is booked out.
13:51Then his friend spoke again, careful, uncertain.
13:55Silas went very still.
13:56A private ceremony here over Memorial Day weekend?
13:59That's tens of millions, minimum.
14:01Babe, why not just book the direct flight?
14:03It's only a few hundred more.
14:05I want to help you save up.
14:06Your career is just starting.
14:08Every penny counts.
14:09Yuna has always been careful with money.
14:11Our whole five years together, she researched every trip to save me money.
14:15So, why was she doing this now?
14:17He knew the speech.
14:20I'll let it go.
14:21She's older now.
14:22Wants something to remember.
14:23Fine.
14:24I'll give it to her.
14:26You've got the wrong spot.
14:27I'm on my way.
14:30He adjusted his tie in the rearview mirror, squeezed the ring box in his pocket, and stepped
14:35out.
14:36Listen to me.
14:37We are the groomsmen.
14:38You can't keep us out.
14:40The second, they spotted Silas.
14:41Silas!
14:42These guys won't let us through!
14:44Silas pressed two fingers to his temple, walked forward.
14:50I'm the groom.
14:52These are my groomsmen.
14:54Let us in.
14:55He looked Silas up and down, white suit, black tie, hair perfectly combed back, genuinely
15:00handsome.
15:01One moment, sir.
15:02Let me verify.
15:03Genuinely convincing.
15:04I'm sorry.
15:05The guard turned away, murmured into his earpiece.
15:08Sir, we've confirmed.
15:09His expression was caught apologetic.
15:11The bride and groom are already on site.
15:13The ceremony is about to begin.
15:17You may have the wrong venue.
15:19It's Memorial Day weekend.
15:21There are several weddings today.
15:22You don't want to miss yours.
15:23The guard tries to help.
15:29Ridiculous.
15:32Is the bride's name Yuna?
15:34The guards exchanged a look.
15:45His friend's expressions shifted to something harder to read.
15:49You heard him.
15:49He's the real VIP today.
15:51Step aside before you lose your jobs.
15:54Sir.
15:55Your name?
15:56Mercer.
15:57Silas Mercer.
15:59He almost added obviously, but stopped himself.
16:01Figured that would do it.
16:05That doesn't match our record, sir.
16:08Take a look.
16:09He turned the tablet around.
16:12Silas stared at the two names.
16:14Everything in him went blank.
16:16His friends crowded in behind him and went pale.
16:21What does this mean?
16:22Hudson Cole?
16:23The legendary coach?
16:25Silas, is this some kind of prank?
16:27What is going on?
16:28Silas didn't answer.
16:29His expression slowly, steadily darkened.
16:33She's scared I won't show up.
16:35She hired actors.
16:36Don't you guys see it?
16:37She used his name to scare me.
16:39It's fake.
16:41But Hudson Cole?
16:43Why would she use his name?
16:44That's insane.
16:46She's being dramatic.
16:47Come on.
16:47That's just how Yuna is.
16:48She wants to make me jealous.
16:50The guards were getting tired of this.
16:55If you let me in now, you save her the embarrassment.
16:59Trust me.
16:59When I walk in there, this whole charade is over.
17:03Sir, we're a professional team.
17:06We don't care about your drama.
17:07If your name isn't on the list, we can't let you in.
17:11Step back.
17:12Now.
17:15Unless you have an invitation.
17:16Physical or digital.
17:18Show it or leave.
17:22One of his friends smacked himself on the forehead.
17:26The invitation.
17:27Silas, remember when we ran into Yuna and she offered us one?
17:30You took it from her.
17:32You have it.
17:34Where is it?
17:36Silas paused.
17:40Silas paused.
17:41He wanted to push through anyway, but he decided.
17:44Fine.
17:46Have it your way, Yuna.
17:48He turned and walked back to the parking lot.
17:50Dug through the car.
17:52Found it eventually.
17:53The invitation he'd crumpled into a ball.
17:55He held it in his hand.
17:57Didn't open it.
17:58He just walked back.
18:00The guard checked it carefully.
18:02Then, stepped aside.
18:04And Silas ran.
18:07Through a tunnel of pink roses through the crowd.
