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The lycan king's fated white wolf ASM
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00:09look who's here the new alpha of the vitarelli wolf pack spit it out you've got three minutes
00:18your father's barely cold in his grave and you won't even see your own uncle
00:23from now on the vitarelli wolf pack stays out of arms dealing
00:26no more killing we're legitimate businessmen only i know you want to go legit but without these
00:32rackets what do our thousands of guys do starve this is not a negotiation this is an order you're
00:38destroying the empire we built fine then don't expect me to hold back
00:46damon go join your father in hell
00:53if it weren't for you and your stupid arms deal my dad would still be alive
00:57damon you really think you're walking away from this today
01:10kill him kill him now no one leaves here alive
01:14boss go i got your back put him down chase him
01:26stop
01:44this way go
01:51fall back now
01:56i want a proper explanation or i'm calling the cops
02:02hope i survive long enough to go with you
02:07you're hurt
02:09don't move wolf
02:14you're a vampire aren't you
02:16why save a wolf
02:17i'm a vampire but i'm a nurse first
02:19i just stopped the bleeding if you don't want to die get to a hospital asap
02:24i can explain this time i'm in love with you
02:26is that reason enough
02:27never should have saved the wolf
02:31boss you're hit let's get you to the hospital now
02:33no
02:35what your shoulders bleeding out
02:37she shot me
02:38not a bullet
02:40an angel
02:42find her
02:49dad mom i'm off to work
02:53i'll drive you
02:54it's not far away
02:56but i won't be
03:00and understand
03:00i'm
03:00a
03:00no
03:01no
03:02i
03:25Mrs. Hastings, we meet again.
03:28Who the hell are you guys?
03:29Watch your mouth talking to our boss?
03:30Ever heard of the Hong Gang?
03:32I'm just a regular businessman now.
03:34You're Damon?
03:35That's right.
03:36I'm here to tell you.
03:37I want your daughter.
03:39What does that mean?
03:40It means I'm going to marry her, father-in-law.
03:43I am not your father-in-law.
03:46How did their family get mixed up with a werewolf?
03:48That werewolf doesn't look like a good guy.
03:50Go away!
03:53You must be joking!
03:54My daughter will never marry a werewolf!
03:57I'm not joking.
03:59I'm marrying her no matter what.
04:01In your dreams!
04:03Are you going to invite me in for a chat?
04:07Father-in-law.
04:10Come in.
04:18I'm a cop!
04:19I will never marry my daughter off to a gangster!
04:22A cop?
04:25Then you should be even more eager to marry her to me.
04:31Look at this place.
04:33It's a dump.
04:33How much do you make a month as a cop?
04:35Can you even give her a decent life?
04:38But don't worry.
04:39Marry her to me, and I'll make your whole family rich overnight.
04:45Over my dead body!
04:47Marriage is not a game.
04:48You don't even know my daughter.
04:50Besides, you're different species.
04:52How can you even think about this?
04:54Mother-in-law, if I want to, everyone in Hansham is transparent to me.
04:58And there's no bad blood between werewolves and...
05:00And vampires anymore?
05:02Then you should know my family has been cops for three generations!
05:07My son died taking down a werewolf gang!
05:11How dare you make such an outrageous demand!
05:14You got it wrong.
05:16This isn't a demand.
05:18It's a notice.
05:20I'll come pick you up in a few days.
05:24Get ready.
05:27I'm already engaged.
05:32Oh yeah?
05:33That'll be cancelled soon.
05:36Serena!
05:38Caleb!
05:44This is your fiancé?
05:46Who the hell are you?
05:47As of today, you are single.
05:51That's what happened.
05:53I had no idea he was Damon.
05:58You two need to get married as soon as possible.
06:01I agree.
06:03Will that work?
06:04It's Damon we're talking about.
06:06So what?
06:07I don't believe he'd dare kidnap someone right under a cop's nose.
06:14Don't worry, Serena.
06:15I'll protect you.
06:17Shh.
06:28You look even more charming
06:30when you're working.
06:39What the hell do you want?
06:41I already know you very well.
06:43And I think it's time my fiancé got to know me too.
06:47Three years ago, you were at war with the Tiger Gang.
06:50My brother.
06:52Andrew died on the spot.
06:54And my dad got shot in the leg.
06:56If you really knew me,
06:58how dare you even stand here?
07:03Andrew's death was an accident.
07:07Since I took over the family, we haven't done anything illegal.
07:10You think that will change the past?
