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00:00:00My name is John Morgan. On our 20th wedding anniversary, I found out the truth. My cold, conservative wife could

00:00:08be that wild in another man's bed.

00:00:1120 years ago, Eva suddenly fell seriously ill. She lay in that hospital bed, pale and trembling, begging me.

00:00:19John, find yourself a healthy woman. I'll only drag you down.

00:00:26I stayed by her side, through endless nights. Swore to love her in sickness and in health, till death.

00:00:33What Eva never knew was, I was never some broke nobody. I was the billionaire CEO of Nexus. I hid

00:00:41it to protect her feelings.

00:00:42For 20 years, I took care of Eva, and our two children. Every Christmas, I cooked a feast for them.

00:00:49I was basting the turkey, when my sister Mia called again, urging me to come back and be my billionaire.

00:00:55Go back? I looked at the family photo on the table, and smiled, taking care of Eva and the kids.

00:01:02That was the life I wanted.

00:01:04The company gala? Let Eva take that COO position, and have her start paving the way for my son Alex,

00:01:10too.

00:01:11I carried a fresh-baked apple pie toward the bedroom. Thought she's going to say my cooking got better.

00:01:16Like always, I started tidying up her room. Then a bag by the bed caught my eye. I opened it.

00:01:24A red lace nightgown.

00:01:25This has to be Eva's surprise for me. Ever since we had kids, we've slept apart. She's always been so

00:01:33reserved.

00:01:34I grinned to myself. Tonight, I'll show her. I've still got it.

00:01:38While I was thinking, the door opened. Eva's home. I took her bag, knelt like I always did.

00:01:44What have you got for me tonight?

00:01:46She shoved me off, looked at me like I'm filth. She tossed her hair back, and I caught the hickey

00:01:52on her neck.

00:01:53Don't touch me. Get your filthy hands off me.

00:01:56I froze. She changed and curled up on the couch, smiled at her phone in a way I haven't seen

00:02:02in years.

00:02:03I stood there, like an idiot. Go get me a blanket from the bedroom.

00:02:07I nodded without thinking. Taking care of her is just instinct now.

00:02:12Then, while I pulled a blanket from the closet, a box fell in front of me.

00:02:17A red nightgown, love letter, and a DB fell out from the box.

00:02:22I turned the DV on, and there she was, wearing that red nightgown, all over another man.

00:02:29The affection I never got from her, is right there on the screen.

00:02:33It was thunderstruck. Every word in those letters played out right there on the video.

00:02:38So she wasn't cold. She just saved all that heat for someone else.

00:02:42I lost it. I grabbed the box, and the DB, and stormed out.

00:02:47I slammed the box down at her feet, and shoved the DV screen in her face.

00:02:52Her laughter echoed through the room.

00:02:54I looked at her panic, and said, slowly,

00:02:57You better explain who the hell this is.

00:03:00I stand there holding my face, looking into Eva's eyes.

00:03:05And at that moment, I finally understood.

00:03:08In this house, I matter less than a stranger.

00:03:11What gives you the right to tell Phil to leave?

00:03:13I clawed my way up on my own.

00:03:15I'm about to be COO, and I have Phil to thank for that.

00:03:19And you? Marrying you was the worst mistake I ever made, you useless piece of shit.

00:03:24Useless? If I hadn't been pulling strings behind the scenes,

00:03:28how would an ordinary sales manager ever make it to COO?

00:03:32Eva, 20 years ago you were dying.

00:03:35I fed you medicine one spoon at a time.

00:03:38Stayed at your bedside day and night.

00:03:40Did you forget what we promised each other?

00:03:42I even missed my mother's funeral for you.

00:03:45Did I ask you to do it?

00:03:47Every one of those choices was yours.

00:03:50And let's be honest, I've supported you for years.

00:03:53We're even.

00:03:54I gave up my billion dollar fortune for her.

00:03:57Even missed my mom's last moments.

00:03:59And she actually dares to say we're even.

00:04:02Eva, I'm sorry.

00:04:03This is all my fault.

00:04:05I never meant to cause trouble in your marriage.

00:04:07These are Christmas gifts for your whole family.

00:04:09And if your husband doesn't want me here,

00:04:12I promise I'll never come around again.

00:04:14Alex opens his box.

00:04:16A brand new car key.

00:04:18His eyes light up as he looks at Phil in awe.

00:04:21Amy opens hers.

00:04:22A designer handbag.

00:04:24She screams and hugs it to her chest.

00:04:26Eva opens the last gift.

00:04:28A Harry Winston necklace.

00:04:30She gasps, holding it like it's priceless.

00:04:34I stand there watching.

00:04:35Their eyes on the gifts.

00:04:37No one gives a damn about how I feel.

00:04:40Phil, this must have cost a fortune.

00:04:43I saw you looking at it in that shop window.

00:04:46Think of it as my congratulations for becoming COO.

00:04:49My wife lowers her head, blushing like a girl.

00:04:52Uncle Phil, you're still trying to win mom over, aren't you?

00:04:56Her first love just never quits, huh?

00:04:58Alex suddenly jabs Amy's arm hard.

00:05:01She stumbles, covers her mouth, and looks at me guilt.

00:05:04First love.

00:05:05I look at Amy panicking after letting it slip.

00:05:08And I realize they never saw me as one of them.

00:05:12Eva, I know I failed you once.

00:05:15As long as you're happy now, I'm willing to walk away.

00:05:19He turns for the door.

00:05:20And I watch my own children beg the man destroying my family to stay.

00:05:24Wait!

00:05:25He's not the one who should leave.

00:05:27He is.

00:05:28Dad, you can't give mom happiness.

00:05:31Uncle Phil can.

00:05:32Just leave.

00:05:34That man Phil just walked into my home.

00:05:37His shoes click across the floor.

00:05:39I clean myself, wearing that perfect smile, like some honored guest.

00:05:44Eva sees him, and her eyes light up.

00:05:46She practically throws herself at him.

00:05:48Alex and Amy look up at the same time, faces lighting up.

00:05:54Uncle Phil!

00:05:55The three of them gather around him,

00:05:57and I'm standing in the middle of my own living, like I'm invisible.

00:06:03So you're the famous Phil.

00:06:05Uh, yeah.

00:06:06Nice to meet you.

00:06:08I'm Phil, finance manager at Nexus Capital, and Eva's best friend.

00:06:14Best friend?

00:06:15Eva betrayed me for this piece of trash?

00:06:17I lunge at him and grab his collar.

00:06:20Then I hear Eva scream.

00:06:22Stop!

00:06:23She rushes in between us, and shoves me to the floor.

00:06:27She turns, touches Phil's arm.

00:06:29Are you alright?

00:06:30Looks up at him with worry all over her face.

00:06:33Then she looks at me, cold.

00:06:35Listen, I hid those things because I knew you'd lose your mind.

00:06:38I knew Phil before I even met you.

00:06:41And if something was going to happen between us, it would have happened long ago.

00:06:45Why wait till now?

00:06:47Dad, are you serious?

00:06:48You and mom have been married for decades.

00:06:50Where's the basic trust?

00:06:52Dad, stop embarrassing yourself.

00:06:54Uncle Phil helped me get where I am.

00:06:56I'm so angry, I can barely breathe.

00:06:58My hand clamps over my chest.

00:07:01Eva and I really are just friends.

00:07:03I only wanted to make her happy.

00:07:04If any of this crossed the line, I'll stay out of your business.

00:07:08He looks at Eva and smiles.

00:07:10Polite and elegant.

00:07:12Somehow, it made me look like a clown.

00:07:15Get out of my house!

00:07:16I swang my fist with everything I've got.

00:07:18At that fake, lying face.

00:07:20Then, a slap cracks across my left cheek.

00:07:24My head jerks sideways.

00:07:26My ears rang.

00:07:28The wife I spent 20 years caring for, slapped me for another name.

00:07:34After they threw me out, I had nowhere to go.

00:07:37So I went to my sister Mia's.

00:07:39She looks at me.

00:07:40Blood all over.

00:07:41And she knew everything.

00:07:43Her hand slams down on the table.

00:07:45Eva has what she has because of you.

00:07:47Alex got his job because of you.

00:07:49You gave them everything and this is what you get back?

00:07:53A bunch of ungrateful leeches.

00:07:55Mia's right.

00:07:56Eva became sales manager because I had a headhunter recruit her.

00:08:01Alex got his interview because I made it happen.

00:08:04I gave them everything and got this in return.

00:08:07Mia's eyes reddens.

00:08:09She hands me an old pocket watch.

00:08:12My hands shake as I open it.

00:08:14Mom left this for you.

00:08:16If she were alive, she'd never want to see you treated like this.

00:08:19Eva doesn't deserve you.

00:08:21It's me and my mother in that photo.

00:08:23And I remembered the hospital.

00:08:25It was when I missed seeing my mother one last time because I stayed with Eva.

00:08:30The biggest regret of my life.

00:08:32My mother was dying and I didn't even know it.

00:08:35When she called me, I was tending to Eva.

00:08:38Mom was already fading.

00:08:39Her voice was weak and I was too blind to hear it.

00:08:42Mom, what's wrong?

00:08:45Nothing, baby.

00:08:46Just wanted to hear your voice.

00:08:48Then Eva coughed a few times and I rushed my mother off the phone.

00:08:53Mom, something's come up here.

00:08:54I'll call you later.

00:08:55The call ended.

00:08:56I hurried to Eva's bedside, asking if she was hurting, if she needed a doctor.

00:09:01Later I learned that was the last time I ever spoke to my mother.