18:10Until the ocean opened up ahead.
18:12Yuna stood under a floral arch.
18:14Her veil lifted softly in the sea breeze.
18:17But there was a man standing in front of her.
18:19Black suit.
18:21Perfectly straight.
18:22Head slightly bowed toward her.
18:25Eyes locked on her face.
18:28The officiant's voice carried on the ocean wind.
18:31Mrs. Yuna Hart.
18:33Do you take Mr. Hudson Cole to be your lawfully wedded husband?
18:37To have and to hold.
18:39In sickness and in health.
18:41In good times and in bad.
18:42For the rest of your life.
18:44Yuna tilted her face up.
18:46Silas watched her lips curve into a smile.
18:49I do.
18:49Something in Silas finally broke loose.
18:52Wait!
18:53Every head in the venue turned.
18:54Maya turned too.
18:56She was down from the arch in seconds.
18:59Still in her champagne bridesmaid dress.
19:02You show up late and then you have the nerve to yell wait!
19:05Sit down.
19:07Don't you dare ruin her day.
19:09You've ruined enough!
19:10He pushed her hand away.
19:12His eyes went straight back to the altar.
19:16Yuna, you win.
19:19I'm here.
19:22Tell your actor to leave.
19:24His hand slipped into his pocket.
19:26Found the ring box.
19:27Then something hit him, hard, on the back of the head.
19:32Silas' mother had shoved through the guest rows.
19:36What are you saying?
19:37Are you out of your mind?
19:39How could Hudson be an actor?
19:42Yuna are getting married properly.
19:45Yuna and Hudson are getting married properly.
19:48His family is right here.
19:50You're making a scene in front of everyone.
19:52Stop!
19:53Silas followed her gaze slowly across the guest rows,
19:57a family he'd never seen before.
19:59The couple in the center, middle-aged composed,
20:01were watching him with cold, flat eyes.
20:07Mom!
20:08Stop it!
20:10She hired them.
20:13She wouldn't actually marry someone else.
20:15She wouldn't.
20:16She loves me.
20:17His mother couldn't hold back anymore.
20:19She slapped him across the face.
20:22At the altar, I hadn't expected Silas to come.
20:25I really hadn't expected him to think the wedding was meant for him.
20:28His friends were looking at each other now,
20:30putting it all together.
20:31One by one, their expressions shifted.
20:34I let myself smile for a moment,
20:36then turned back to the man in front of me,
20:39Hudson Cole.
20:39The officiant's voice returned.
20:46Mr. Hudson Cole,
20:47do you take Miss Yuna Hart to be your lawfully wedded wife,
20:51to have and to hold in sickness and in health,
20:53in good times and in bad,
20:54for the rest of your life?
20:56I do.
20:57Hudson looked at me.
20:59His gaze was steady, deep,
21:01and somehow in this moment I hadn't prepared for.
21:04It made me feel precious.
21:06He lifted the ring from the cushion,
21:08held my left hand in both of his,
21:11slid it on, gently, all the way down.
21:13My heartbeat spiked.
21:14Then he lifted my veil,
21:16leaned in,
21:17pressed a kiss to my forehead.
21:21I felt like I was floating.
21:23Across the room,
21:25Silas shot to his feet.
21:26His friends launched at him in unison.
21:28Silas, you're in the middle of World Cup prep.
21:31Coach Cole says one word and your career is over.
21:35I don't care.
21:37Hudson's lips still rested against my forehead.
21:39My hand lay on his arm.
21:41Silas's mouth opened.
21:43He was about to say my name.
21:45A hand clamped over his mouth from the side,
21:47with enough force to cut off his air.
21:50Final.
21:50With the help of his friends,
21:52Silas's father half dragged him out through the side door.
21:55Hudson's fingers curled gently around mine.
21:57I came back to myself,
21:59smiled up at him.
22:00The ceremony continued.
22:01Outside, Silas's father let go.
22:04Ben immediately backhanded him.
22:06Your sister grew up with Yuna.
22:07She's the maid of honor.
22:09What were you thinking?
22:10Do you have any idea what today is?