07:12Mrs. Hastings,
07:13the largest real estate, telecom,
07:16and oil companies in this city are all mine.
07:20Do you know how many people count on me?
07:23Do you think that makes you a philanthropist?
07:29Mr. Vitarelli!
07:31Thank you so much for your generous donation to our medical fund.
07:35You are such a philanthropist.
07:37This was all...
07:39Mrs. Hastings' idea.
07:41She's deeply passionate about health care.
07:44You should give her a raise.
07:45Sure!
07:46A five-fold raise.
07:51Sir, may I borrow Ms. Hastings for half a day?
07:54No problem at all!
07:57I'm busy.
08:02Serena, you're free to go.
08:06Sir!
08:07You'll be getting a new hospital ring.
08:09Oh, thank you so much!
08:17Put me down!
08:18Put me down!
08:19Put me down!
08:20Put me down!
08:22Hope to see you again!
08:24Put me down right now!
08:27Put me down!
08:31What the hell are you doing?
08:32You're insane!
08:40Don't test my patience.
08:42You're insane!
08:47I have a gift for you.
09:08Do you like it?
09:12You're invading my privacy!
09:22Everything about you is mine.
09:27And everything I have is yours.
09:30See that?
09:32All those buildings belong to me.
09:34If you ask, I'll give them all to you.
09:40But if you try to run, I swear I'll scour the city to find you.
09:56You think you can buy everything, including love.
10:01As long as I'm rich enough.
10:03Mr. Vitarelli, you are rich.
10:05But I pity you.
10:07Because in love, you're actually quite poor.
10:10Do you know what you're saying?
10:12I'm aware.
10:13Mr. Vitarelli, you repulse me.
10:21Speak.
10:31What was so urgent that you had to call me back?
10:33Damon!
10:34Sophia is back in the country!
10:36Sophia?
10:37Who is that?
10:40You met her before, dear.
10:41She's my niece.
10:43Is that so?
10:44I don't really remember.
10:52Damon, you're not getting any younger.
10:54Your father cared most about your marriage before he passed.
10:57Sophia comes from a good family and has a nice personality.
11:01If you two settle down soon, I can finally have an explanation.
11:05Mom, I already have someone I want to marry.
11:08What?
11:10Oh?
11:11Really?
11:13Is...
11:13Which family is she from?
11:16When will you bring her back to meet us?
11:18On the wedding day, you'll find out.
11:30Mom!
11:31Damon isn't your biological son after all.
11:33If he doesn't marry Sophia, won't our family's property be taken advantage of by an outsider?
11:36Shh!
11:36Be quiet!
11:37Do you want everyone to hear you?
11:41No!
11:42No!
11:44No!
11:44No!
11:45No!
11:47No!
11:47No!
11:49No!
11:50No!
11:55Are you insane?
11:56Do you know who that is?
11:57Damon, the werewolf alpha who runs this entire city!
12:02I'm not kidding.
12:03I have to marry Serena.
12:05Do you want to get us killed?
12:07Once I'm married to Serena, what can he do?
12:10This is a law-based society.
12:12Why are you so stubborn?
12:16Mom, Serena and I grew up together.
12:18She needs me now.
12:20I have to marry her.
12:22Come back!
12:25This woman?
12:26She could be your plaything.
12:28How can you marry her?
12:30Are you insane?
12:32Since when do you have a say in my affairs?
12:36But she has no background.
12:38And she's a vampire.
12:41If you marry her, the entire Vitorecki family will be a laughingstock.
12:50I am her background.
12:52Who dares laugh at her?
13:00Who is bold enough
13:04to laugh at her?
13:26What the hell is wrong with you?
13:27It's the middle of the night.
13:28Some people are trying to sleep.
13:29Boss, keep going.
13:37What the hell do you want?
13:41Oh!
13:46Hold still.
13:54Why didn't you answer my call?
13:56I didn't hear it.
13:59Has anyone ever told you you suck at lying?
14:03What the hell do you want?
14:05I'm engaged.
14:07Stop harassing me.
14:08Your fiancé?
14:09He's not even worth my time.
14:11At least he doesn't make me a neighborhood joke.
14:16Marry me.
14:17I'll make sure no one dares disrespect you.
14:20Never!
14:21I love my fiancé and I'll never love you.
14:34Huh?
14:37It doesn't matter.
14:39I love you.
14:40That's enough.
14:46You didn't like the gifts I sent you last time.
14:48I picked out some new ones.
15:00Boss, here.
15:10Not everyone can be bought with money.
15:14Boss, should I bring her back?