00:09:04I stare at the watch, tears falling.

00:09:07Mom, I failed you, but not anymore.

00:09:11Never again.

00:09:12I'm divorcing Eva and I'm taking back everything that's mine.

00:09:16Mia, I need a favor.

00:09:18Mia looks at me, eyes still red, and gives one hard nod.

00:09:22And just as I make up my mind to take everything back, something else is happening in that house.

00:09:29The kitchen sink is clogged.

00:09:31Phil has been wrestling with it forever.

00:09:33Clearly, he's not handy.

00:09:36It's Christmas.

00:09:37There's no plumber coming today.

00:09:39Dad used to fix stuff like this.

00:09:42I'll give John this.

00:09:43He was always better at fixing things than I am.

00:09:45Fixing pipes is about all he was good for.

00:09:48Don't compare that loser to you.

00:09:50Then the pipe burst.

00:09:52All four of them scream at once in chaos.

00:09:55Water went everywhere.

00:09:56Then Phil's phone rings.

00:09:58He gets word that I met with Mia, and his face changes.

00:10:02My uncle's high up at Nexus.

00:10:04He said he saw John with the COO.

00:10:06What if John told her everything?

00:10:07If the COO believes his lies, all the years I put into this go up in smoke!

00:10:13I gave up everything for them.

00:10:16And now, for what Phil can give them, they're ready to kick me to the curb.

00:10:20You brought this on yourself!

00:10:22Uncle Phil already got me into Nexus Capital.

00:10:25What could you ever give me?

00:10:28Uncle Phil hands me 50 grand for pocket money like it's nothing.

00:10:31Aren't you embarrassed?

00:10:32If you really love mom, let her go.

00:10:34I look at these two children, standing before me like strangers.

00:10:39Are these really the same kids who once said,

00:10:42Dad, I'll take care of you.

00:10:45Six years ago, in the summer, I was wearing that faded blue apron, flower still on my hands.

00:10:51Alex and Amy ran in waving their Harvard acceptance letters,

00:10:55and throw themselves into my arms.

00:10:57I'm so proud of you.

00:10:59I looked down at those letters.

00:11:01Tears of joy were in my eyes.

00:11:03I guessed they forgot those words a long time ago.

00:11:06I sacrificed everything for you.

00:11:09And this is how you treat me?

00:11:10Fine.

00:11:11I'll go.

00:11:12I was ready to walk away for good.

00:11:14But Phil wasn't done with me.

00:11:16No, John.

00:11:17I'm the one who should leave.

00:11:19He grabbed my arm, then suddenly threw himself backward like I shoved him.

00:11:23His body slammed into the entry cabinet with a thud.

00:11:26Then he slid down to the floor, grimacing.

00:11:29John, what are you doing?

00:11:31What pathetic acting, and my wife and children by every second of it.

00:11:36Eva got up and slapped me hard.

00:11:38I fell backward into the coffee table.

00:11:41A picture frame crashed to the floor.

00:11:43My palm drove into the broken glass,

00:11:46and blood seeped from the base of my palm onto the photo.

00:11:50Our family portrait lay in the wreckage.

00:11:53A crack in the glass cut right between me and Eva,

00:11:57splitting our smiles in two.

00:11:59John, what the hell are you doing?

00:12:01Today you hit Uncle Phil.

00:12:03Tomorrow, you'll hit Mom.

00:12:05Mom, divorce him!

00:12:07Now!

00:12:11I didn't touch him.

00:12:12Shut up!

00:12:13John, you're gonna kill us all.

00:12:15Throw him out!

00:12:16The door opens.

00:12:17The three of them grab me and throw me out.

00:12:20Get out of our house!

00:12:21You don't belong here!

00:12:22You're not my father anymore.

00:12:24Not ever again.

00:12:25I'm divorcing you.

00:12:26Then I see Phil, standing behind the three of them, smiling, satisfied.

00:12:32The door starts to close.

00:12:34The warm light disappears.

00:12:36And on my face, I can't tell if it's melted snow or my tears.

00:12:41Fireworks suddenly burst overhead.

00:12:43All over the street, people laughing and wishing each other Merry Christmas.

00:12:48Every family was celebrating Christmas.

00:12:51And on Christmas, I lost my family.

00:12:54While those idiots were panicking, Mia and I were sitting in a coffee shop,

00:12:59drinking coffee like nothing was wrong.

00:13:01John, you sure you want to do this at the company gala?

00:13:04Mia asks if I'm sure.

00:13:06I was the one who put her where she is.

00:13:09Now I'm only taking back what I once gave.

00:13:11Mia's phone suddenly buzzes.

00:13:13Caller, ID Phil.

00:13:15We look at each other and smirk.

00:13:16She puts him on the speaker.

00:13:18Hello, Director Morgan.

00:13:19This is Phil.

00:13:20I just wanted to remind you about Eva's promotion to COO.

00:13:23Please don't let rumors affect your judgment.

00:13:25Eva is extremely capable.

00:13:28She's fully qualified for the job.

00:13:29That self-important idiot thinks being finance manager

00:13:33gives him enough pull to put in a good word for Eva.

00:13:36He has no idea.

00:13:38The COO he's trying to flatter

00:13:40is the blood sister of the loser he looks down on.

00:13:44Enough.

00:13:44How I make my decisions is none of your concern.

00:13:48Tell Eva to be ready for the gala.

00:13:50I've got quite a surprise for her.

00:13:52The second she hands up,

00:13:53I can picture Eva and Phil already acting like they've made it.

00:13:57Still dreaming they're about to hit the big time.

00:14:00The night of the gala,

00:14:01the four of them showed up in fancy clothes.

00:14:04Eva is ready for what she thinks

00:14:06will be the proudest moment of her life.

00:14:08Co-workers crowd around her with congratulations.

00:14:11Eva, heard they're announcing your promotion to COO tonight.

00:14:15Congratulations.

00:14:16Eva, looks like you're about to be our boss.

00:14:20Don't forget us when you make it to the top.

00:14:23Of course.

00:14:24Uncle Phil and my mom are basically a match made in heaven.

00:14:28No kidding.

00:14:29That loser my mom used to be married to,

00:14:31he wouldn't make it through the front door here.

00:14:34They're right.

00:14:35A loser couldn't get in here

00:14:36because the man walking through those doors tonight

00:14:39is the true owner of this empire.

00:14:43Dozens of men in black stand beside the cars with Mia,

00:14:47waiting for me.

00:14:48My brother will be out any second.

00:14:50Everyone, be ready.

00:14:52Yes, ma'am.

00:14:53I step out the front door,

00:14:55one step at a time,

00:14:56under security escort.

00:14:58I slid into the backseat of a mayback.

00:15:01The motorcade starts moving,

00:15:03rolling into the city.

00:15:0420 years.

00:15:06I gave up everything for that ridiculous thing called love.

00:15:10I made myself their servant,

00:15:12and all my sacrifice bought me was contempt.

00:15:16Now, the game is over.

00:15:19In the ballroom,

00:15:21Eva is still soaking up the praise.

00:15:23Heard the CEO is back,

00:15:25and he's personally handing out the promotion letters to everyone getting promoted.

00:15:29Wow, that's the highest honor there is.

00:15:32He's not just our chairman,

00:15:33he's the richest man in the country.

00:15:35If I were the CEO's son,

00:15:38I'd never have to work a day in my life.

00:15:40If I could get the CEO to be my wedding witness,

00:15:43I'd brag about it forever.

00:15:44What they don't know,

00:15:46the CEO they're talking about,

00:15:48is me.

00:15:50Eva,

00:15:51when the CEO hands you that promotion,

00:15:53make sure you mention my name.

00:15:56Don't worry.

00:15:57I will.

00:15:59A bodyguard opens my car door.

00:16:01Mia stands beside me.

00:16:03Hundreds of executives and staff

00:16:05line up on both sides of the entrance,

00:16:07bowing at me.

00:16:09Good evening, Mr. Morgan.

00:16:11Mr. Morgan,

00:16:12a title of power and wealth.

00:16:15I haven't heard it in 20 years.

00:16:17Eva,

00:16:18are you ready for the biggest surprise of your life?

00:16:21John's never seen anything like this.

00:16:23You should have brought that loser to open his eyes.

00:16:25A guy like him wouldn't know what to do with opportunity

00:16:27if it hit him in the face.

00:16:29He deserves nothing.

00:16:31Exactly.

00:16:32Not everyone can get in here.

00:16:33That old loser

00:16:34doesn't belong anywhere near the spotlight.

00:16:37The CEO is here.

00:16:40The doors swing open.

00:16:41A spotlight hits me.

00:16:43And I look at those four clowns,

00:16:45the same people trashing me one second ago,

00:16:47now frozen where they stand.

00:16:49I am John Morgan,

00:16:51CEO of Nexus Capital.

00:16:53And I'm back.

00:16:54Their judgment is over.

00:16:56Mine has just begun.

00:16:58I stride into the ballroom.

00:17:01First time in 20 years.

00:17:03I'm out in public,

00:17:04wearing a custom suit.

00:17:06Look at that suit.

00:17:08That's Q-Tour.

00:17:09You can't just buy that.

00:17:10And those cufflinks?

00:17:11Wait.

00:17:12No way.

00:17:13That's the billionaire CEO

00:17:14everyone's been talking about?

00:17:16I hear the whispers.

00:17:18Eva's in the crowd,

00:17:19just staring at me,

00:17:20frozen.

00:17:21My dad?

00:17:22Is that billionaire CEO?

00:17:24Oh, please.

00:17:26No way.