22:12Silas raised his head,
22:14tie crooked,
22:15looking wrecked,
22:15eyes burning red.
22:17Dad.
22:17His voice was shredded.
22:19Yuna and I,
22:22we've been together for five years.
22:24Five years.
22:27She proposed to me three times.
22:29It hit him then,
22:31fully finally.
22:35She's my,
22:36she's my girlfriend.
22:38This wasn't performance.
22:39This wasn't a nightmare.
22:41The woman he loved had genuinely married someone else.
22:44All those years he'd been so afraid to tell anyone.
22:47Afraid of what it would mean.
22:48Afraid that once it was real and visible,
22:50there was no taking it back.
22:52No more playing around.
22:53No more room to be young.
22:55He'd been especially afraid of committing to someone five years older than him.
22:59But standing here now,
23:00all he wanted was to grab the nearest person and say,
23:04Yuna is mine.
23:05She was always mine.
23:07She was always mine.
23:10His father's hand froze in the air.
23:12He stared at his son's face,
23:14genuinely gutted,
23:15and understood everything in an instant.
23:17Foolish.
23:18If you were together for five years,
23:20why didn't you marry her?
23:22Silas stood there.
23:23Couldn't speak.
23:24She's already married now.
23:26To someone you will never be able to touch.
23:30His father called security and had him kept outside.
23:33He didn't make it back in before the ceremony ended.
23:37When the last words were said,
23:39Hudson pulled me into a quiet embrace.
23:41That person.
23:42He said softly.
23:43He's the one you were waiting for.
23:44I went still.
23:45I said,
23:46He was.
23:47It doesn't matter anymore.
23:49Hudson didn't press.
23:50Didn't look surprised.
23:51He just held me a little tighter.
23:53We'd exchanged numbers a week before the wedding.
23:56Our first meeting was at a quiet kafdi.
23:58I told him everything.
23:59All five years of it.
24:01Silas.
24:02The secret relationship.
24:04The proposals he turned down.
24:05The ring he'd been buying for someone else.
24:08And why, because of all of that,
24:10I'd finally said yes to my family's arrangement.
24:13If any of this bothers you,
24:16we can dissolve the agreement.
24:18Hudson looked at me very steady.
24:20As long as you're beside me,
24:22that's all I need.
24:25The memory faded.
24:26We were already making our rounds through the guests.
24:29My grandmother was crying so hard,
24:31her whole body shook.
24:32Her clouded eyes rimmed over.
24:34She grabbed Hudson's hands and wouldn't let go.
24:36You have to take care of my girl.
24:39Her voice broke and scattered.
24:41Dementia had stolen most of her memories.
24:43But she remembered me.
24:44She knew today was my wedding day.
24:46I blinked hard, throat aching.
24:48All those years I made her wait.
24:49Don't worry, Grandma.
24:50I will spend my whole life protecting her.
24:53Hudson did something I didn't expect.
24:55He crouched down in front of her,
24:57met her eyes,
24:57completely present.
24:58Then he looked up,
24:59over her shoulder,
25:01straight at me.
25:02My heart skipped.
25:03After the ceremony,
25:05we said goodbye to our tearful families
25:07and drove to the airport for our honeymoon.
25:12Hudson said,
25:14suddenly,
25:15I thought you might run.
25:17I turned to look at him.
25:20Why would you think that?
25:24Because he came.
25:25His profile was all sharp angles and soft light.
25:28I thought you might.
25:29No.
25:33Hudson,
25:34we're married now.
25:36I don't look back.
25:38I meant what I said.
25:39From this day forward,
25:41I'm with you.
25:42Completely.
25:43He looked down at our hands.
25:45Then,
25:46slowly,
25:46his fingers closed around mine,
25:48wrapping my hand entirely in...
25:50But what if...
25:51What if I don't want proper and respectful?
25:55Our marriage had been straightforward.
25:57Two families,
25:58sitting down negotiating terms,
26:00and a detailed prenuptial agreement.
26:03If he wanted to upend that now,
26:05I wasn't sure what I could do.
26:07Yuna,
26:09you're not just my wife.
26:11You're someone I've kept in my heart for a very long time.