15:15No.
15:16Miss Hastings has a fiancé.
15:17What if they get married behind your back?
15:24Whoever dares to marry my woman,
15:26this whole family will be run out of this city.
15:32I love you.
15:46I'm putting Serena in your hands.
15:49Take good care of her.
15:56Look at them.
15:58What a perfect match.
15:59This song you taught me?
16:01I've played it 2,000 times.
16:03I dreamed of playing it for you on our wedding day.
16:05Today, that dream has finally come true.
16:25Freeze!
16:26Don't fucking move!
16:38Who the fuck gave you the balls to take my woman?
16:52No!
16:53Don't do it!
16:54Don't do it!
16:56Don't do it!
16:56Don't do it!
16:57Don't do it!
17:18Everyone in the pack said I was the saddest woman alive.
17:22i was alpha dominic's lowest ranking omega mate and the least wanted the day i gave birth
17:28luna victoria took my son from me before i'd even held him properly i didn't fight her victoria was
17:36the luna powerful respected my son would have a better life with her than he ever would with me
17:43years later a pack of rogues attacked our territory i threw myself in front of dominic
17:49the slash meant for his throat tore across my back instead he said i had earned a reward i could
17:55choose one of his sons raise him myself i chose logan my blood my child i raised him for 20
18:05years
18:05and on the night he was named alpha air he walked into my room carrying a glass of wine laced
18:11with
18:11wolfsbane i couldn't move the poison paralyzed me my wolf hauled inside me fought like hell
18:19but it couldn't save me logan stood over me and watched foam spill from my mouth his eyes were
18:25cold if you'd left me with luna victoria i'd already be air all you ever did was drag me down
18:32the last
18:32thing i saw was his face no guilt no hesitation just disgust then everything went black when i
18:42opened my eyes again i was standing in the great hall same stone walls same firelight same five boys
18:50lined up in front of the alpha's chair alpha dominic sat above them selaine you saved my life
18:57you may choose one of my sons to raise my heart slammed i looked at the line logan stood first
19:05dressed
19:06in the fine clothes victoria had picked for him that look in his eyes impatience barely hidden last time
19:14i was so happy i missed the look in his eyes now it was impossible to miss my stomach turned
19:21i swallowed
19:22the nausea and forced myself to look past him past the second son past the third at the end of
19:29the line
19:30below the steps stood a boy no one looked at finn head down kyle the fourth son his mother lyra
19:39had
19:40been executed for breaking pack law after that no one wanted him the servant said he was cursed he was
19:47treated worse than the lowest omega in the manor thrown away hated just for being there i knew that
19:54feeling too well i took a breath raised my hand pointed straight at him i want him the hall went
20:02dead
20:03silent every head turned toward me like i'd lost my mind alpha dominic stared at me for a long moment
20:10then he let out a short breath almost a laugh kyle fine he's quiet you're steady that should work
20:21take good care of him right there in the hall he raised me to a beta ranking mate small promotion
20:27still more than i'd gotten in six years but i knew the truth he wasn't rewarding me he was relieved
20:35i picked the son no one wanted when the meeting ended i walked over to kyle he was still standing
20:42there with his head down like he still didn't believe i meant him
20:53i took him back to birch cabin my place on the far edge of the pakistate a tiny wooden cabin
21:00two rooms a
21:02fireplace that smoked every time the wind blew in not much but it was mine
21:11kyle this is your home now i'll take care of you he didn't answer but when i turned to leave
21:20his
21:21fingers caught my sleeve tight kyle wasn't dark and difficult like people said he was quiet so quiet
21:30sometimes i forgot he was even in the room i didn't mind in this life i didn't want power i
21:38didn't want
21:39the alpha's favor i just wanted to stay out of trouble raise this boy and die peacefully when i got
21:46old if he came to see me once in a while that would be enough every day kyle went to
21:52the training yard with
21:53the other boys combat in the morning lessons in the afternoon one day i baked a batch of cookies and
22:01took them over i spotted him right away he was sitting alone under a big oak tree reading across
22:08the yard logan kicked a ball with the other boys around him like planets around the sun logan had grown
22:15up at luna victoria's side best clothes best food best of everything every child in the pack knew which
22:23side to stand on last time i dragged him away from all of it made him follow a nobody omega
22:29mother
22:30no wonder he hated me i sat down beside kyle and set the box on the stone bench he looked
22:36up a flicker
22:38of surprise crossed his face hungry i opened the lid they're fresh still warm kyle started to speak but a
22:46sharp voice cut him off why are you here again logan walked over looking at the cookies like they
22:53were trash the pack kitchen feeds strays better than that stop coming here and embarrassing yourself
22:58before i could speak kyle stood up he stepped between us logan she's your mother you can't