00:17:27John's a broke nobody living off me.

00:17:29I was married to him for years.

00:17:31I know exactly what he is.

00:17:32She dregs Alex and Amy with her

00:17:35and storms over.

00:17:36John,

00:17:37who the hell let you in?

00:17:39You think dressing up fancy

00:17:41is going to make me believe you?

00:17:43In your dreams.

00:17:44Who said I came for you?

00:17:46I'm here for the gala.

00:17:47They laugh in my face.

00:17:49Not a second of doubt to them.

00:17:51I'm still just trash.

00:17:53You think a suit makes you CEO?

00:17:55Get real.

00:17:56This isn't your world.

00:17:58You don't belong here.

00:18:00Stop embarrassing yourself.

00:18:02Out of pity for

00:18:03whatever family we have left?

00:18:06Here's a tip.

00:18:08Ten minutes.

00:18:09The COO and CEO

00:18:11are about to present

00:18:12the appointment certificate to my mom.

00:18:14I let out a cold laugh.

00:18:15We'll see who's presenting

00:18:17the certificate to who.

00:18:19Eva pulls out a stack of papers

00:18:21and slams them against my chest.

00:18:23Divorce papers.

00:18:25Sign them,

00:18:26then get the hell out.

00:18:28Once I'm COO,

00:18:30you're nothing to me.

00:18:31You're not even fit to shine my shoes.

00:18:33I flip through it,

00:18:35line by line.

00:18:36Even the asset splits done.

00:18:38I walk away with nothing.

00:18:40She cheated first,

00:18:41and she makes it look like somehow

00:18:43she's the victim.

00:18:44You haven't made a dime

00:18:46all these years.

00:18:47You've been living off me.

00:18:49They still don't get it.

00:18:51Everything they have,

00:18:52I gave them.

00:18:53Without me,

00:18:54they're nothing.

00:18:55I look at them and smile,

00:18:57my heart in bitter.

00:18:58Fine.

00:18:59If that's what they want,

00:19:00I pull a pen from my suit,

00:19:02about to sign,

00:19:03when Alex suddenly stops me.

00:19:05Wait!

00:19:07Alex suddenly cuts in.

00:19:09For a second,

00:19:09I thought he had finally come to his senses.

00:19:11but I'm wrong.

00:19:13He frowns,

00:19:14looking at me like I'm garbage,

00:19:15then shoves another document

00:19:17right into my face.

00:19:18Go ahead.

00:19:19Sign this too.

00:19:21I'm done with you.

00:19:22My sister and I don't a loser like you for a dad.

00:19:24Sign it,

00:19:25and we're done.

00:19:26I take it,

00:19:28and look down.

00:19:29Agreement to end father-son relationship.

00:19:32My fingers start to shake.

00:19:34Alex Morgan.

00:19:35John Morgan.

00:19:35My own son,

00:19:37cutting me off.

00:19:38From now on,

00:19:39we take Phil's name.

00:19:40I'm Alex Fry.

00:19:41My sister's Amy Fry.

00:19:44Sign it.

00:19:45Now.

00:19:47From today on,

00:19:48I'm Amy Fry.

00:19:49Sounds way better than Amy Morgan.

00:19:52Eva stands there,

00:19:53arms crossed,

00:19:55smirking,

00:19:56the three of them together,

00:19:57like a real family.

00:19:59I stare at the paper,

00:20:01eyes stinging,

00:20:0220 years,

00:20:03everything I gave them,

00:20:05and this is what I get.

00:20:06Alex,

00:20:07Amy,

00:20:09that's a bit much.

00:20:10You really are gonna humiliate your own father like this?

00:20:13John,

00:20:14you've been a pretty lousy father.

00:20:16Just look,

00:20:17your own kids don't even want you.

00:20:18Everything I gave,

00:20:20all these years,

00:20:21this is what it comes down to?

00:20:22I raise them myself,

00:20:24and turn them into monsters.

00:20:25Eva watches coldly,

00:20:27arms folded,

00:20:28waiting for me to sign,

00:20:30so she can toss me out like trash.

00:20:32My pen hits the paper,

00:20:33stroke by stroke,

00:20:35I sign my name.

00:20:36I fling the signed papers at Alex.

00:20:39They scatter across the floor

00:20:40as he scrambles to pick them up.

00:20:43Eva,

00:20:44Amy,

00:20:45Alex,

00:20:46you just killed whatever love I had left for you.

00:20:49My mom's about to be COO.

00:20:52Without her,

00:20:53you won't even be able to feed yourself.

00:20:55Congrats, mom.

00:20:56Looks like you and Uncle Phil

00:20:57are finally getting their happy ending.

00:20:59Mom,

00:21:00once you're COO,

00:21:01I basically run this place.

00:21:03I wipe the tears from my eyes

00:21:05and look up at them.

00:21:06Their faces are full of hope for the future.

00:21:09How nice.

00:21:10Too bad.

00:21:11It's about to end.

00:21:12And what makes you think that's a promotion

00:21:14and not a termination?

00:21:16I look at Eva,

00:21:18still so full of herself.

00:21:20She really thinks she's won.

00:21:21She really thinks that COO seat is hers.

00:21:29And what makes you think that's a promotion

00:21:33and not a termination?

00:21:35I hold Eva's promotion letter

00:21:37and tell Mia I'm pulling her promotion.

00:21:40Eva and Alex are out

00:21:41and I'll make sure no one in this industry

00:21:43ever hires them again.

00:21:45I put her there.

00:21:47I can drag her down myself.

00:21:49I flick my lighter open.

00:21:50The flame catches the edge of the paper.

00:21:53I watch it burn to ash.

00:21:55The ashes drift beside my coffee.

00:21:57My face stays cold.

00:21:5920 years.

00:22:00It ends now.

00:22:01I look at them,

00:22:02ice cold.

00:22:03A bunch of clowns

00:22:04and they have no idea what's coming.

00:22:08Fired?

00:22:09Do you even know what this event is?

00:22:11It's to celebrate my mom's promotion.

00:22:14Fired.

00:22:15Yeah, right.

00:22:18John,

00:22:19after the divorce,

00:22:20I hope you can at least take care of yourself.

00:22:23Living off others?

00:22:24That's just pathetic.

00:22:26Living off others?

00:22:27Pathetic.

00:22:27And she says that with a straight face.

00:22:30Every meal she's eaten,

00:22:31every outfit she's worn,

00:22:33every promotion she's had,

00:22:35none of it happened without me.

00:22:36I shove past Bill and Eva

00:22:38and walk forward,

00:22:39steady.

00:22:48I stop in front of the chair

00:22:50and stare everyone down.

00:22:52That chair was mine 20 years ago.

00:22:54I'm just taking my seat back.

00:22:56Eva,

00:22:56he's your ex-husband.

00:22:58If he pulls something

00:22:59and pisses off the higher-ups,

00:23:01your promotion's done.

00:23:02He's trying to ruin you.

00:23:04I don't hesitate.

00:23:05I sit in the CEO's chair.

00:23:07Eva rushes up

00:23:08and shoves me down.

00:23:09The chair crashes to the floor

00:23:11with a dull thud.

00:23:14John,

00:23:15what the hell are you doing?

00:23:16I told you.

00:23:18I'm here for the gala.

00:23:19Oh, please.

00:23:21Still lying?

00:23:22Some nobody sneaks in

00:23:24without an invite

00:23:25just to make a scene?

00:23:26Get out.

00:23:27Now.

00:23:28She raises her hand

00:23:30to hit me.

00:23:31The same hand

00:23:32that slapped me twice before.

00:23:34Not this time.

00:23:35I catch her wrist.

00:23:36Eva.

00:23:37The moment the door bursts open,

00:23:39me lying in a pool of blood.

00:23:41Her eyes turn red instantly.

00:23:43We were married.

00:23:45I put up with you

00:23:46because I loved you.

00:23:47That's over now.

00:23:48We're divorced now.

00:23:51You touch me again?

00:23:54Try it.

00:23:55I shove her hand off.

00:23:57Eva stumbles back

00:23:58and Phil catches her

00:23:59without thinking.

00:24:00Hmph.

00:24:01Nice teamwork.

00:24:03John!

00:24:04Do you even know

00:24:05what that chair is?

00:24:06That's the CEO's seat!

00:24:08You're going to get us

00:24:09all screwed!

00:24:11That seat is always mine.

00:24:14I pick up the chair

00:24:15Eva knocked over

00:24:16and set it back in place.

00:24:18What's the problem

00:24:19with me sitting here?

00:24:20This was my seat

00:24:20to begin with.

00:24:21I sit down

00:24:22in the CEO's chair.

00:24:2320 years

00:24:24and it finally

00:24:25has its owner back.

00:24:28John!

00:24:30John!

00:24:31You've lost your mind!

00:24:33You've completely lost it!

00:24:35Eva tries to rush me

00:24:36but Phil holds her back.

00:24:38What's he afraid of?

00:24:39Her getting hit again

00:24:40or things getting out of hand?

00:24:42Listen!

00:24:43The billionaire CEO

00:24:44and the CO are about to show up!

00:24:46You want to die?

00:24:47Don't drag us down with you!

00:24:48Alex shoves me

00:24:49but I don't move an inch.

00:24:50I just sit there

00:24:51while they keep screaming.

00:24:53John!

00:24:54You're going to cost Eva everything!

00:24:57Mom!

00:24:58If he keeps this up

00:24:59I'm screwed!

00:25:03Get up!

00:25:05If you ruin my promotion

00:25:07I swear I won't let this go!

00:25:10bother responding.

