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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 businessman only i know you want to go legit but without
00:32these rackets what do our thousands of guys do starve this is not a negotiation this is an order
00:38you're destroying 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 why save a wolf
02:17i'm a vampire but i'm a nurse first i just stopped the bleeding if you don't want to die get
02:22to a
02:22hospital asap i can explain this time i'm in love with you is 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 what your shoulders bleeding out
02:37she shot me not a bullet an angel
02:42find her
02:49dad mom i'm off to work
02:53i'll drive you
02:54it's not far away
03:17thank you for the help of me
03:25it's not far away
03:26Mrs. 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.
03:38I want your daughter.
03:39What does that mean?
03:41It 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.
03:51Go 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!
04:23A cop?
04:25Then you should be even more eager to marry her to me.
04:32Look at this place.
04:33It's a dump.
04:34How much do you make a month as a cop?
04:35Can you even give her a decent life?
04:38But don't worry.
04:40Marry her to me, and I'll make your whole family rich overnight.
04:45Over my dead body!
04:47Marriage is not a game.
04:49You 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 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.
05:37Serena!
05:38Caleb!
05:44This is your fiancé?
05:46Who the hell are you?
05:48As 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?
06:05It'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 when 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,
06:59how 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, the largest real estate, telecom, and 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 Mrs. Hastings' idea.
07:41She's deeply passionate about health care.
07:44You should give her a raise.
07:45Sure! A five-fold raise!
07:51Sir, may I borrow Mrs. Hastings for half a day?
07:54No problem at all!
07:57I'm busy.
08:02Serena, you're free to go.
08:07Sir!
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!
08:21Put 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?
08:33You're insane!
08:40Don't test my patience.
08:42You're insane!
08:48I 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,
09:35I'll give them all to you.
09:40But if you try to run,
09:42I swear,
09:43I'll scour the city to find you.
09:47We are the hunter!
09:51We are the hunter!
09:54We are the hunter!
09:55We are the hunter!
09:56We are the hunter!
09:56You think you can buy everything,
09:58including love.
10:01As long as I'm rich enough.
10:03Mr. Vitarelli,
10:04you are rich.
10:05But I pity you.
10:07Because in love,
10:08you're actually quite poor.
10:11Do you know what you're saying?
10:12I'm aware.
10:14You repulse me.
10:21Speak.
10:31What was so urgent
10:32that 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.
10:42She's my niece.
10:43Is that so?
10:44I don't really remember.
10:47I don't really remember.
10:52Damon,
10:53you're not getting any younger.
10:54Your father cared most
10:55about your marriage
10:56before he passed.
10:58Sophia comes from a good family
10:59and has a nice personality.
11:01If you two settle down soon,
11:03I can finally have an explanation.
11:05Mom!
11:05I already have someone
11:07I want to marry.
11:08What?
11:10Oh?
11:11Really?
11:13Is...
11:13Which family is she from?
11:16When will you bring her back
11:17to meet us?
11:19On the wedding day,
11:20you'll find out.
11:30Mom!
11:31Damon isn't your biological son after all.
11:33If he doesn't marry Sophia,
11:34won't our family's property
11:35be taken advantage of
11:36by an outsider?
11:37Be quiet.
11:38Do you want everyone to hear you?
11:44First,
11:45go find out
11:46who the woman he's talking about is.
11:47I don't believe
11:48we can't ruin this marriage.
11:55Are you insane?
11:56Do you know who that is?
11:58Damon,
11:58the werewolf alpha
11:59who 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,
12:09what can he do?
12:10This is a law-based society.
12:12Why are you so stubborn?
12:15Mom,
12:16Serena and I grew up together.
12:18She needs me now.
12:20I have to marry her.
12:23Come back!
12:25This woman?
12:26She could be your plaything.
12:28How can you marry her?
12:30Are you insane?
12:32Since when
12:33do you have a say
12:34in my affairs?
12:36But she has no background.
12:38And
12:38she's a vampire.
12:41If you marry her,
12:42the entire Vitorecki family
12:44will be a laughingstock.
12:50I am her background.
12:52Who dares laugh at her?
13:00Who is bold enough
13:03to laugh at her?
13:20Freaking lunatic.
13:26What the hell is wrong with you?
13:27It's the middle of the night.
13:28Some people are trying to sleep.
13:30Boss,
13:31keep going.
13:39What the hell do you want?
13:42Oh!
13:46Hold still.
13:54Why didn't you answer my call?
13:56I didn't hear it.
13:59Has anyone ever told you
14:00you suck at lying?
14:03What the hell do you want?
14:06I'm engaged.
14:07Stop harassing me.
14:08Your fiance?
14:09He's not even worth my time.
14:11At least he doesn't make me
14:12a neighborhood joke.
14:16Marry me.
14:17I'll make sure no one
14:18dares disrespect you.
14:20Never.
14:21I love my fiance,
14:23and I'll never love you.
14:46You didn't like the gifts I sent you last time.
14:48I picked out some new ones.