23:07talk to her like that logan let out a mean little laugh my mother is luna victoria this woman is
23:13nothing
23:14he flicked a hand at the cookie box take your garbage and go stop bothering me i pulled kyle behind
23:22me
23:23you've got that wrong i'm kyle's mother these cookies are for kyle i bent down picked one up and held
23:31it
23:31out to kyle here try one logan's face froze he'd never imagined i'd choose kyle over him kyle took a
23:40bite
23:40a small smile touched his mouth it's good mom thank you i smiled back good i'll make more tomorrow
23:49then i looked at the boys behind logan you boys want one they were six at that age a cookie
23:56is a cookie
23:57two of them were already reaching out don't touch it logan slapped their hands away it's garbage the
24:04kitchen throws out better food than this only losers with no taste would eat that then he glared
24:11at me good you picked him don't come crawling back when you regret it i looked at logan red-faced
24:18and
24:18furious trying to act like he didn't care i almost laughed i promise kyle is my only son everything i
24:28have goes to him logan went pale he stomped off and yelled at the others what are you staring at
24:35move
24:35he ran off the other boys scrambled after him that night i tucked kyle into bed i thought he was
24:43asleep
24:44then he spoke mom tomorrow after training can you bring cookies again something in me melted
24:52i will the day after every day kyle smiled for real then went to sleep
25:02the next afternoon i brought cookies to the yard again but the place was too quiet then i saw it
25:09kyle stood by the lake four pack guards had him boxed in logan sat on a rock above them hey
25:16little
25:16brother he pointed at the cold gray water my ball fell in go get it the lake wasn't deep but
25:27it was late
25:27fall that water cut like ice kyle said nothing he didn't move logan's smile vanished like a spoiled kid
25:37hearing no for the first time he jumped off the rock and yards turned toward the trees at the exact
25:42same
25:42time like they'd seen nothing i didn't think i dropped the cookies and jumped in the cold hit me like
25:50a wall
25:50my muscles locked up my legs went numb around kyle's shaking body you pushed him he's your brother
25:59what the hell is wrong with you
26:21listening to the ambiguous moans and faint running water over the phone i smiled bitterly my husband
26:26ethan ethan was so cold-blooded but he had no idea the dead weren't my parents they were his a
26:32snake
26:32attack at the campsite left his entire family clinging for life only his company had the specific
26:38anti-venom i called him countless times he hung up every single one the laid treatment killed them all
26:44i stared at the five bodies behind me sighed by the time i got to the hospital ethan's entire family
26:50was already on the verge of death the doctor pulled me aside this species of snake is extremely rare
26:56the only facility with the specific anti-venom is your husband's company i called ethan like crazy
27:02he rejected every single call on the hundredth try he finally answered it's sophia's birthday tonight
27:09i'm spending it with her stop being so paranoid i kept thinking about his family in the er
27:14i swallowed every question burning in my throat and said quickly your mom your dad your sister they
27:20were all bitten the hospital doesn't have this anti-venom your company does please bring it now one vial
27:24costs over a hundred grand have some self-respect sienna your whole family gets bitten and you come
27:30crying to me what am i your personal bank take a good hard look at yourself he hung up without
27:36mercy
27:37then blocked me i sat frozen in a hospital chair i couldn't make myself believe those words had just
27:42come out of my husband's mouth he probably didn't even have the patience to listen to what i was saying
27:47then my phone buzzed suddenly a chanel boutique alert popped up the limited birthday bag my parents
27:52had reserved nearly a million dollars in value just picked up by my husband i didn't even have
27:58to guess that bag was on sophia's arm right now stealing my things to give to the woman he loved
28:03he'd done it so many times every time i said something he'd roll his eyes you're married walking
28:08around with a bag like that just makes you look desperate let sophia use it she's closing a deal
28:12don't be petty sophia is basically my sister if you love me you'll support how i take care of her
28:17if you love me you'll support how i take care of her he put sophia on a pedestal designer bags
28:21on
28:21demand sports cars a penthouse and me his actual wife i couldn't even get a handful of life-saving
28:26vials what a joke i was still typing a message to the boutique when ethan posted on instagram
28:32the most expensive bag for the most important person tonight belongs to us sophia's post followed
28:37seconds later my night promised to always stay your medicine didn't just save my family it saved
28:43my heart the photo the two of them pressed close smiling a vial of anti-venom raised in her hand
28:49like a trophy while ethan was spending lavishly on sophia his own family was waiting to die the er
28:55doors slid open the doctor walked out mask already down i rushed over give me a little more time i'll