26:18I stared at him.
26:20Hudson's face had gone a little pink in the golden light.
26:23This composed,
26:24unflappable man,
26:25his jaw was tight,
26:26his breathing unsteady.
26:28A few years ago,
26:29there was a sports awards gala.
26:31I saw you there.
26:32You were wearing a champagne dress.
26:34You were interviewing the honorees.
26:36Calm,
26:36sharp,
26:37completely unfazed.
26:38At some point,
26:39a waiter spilled wine on the hem of your skirt.
26:41Oh my god,
26:41I'm so sorry.
26:42I am so sorry,
26:44miss.
26:44It's fine.
26:45Don't panic.
26:46Here,
26:47wipe your hands first.
26:48I thought to myself,
26:50if a woman like that were ever standing beside me,
26:52what would that be like?
26:53I couldn't find my voice.
26:57I had someone look into you afterward.
26:59What they found was that you were already with someone.
27:03So,
27:03I put it away.
27:05Then,
27:06I heard your family was looking for someone for you.
27:08I reached out to them first.
27:10I couldn't let the chance slip away again.
27:13Yuna,
27:14I know you haven't fully let me in yet,
27:17but I'll be here.
27:19Every day.
27:21I can wait.
27:26He leaned in,
27:28pressed his lips to mine.
27:34I didn't pull back.
27:36All those times Silas told me to wait a little longer.
27:39This was the first time anyone had ever said,
27:42I'll wait for you.
27:44The honeymoon lasted a full month.
27:47Hudson made up for every year he'd kept his feelings to himself.
27:51He researched every destination,
27:54meticulously.
27:54He chartered a yacht
27:56and took me out to the open sea.
27:58He arranged fireworks over the water
28:01that lit up the entire night sky.
28:03On the beach,
28:04he rolled up his pant legs
28:05and chased me halfway across the shoreline.
28:08And when I finally couldn't run anymore,
28:11he picked me up and carried me back to the hotel.
28:14Yuna,
28:14you're so beautiful when you smile.
28:15You're radiant.
28:16I could drown in your eyes.
28:18He would look down at me,
28:20really look,
28:21and say things that stopped my breath.
28:24I realized somewhere in that month
28:25what it actually felt like to be cherished.
28:28We wore matching outfits through every city.
28:31He held my hand in broad daylight
28:33on busy streets without a second thought.
28:35Mr. Cole,
28:36what a surprise to see you here.
28:38Good to see you.
28:40Allow me to introduce my wife, Yuna.
28:42And I understood then,
28:43if it is real love,
28:44you don't have to hide.
28:46You don't have to explain.
28:47You don't have to drop someone's hand
28:49when another person walks by.
28:51He was just as thoughtful and private too.
28:54Gentle.
28:55Considerate.
28:56Never once saying anything
28:58that left me feeling small.
29:00I let myself fall into it.
29:02Properly.
29:03Fully.
29:06The only thing that interrupted us.
29:09An unknown number.
29:10Hello?
29:11The first time it rang,
29:13I answered.
29:14It was Silas.
29:19Yuna.
29:20Why did you leave me?
29:22You betrayed me.
29:24We were together for five years.
29:28Come back.
29:29I hung up and blocked the number.
29:33The next day,
29:34a new number.
29:38Yuna, don't hang up.
29:40If you come back now,
29:41I'll forgive you.
29:41I swear,
29:42I'll forgive everything about the wedding.
29:43I mean it.
29:46The third call came
29:48while I was on the balcony,
29:50watching the sea.
29:51I'm sorry.
29:51He sounded like he'd been crying for hours.
29:54It's all my fault.
29:55I talked to my sister, Maya.
29:57I know you misunderstood
29:58what happened with Nina.
29:59That trip was a mistake.
30:01I'm going to let her go.
30:03I understand now
30:04why you've been pulling away.
30:06Just come back.
30:07Please?
30:08I'll do anything.
30:10I'll make it public.
30:11Just don't leave me.
30:13I stood there,
30:15holding the phone,
30:16silent for a long moment.
30:18The balcony door slid open.