00:25:12Then

00:25:12the ballroom doors burst open

00:25:14as security steps aside

00:25:16as a man in his 50s

00:25:17storms in

00:25:18full of authority.

00:25:19I know him.

00:25:20Gilbert Newman

00:25:21Phil's uncle

00:25:22one of the top guys

00:25:24at Nexus.

00:25:24Everyone turns.

00:25:26Phil's eyes light up.

00:25:27Relief washes over his face.

00:25:29He thinks his savior

00:25:30just walked in.

00:25:31His grin stretches

00:25:32ear to ear

00:25:33as he rushes over.

00:25:35What's all this noise?

00:25:36The CEO and COO

00:25:38will be here any minute!

00:25:39Uncle!

00:25:40Gilbert!

00:25:40Perfect timing!

00:25:41That idiot's sitting

00:25:42in the CEO's chair.

00:25:43He's basically

00:25:44challenging the CEO.

00:25:45You've got to teach him

00:25:46a lesson.

00:25:53What?

00:25:55Challenging the CEO?

00:25:57Where'd this clown

00:25:58come from?

00:25:59I'll make him

00:26:00pay for this!

00:26:03Gilbert stops

00:26:05right in front of me

00:26:06eyes wide.

00:26:07I just sit there

00:26:08smirking.

00:26:08Mr. Newman

00:26:10if I were you

00:26:11I'd think very carefully

00:26:12before making

00:26:13your next move.

00:26:14Gilbert meets my eyes.

00:26:15For a second

00:26:16I see hesitation.

00:26:17A nobody like him

00:26:19has never met

00:26:19the real CEO.

00:26:21He doesn't know

00:26:22what to make of me.

00:26:23Uncle Gilbert

00:26:23don't let him bluff you.

00:26:26He's just

00:26:26Eva's deadbeat

00:26:27ex-husband.

00:26:28He came here

00:26:29to sabotage

00:26:29her promotion.

00:26:30Dodd Phil grins

00:26:32fawning like a dog

00:26:33begging for scraps.

00:26:35Mr. Newman

00:26:35please get him

00:26:36out of here.

00:26:37Don't let my family

00:26:37mess ruin the gala.

00:26:38Got it.

00:26:39Leave it to me.

00:26:40Drag this old fool out!

00:26:42The security guards

00:26:43close in

00:26:44smirking.

00:26:45I frown

00:26:45not out of fear

00:26:46out of rage

00:26:47dot 20 years

00:26:48and now even some

00:26:50nobody who came in

00:26:51after me

00:26:51thinks he can walk

00:26:52all over me.

00:26:53I thought one look at me

00:26:54would make him panic

00:26:55and start apologizing.

00:26:57Instead

00:26:57he doesn't even

00:26:58recognize me.

00:26:59You've got some nerve

00:27:00sitting in the CEO's chair.

00:27:02Get the hell up

00:27:02right now

00:27:03while I'm being nice

00:27:04unless you want trouble.

00:27:06John

00:27:06cut the act.

00:27:08Mr. Newman's a company veteran.

00:27:09I almost forgot this.

00:27:11Nobody joined

00:27:12after I left the company.

00:27:14He's been with the company

00:27:16longer than I have.

00:27:17Who the hell are you?

00:27:18You really think

00:27:19Mr. Newman

00:27:20would even look

00:27:21twice at you?

00:27:22You pathetic old loser.

00:27:24Stop running your mouth.

00:27:25You're only making yourself

00:27:26look worse.

00:27:27Just get out!

00:27:28Mr. Newman

00:27:29that's my useless father.

00:27:31He lives in his own fantasy

00:27:32and actually thinks

00:27:33he's the CEO

00:27:34who vanished

00:27:3520 years ago.

00:27:36The guards

00:27:36circle around me

00:27:38but I don't back down.

00:27:39My calm

00:27:40is starting to rattle them.

00:27:41Want to know

00:27:41if I'm really the CEO?

00:27:43Call your CON

00:27:44Mia Morgan

00:27:44she can clear it up

00:27:45right now.

00:27:46Who the hell are you

00:27:47to order me

00:27:47to call the COO?

00:27:48She already said

00:27:49tonight

00:27:50is the CEO's

00:27:51homecoming party.

00:27:53You better

00:27:54get out now

00:27:55or I'll beat

00:27:56your ass first

00:27:57and throw you

00:27:58out myself.

00:27:59John

00:28:00stop clinging

00:28:01to my mom

00:28:01like some parasite.

00:28:03You're after her money

00:28:04and you just

00:28:04won't go away.

00:28:06We signed the divorce papers

00:28:07let's just end this

00:28:08and move on.

00:28:09Stop bothering me

00:28:09okay?

00:28:10Bothering her?

00:28:10I let out a cold laugh.

00:28:12Just looking at her

00:28:13makes me sick.

00:28:14This company

00:28:15is mine.

00:28:16They're the ones

00:28:16who should be thrown out.

00:28:18Security!

00:28:18Get them out of here!

00:28:19The guards rush me

00:28:21and drag me out

00:28:22of the chair.

00:28:22I fight back

00:28:23but there are too many

00:28:24of them in this struggle.

00:28:26A pocket watch

00:28:27slips from my suit

00:28:28and hits the floor.

00:28:29My mother's pocket watch

00:28:31the last thing she left me.

00:28:33I lunge for it

00:28:34but Eva gets there first.

00:28:35I yell at her

00:28:36to give it back

00:28:37but Eva looks at the watch

00:28:39and lets out a mocking laugh.

00:28:41So this is the watch

00:28:42your old hag of a mother

00:28:43left you?

00:28:44Disgusting!

00:28:45She crouches

00:28:46and dangles it

00:28:47in front of me

00:28:47like teasing a dog dot.

00:28:49Two guards

00:28:50pin my arms down

00:28:51while I struggle

00:28:52to reach it

00:28:53but Eva pulls it back

00:28:54laughing like a maniac.

00:28:56I'm shaking with rage.

00:28:58I didn't even make it

00:28:59to see my mother

00:28:59before she died

00:29:00and now the last thing

00:29:02she left me

00:29:02is being ruined

00:29:03by this woman.

00:29:04Where'd all that

00:29:04backbone go?

00:29:05Want it back?

00:29:06Fine.

00:29:07Neil,

00:29:08slap yourself a hundred times

00:29:10admit you were wrong

00:29:11and maybe I'll give it back.

00:29:13She sneers.

00:29:14There's nothing in her eyes

00:29:16but cruelty.

00:29:17Neil,

00:29:17slap myself.

00:29:18What does she think I am?

00:29:20But the watch

00:29:20keeps swinging in her hand.

00:29:22It's the last thing

00:29:23my mother left me.

00:29:24Phil smirks.

00:29:26Alex stands

00:29:26with his hands

00:29:27in his pockets.

00:29:28Amy throws me

00:29:29a look of contempt.

00:29:30No one says a word for me.

00:29:32They're all enjoying

00:29:32the showed slowly.

00:29:34I sink to my knees.

00:29:35Both knees slam

00:29:37against the marble floor.

00:29:38Pain shoots through me.

00:29:40John,

00:29:41after all these years

00:29:42you haven't changed a bit.

00:29:43Still so quick to kneel.

00:29:45Pathetic.

00:29:46Like some dog

00:29:47begging for scraps.

00:29:48I beg her

00:29:50to give me the watch back.

00:29:51She has no intention

00:29:53of letting me have it.

00:29:54She throws the watch.

00:29:55I scream in despair.

00:29:57It spins through the air

00:29:58like a Medeer

00:29:59and shatters in two.

00:30:00I threw myself

00:30:01toward the broken pocket watch.

00:30:03My shaking hands

00:30:04clutched the two halves.

00:30:05One side the photo.

00:30:07One side the dial.

00:30:08I try like a madman

00:30:09to piece it back together.

00:30:10It won't go back together.

00:30:12Broken.

00:30:12Like my heart.

00:30:13Phil picks up a bottle

00:30:14and walks toward me.

00:30:15The bottle explodes

00:30:16over my head.

00:30:17Glass flies.

00:30:18Blood pours down my face.

00:30:20A ringing fills my ears

00:30:22like a funeral bell.

00:30:23Before blacking out

00:30:24I see Phil grinning.

00:30:26Ava.

00:30:26Alex.

00:30:27Amy.

00:30:27Just standing there.

00:30:28Cold.

00:30:29Like they're watching

00:30:30someone else's tragedy.

00:30:31I close my eyes.

00:30:32Mom.

00:30:33I'm coming to find you.

00:30:34The doors slam open.

00:30:36Mia storms in.

00:30:37Furious.

00:30:37She swings the pocket watch

00:30:39in front of me.

00:30:40Leaning in.

00:30:41Daring me with her eyes.

00:30:43She loves having me

00:30:44under her heel.

00:30:45What?

00:30:46You won't do it?

00:30:47Then I'll throw it away.

00:30:49Every time I see that old hag

00:30:51she makes my blood boil.

00:30:53She raises her arm

00:30:54to throw the watch.

00:30:55The last thing

00:30:56my mother left me.

00:30:57I was young then.

00:30:58My mother was still alive.

00:31:00I stood close beside her

00:31:01posing for the camera.

00:31:03The shutter caught our smiles.

00:31:04I opened the old watch.

00:31:06Inside is the photo

00:31:08we just took.

00:31:08When I'm not with you

00:31:09keep this watch

00:31:11close to your heart.

00:31:12Think of it as your mother

00:31:14staying beside you.

00:31:15Mom.

00:31:16I'm sorry.