29:01get
29:01the anti-venom here i swear there's no need all five patients are gone i'm so sorry for your loss
29:08my nose burned my chest caved in two hours ago they'd been laughing now five bodies lay cold in
29:14the morgue while they're i held back my tears and messaged the boutique i never came in to pick
29:18anything up please contact the police the doctor had mentioned this particular snake was nearly extinct
29:23in the country because of that no hospital stalked the anti-venom a little too convenient a near-extinct
29:30snake in their tent five people dead the police took it seriously and moved fast they traced it
29:36quickly someone had bulk ordered live snakes online and released them at the campsite the suspects were
29:41sophia's parents i hoped ethan wouldn't cry too ugly when he found out ma'am we have a clear picture
29:46of
29:46what happened but both suspects are currently hospitalized we can't bring them in for questioning
29:51just yet now i knew why sophia was holding the serum in that picture i kept my face blank but
29:56the
29:57venom's already been treated nothing's stopping you from questioning them now he gave me a long look
30:01clearly wondering how i knew but didn't push i must have looked too hollowed out we'll get to the truth
30:06after he left i filed a civil lawsuit on my phone right then ethan called what the hell is your
30:11problem
30:11i'm your husband i picked up a bag for you now you're reporting it stolen are you insane one accusation
30:17after another no pause no care for anything i was going through right now i cut through it cold and
30:21quiet
30:21i never got that bag ethan you said you picked it up where is it now it stretched out long
30:27enough to
30:27answer the question his voice softened that calculated shift i knew too well we're husband
30:32and wife and everything though shared you won't have dinner come out out of here sophia just wants
30:38this bag today her birthday and i just want to make her happy your husband's card don't be like this
30:44absolutely shameless the feeling of giving is wonderful so don't be so stingy if you want to buy
30:50her something why don't you use your own money oh right because you're completely useless how dare
30:56you say i'm good for nothing are you crazy before i always watched my words around him always protected
31:02his ego like it was something fragile looking back now his skin was thicker than a wall if you're a
31:07man
31:07go to the hospital morgue now and see the evil you've done they already dead and i can't save them
31:13don't spoil don't my kishin first bent cream at your parents don't up their bodies get my companies
31:21for the atop samuel sophia's parents had an accident and she is on the verge of collapse
31:25she needs someone to accompany her i laughed so he thought it was my family i'd been planning to give
31:30his parents a proper burial as soon as possible instead i ordered five industrial freezer units per
31:36ethan's request i sent his entire family to his company i'd been home barely 10 minutes when ethan
31:42burst in and slapped me across the face sophia's hysterical her parents just got out of surgery
31:47and you're already suing them do you even have a conscience at least they're alive the people their
31:53snakes killed are still lying in those freezers something flickered in ethan's eyes that was my
31:57anti-venom i give it to whoever i want your parents had no business going camping they got bitten that's
32:05on them sophia's parents are sitting in a hospital being questioned by detectives because of your lawsuit
32:13can't you show a little mercy to the living maybe your parents getting bitten was karma for you
32:17being so cold-hearted maybe this was just your parents fate if it wasn't a snake something else
32:23would have taken them out your whole family is gone now i'm all you have left don't be ungrateful
32:32sienna i know you're hurting but the dead are gone the living have to keep going
32:38sophia is willing to offer compensation i'll top it up a million dollars total that's enough isn't it
32:45he said it like he was talking about the weather five lives in their eyes worth a million dollars
32:50ethan was spoiled rotten by his parents his whole life thinking about the moment he'd open those
32:55freezers and see their faces i couldn't help but wear a sorrowful smile what's so funny stop playing
33:01games will you agree to my terms ethan didn't have the patience to let me finish after all i wiped
33:06the
33:06corner of my eye still smiling okay transfer it then payment received one million dollars ethan had
33:12covered the rest almost certainly every dollar of liquid cash his company had left he watched me
33:17accept it i should tell you this morning i signed a formal letter of non-prosecution on your behalf as
33:22your husband sophia's parents are already off the hook you should be thanking sophia for being so
33:27generous without her you wouldn't have seen a dime now go tell the police the theft report was in
33:32state i reached into the nightstand drawer and pulled out the divorce agreement i'd drawn up that
33:37morning sign it return my bag we're done or i come after you too you're divorcing me over this
33:43i could see the calculation behind the rage he needed my father's connections but he also thought