30:20Hudson walked out
30:21with two glasses
30:22of fresh lemon water.
30:24He took one look at my face,
30:26asked nothing,
30:27just set a glass beside my hand
30:29and went back inside.
30:42I watched his back disappear
30:44through the glass.
30:47What I can't accept
30:48isn't just what did
30:49or didn't happen
30:50between her and you.
30:52It's so much more than that.
30:54I don't have any feelings
30:55for you anymore.
30:56Looking back,
30:57maybe it was the way
30:59he always made me feel
31:00like my age was a flaw.
31:02The way he kept us hidden
31:03like something
31:03to be ashamed of.
31:05The way he never grew up,
31:06never understood that love,
31:08beyond the excitement,
31:09requires respect
31:11and responsibility.
31:23Without Nina,
31:24there would have been someone else.
31:26Younger,
31:27prettier,
31:27there always would have been.
31:29But none of that
31:30was worth explaining
31:31to him anymore.
31:33I stared at the screen,
31:35typed slowly.
31:40Maya went quiet for a while.
31:42For five years,
31:43I carried this secret.
31:45I told myself it was for him,
31:47for his career,
31:48for his family.
31:49But the truth is,
31:50I was just afraid.
31:51Afraid that if I told anyone,
31:53they'd see what I already knew,
31:55that I was giving everything,
31:56and he was giving nothing.
31:58I paused,
31:59added one more line.
32:01Maya knew all along.
32:03She never said a word.
32:04She never judged me.
32:06She just waited.
32:07That is what love
32:08is supposed to feel like.
32:09Not hiding,
32:11not begging,
32:12just being seen.
32:14I put the phone down
32:15and went to find Hudson.
32:25One morning,
32:26I was walking into work.
32:27I'd barely reached
32:28the building entrance
32:29when a figure
32:30stepped out of nowhere
32:31and blocked my path.
32:32Yuna,
32:35can we talk?
32:36I'm going to be late.
32:39Five minutes.
32:41I know I was wrong.
32:43I know.
32:44Can't we just,
32:45can't we go back
32:46to how things were?
32:47Simus,
32:49I'm married.
32:51This has nothing
32:52to do with you anymore.
32:56I don't care!
32:58Get divorced!
32:59I'll take responsibility
33:00for everything!
33:02I just want you!
33:04I care.
33:05I care about
33:06never having to see you again.
33:08If you can keep it together,
33:09I'll stay civil.
33:10But if you keep following me,
33:12you'll disgust me.
33:17How can you be so cold?
33:21Because I asked you
33:22to wait a few more times.
33:23You throw away five years
33:25for a stranger?
33:27Yuna,
33:27you're ruining your life.
33:29I looked at him
33:30for a moment,
33:31then I laughed.
33:33Being with you
33:33was the most irresponsible
33:35thing I've ever done.
33:37I don't understand.
33:39What did I do?
33:41What was so unforgivable?
33:44Or was this always coming?
33:46Were you just looking
33:47for an excuse to leave?
34:00Five years.
34:01That slap had been waiting
34:02five years.
34:04You don't know
34:05what you did wrong?
34:06Let me tell you.
34:07First,
34:08on our fifth anniversary,
34:10you were out of town
34:11with Nina.
34:12You told me
34:13nothing happened.
34:15But there was lipstick
34:16on your collar.
34:20Yeah, Nina.
34:21I'm dealing with it.
34:24I endured it.
34:26That doesn't mean
34:27I was okay with it.
34:30Second,
34:31five years underground.
34:34Every time I wanted
34:35to tell Maya the truth,
34:36you stopped me.
34:38You said it was
34:39for my sake.
34:41That it would make
34:41things complicated for me.
34:46Don't do it,
34:47Yuna.
34:48You know the media
34:49will tear us apart.
34:50It's for your own good.
34:52But the truth is,
34:54you were scared.
34:56Scared that once
34:57it was out in the open,
34:58you'd have to actually commit.
35:00Scared to be responsible
35:01for someone
35:02five years older than you.
35:04I gave you time
35:05because I knew
35:05you were young.
35:07Because I loved you
35:08enough to wait.
35:10Because I knew
35:11to wait.