15:00Boss,
15:01here.
15:10Not everyone can be bought with money.
15:14Boss,
15:14should I bring her back?
15:15No.
15:16Miss Hastings has a fiance.
15:17What if they get married behind your back?
15:24Whoever dares to marry my woman,
15:26his 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,
16:06that dream has finally come true.
16:07monkey Little
16:25Freeze!
16:26Don't fucking move!
16:29Come on!
16:33Come on!
16:33Come on!
16:33Come on!
16:34Come on!
16:38Who the fuck gave you the balls to take my woman?
16:52No! Don't do it!
17:15Stood there and watched me choke to death
17:19Everyone in the pack said I was the saddest woman alive
17:22I was Alpha Dominic's lowest ranking Omega mate
17:25And the least wanted
17:27The day I gave birth, Luna Victoria took my son from me
17:30Before I'd even held him properly
17:33I didn't fight her
17:35Victoria was the Luna
17:37Powerful
17:38Respected
17:39My son would have a better life with her than he ever would with me
17:43Years later, a pack of rogues attacked our territory
17:46I threw myself in front of Dominic
17:49The slash meant for his throat tore across my back instead
17:53He said I had earned a reward
17:55I could choose one of his sons
17:57Raise him myself
17:58I chose Logan
18:00My blood
18:02My child
18:03I raised him for 20 years
18:05And on the night he was named Alpha Air
18:08He walked into my room carrying a glass of wine laced with Wolfsbane
18:12I couldn't move
18:13The poison paralyzed me
18:15My wolf hauled inside me
18:17Fought like hell
18:19But it couldn't save me
18:21Logan stood over me and watched foam spill from my mouth
18:24His eyes were cold
18:26If you'd left me with Luna Victoria I'd already be air
18:29All you ever did was drag me down
18:32The last thing I saw was his face
18:34No guilt
18:35No hesitation
18:36Just disgust
18:38Then everything went black
18:41When I opened my eyes again
18:43I was standing in the great hall
18:45Same stone walls
18:47Same firelight
18:49Same five boys lined up in front of the Alpha's chair
18:52Alpha Dominic sat above them
18:55Selene
18:55You saved my life
18:57You may choose one of my sons to raise
19:00My heart slammed
19:01I looked at the line
19:03Logan stood first
19:05Dressed in the fine clothes Victoria had picked for him
19:08That look in his eyes
19:11Impatience
19:12Barely hidden
19:13Last time
19:15I was so happy I missed the look in his eyes
19:17Now it was impossible to miss
19:20My stomach turned
19:21I swallowed the nausea and forced myself to look past him
19:25Past the second son
19:27Past the third
19:28At the end of the line
19:30Below the steps
19:31Stood a boy no one looked at
19:33Finn
19:34Head down
19:36Kyle
19:37The fourth son
19:38His mother
19:39Lyra
19:40Had been executed for breaking pack law
19:42After that
19:43No one wanted him
19:45The servant said he was cursed
19:47He was treated worse than the lowest omega in the manor
19:50Thrown away
19:51Hated just for being there
19:53I knew that feeling too well
19:56I took a breath
19:57Raised my hand
19:59Pointed straight at him
20:01I want him
20:02The hall went dead silent
20:03Every head turned toward me
20:05Like I'd lost my mind
20:07Alpha Dominic stared at me for a long moment
20:10Then he let out a short breath
20:12Almost a laugh
20:14Kyle
20:14Fine
20:15He's quiet
20:18You're steady
20:19That should work
20:21Take good care of him
20:22Right there in the hall
20:24He raised me to a beta ranking mate
20:26Small promotion
20:27Still more than I'd gotten in six years
20:30But I knew the truth
20:32He wasn't rewarding me
20:34He was relieved
20:35I picked the son no one wanted
20:38When the meeting ended
20:39I walked over to Kyle
20:41He was still standing there with his head down
20:44Like he still didn't believe I meant him
20:53I took him back to Birch Cabin
20:56My place on the far edge of the Pakistate
20:59A tiny wooden cabin
21:00Two rooms
21:02A fireplace that smoked every time the wind blew in
21:05Not much
21:06But it was mine
21:11Kyle
21:12This is your home now
21:15I'll take care of you
21:16He didn't answer
21:18But when I turned to leave
21:20His fingers caught my sleeve
21:22Tight
21:24Kyle wasn't dark and difficult like people said
21:28He was quiet
21:29So quiet
21:30Sometimes I forgot he was even in the room
21:33I didn't mind
21:34In this life
21:36I didn't want power
21:37I didn't want the Alpha's favor
21:40I just wanted to stay out of trouble
21:42Raise this boy
21:44And die peacefully
21:45When I got old
21:47If he came to see me once in a while
21:49That would be enough
21:50Every day
21:51Kyle went to the training yard with the other boys
21:54Combat in the morning
21:56Lessons in the afternoon
21:58One day
21:59I baked a batch of cookies and took them over
22:02I spotted him right away
22:04He was sitting alone under a big oak tree
22:07Reading
22:07Across the yard
22:09Logan kicked a ball with the other boys around him
22:12Like planets around the sun
22:14Logan had grown up at Luna Victoria's side
22:17Best clothes
22:18Best food
22:19Best of everything
22:21Every child in the pack knew which side to stand on
22:24Last time
22:25I dragged him away from all of it
22:27Made him follow a nobody omega mother
22:30No wonder he hated me
22:32I sat down beside Kyle and set the box on the stone bench
22:35He looked up
22:37A flicker of surprise crossed his face
22:39Hungry?