00:31:16I couldn't protect

00:31:17what you left me.

00:31:18Fine.

00:31:21I'll kneel.

00:31:22The moment the door

00:31:23bursts open

00:31:24Mia sees me lying

00:31:25in a pool of blood.

00:31:26Her eyes turn red

00:31:27instantly.

00:31:28A crowd gathers around

00:31:30whispering among themselves.

00:31:31Mia helps me up.

00:31:32Her fingers trembling violently.

00:31:34You're my only brother.

00:31:37I will never let anyone hurt you.

00:31:39What?

00:31:40Her brother?

00:31:41Brother?

00:31:42Since when did she have a brother?

00:31:44Mia gently brushes my forehead.

00:31:45Her eyes fill with pain.

00:31:47Are you alright?

00:31:48Someone call a doctor!

00:31:49Doctor now!

00:31:50Help him!

00:31:52The doctors rush over

00:31:53and help me

00:31:54into a nearby chair.

00:31:56Mia clench her fists

00:31:57stands up

00:31:58and stares fiercely

00:31:59at everyone in the room.

00:32:01Who did this?

00:32:02Miss Morgan.

00:32:03We were wrong to hit him

00:32:04but he started it.

00:32:05He impersonated the CEO,

00:32:07crashed the annual gala

00:32:08and sat in the CEO's chair.

00:32:10We were defending

00:32:11the CEO's dignity.

00:32:12Mia said nothing.

00:32:13She raises her hand

00:32:15and slaps Phil hard

00:32:16across the face.

00:32:17The slap echoed

00:32:18through the entire hall.

00:32:20Eva catches

00:32:20the staggering Phil.

00:32:22What the hell

00:32:22are you talking about?

00:32:24My fault.

00:32:25Miss Morgan.

00:32:26Security was far too lax.

00:32:28he managed to slip in.

00:32:30I'll deal with this immediately.

00:32:32I'll sort everything out.

00:32:33The CEO will never find out.

00:32:35Mia turns

00:32:36and slaps Gilbert

00:32:37again across the face.

00:32:39Gilbert's head

00:32:39snapped to the side.

00:32:41He covers his cheek

00:32:42and doesn't dare

00:32:43to make a sound.

00:32:44You idiot.

00:32:45Do you have any idea

00:32:47who he is?

00:32:48Isn't he just a piece of trash?

00:32:49For God's sake.

00:32:51Mia hears him muttering.

00:32:53She turns

00:32:54and slaps him again.

00:32:55Watch your mouth!

00:32:57Why?

00:32:59You hit me again?

00:33:00Miss Morgan.

00:33:01That man is nothing

00:33:02but a parasite.

00:33:04What else am I supposed

00:33:04to call him?

00:33:06Quite right, Miss Morgan.

00:33:08Mia's fury erupts

00:33:10completely.

00:33:10Her eyes blaze

00:33:11as if spitting fire.

00:33:13You venomous woman

00:33:14and you two

00:33:15ungrateful little beasts.

00:33:17You're lower than dirt.

00:33:20You've bullied him

00:33:21for 20 years.

00:33:22Today I'm going to make you

00:33:23pay for every bit of it.

00:33:25Guards, surround them.

00:33:26Five guards step forward

00:33:28and surrounds

00:33:29Eva and the others.

00:33:30Eva's expression

00:33:31finally changes.

00:33:33What is all of this?

00:33:35Mia, stop.

00:33:36I regain consciousness

00:33:38and stride toward them.

00:33:39Blood still streams

00:33:40down my forehead

00:33:41but I had never been

00:33:42so clear-headed

00:33:43in my life.

00:33:45Eva stares at me

00:33:46in shock.

00:33:46She probably never imagined

00:33:48that the worthless trash

00:33:49she has trampled underfoot

00:33:51would ever be called

00:33:52brother

00:33:53by the CO.

00:33:54Mia, stop.

00:33:56Brother, are you alright?

00:33:59It's all my fault.

00:34:01My only brother

00:34:04hurt on my own turf.

00:34:05I pat Mia's shoulder

00:34:07reassuringly.

00:34:08Her eyes turns red

00:34:09just like when she was

00:34:11a little girl

00:34:11who had been wronged.

00:34:12Except this time

00:34:13it was me.

00:34:14Mia reaches out

00:34:15and examines the wound

00:34:16on my forehead

00:34:17with concern.

00:34:18Her actions made others

00:34:19jump to all sorts

00:34:20of malicious conclusions

00:34:21about the relationship

00:34:22between her and me.

00:34:24Why is dad so close

00:34:25to Miss Morgan?

00:34:26I'm wondering too.

00:34:28Why did Miss Morgan

00:34:29hit Uncle Phil

00:34:30for that loser?

00:34:30What's really between them?

00:34:32If Miss Morgan

00:34:33values him this much

00:34:35maybe he really is

00:34:36someone important

00:34:37we shouldn't mess with?

00:34:39Shit.

00:34:40I messed with

00:34:41the wrong person.

00:34:43Looks like John

00:34:44and the COO

00:34:45have something special

00:34:46going on.

00:34:47Miss Morgan!

00:34:48What exactly

00:34:50is your relationship

00:34:51with my good-for-nothing

00:34:52ex-husband?

00:34:56That's none of

00:34:57your damn business.

00:34:58I swear

00:34:59today

00:35:00every single one

00:35:01of you who hurt him

00:35:02is going to pay.

00:35:04Phil,

00:35:04Gilgret

00:35:05and Eva's expressions

00:35:06grew complicated.

00:35:08Fear

00:35:08began to creep

00:35:09across their faces.

00:35:11Phil you tell me

00:35:12right now

00:35:12who the hell

00:35:13did you just beat up?

00:35:14He's just Eva's

00:35:15pathetic ex-husband.

00:35:16Who else would he be?

00:35:18Gilbert slaps Phil

00:35:19across the face.

00:35:20This lap

00:35:21is even harder

00:35:22than Mia's.

00:35:23A pathetic ex-husband?

00:35:25Then why the hell

00:35:26is the COO

00:35:27getting involved?

00:35:28And how did this

00:35:29so-called nobody

00:35:31even get into

00:35:31the gala

00:35:32in the first place?

00:35:33Phil clutches

00:35:34his face

00:35:35stunned.

00:35:36He finally realizes

00:35:37something was

00:35:38terribly wrong.

00:35:39Mia hands

00:35:39the broken pocket watch

00:35:41back to me.

00:35:41Brother,

00:35:42this watch

00:35:42is over 10 years old.

00:35:44I'm afraid

00:35:45it can never

00:35:46be put back together.

00:35:46I gaze at the photo

00:35:48inside the watch

00:35:49of my mother and me.

00:35:50Mom,

00:35:51are you watching

00:35:51from above?

00:35:52Watching your son

00:35:53get bullied

00:35:54by these scumbags?

00:35:55What do you want

00:35:55to do with them?

00:35:57I lift my head

00:35:58and glare at Eva

00:35:59furiously.

00:36:00She shook with terror.

00:36:02Phil, Alex,

00:36:03and Amy

00:36:04try to stand

00:36:05calm and firm

00:36:06but their gazes

00:36:07shift

00:36:08restlessly.

00:36:09They were finally

00:36:10afraid.

00:36:11Too late.

00:36:11I clenched

00:36:12the broken pocket watch.

00:36:13This shattered watch

00:36:14was the last thing

00:36:15my mother left me.

00:36:16She shouldn't

00:36:17have touched it.

00:36:18Eva,

00:36:19there's one thing

00:36:19you never should

00:36:20have done.

00:36:22Smash my mother's

00:36:23last keepsake to me.

00:36:25It's just a piece

00:36:26of junk.

00:36:27What,

00:36:27you want to hit

00:36:28my mom or something?

00:36:29You've given them

00:36:29everything and this

00:36:30is how they pay you?

00:36:32Do you think

00:36:32they even deserve

00:36:33all of this?

00:36:34Suddenly,

00:36:35Phil points at me

00:36:35and Mia like he'd

00:36:36just discovered

00:36:37a new world.

00:36:38I get it now!

00:36:40Mia's been protecting

00:36:41you this whole time!

00:36:42No wonder you got

00:36:43into the gala so easily!

00:36:46You and Mia!

00:36:49You two have been

00:36:50having an affair

00:36:51this whole time,

00:36:52haven't you?

00:36:55Nice one, John!

00:36:56You accuse me

00:36:57of cheating?

00:36:57You're the one

00:36:58who's been cheating

00:36:59this whole time!

00:37:01You old bastard!

00:37:03I thought you were decent!

00:37:06You betrayed my mom!

00:37:08My face turns

00:37:09even colder.

00:37:10They're such experts

00:37:11at twisting the truth.

00:37:12When you divorced mom,

00:37:14you acted like

00:37:15the victim.

00:37:15Turns out

00:37:16you'd already been

00:37:17sleeping with this woman.

00:37:19How disgusting!

00:37:21Do you really think

00:37:22there is something

00:37:23going on between

00:37:23Mia and that man?

00:37:25Hard to say.

00:37:26Otherwise,

00:37:27why would Mia

00:37:28stand up for him?

00:37:29Buoyed by the voices

00:37:30agreeing with her,

00:37:32Eva grew

00:37:32increasingly arrogant.

00:37:34She approaches Mia,

00:37:35speaking in a bitterly

00:37:36sarcastic tone.

00:37:38Mia,

00:37:38so you like picking up

00:37:40the trash I've already

00:37:40played with?

00:37:41This is the kind of man

00:37:42you go for?