35:13But I wasn't
35:14going to wait forever.
35:15The color had drained
35:17from his face.
35:18And last.
35:21My biggest regret?
35:24Chasing an older woman.
35:25Man.
35:26Someone I couldn't
35:27give the ending
35:27she deserved.
35:29You said
35:30out loud drunk
35:32in front of people
35:33that your biggest regret
35:34was chasing
35:35an older woman.
35:37Someone you couldn't
35:38give the ending
35:39she deserved.
35:40So let me tell you mine.
35:43My biggest regret
35:44is those five years
35:45I spent hiding with you.
35:47Silas' lips
35:48were trembling.
35:49But five years
35:49isn't so long.
35:51Long enough
35:51to finally see clearly
35:53that you were never worth it.
35:54Something broke loose
35:55in his eyes
35:56and slid down his face.
35:58He scrubbed at it
35:59with his sleeve.
36:00It kept coming.
36:02I hear you.
36:03I was wrong.
36:05I was completely wrong.
36:07Can't you just...
36:07Can you give me
36:08one more chance?
36:11Please.
36:12Babe.
36:13Hearing him call me
36:14babe again
36:15after everything
36:16I smiled.
36:17And it was not
36:18a kind smile.
36:19I gave you chances.
36:21You used them all up.
36:23I turned
36:24and walked away.
36:26Behind me
36:27I heard him break.
36:29No.
36:30Yuna.
36:31No.
36:32I didn't look back.
36:35In the months
36:36that followed
36:36Silas didn't let go.
36:39Maya invited me
36:40for coffee
36:41when I got there.
36:42He was already
36:42at the table.
36:44Yuna.
36:45You came.
36:46I knew you wouldn't
36:48just cut me off
36:48completely.
36:52Yuna.
36:53Wait.
36:53Let me explain.
36:56Are you crazy
36:57Simus?
36:58Stop stalking her.
36:59You're making
37:00a fool of yourself.
37:04Yuna.
37:05I'm so sorry.
37:06I swear I had no idea
37:07he was going to follow me.
37:08He must have seen my texts
37:09or tracked my car.
37:10It's okay Maya.
37:12I know you wouldn't
37:12do this to me.
37:13He's completely
37:14lost his mind lately.
37:15Just ignore him.
37:16I'll make sure
37:17to be more careful
37:17next time.
37:18I'll text ahead
37:19confirm he doesn't know.
37:20I know.
37:20But maybe
37:21we shouldn't meet
37:22in public for a while.
37:23It's not safe.
37:27Delivery for Mrs. Cole
37:28or Miss Hart?
37:34I'll take them.
37:40Flowers again?
37:42Just some junk mail.
37:44You're really not bothered?
37:47Bothered by what?
37:49Someone sending flowers
37:50to your wife?
37:51Repeatedly?
37:52He tucked his chin
37:54against my shoulder.
37:55Voice easy.
37:57You're not going to
37:58take them.
37:59So why should I be bothered?
38:01I kept waiting for Hudson
38:02to finally lose his patience.
38:04To step in.
38:05He never did.
38:07Eventually,
38:08we moved.
38:09To the other side
38:10of the city.
38:11I changed jobs too.
38:13Silas' name
38:14gradually went quiet
38:15in my life.
38:16The next time
38:17I heard it,
38:18it was in the news.
38:19Silas Mercer
38:20dropped by his club.
38:22Cut from the
38:22World Cup roster.
38:24I stared at the headline
38:25for a long time.
38:29Then,
38:30I messaged
38:31Maya.
38:42Hudson was on the couch
38:44with a stack of documents,
38:46expression
38:46as unhurried
38:47as always.
38:49You know,
38:50some people act like
38:51they're totally unbothered
38:54and then quietly make sure
38:56a certain someone
38:57never plays again.
38:59His voice was steady,
39:00not jealous,
39:01not angry,
39:02just calm.
39:03Like he was simply
39:04stating a fact.
39:05He wasted five years
39:06of your life.
39:09I figured someone
39:10should get them back
39:11for you.
39:11And reached
39:12for his hand.