22:41I opened the lid
22:42They're fresh
22:43Still warm
22:44Kyle started to speak
22:46But a sharp voice cut him off
22:48Why are you here again?
22:50Logan walked over
22:51Looking at the cookies like they were trash
22:53The pack kitchen feeds strays better than that
22:56Stop coming here and embarrassing yourself
22:59Before I could speak
23:00Kyle stood up
23:02He stepped between us
23:03Logan
23:04She's your mother
23:06You can't talk to her like that
23:08Logan let out a mean little laugh
23:10My mother is Luna Victoria
23:12This woman is nothing
23:14He flicked a hand at the cookie box
23:16Take your garbage and go
23:18Stop bothering me
23:20I pulled Kyle behind me
23:23You've got that wrong
23:24I'm Kyle's mother
23:26These cookies are for Kyle
23:28I bent down
23:29Picked one up
23:30And held it out to Kyle
23:32Here
23:32Try one
23:34Logan's face froze
23:35He'd never imagined I'd choose Kyle over him
23:39Kyle took a bite
23:40A small smile touched his mouth
23:43It's good mom
23:44Thank you
23:45I smiled back
23:47Good
23:47I'll make more tomorrow
23:49Then I looked at the boys behind Logan
23:52You boys want one?
23:53They were six
23:54At that age
23:55A cookie is a cookie
23:57Two of them were already reaching out
23:59Don't touch it
24:00Logan slapped their hands away
24:02It's garbage
24:04The kitchen throws out better food than this
24:06Only losers with no taste would eat that
24:09Then he glared at me
24:11Good
24:12You picked him
24:13Don't come crawling back when you regret it
24:16I looked at Logan
24:17Red-faced and furious
24:19Trying to act like he didn't care
24:21I almost laughed
24:23I promise
24:24Kyle is my only son
24:27Everything I have goes to him
24:30Logan went pale
24:31He stomped off and yelled at the others
24:33What are you staring at?
24:35Move!
24:36He ran off
24:37The other boys scrambled after him
24:40That night
24:40I tucked Kyle into bed
24:42I thought he was asleep
24:44Then he spoke
24:45Mom
24:46Tomorrow
24:47After training
24:48Can you bring cookies again?
24:50Something in me melted
24:52I will
24:53The day after
24:55Every day
24:57Kyle smiled for real
24:59Then went to sleep
25:02The next afternoon
25:03I brought cookies to the yard again
25:06But the place was too quiet
25:08Then I saw it
25:09Kyle stood by the lake
25:11Four pack guards had him boxed in
25:13Logan sat on a rock above them
25:16Hey little brother
25:18He pointed at the cold gray water
25:20My ball fell in
25:22Go get it
25:24The lake wasn't deep
25:26But it was late fall
25:28That water cut like ice
25:30Kyle said nothing
25:32He didn't move
25:33Logan's smile vanished
25:35Like a spoiled kid hearing no for the first time
25:38He jumped off the rock and yards turned toward the trees at the exact same time
25:43Like they'd seen nothing
25:45I didn't think
25:46I dropped the cookies and jumped in
25:49The cold hit me like a wall
25:51My muscles locked up
25:52My legs went numb
25:54Around Kyle's shaking body
25:56You pushed him
25:57He's your brother
25:59What the hell is wrong with you?
26:21Listening to the ambiguous moans and faint running water over the phone
26:24I smiled bitterly
26:26My husband Ethan was so cold-blooded
26:28But he had no idea
26:29The dead weren't my parents
26:31They were his
26:32A snake attack at the campsite left his entire family clinging to life
26:36Only his company had the specific antivenom
26:38I called him countless times
26:40He hung up every single one
26:42Delayed treatment killed them all
26:44I stared at the five bodies behind me
26:46Sighed
26:47By the time I got to the hospital Ethan's entire family was already on the verge of death
26:51The doctor pulled me aside
26:53This species of snake is extremely rare
26:55The only facility with the specific antivenom is your husband's company
27:00I called Ethan like crazy
27:02He rejected every single call
27:05On the hundredth try he finally answered
27:08It's Sophia's birthday tonight
27:09I'm spending it with her
27:10Stop being so paranoid
27:12I kept thinking about his family in the ER
27:14I swallowed every question burning in my throat
27:17And said quickly
27:18Your mom, your dad, your sister, they were all bitten
27:21The hospital doesn't have this antivenom
27:22Your company does
27:23Please bring it now
27:24One vial costs over a hundred grand
27:26Have some self-respect, Sienna
27:28Your whole family gets bitten and you come crying to me?