33:48my father was dead and no longer of any use to him called after him checked his signature
33:53carefully everything in order ethan there's a waiting period we're technically still married
33:59come with me to your company say goodbye to your family one last time we arrived at his company
34:04together i was certain ethan's mind was on sophia and he still hadn't heard a word i said the basement
34:10ran cold the chill hit me the moment i stepped in five bodies lay in a row covered in white
34:16sheep
34:17my company is not a dump mom dad i'm so sorry and ava marcus what the are you talking about
34:24say it
34:24again if i'm lying i said go look for yourself he stood there for a long moment then he moved
34:32toward
34:33the nearest stretcher slowly his hands were shaking so badly he could barely grip the sheep
34:38the
34:58mafia's tradition whoever gives me an orchid marries me i stood in the hall with 11 other men waiting to
35:04be
35:04chosen no orchid tonight i'd be forced to marriage her in new york rumors said she burned through a new
35:09guy every single night one night one man then gone i had only one way out charlotte we grew up
35:17together
35:18she was the chase family heir and i was a casino mogul's illegitimate son in this city only she dared
35:24give me that flower last night i'd asked her for a fake marriage three years was enough to build
35:28something for myself after that she could love whoever she wanted she'd said yes now she smiled and walked
35:34toward me
35:39i let out my hand then she pressed her orchid into tyler's hands instead
35:45i stood frozen let tyler have his moment he's never had one don't worry no one's arranging anything
35:52for you while i'm around i watched tyler take her arm they looked like a couple i stood alone
35:58she came back with champagne laughing these people honestly i told them to save you at least one flower
36:04i looked at the girl i'd grown up beside do you understand what this gala actually is she didn't
36:10answer charlotte was the only one who would have chosen me she chose someone else the room kept moving
36:16i felt very still it was over charlotte's expression shifted a faint flicker of guilt
36:22crossing her face she waved tyler off look you're used to these events but tyler's never had anything
36:28like this i just wanted to give him one good night consider it a favor from me you're not really
36:33upset
36:33are you it's one night i said nothing it's his graduation after tonight i can't sponsor him
36:38anymore i promised him one memory worth keeping ethan i'm sorry if i got in the way don't be angry
36:42at charlotte i begged her to charlotte caught tyler's awkward expression and her eyes cooled slightly
36:46ethan it's one flower i'll give you another one you're more of a rose anyway getting worked
36:51up over one orclet isn't like you i suppose that tracked an orchid meant purity it symbolized
36:56the acceptance of a family a rose passionate showy like a clandestine lover the laughter around me grew
37:04louder a bastard son who follows charlotte around like a lapdog and he thought he'd actually marry
37:12into the chase family and that was a suss family even the scholarship kid outranks him charlotte silenced
37:19them with a glare but it was already enough to humiliate me ethan i'm sorry you were born into wealth
37:26while i just wanted a memorable night born into wealth i'm a bastard son do you have any idea how
37:32this family actually treats me tyler froze startled by me my bad but i was the only one who caught
37:40the
37:40cunning flash in his eyes it's already done i'll take you to get changed and ethan you can head home
37:47if you want home where exactly was that supposed to be then they left vanessa lee appeared almost
37:53instantly you smell amazing mr holt charlotte told me to give you an orchid i didn't i told you stop
38:02chasing her and try me instead but you never listened how's it feel now embarrassing right you
38:09this woman despised me i just needed three years i just needed three years to build enough leverage to
38:15break free from my family's control but my stepmother couldn't stand the sight of me she was already
38:20rushing to throw me out ethan holt if you weren't so pretty you'd be nothing you really think the
38:29chase family is going to protect you forever vanessa don't touch what's mine i thought you picked the
38:37scholarship kid why are you still keeping ethan around my business not yours why didn't you do
38:43anything i felt nothing but deep tired disappointment wasn't this what you arranged i can look out for
38:50you and still talk to other people ethan i'm not required to stand next to you all night but you
38:54know what tonight's gala means can we get some drinks is that okay sure tonight's yours whatever
38:58you want whatever it is we'll talk tomorrow i'll come find you i almost laughed out loud tomorrow you'll
39:04have to find me in new york the shyness he wore earlier was gone replaced by something colder you have
39:11everything mr holt do you really need to take this too i should never have helped charlotte choose him
39:16for that scholarship you grew up with everything you could want all i wanted was one night under
39:24charlotte's protection i let out a quiet sneer you think i had it better than you my mother died young