00:37:43No wonder you're still

00:37:44single in your 30s.

00:37:46Who knows how many

00:37:47younger men you're

00:37:47keeping on the side?

00:37:48You really think

00:37:49no one knows about

00:37:50all the dirty little

00:37:51secrets you've got

00:37:51going on behind the scenes?

00:37:53She doesn't get

00:37:54to finish her sentence.

00:37:55I give her a sharp,

00:37:57brutal slap.

00:37:58That single blow

00:37:59held all the resentment

00:38:00I'd bottled up

00:38:01for 20 years.

00:38:02Amy and Alex

00:38:03are utterly dumbfounded,

00:38:05their mouths

00:38:06hanging agape.

00:38:07Phil hurries

00:38:08to steady

00:38:09the staggering Eva.

00:38:10I stand before them,

00:38:12cold and unyielding,

00:38:13motionless,

00:38:14like a stone statue.

00:38:15Eva covers her cheek,

00:38:17staring at me

00:38:18in utter disbelief.

00:38:19She had never once

00:38:21thought the docile,

00:38:22submissive nobody

00:38:23would dare to lay

00:38:24a hand on her.

00:38:25This slap was not for me.

00:38:27It was for my mother

00:38:28and for Mia.

00:38:29Six bodyguards

00:38:31in black suits

00:38:31storms in,

00:38:33looking fierce

00:38:33and ready for action.

00:38:35But Eva doesn't panic.

00:38:36Instead,

00:38:37she holds her head high.

00:38:38Don't you dare.

00:38:40The CEO is giving me

00:38:42my well-deserved promotion

00:38:43at the annual gala.

00:38:44If you throw me out

00:38:46and he can't reach me,

00:38:47do you think you can

00:38:48handle the consequences?

00:38:51That's right.

00:38:52Mom becoming COO

00:38:54was the CEO's decision.

00:38:57Once she gets this position,

00:38:59you'll all be screwed.

00:39:01Glad you reminded me.

00:39:03I almost forgot about this.

00:39:05Mia and I exchange look.

00:39:07We both knew Eva

00:39:08wasn't getting

00:39:09any promotion letter today

00:39:11at all.

00:39:11Mia holds out her hand.

00:39:13An assistant promptly

00:39:14hands her a red leather folder.

00:39:16The CEO does indeed

00:39:18have something

00:39:18he needs me to hand

00:39:19to you personally.

00:39:21Mom, this is wonderful.

00:39:23Congratulations.

00:39:24After all these years,

00:39:26your dream has

00:39:27finally come true.

00:39:28Eva tries hard

00:39:29to suppress the smile

00:39:31tugging at the corners

00:39:32of her lips.

00:39:33She thinks she is winning.

00:39:34mom and struggle

00:39:36home for mission.

00:39:38Once you become COO,

00:39:40don't forget the house

00:39:42you promised me.

00:39:43Mia hands the red folder

00:39:44to Eva

00:39:45like handing over a knife.

00:39:47Quick, Eva.

00:39:48Open it.

00:39:48Open it now.

00:39:50Smiling,

00:39:50Eva opens the red folder.

00:39:52I smirk.

00:39:53Alex and Amy lean in,

00:39:54faces full of anticipation.

00:39:56Then,

00:39:57their smiles froze.

00:39:58How is this possible?

00:40:03A termination notice.

00:40:06Eva covers her face,

00:40:07utterly dumbfounded.

00:40:09She never thought

00:40:10she would ever

00:40:10take a slap from me.

00:40:12Never.

00:40:12But I've wanted to slap her

00:40:13for way too long.

00:40:16John,

00:40:17how dare you hit me

00:40:19just because of

00:40:20your little mistress?

00:40:22Shut your mouth up!

00:40:23He's my sister.

00:40:25I won't you slander her

00:40:26like that.

00:40:27I've known you

00:40:28for over 20 years

00:40:29and I've never heard

00:40:30a single word

00:40:31about you having a sister.

00:40:33And you call me a cheater.

00:40:35Turns out,

00:40:35you hooked yourself

00:40:36a rich woman, huh?

00:40:38The divorce worked out

00:40:39perfectly for you,

00:40:40didn't it?

00:40:42Mom,

00:40:43you were blind

00:40:44to even fall for him.

00:40:45This is absolutely ridiculous.

00:40:49Guards,

00:40:49throw them out!

00:40:50Phil's eyes shift slyly,

00:40:52putting on yet another

00:40:53pitiful performance.

00:40:55He won't see us?

00:40:56This is all you're doing!

00:40:58I get it now,

00:40:59Miss Morgan.

00:41:00You were afraid

00:41:01Eva becoming COO

00:41:02would threaten

00:41:03your position,

00:41:04so you spread rumors.

00:41:05You and John

00:41:06doctored the letter together.

00:41:11I'm going to report this

00:41:13to the CEO.

00:41:14I'll make every single

00:41:15one of them pay!

00:41:16Mia looks at them coldly

00:41:17like she was watching

00:41:18a bunch of clowns.

00:41:20Eva,

00:41:21Phil,

00:41:21Gilbert,

00:41:22you assaulted a guest.

00:41:25That's it.

00:41:26You're all fired.

00:41:28Gilbert's jaw drops

00:41:29in utter disbelief.

00:41:30How dare you!

00:41:31I want to see the CEO!

00:41:33I'm reporting you

00:41:34for abuse of power!

00:41:35Enough.

00:41:37Throw them out.

00:41:38The guards swam forward,

00:41:40dragging them out.

00:41:41Eva struggles and screams,

00:41:43her voice echoing sharply

00:41:44throughout the ballroom.

00:41:45Even as she was being

00:41:47escorted out,

00:41:48she kept howling

00:41:48like a pathetic stray cur.

00:41:50I want to see the CEO!

00:41:53You can't shut me up!

00:41:57Mia and I stand

00:41:58in the center of the ballroom,

00:42:00watching them being driven out.

00:42:02The moment the doors close,

00:42:03the world finally falls quiet.

00:42:05Brother,

00:42:06do you think

00:42:06they're going to let this go?

00:42:07I look at the closed doors,

00:42:09a cold smile curling

00:42:11at the corner of my lips.

00:42:12I shake my head,

00:42:13let them do whatever they want.

00:42:15They're just a bunch of clowns.

00:42:1720 years of bond between us

00:42:19has ended completely.

00:42:20From this day forth,

00:42:22we are strangers.

00:42:23Eva stands there,

00:42:24holding the termination notice.

00:42:26Frozen stiff,

00:42:27as if struck by lightning.

00:42:29No way!

00:42:30This can't be true!

00:42:32No way!

00:42:34John!

00:42:35You're behind all of this!

00:42:37Miss Morgan,

00:42:37let's be fair here.

00:42:39Eva has worked her ass off

00:42:41for over a decade.

00:42:43What possible reason

00:42:44does the CEO have

00:42:45to fire her?

00:42:46John,

00:42:46are you doing this

00:42:47just to get back at my mom?

00:42:48I sneer.

00:42:49Revenge?

00:42:50She did this to herself.

00:42:51Suddenly,

00:42:52Eva bursts out laughing,

00:42:53like she'd lost her mind.

00:42:55The laughter echoes

00:42:56through the ballroom,

00:42:57sending chills

00:42:57down everyone's spine.

00:42:59She throws the termination notice

00:43:00to the ground,

00:43:01seething with rage,

00:43:03and strides toward me.

00:43:04This can't be true!

00:43:06The CEO was supposed

00:43:07to promote me!

00:43:08Where is the CEO?

00:43:09I need to see him!

00:43:10He doesn't want to see you.

00:43:13Three days later,

00:43:14I push open the door

00:43:16of the coffee shop.

00:43:17Sunlight streams

00:43:18through the floor

00:43:19to ceiling windows,

00:43:20falling upon a woman

00:43:21sitting alone.

00:43:22I slow my steps,

00:43:24staring at her back.

00:43:25It was a silhouette

00:43:26I know all too well.

00:43:28She turns and stands up,

00:43:30smiling.

00:43:30Though she's 40 now,

00:43:32but when she smiles,

00:43:33she looks 20 again.

00:43:35John.

00:43:36Annie.

00:43:38It's you.

00:43:45Annie.

00:43:46My old friend.

00:43:4720 years had gone by.

00:43:49Yet she seemed unchanged.

00:43:51No.

00:43:51She has changed.

00:43:53She's even better.

00:43:56I was concentrating

00:43:57on my wood carving.

00:43:59Wood shavings curled off

00:44:01beneath my fingers.

00:44:02These hands had cooked

00:44:04for Eva for 20 years.

00:44:06Now they finally get

00:44:07to do something for me.

00:44:09Mia enters the room,

00:44:10holding an invitation.

00:44:13John,

00:44:13now that you're back

00:44:14as CEO,

00:44:15you really should attend

00:44:16the meeting

00:44:17three days from now.

00:44:19I nod

00:44:19and tell her I got it.

00:44:21Mia didn't leave.

00:44:22She stands quietly behind me,

00:44:25hesitant to speak her mind.

00:44:27John,

00:44:27you've thrown yourself

00:44:28headfirst into work.

00:44:30You don't go to any of the events

00:44:31I set up for you?

00:44:33Are you still hung up on Eva?

00:44:35She grabs my arm,

00:44:36her eyes full of concern.

00:44:40John,

00:44:40I've scheduled a dinner

00:44:41with that investor.

00:44:43She's stunning.

00:44:45Go meet her.

00:44:46Maybe she can help you

00:44:47forget about Eva.

00:44:48I put down

00:44:49my carving out

00:44:50and sigh.