27:31What am I, your personal bank?
27:33Take a good hard look at yourself
27:35He hung up without mercy
27:37Then blocked me
27:38I sat frozen in a hospital chair
27:40I couldn't make myself believe those words had just come out of my husband's mouth
27:44He probably didn't even have the patience to listen to what I was saying
27:47Then my phone buzzed suddenly
27:48A Chanel boutique alert popped up
27:51The limited birthday bag my parents had reserved
27:53Nearly a million dollars in value
27:55Just picked up by my husband
27:57I didn't even have to guess
27:58That bag was on Sophia's arm right now
28:01Stealing my things to give to the woman he loved
28:03He'd done it so many times
28:05Every time I said something, he'd roll his eyes
28:07You're married, walking around with a bag like that just makes you look desperate
28:10Let Sophia use it
28:11She's closing a deal
28:12Don't be petty
28:13Sophia's basically my sister
28:14If 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
28:19He put Sophia on a pedestal
28:20Designer bags on demand
28:21Sports cars
28:22A penthouse
28:22And me, his actual wife
28:24I couldn't even get a handful of life-saving vials
28:27What a joke
28:28I was still typing a message to the boutique
28:30When Ethan posted on Instagram
28:32The most expensive bag for the most important person
28:35Tonight belongs to us
28:36Sophia's post followed seconds later
28:38My night promised to always stay
28:40Your medicine didn't just save my family
28:42It saved my heart
28:44The photo
28:44The two of them pressed close, smiling
28:47A vial of antivenom raised in her hand like a trophy
28:50While Ethan was spending lavishly on Sophia
28:52His own family was waiting to die
28:54The ER doors slid open
28:56The doctor walked out, mask already down
28:58I rushed over
28:59Give me a little more time
29:00I'll get the antivenom here, I swear
29:02There's no need
29:04All five patients are gone
29:06I'm so sorry for your loss
29:08My nose burned
29:09My chest caved in
29:10Two hours ago they'd been laughing
29:12Now five bodies lay cold in the morgue
29:14While they're-
29:15I held back my tears and messaged the boutique
29:17I never came in to pick anything up
29:19Please contact the police
29:20The doctor had mentioned this particular snake
29:22Was nearly extinct in the country
29:24Because of that
29:25No hospital stalked the antivenom
29:27A little too convenient
29:28A near-extinct snake in their tent
29:31Five people dead
29:33The police took it seriously and moved fast
29:35They traced it quickly
29:36Someone had bulk-ordered live snakes online
29:39And released them at the campsite
29:40The suspects were Sophia's parents
29:42I hoped Ethan wouldn't cry too ugly when he found out
29:45Ma'am, we have a clear picture of what happened
29:47But both suspects are currently hospitalized
29:49We can't bring them in for questioning just yet
29:52Now I knew why Sophia was holding the serum in that picture
29:55I kept my face blank
29:56But the venom's already been treated
29:58Nothing's stopping you from questioning them now
30:00He gave me a long look
30:01Clearly wondering how I knew
30:03But didn't push
30:04I must have looked too hollowed out
30:05We'll get to the truth
30:06After he left
30:07I filed a civil lawsuit on my phone
30:09Right then, Ethan called
30:10What the hell is your problem?
30:12I'm your husband
30:12I picked up a bag for you
30:13Now you're reporting it stolen?
30:15Are you insane?
30:16One accusation after another
30:18No pause
30:18No care for anything I was going through right now
30:20I cut through it
30:21Cold and quiet
30:21I never got that bag, Ethan
30:23You said you picked it up
30:25Where is it now?
30:25It stretched out long enough to answer the question
30:28His voice softened
30:29That calculated shift I knew too well
30:32We're husband and wife
30:33And everything though shared
30:34You won't have to knock I'm out out of here
30:38Sophia just wants this bag
30:39To nay her birthday
30:40And I just want to make her happy
30:42Your husband's card
30:43Don't be like this
30:45Absolutely shameless
30:46The feeling of giving is wonderful
30:48So don't be so stingy
30:49If you want to buy her something
30:51Why don't you use your own money?
30:52Oh right
30:54Because you're completely useless
30:55How dare you say I'm good for nothing?
30:57Are you crazy?
30:58Before
30:58I always watched my words around him
31:01Always protected his ego
31:02Like it was something fragile
31:03Looking back now
31:04His skin was thicker than a wall
31:06If you're a man
31:08Go to the hospital morgue now
31:09And see the evil you've done
31:10They already dead
31:12And I can't save them
31:13Don't spoil
31:14Don't my kishind
31:17First bent cream at your parents
31:19Don't up their bodies
31:20Get my companies for the atopsimal
31:22Sophia's parents had an accident
31:23And she is on the verge of collapse
31:25She needs someone to accompany her
31:27I laughed
31:28So he thought it was my family
31:29I'd been planning to give his parents
31:31A proper burial as soon as possible
31:33Instead
31:34I ordered five industrial freezer units
31:36Per Ethan's request
31:37I sent his entire family to his company
31:40I'd been home barely ten minutes
31:42When Ethan burst in
31:43And slapped me across the face
31:45Sophia's hysterical
31:46Her parents just got out of surgery
31:47And you're already suing them
31:48Do you even have a conscience?