39:33i was brought back to the holt house just a child my stepmother looked at me like i shouldn't exist
39:38from the very first day my father had too many wives too many children to care about one more i
39:44learned early how to read a room how to make myself useful i found aunt diana in the margins i
39:50convinced
39:50her to train me to back me i stood in front of her forcing my hands to stay still father
39:55has over 20
39:56children why would i believe a bastard son can beat all of them because i have no weakness
40:03and i'm willing to fight dirty but my time hadn't come yet diana wouldn't move for me not now everyone
40:10said my fiancee from the quinn family was a deadly poisonous flower my family wanted the alliance but
40:16not the cost they wouldn't sacrifice a true heir so they offered me diana had already heard how the
40:21gala ended a message arrived figure it out yourself i needed a solution
40:28well can you get the orchid back from tyler just for one night i'll return it in the morning
40:32charlotte blink clearly caught off guard that's a bit awkward isn't it i already gave it stop trying
40:38to take things from tyler the orchid had a gold trimmed edge custom made there was no replacing
40:43it the restraint i'd held all night finally snapped charlotte you promised why did you have to
40:49humiliate me tonight of all nights ethan no one in this city will touch you the only person who could
40:55ever want you is me everyone knows you're my little shadow her little shadow her lap dog i had played
41:01that role for years just to survive but hearing her say it so casually like it meant nothing it hit
41:06harder than i expected don't be angry at charlotte ethan ethan one night stop being difficult tomorrow he
41:12goes back to his normal life i gave charlotte a long lingering look then turned and walked out of
41:17the gala aunt diana's car was already waiting outside you lost tomorrow you go to new york what happens
41:23after that is your problem i'll come back we'll see
41:45the tank burst the wave slammed across the floor yet my fiance now held another woman in his arms and
41:52all
41:53of this was because his younger sister lila and i were caught in a rip current off puget sound i
41:58was
41:58saved lila lost her life the blackwood family thinks it was me who had killed their biological daughter
42:04why are you still alive you should have been the one who drowned you killed my daughter
42:10killia tossed my ring shredded my wedding gown and agreed to marry serena the next day coming home
42:16from the hospital i saw killian slicing our wedding portrait with a knife serena's moving in time to
42:22clear all this trash out serena vanderbilt his arranged marriage fiancee after throwing all this
42:28away are you gonna kick me out next you said you were dying of your illness didn't you then it's
42:33only fitting you go to atone for lila in death my body turned rigid when i heard those words
42:38killian blackwood was the unloved blackwood's son raised outside the manor walls from childhood
42:43i had given this brooding boy next door a single piece of candy because of that one small sweetness
42:48after my parents died in an earthquake killian protected me for 15 years countless days of
42:54depending on each other i fell in love with the man who held me at 20 i had written a
42:58hundred love
42:59letters and confided my longing to my best friend chloe reed never did i expect chloe to tell killian
43:04everything that night he made me take out the letters and read them aloud to him i'm sorry i'll never
43:09dare to whiber any improper thoughts again from now on i'll treat you as my elder brother for 15 years
43:16it
43:16wasn't that you needed me to raise you was that i needed your company that same year the blackwoods
43:21came to bring him home but they wouldn't accept me because the blackwood house could not hold two
43:25daughters killian put the messenger on the floor and looked at his father arthur blackwood no her no
43:31me i knew how desperately killian longed to return home yet he chose to stand by my side even at
43:38the cost
43:38of breaking with his family we dated five years before marrying with approval his sister lila despised me
43:44to ease the tension killian brought lila with us on our coastal wedding photo shoot after the photo
43:50shoot i saw lila in the rip current i rushed to save her without hesitation i survived but lila perished
43:56the blackwoods blamed me saying the adopted daughter had doomed their own child do you think
44:02it was my fault too you both went into the water you survived she didn't to this family that's a
44:08crime
44:08i knelt for three days and nights begging for their forgiveness however all i got was a miscarriage
44:14that night i was diagnosed with cancer i called killian he thought i was faking sick to trick him
44:19to punish me he burned my 1999 love letters right in front of me then froze my bank card what
44:27burned
44:27to ashes was not only my true love but also my desire to survive that night killian stumbled home drunk
44:34demanding something to sober up when i passed him the hangover soup i spotted my favorite lemon tarts
44:39on the table he shoved me away put those down they're for serena what are you doing so close