00:44:51Mia,

00:44:52I don't need that.

00:44:53She's coming

00:44:53to discuss business.

00:44:55A private meeting

00:44:56like that would look bad.

00:44:57I'd rather not go.

00:44:58You've got it wrong.

00:45:00She asked me

00:45:01to invite you.

00:45:02And you know her too.

00:45:04If you don't go,

00:45:05you'll regret it.

00:45:06I look up

00:45:07at Mia's mysterious smile

00:45:08and nod dot.

00:45:10I trust Mia.

00:45:11She never lied to me.

00:45:12When I opened the book,

00:45:14a bookmark slipped out.

00:45:17Written on it

00:45:18was a simple confession.

00:45:20I like you.

00:45:21I smile wistfully.

00:45:23Twenty years had passed.

00:45:24I still kept

00:45:25that precious bookmark.

00:45:27I never imagined

00:45:28that little girl

00:45:29who came to borrow books

00:45:31from me every day

00:45:31would grow into

00:45:32such an extraordinary woman.

00:45:35Annie blushes

00:45:36and smiles bashfully.

00:45:38At forty,

00:45:39she still smiles

00:45:40like the girl I remember.

00:45:42The real reason

00:45:44I went overseas

00:45:45all those years ago

00:45:46was to be someone

00:45:48worthy of you.

00:45:54I sit across from Annie.

00:45:56Warm sunlight

00:45:57falls across her face.

00:45:59Two decades

00:46:00feel like nothing

00:46:00but a fleeting dream.

00:46:02What's wrong?

00:46:03Surprised to see me?

00:46:05Annie?

00:46:06I can't believe it.

00:46:09It's been

00:46:09like twenty years

00:46:11since we last

00:46:12saw each other.

00:46:13That year,

00:46:13we were both still young.

00:46:15She was wearing

00:46:15her school uniform.

00:46:17So was I.

00:46:18She came to return

00:46:19a book to me

00:46:20just like always.

00:46:22John,

00:46:23I'm leaving

00:46:23for business school

00:46:24in Europe.

00:46:25I won't get to

00:46:26borrow your books anymore.

00:46:27Here,

00:46:28this belongs back to you.

00:46:31I took the book.

00:46:32It felt like

00:46:33a piece of my heart

00:46:34was missing.

00:46:35She handed me

00:46:36a small box

00:46:37of cookies.

00:46:39I wanted to give you

00:46:39something I made myself,

00:46:41so

00:46:42I bake these cookies.

00:46:45Think of it as

00:46:46a little goodbye gift.

00:46:52You're really

00:46:53going abroad to study?

00:46:54Yes.

00:46:55You're already

00:46:56the youngest billionaire

00:46:57in the city.

00:46:58I need to work hard

00:46:59to catch up.

00:47:01Only then maybe

00:47:03I could finally...

00:47:05She never finished

00:47:06her sentence.

00:47:07Those words

00:47:08stayed unspoken

00:47:09for 20 years.

00:47:11Before she departed,

00:47:13she held me

00:47:13in a tight embrace.

00:47:15That hug

00:47:15was far warmer

00:47:16than any affection

00:47:18Eva had given me

00:47:19over 20 years.

00:47:21I watched her leave.

00:47:24Her silhouette

00:47:25fading farther

00:47:26and farther away.

00:47:28Annie looks at me.

00:47:30There was hope

00:47:30in her eyes

00:47:31and 20 years

00:47:32of waiting.

00:47:33Back then,

00:47:34you were the golden boy,

00:47:35so I went abroad

00:47:36trying to catch up

00:47:37to you

00:47:38to become someone

00:47:38worthy of standing

00:47:39by your side.

00:47:40But when I finally

00:47:41came back,

00:47:43you no longer

00:47:43belonged to me.

00:47:45I was deeply moved.

00:47:47Those words

00:47:47hit me right

00:47:48in the chest.

00:47:49I had given

00:47:50everything in the

00:47:51first half of my life

00:47:52to Eva and the children,

00:47:54but I never knew

00:47:55that someone

00:47:56had been quietly

00:47:57caring for me

00:47:58all these years.

00:47:59John,

00:48:00now that you're free,

00:48:02maybe you could

00:48:03give us a chance?

00:48:04Annie gazes at me

00:48:05with deep affection.

00:48:07Her eyes were soft,

00:48:08but certain.

00:48:09So,

00:48:10what's your answer?

00:48:11I lower my head

00:48:12and fall silent

00:48:14for a few seconds.

00:48:15Annie,

00:48:16I don't want to

00:48:16hold you back.

00:48:17I just got divorced,

00:48:18and I'm not ready

00:48:19to start a new

00:48:20relationship yet.

00:48:21That's okay.

00:48:23I've waited this long,

00:48:24haven't I?

00:48:25I can wait

00:48:25a little longer

00:48:27until you've

00:48:28really let go

00:48:28of the past.

00:48:30I don't love

00:48:31Eva anymore,

00:48:32but I just got

00:48:33divorced,

00:48:33and the investment

00:48:34meeting is right

00:48:35around the corner.

00:48:37If I said yes

00:48:38to you now,

00:48:38it would feel

00:48:39like I'm using you.

00:48:40That wouldn't

00:48:41be fair to you

00:48:41at all.

00:48:42After the meeting

00:48:43is over,

00:48:44I'll give you

00:48:44a real answer.

00:48:45All right.

00:48:46Our company

00:48:47was already

00:48:48leaning toward

00:48:48your product anyway,

00:48:49so don't worry.

00:48:51I won't mix

00:48:51business with

00:48:52personal stuff.

00:48:54since you've

00:48:55made a promise,

00:48:56I'll wait

00:48:56for your answer.

00:48:58All right.

00:48:59I promise.

00:49:00We stand up

00:49:01to leave.

00:49:02Suddenly,

00:49:02Annie stumbles

00:49:03slightly as her

00:49:04high heel twists.

00:49:06She almost fell.

00:49:07I reach out

00:49:08quickly to steady

00:49:09her,

00:49:09catching her gently

00:49:10into my arms.

00:49:11Our eyes meet,

00:49:12and the air

00:49:13between us

00:49:14instantly fills

00:49:15with tension.

00:49:15And then,

00:49:16a sharp,

00:49:17nasty voice

00:49:18cut through

00:49:19the moment

00:49:19like a cold

00:49:20knife,

00:49:21shattering

00:49:21the warmth.

00:49:24Annie and I

00:49:25pull apart

00:49:25quickly.

00:49:26Flirting with

00:49:27another woman

00:49:27in broad daylight?

00:49:29Eva walks over

00:49:30with Alex and

00:49:31Amy,

00:49:31a familiar sneer

00:49:32on her face

00:49:33that I knew

00:49:33all too well.

00:49:34Pathetic.

00:49:35A leopard

00:49:36never changes

00:49:37its spots.

00:49:38This woman

00:49:38just won't

00:49:39leave me alone.

00:49:40She can't even

00:49:41let me have

00:49:42a cup of coffee

00:49:42in peace.

00:49:43I didn't hesitate.

00:49:46Eva,

00:49:47what the hell

00:49:47do you want?

00:49:48What do I want?

00:49:49Look at you!

00:49:51One woman

00:49:51is not enough

00:49:52for you.

00:49:53You just cannot

00:49:54wait to jump

00:49:55into someone

00:49:55else's bed.

00:49:56Watch your mouth.

00:49:58Pathetic.

00:49:59At least

00:50:00your taste

00:50:01is consistent.

00:50:02You have latched

00:50:02onto another

00:50:03rich woman.

00:50:06Hey,

00:50:06beautiful.

00:50:07Why waste

00:50:08your time

00:50:09on this old

00:50:09guy?

00:50:10I am younger

00:50:11than him,

00:50:12stronger,

00:50:13and better

00:50:14than him

00:50:14in every

00:50:15single way.

00:50:20I slap

00:50:21Alex across

00:50:22the face

00:50:23hard.

00:50:24Eva catches

00:50:25him,

00:50:25stunned.

00:50:27You bastard.

00:50:29Apologize.

00:50:30Now!

00:50:31How dare you

00:50:32hit my son!

00:50:33You filthy

00:50:35bastard!

00:50:35You cheating

00:50:36bastard!

00:50:37You shameless

00:50:38moocher!

00:50:38I let out

00:50:39a mocking

00:50:40laugh.

00:50:41How ridiculous.

00:50:43I could

00:50:43throw every

00:50:44single one

00:50:44of those

00:50:45insults

00:50:45right back

00:50:46at her.

00:50:46I grab

00:50:47Annie's arm

00:50:48and try

00:50:48to leave,

00:50:49but Eva

00:50:49blocks our

00:50:50way like

00:50:50an unhinked

00:50:51maniac.

00:50:52She stares

00:50:52at Annie

00:50:53with nothing

00:50:54but venom

00:50:54in her

00:50:54eyes.

00:50:55You have

00:50:56no idea

00:50:56what kind

00:50:57of man

00:50:57you got

00:50:57involved

00:50:58with.

00:50:58This piece

00:50:59of trash.

00:51:00He lived

00:51:01off me

00:51:02for years.

00:51:03Then he

00:51:03sucked up

00:51:04to the

00:51:05company's

00:51:06COO,

00:51:06and now

00:51:07he's

00:51:07clinging

00:51:08to you

00:51:09for your

00:51:09money.

00:51:10If John

00:51:11were willing

00:51:12to let

00:51:12me support

00:51:13him,

00:51:13it's an

00:51:14honor for

00:51:15me.