31:50At least they're alive
31:52The people their snakes killed
31:54Are still lying in those freezers
31:55Something flickered in Ethan's eyes
31:57That was my anti-venom
31:58I give it to whoever I want
32:00Your parents had no business going camping
32:03They got bitten
32:04That's on them
32:07Sophia's parents are sitting in a hospital
32:09Being questioned by detectives
32:10Because of your lawsuit
32:13Can't you show a little mercy to the living?
32:15Maybe your parents getting bitten was karma
32:17For you being so cold-hearted
32:19Maybe this was just your parents' fate
32:21If it wasn't a snake
32:23Something else would have taken them out
32:25Your whole family is gone now
32:27I'm all you have left
32:29Don't be ungrateful
32:32Sienna
32:33I know you're hurting
32:34But the dead are gone
32:36The living have to keep going
32:38Sophia is willing to offer compensation
32:40I'll top it up
32:41A million dollars total
32:43That's enough, isn't it?
32:45He said it like he was talking about the weather
32:47Five lives
32:48In their eyes
32:49Worth a million dollars
32:50Ethan was spoiled rotten by his parents
32:52His whole life
32:53Thinking about the moment he'd open those freezers
32:55To see their faces
32:56I couldn't help but wear a sorrowful smile
32:59What's so funny?
33:01Stop playing games
33:01Will you agree to my terms?
33:03Ethan didn't have the patience
33:04To let me finish after all
33:05I wiped the corner of my eye
33:07Still smiling
33:08Okay
33:08Transfer it then
33:09Payment received
33:10One million dollars
33:11Ethan had covered the rest
33:12Almost certainly
33:13Every dollar of liquid cash
33:15His company had left
33:16He watched me accept it
33:18I should tell you this morning
33:19I signed a formal letter of non-prosecution
33:21On your behalf
33:22As your husband
33:23Sophia's parents are already off the hook
33:25You should be thanking Sophia
33:27For being so generous
33:28Without her
33:28You wouldn't have seen a dime
33:30Now go tell the police
33:31The theft report was a mistake
33:32I reached into the nightstand drawer
33:34And pulled out the divorce agreement
33:36I'd drawn up that morning
33:37Sign it
33:38Return my bag
33:39We're done
33:40Or I come after you too
33:41You're divorcing me over this?
33:43I could see the calculation behind the rage
33:45He needed my father's connections
33:47But he also thought my father was dead
33:49And no longer of any use to him
33:51Called after him
33:52Checked his signature carefully
33:53Everything in order
33:55Ethan
33:55There's a waiting period
33:57We're technically still married
33:59Come with me to your company
34:01Say goodbye to your family one last time
34:03We arrived at his company together
34:05I was certain Ethan's mind was on Sophia
34:07And he still hadn't heard a word I said
34:10The basement ran cold
34:11The chill hit me the moment I stepped in
34:14Five bodies lay in a row
34:15Covered in white sheep
34:17My company is not a dump
34:19Mom
34:20Dad I'm so sorry
34:21And Ava
34:22Marcus
34:22What the fuck are you talking about?
34:24Say it again
34:25If I'm lying
34:26I said
34:28Go look for yourself
34:30He stood there for a long moment
34:32Then he moved toward the nearest stretcher slowly
34:34His hands were shaking so badly
34:36He could barely grip the sheep
34:58Mafia's tradition
34:59Whoever gives me an orchid marries me
35:01I stood in the hall with 11 other men
35:04Waiting to be chosen
35:05No orchid tonight
35:06I'd be forced to marriage her in New York
35:08Rumors said she burned through a new guy every single night
35:11One night
35:11One man
35:12Then gone
35:13I had only one way out
35:15Charlotte
35:16We grew up together
35:17She was the Chase family heir
35:19And I was a casino mogul's illegitimate son
35:22In this city
35:23Only she dared give me that flower
35:25Last night I'd asked her for a fake marriage
35:27Three years was enough to build something for myself
35:29After that she could love whoever she wanted
35:31She'd said yes
35:32Now she smiled and walked toward me
35:39I let out my hand
35:40Then she pressed her orchid
35:42Into Tyler's hands instead
35:45I stood frozen
35:47Let Tyler have his moment
35:48He's never had one
35:50Don't worry
35:51No one's arranging anything for you while I'm around
35:53I watched Tyler take her arm
35:55They looked like a couple
35:57I stood alone
35:59She came back with champagne
36:00Laughing
36:01These people
36:02Honestly
36:02I told them to save you at least one flower
36:05I looked at the girl I'd grown up beside
36:07Do you understand what this gala actually is?