39:13His fingers
39:14closed around mine,
39:15slow,
39:16certain,
39:17wrapping my whole hand
39:18inside his.
39:21I am not afraid
39:22of getting older anymore.
39:26Because the person
39:27beside me,
39:29he is going to
39:30grow old
39:31with me.
39:37My biggest regret
39:38is those five years
39:40I spent hiding with you.
39:41Silas's lips
39:42were trembling.
39:43But five years
39:43isn't so long.
39:45Long enough
39:46to finally see clearly
39:47that you were never worth it.
39:49Something broke loose
39:50in his eyes
39:50and slid down his face.
39:52He scrubbed at it
39:53with his sleeve.
39:54It kept coming.
39:56I hear you.
39:57I was wrong.
39:59I was completely wrong.
40:01Can't you just...
40:02Can you give me
40:03one more chance?
40:05Please,
40:06babe.
40:08Hearing him
40:08call me babe
40:09again after everything,
40:10I smiled.
40:11And it was not
40:12a kind smile.
40:13I gave you chances.
40:15You used them all up.
40:17I turned
40:18and walked away.
40:20Behind me,
40:21I heard him break.
40:23No!
40:24Yuna!
40:25No!
40:26I didn't look back.
40:29In the months
40:30that followed,
40:31Silas
40:31didn't let go.
40:33Maya invited me
40:34for coffee
40:35when I got there.
40:36He was already
40:36at the table.
40:38Yuna!
40:39You came.
40:41I knew you wouldn't
40:42just cut me off
40:43completely.
40:46Yuna!
40:47Wait!
40:48Let me explain!
40:50Are you crazy,
40:51Silas?
40:52Stop stalking her!
40:53You're making
40:54a fool of yourself!
40:58Yuna!
40:59I'm so sorry!
41:00I swear I had no idea
41:01he was going to follow me.
41:02He must have seen my texts
41:03or tracked my car.
41:05It's okay, Maya.
41:06I know you wouldn't do this to me.
41:07He's completely lost his mind lately.
41:09Just ignore him.
41:10I'll make sure to be more careful next time.
41:12I'll text ahead,
41:13confirm he doesn't know.
41:14I know.
41:15But maybe
41:15we shouldn't meet in public
41:17for a while.
41:17It's not safe.
41:21Delivery for Mrs. Cole?
41:22Or
41:23Miss Hart?
41:29I'll take them.
41:34Flowers again?
41:36Just some junk mail.
41:38You're really not bothered?
41:41Bothered by what?
41:43Someone sending flowers
41:44to your wife?
41:45Repeatedly?
41:46He tucked his chin
41:48against my shoulder.
41:49Voice easy.
41:52You're not going to take them.
41:53So why should I be bothered?
41:55I kept waiting for Hudson
41:56to finally lose his patience.
41:58To step in.
41:59He never did.
42:02Eventually,
42:02we moved.
42:03To the other side of the city.
42:05I changed jobs too.
42:07Silas' name gradually went quiet.
42:10In my life.
42:11The next time I heard it,
42:12it was in the news.
42:14Silas Mercer dropped by his club.
42:16Cut from the World Cup roster.
42:18I stared at the headline
42:19for a long time.
42:23Then,
42:24I messaged Maya.
42:32You're right, Maya.
42:35Nobody can wait for him forever.
42:37Hudson was on the couch
42:38with a stack of documents.
42:40Expression
42:41as unhurried as always.
42:43You know,
42:44some people act like
42:45they're totally unbothered.
42:48And then quietly make sure
42:50a certain someone
42:51never plays again.
42:53His voice was steady.
42:54Not jealous.
42:55Not angry.
42:56Just calm.
42:57Like he was simply
42:58stating a fact.
42:59He wasted five years
43:01of your life.
43:03I figured someone
43:04should get them back for you.
43:05And reached
43:06for his hand.
43:07His fingers closed around mine.
43:10Slow.
43:10Certain.
43:11Wrapping my whole hand
43:12inside his.
43:15I am not afraid
43:16of getting older anymore.
43:20Because the person
43:21beside me,
43:23he is going to grow
43:25old with me.
43:26and he is going to walk
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