44:46still trying to lure me you're drunk i'm making you sobering soup sorry i was too drunk i mistook you
44:54for serena he got up and pushed me away he'd never been so cold to me nor so rough killian
44:59didn't spare
45:00me a glance walked upstairs and slammed the door everything changed the day lila died i knew he
45:05hated me for living yet i could do nothing the light was still on in killian's room i knocked
45:10softly coming to a man's room this late do you have any sense at all we're broken up i want
45:15to move
45:15out stop you from spouting nonsense you must stay here until i marry serena can i at least move to
45:21the
45:21lower level it's up to you i turned and walked back to my room in silence i didn't understand his
45:29anger
45:30lila was gone forever how could i possibly live here in peace this forced stay gave me time to
45:36ease myself into preparing to leave the next morning passing through the living room i heard
45:42killian talking on the phone with serena killian caught sight of me suddenly then ended the call
45:47where are you going i'll drive you i froze before i could answer he was already walking out to the
45:52garage he leaned on the horn are you getting in or do you want me to carry you i i
45:57can't sit up front
45:58what serena said that's her seat even siblings don't get it that's not serena's voice broke
46:04through the phone in his hand kilton where are you going don't let any other girl take the
46:08passenger seat that's mine even your sister killian switched to a different car thank you something
46:14unnamed moved through him what are you gonna do i didn't answer killian didn't push when serena called
46:20he laughed and softened turning into someone i barely recognized i just bought us matching pajamas
46:25i'll model them as their words grew bolder and more explicit killian pulled into the emergency lane
46:31get out serena's waiting me
46:55a destitute stripper who suffers from bills
47:02three months ago i'd been planning to audition for the new york ballet company now i was applying
47:07glitter to my skin for men who would tuck dollar bills into my g-string three months ago the wedding
47:12day of me and a man i had never met ethan pacheco a marriage i wanted no part of i
47:17had slipped away
47:17while the guests were arriving needing a moment to breathe to think i had wandered aimlessly until i
47:22heard sounds coming from one of the guest bedrooms although the man had his back to me i knew he
47:27must be my fiancee who i had never met without twice thought i drived away from the estate away from
47:33ethan pacheco and the future that had been decided for me i ended up at a bar downtown in the
47:37late
47:37night drowning my sorrows in tequila shots that's when he appeared beside me
47:51bad day
47:51bad day
47:54the worst
48:00i'm ethan
48:03of course you are
48:05i uh
48:07i'm running away from one ethan tonight i don't need another
48:11i had laughed then a bitter hollow sound the funny thing was with all the drama going on
48:16i still didn't know what my fiancee looked like but this guy had been charming attentive and i'd
48:22been vulnerable hurt and increasingly drunk when he suggested we get a room at the hotel next door
48:27i hadn't said no
48:44with nothing but a lingering hangover and the crushing realization that i couldn't go home again
48:48not to face my father's disappointment i disappeared cutting off contact with everyone from my old life
48:54my savings hadn't lasted long now i had to dance in a bar to earn money
48:58the bar had been booked out by the owner tonight he was going to hold an important party in the
49:02vip room
49:06those eyes almond shaped hazel with flecks of gold exactly like no oh god no this can't be happening
49:13that night at the bar my one night stand as my boss and ex-fiance
49:17his eyes met mine and the world stopped spinning
49:24stop staring at the boss are you crazy
49:29i immediately dropped my gaze the tiny sequined outfit left little to the imagination but it was
49:34better than being completely naked i needed this job rent wasn't going to pay itself did he recognize
49:39me shouldn't your older brother be running this meeting i can't imagine your father henry's crazy
49:46enough to let a 23 year old handle business this magnitude
49:52everyone turned to gauge ethan's reaction the tension thick enough to cut with a knife
49:59care to guess why i'm the heir while my big brother works under me
50:02you're not in any position to question my capabilities the man's face reddened he wisely
50:07kept his mouth shut the meeting dragged on numbers and threats mixing with the heavy beat of the music
50:13i felt increasingly lightheaded the room started to spin or was i the one spinning
50:21i landed hard on the floor right in front of the gathered crime family bosses is this how you dance
50:27you worthless slit ruining our evening with your amateur bullshit i looked up to see an ugly older
50:33man in the corner he pulled out a thick wad of cash throwing it on the ground bills scattered
50:38across the floor like fallen leaves if you don't want to lose those pretty legs of yours
50:43crawl over here and give me a proper lap dance
50:48and don't stop until every piece of that costume is on the floor
50:54you
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