36:10She didn't answer
36:11Charlotte was the only one who would have chosen me
36:13She chose someone else
36:15The room kept moving
36:16I felt very still
36:18It was over
36:18Charlotte's expression shifted
36:20A faint flicker of guilt crossing her face
36:23She waved Tyler off
36:24Look
36:25You're used to these events
36:26But Tyler's never had anything like this
36:29I just wanted to give him one good night
36:30Consider it a favor from me
36:32You're not really upset are you?
36:33It's one night
36:34I said nothing
36:35It's his graduation
36:36After tonight I can't sponsor him anymore
36:38I promised him one memory worth keeping
36:40Ethan I'm sorry if I got in the way
36:42Don't be angry at Charlotte
36:43I begged her to
36:43Charlotte caught Tyler's awkward expression
36:44And her eyes cooled slightly
36:46Ethan
36:46It's one flower
36:47I'll give you another one
36:50You're more of a rose anyway
36:51Getting worked up over one orclet isn't like you
36:53I suppose that tract
36:54An orchid meant purity
36:55It symbolized the acceptance of a family
36:58A rose
36:59Passionate
36:59Showy
37:00Like a clandestine lover
37:03The laughter around me grew louder
37:06A bastard son who follows Charlotte around like a lapdog
37:10And he thought he'd actually marry into the Chase family
37:13And that was the Sussis family
37:15Even the scholarship kid outranks him
37:18Charlotte silenced them with a glare
37:20But it was already enough to humiliate me
37:22Ethan
37:22I'm sorry
37:24You were born into wealth
37:26While I just wanted a memorable night
37:27Born into wealth
37:29I'm a bastard son
37:30Do you have any idea how this family actually treats me?
37:34Tyler froze
37:35Startled by me
37:38My bad
37:38But I was the only one who caught the cunning flash in his eyes
37:43It's already done
37:44I'll take you to get changed
37:45And Ethan
37:46You can head home if you want
37:47Home
37:48Where exactly was that supposed to be?
37:51Then they left
37:52Vanessa Lee appeared almost instantly
37:55You smell amazing Mr. Holt
37:58Charlotte told me to give you an orchid
38:00I didn't
38:01I told you stop chasing her and try me instead
38:04But you never listened
38:07How's it feel now?
38:09Embarrassing right?
38:09Charlotte knew
38:10This woman despised me
38:11I just needed three years
38:13I just needed three years
38:14Three years to build enough leverage
38:15To break free from my family's control
38:17But my stepmother couldn't stand the sight of me
38:20She was already rushing to throw me out
38:25Ethan Holt
38:26If you weren't so pretty, you'd be nothing
38:28You really think the Chase family is going to protect you forever?
38:33Vanessa
38:34Don't touch what's mine
38:35I thought you picked the scholarship kid
38:38Why are you still keeping Ethan around?
38:39My business
38:39Not yours
38:42Why didn't you do anything?
38:44I felt nothing but deep, tired disappointment
38:47Wasn't this what you arranged?
38:49I can look out for you and still talk to other people, Ethan
38:51I'm not required to stand next to you all night
38:54But you know what tonight's gala means
38:55Can we get some drinks?
38:56Is that okay?
38:57Sure, tonight's yours
38:57Whatever you want
38:59Whatever it is, we'll talk tomorrow
39:00I'll come find you
39:01I almost laughed out loud
39:03Tomorrow, you'll have to find me in New York
39:06The shyness he wore earlier was gone
39:08Replaced by something colder
39:10You have everything, Mr. Holt
39:12Do you really need to take this too?
39:14I should never have helped Charlotte choose him for that scholarship
39:18You grew up with everything you could want
39:21All I wanted was one night under Charlotte's protection
39:26I let out a quiet sneer
39:28You think I had it better than you?
39:29My mother died young
39:33I was brought back to the Holt house
39:35Just a child
39:35My stepmother looked at me like I shouldn't exist
39:38From the very first day
39:39My father had too many wives
39:41Too many children
39:42To care about one more
39:43I learned early
39:44How to read a room
39:45How to make myself useful
39:47I found Aunt Diana
39:48In the margins
39:49I convinced her to train me
39:51To back me
39:52I stood in front of her
39:53Forcing my hands to stay still
39:55My father has over 20 children
39:56Why would I believe a bastard son can beat all of them?
39:59Because I have no weakness
40:03And I'm willing to fight dirty
40:04But my time hadn't come yet
40:06Diana wouldn't move for me
40:09Not now
40:09Everyone said my fiancé from the Quinn family
40:12Was a deadly, poisonous flower
40:14My family wanted the alliance
40:15But not the cost
40:17They wouldn't sacrifice a true heir
40:19So they offered me
40:20Diana had already heard how the gala ended
40:22A message arrived
40:23Figure it out yourself
40:24I needed a solution
40:29Well, can you get the orchid back from Tyler?
40:30Just for one night
40:31I'll return it in the morning
40:32Charlotte Blink
40:33Clearly caught off guard
40:34That's a bit awkward, isn't it?
40:36I already gave it
40:37Stop trying to take things from Tyler
40:39The orchid had a gold-trimmed edge
40:41Custom-made
40:42There was no replacing it
40:43The restraint I'd held all night
40:45Finally snapped
40:46Charlotte, you promised
40:47Why did you have to humiliate me tonight
40:49Of all nights?
40:51Ethan
40:51No one in this city will touch you
40:53The only person who could ever want you is me
40:57Everyone knows you're my little shadow
40:58Her little shadow
40:59Her lapdog
41:00I had played that role for years
41:02Just to survive
41:03But hearing her say it so casually
41:05Like it meant nothing
41:06It hit harder than I expected
41:08Don't be angry at Charlotte, Ethan
41:09Ethan, one night
41:10Stop being difficult
41:11Tomorrow he goes back to his normal life
41:13I gave Charlotte a long, lingering look
41:15Then turned
41:16And walked out of the gala
41:18Aunt Diana's car was already waiting outside
41:20You lost
41:21Tomorrow you go to New York
41:22What happens after that is your problem
41:24I'll come back
41:25We'll see
41:45The tank burst
41:47The wave slammed me across the floor
41:49Yet my fiancé
41:50Now held another woman in his arms
41:52And all of this was because his younger sister Lila and I
41:55Were caught in a rip current off Puget Sound
41:58I was saved
41:59Lila lost her life
42:00The Blackwood family thinks it was me
42:02Who had killed their biological daughter
42:04Why are you still alive?
42:06You should have been the one who drowned
42:08You killed my daughter!
42:10Killia tossed my ring
42:11Shredded my wedding gown
42:13And agreed to marry Serena
42:15The next day, coming home from the hospital
42:17I saw Killian slicing our wedding portrait with a knife
42:20Serena's moving in
42:21Time to clear all this trash out
42:23Serena Vanderbilt
42:24His arranged marriage fiancé
42:26After throwing all this away
42:29Are you gonna kick me out next?
42:31You said you were dying of your illness, didn't you?
42:33Then it's only fitting you go to atone for Lila in death
42:36My body turned rigid when I heard those words
42:38Killian Blackwood was the unloved Blackwood's son
42:41Raised outside the manor walls from childhood
42:43I had given this brooding boy next door a single piece of candy
42:47Because of that one small sweetness
42:48After my parents died in an earthquake
42:50Killian protected me for 15 years
42:53Countless days of depending on each other
42:55I fell in love with the man who held me
42:57At 20, I had written a hundred love letters
42:59And confided my longing to my best friend Chloe Reed
43:02Never did I expect Chloe to tell Killian everything
43:05That night, he made me take out the letters
43:07And read them aloud to him
43:08I'm sorry
43:09I'll never dare to whiber any improper thoughts again
43:11From now on, I'll treat you as my elder brother
43:14For 15 years
43:16It wasn't that you needed me to raise you
43:18Was that I needed your company
43:19That same year
43:20The Blackwoods came to bring him home
43:22But they wouldn't accept me
43:23Because the Blackwood house could not hold two daughters
43:26Killian put the messenger on the floor
43:28And looked at his father, Arthur Blackwood
43:30No her, no me
43:31I knew how desperately Killian longed to return home
43:35Yet he chose to stand by my side
43:37Even at the cost of breaking with his family
43:40We dated 5 years before marrying with approval
43:42His sister Lila despised me
43:44To ease the tension
43:45Killian brought Lila with us
43:47On our coastal wedding photo shoot
43:49After the photo shoot
43:50I saw Lila in the rip current
43:52I rushed to save her without hesitation
43:54I survived
43:55But Lila perished
43:56The Blackwoods blamed me
43:58Saying the adopted daughter had doomed their own child
44:01Do you think it was my fault too?
44:03You both went into the water
44:04You survived
44:06She didn't
44:06To this family, that's a crime
44:08I knelt for three days and nights
44:10Begging for their forgiveness
44:12However, all I got was a miscarriage
44:14That night, I was diagnosed with cancer
44:16I called Killian
44:17He thought I was faking sick to trick him
44:20To punish me
44:20He burned my 1,999 love letters right in front of me
44:25Then froze my bank card
44:26What burned to ashes was not only my true love
44:29But also my desire to survive
44:31That night, Killian stumbled home drunk
44:34Demanding something to sober up
44:36When I passed him the hangover soup
44:37I spotted my favorite lemon tarts on the table
44:40He shoved me away
44:42Put those down
44:44They're for Serena
44:44What are you doing so close?
44:46Still trying to lure me?
44:48You're drunk
44:49I'm making you sobering soup
44:52Sorry, I was too drunk
44:53I mistook you for Serena
44:55He got up and pushed me away
44:56He'd never been so cold to me
44:58Nor so rough
44:59Killian didn't spare me a glance
45:00Walked upstairs and slammed the door
45:03Everything changed the day Lila died
45:05I knew he hated me for living
45:06Yet I could do nothing
45:07The light was still on in Killian's room
45:09I knocked softly
45:11Coming to a man's room this late?
45:12Do you have any sense at all?
45:13We're broken up
45:14I want to move out
45:16Stop you from spouting nonsense
45:17You must stay here until I marry Serena
45:19Can I at least move to the lower level?
45:22It's up to you
45:25I turned and walked back to my room in silence
45:27I didn't understand his anger
45:30Lila was gone forever
45:31How could I possibly live here in peace?
45:34This forced stay gave me time to ease myself into preparing to leave
45:39The next morning, passing through the living room
45:41I heard Killian talking on the phone with Serena
45:44Killian caught sight of me suddenly
45:45Then ended the call
45:47Where are you going?
45:48I'll drive you
45:49I froze
45:50Before I could answer he was already walking out to the garage
45:53He leaned on the horn
45:54Are you getting in or do you want me to carry you?
45:57I can't sit up front
45:58What?
45:59Serena said that's her seat
46:00Even siblings don't get it
46:02That's not
46:03Serena's voice broke through the phone in his hand
46:11Killian switched to a different car
46:13Thank you
46:14Something unnamed moved through him
46:16What are you gonna do?
46:17I didn't answer
46:17Killian didn't push
46:19When Serena called
46:20He laughed and softened
46:21Turning into someone I barely recognized
46:23I just bought us matching pajamas
46:25I'll model them tonight
46:27As their words grew bolder and more explicit
46:29Killian pulled into the emergency lane
46:31Get out
46:32Serena's waiting me
46:55A destitute stripper who suffers from bills
47:02Three months ago
47:03I'd been planning to audition for the New York Ballet Company
47:06Now I was applying glitter to my skin
47:08For men who would tuck dollar bills into my g-string
47:10Three months ago
47:11The wedding day of me and a man I had never met
47:13Ethan Pacheco
47:15A marriage I wanted no part of
47:16I had slipped away while the guests were arriving
47:19Needing a moment to breathe
47:20To think
47:21I had wandered aimlessly
47:22Until I heard sounds coming from one of the guest bedrooms
47:25Although the man had his back to me
47:26I knew he must be my fiancé who I had never met
47:29Without twice thought
47:30I drived away from the estate
47:32Away from Ethan Pacheco
47:34And the future that had been decided for me
47:35I ended up at a bar downtown in the late night
47:38Drowning my sorrows in tequila shots
47:40That's when he appeared beside me
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
48:09I don't need another
48:11I had laughed then
48:12A bitter, hollow sound
48:14The funny thing was
48:15With all the drama going on
48:17I still didn't know what my fucking fiancé looked like
48:19But this guy had been charming, attentive
48:21And I'd been vulnerable, hurt
48:23And increasingly drunk
48:25When he suggested we get a room at the hotel next door
48:27I hadn't said no
48:44With nothing but a lingering hangover
48:46And the crushing realization that I couldn't go home again
48:48Not to face my father's disappointment
48:50I disappeared
48:51Cutting off contact with everyone from my old life
48:54My savings hadn't lasted long
48:56Now I had to dance in a bar to earn money
48:58The bar had been booked out by the owner tonight
49:00He was going to hold an important party in the VIP room
49:06Those eyes
49:07Almond shaped
49:08Hazel with flecks of gold
49:09Exactly like
49:10No
49:11Oh god no
49:12This can't be happening
49:13That night at the bar
49:14My one night stand as my boss and ex-fiancé
49:17His eyes met mine
49:18And the world stopped spinning
49:24Stop staring at the boss
49:25Are you crazy?
49:29I immediately dropped my gaze
49:31The tiny sequined outfit left little to the imagination
49:33But it was better than being completely naked
49:36I needed this job
49:37Rent wasn't going to pay itself
49:39Did he recognize me?
49:40Shouldn't your older brother be running this meeting?
49:44I can't imagine your father Henry's crazy enough
49:46To let a 23-year-old handle business this magnitude
49:52Everyone turned to gauge Ethan's reaction
49:55The 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
50:05The man's face reddened
50:07He wisely kept his mouth shut
50:08The meeting dragged on
50:10Numbers and threats mixing with the heavy beat of the music
50:13I felt increasingly lightheaded
50:15The room started to spin
50:17Or was I the one spinning?
50:21I landed hard on the floor
50:23Right in front of the gathered crime family bosses
50:25Is this how you dance, you worthless slit?
50:28Ruining our evening with your amateur bullshit?
50:31I looked up to see an ugly older man in the corner
50:34He pulled out a thick wad of cash
50:36Throwing it on the ground
50:38Bills scattered across the floor like fallen leaves
50:40If 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
50:49Until every piece of that costume is on the floor
51:03Trying to read short
51:05I would have to protect you
51:06Cause everything you work with
51:11See if you don't want to get into your career
51:11It's going to be a bit thinner
51:11If you don't want to get into it
51:12And don't want to get into your
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