00:51:15Eva

00:51:16freezes.

00:51:17Her face

00:51:17was full

00:51:18of disbelief.

00:51:19They probably

00:51:19never imagined

00:51:20anyone would

00:51:21ever say

00:51:22something like

00:51:22that.

00:51:24Eva,

00:51:25I am

00:51:25warning you

00:51:26for the

00:51:26last time.

00:51:27I destroyed

00:51:28your career

00:51:29once,

00:51:29and I can

00:51:30do it

00:51:30again.

00:51:31Push me

00:51:31any further,

00:51:32and I will

00:51:32make you

00:51:33disappear

00:51:33from this

00:51:34city

00:51:34completely.

00:51:43Go ahead

00:51:43and enjoy

00:51:44your little

00:51:44moment,

00:51:45John.

00:51:46Three days

00:51:46from now

00:51:47at the

00:51:47investor

00:51:47meeting,

00:51:48I will

00:51:48drag you

00:51:49down to

00:51:49hell.

00:51:51You will

00:51:51never get

00:51:52back up.

00:51:52I don't

00:51:53even bother

00:51:54looking back.

00:51:55Three days

00:51:56from now,

00:51:57we'll see

00:51:57who drags

00:51:58who to

00:51:58hell.

00:51:59The banquet

00:52:00hall packs

00:52:01with guests

00:52:01who mingle

00:52:02with wine

00:52:03glasses and

00:52:04hand laughter,

00:52:05and the clink

00:52:06of glasses

00:52:06fills the

00:52:07air.

00:52:07Eva stands

00:52:08at the

00:52:09center of

00:52:09the crowd,

00:52:10chatting

00:52:10confidently as

00:52:11if she had

00:52:12never been

00:52:12fired.

00:52:13The main

00:52:14door swings

00:52:15open.

00:52:16I walk

00:52:17in with one

00:52:17hand in my

00:52:18pocket,

00:52:19surrounded by

00:52:19bodyguards.

00:52:21Twenty years

00:52:21have passed,

00:52:22but I've

00:52:23never lost

00:52:24this presence.

00:52:25Eva

00:52:25kept his

00:52:26sight of

00:52:26me,

00:52:26her smile

00:52:27freezing on

00:52:28her face

00:52:28as if she'd

00:52:29been choked.

00:52:30She grabs

00:52:30Amy's arm,

00:52:31pointing in

00:52:31my direction,

00:52:32and strides

00:52:33over toward

00:52:33me.

00:52:34Well,

00:52:34well,

00:52:35look who

00:52:35is all

00:52:36alone.

00:52:36Where is

00:52:37your old

00:52:37fling and

00:52:38that wealthy

00:52:39lady who

00:52:39runs the

00:52:39coffee shop?

00:52:40How funny,

00:52:41not a single

00:52:42one of them

00:52:42is here.

00:52:43Maybe they

00:52:44both found

00:52:44out you've

00:52:45been playing

00:52:45both sides

00:52:46and dumped

00:52:46you?

00:52:46I sip

00:52:47my drink,

00:52:48waiting for

00:52:49the meeting

00:52:49to start,

00:52:50not wanting

00:52:51to waste

00:52:51my time

00:52:52on a bunch

00:52:52of clowns.

00:52:56Ladies

00:52:57and gentlemen,

00:52:58good evening.

00:52:59First,

00:53:00let me

00:53:00introduce

00:53:01tonight's

00:53:02representative

00:53:02of the

00:53:03Capitol

00:53:03side,

00:53:04Mr.

00:53:04Charles.

00:53:05The host

00:53:05gestures

00:53:06toward

00:53:06Charles,

00:53:07a man

00:53:08in his

00:53:0840s,

00:53:09Annie's

00:53:10subordinate.

00:53:13Charles

00:53:14raises his

00:53:14glass politely.

00:53:16thank you

00:53:17all for

00:53:17coming.

00:53:18Now,

00:53:19I officially

00:53:20declare the

00:53:21investment

00:53:21conference

00:53:22open.

00:53:23Wait,

00:53:24I have

00:53:24something

00:53:24to say.

00:53:27Charles

00:53:27pauses

00:53:28and sets

00:53:29down his

00:53:29glass.

00:53:30The entire

00:53:31hall falls

00:53:32silent.

00:53:32Her voice

00:53:33was sharp

00:53:34and piercing

00:53:35like nails

00:53:36on a chalkboard.

00:53:37What was

00:53:37she going

00:53:38to say?

00:53:38Nothing

00:53:39more than

00:53:39her usual

00:53:40self-righteous

00:53:41slander and

00:53:42lies.

00:53:42Did she

00:53:43really think

00:53:44that would

00:53:44bring me

00:53:44down?

00:53:45Very well,

00:53:46ma'am.

00:53:47please go

00:53:48ahead.

00:53:49What is it

00:53:50you'd like

00:53:50to say?

00:53:51Ladies and

00:53:52gentlemen,

00:53:52our purpose

00:53:53here today

00:53:54is simple.

00:53:55The major

00:53:55investor wants

00:53:56to enter

00:53:57the tech

00:53:57sector

00:53:58and find

00:53:58suitable

00:53:59partners.

00:54:00This is

00:54:01not just

00:54:01about

00:54:02capital

00:54:02or

00:54:02capability.

00:54:03The most

00:54:04important

00:54:05thing

00:54:05is character.

00:54:06It's not

00:54:07that obvious.

00:54:08Everyone

00:54:08here has

00:54:09both

00:54:09capability

00:54:10and

00:54:10integrity,

00:54:11do not

00:54:11they?

00:54:12What is

00:54:12this woman

00:54:13trying to

00:54:13say?

00:54:14everyone

00:54:14here

00:54:15belongs

00:54:16in this

00:54:16room

00:54:18except

00:54:19one

00:54:19man.

00:54:21And

00:54:22that

00:54:22person

00:54:22is

00:54:23you!

00:54:24My

00:54:25ex

00:54:25husband

00:54:26John.

00:54:28The guests

00:54:29and Charles

00:54:29all turn

00:54:30to look

00:54:30at me.

00:54:31Suddenly,

00:54:31two photos

00:54:32flashes up

00:54:33on the

00:54:33big screen.

00:54:34One of

00:54:34a young

00:54:35John

00:54:35with

00:54:35Mia

00:54:36and

00:54:36another

00:54:37of

00:54:37John

00:54:37with

00:54:38Annie.

00:54:38Mr.

00:54:38Charles,

00:54:39John's

00:54:40a leech.

00:54:41His private

00:54:42life is

00:54:42a mess.

00:54:43He's been

00:54:43messing around

00:54:44with two

00:54:44women at

00:54:44the same

00:54:45time.

00:54:45He doesn't

00:54:46deserve to

00:54:46partner with

00:54:47you.

00:54:48He doesn't

00:54:49even deserve

00:54:49to stand

00:54:50here!

00:54:50The crowd

00:54:51gasps and

00:54:52buzzes with

00:54:52chatter.

00:54:53That woman

00:54:54looks familiar.

00:54:55Isn't that

00:54:56Mia Morgan,

00:54:56the COO of

00:54:57Nexus Capital

00:54:58Group?

00:54:59This guy's

00:55:00good at it.

00:55:01He actually

00:55:01hooked Mia

00:55:02Morgan?

00:55:04Who's the

00:55:05other woman?

00:55:05She's pretty

00:55:06hot too.

00:55:08I stand

00:55:09rooting to

00:55:10the spot,

00:55:10listening to

00:55:11those whispers,

00:55:12my face

00:55:13darkening with

00:55:14anger.

00:55:15Eva,

00:55:15if you're

00:55:16asking for

00:55:16it,

00:55:17I'll give

00:55:17you what

00:55:17you want.

00:55:18Eva

00:55:19sashays

00:55:20towards

00:55:20Charles,

00:55:21a warm

00:55:21smile

00:55:22plastered

00:55:22on her

00:55:22face.

00:55:23Mr.

00:55:24Charles,

00:55:24as the

00:55:25investor's

00:55:25representative,

00:55:26I'm sure

00:55:27you will

00:55:27make the

00:55:28right

00:55:28judgment.

00:55:28Charles

00:55:29adjusts

00:55:29his suit

00:55:30jacket,

00:55:30a hint

00:55:31of helplessness

00:55:32on his

00:55:32face.

00:55:32He had

00:55:33probably

00:55:33never seen

00:55:34a woman

00:55:34so reckless

00:55:35with her

00:55:35own fate.

00:55:36He doesn't

00:55:36belong here.

00:55:37I used

00:55:38to be a

00:55:38sales

00:55:39director at

00:55:39Nexus Capital

00:55:4010 years

00:55:41of experience,

00:55:42and I've

00:55:43prepared a

00:55:44perfect promotional

00:55:45plan for

00:55:45your company.

00:55:47Charles takes

00:55:48Eva's proposal

00:55:49and flips

00:55:50through it

00:55:50quickly.

00:55:51His frown

00:55:52deepens

00:55:52with every

00:55:53page.

00:55:53If you

00:55:54take my

00:55:54advice,

00:55:55you'll

00:55:55find the

00:55:56most

00:55:56suitable

00:55:56partner.

00:55:57You'll

00:55:58dominate

00:55:58the

00:55:58market

00:55:59and

00:55:59become

00:55:59the

00:56:00industry

00:56:00leader.

00:56:01Charles

00:56:01snaps

00:56:02the

00:56:02proposal

00:56:02shut.

00:56:03Then,

00:56:04without a

00:56:04word,

00:56:05he slaps

00:56:05Eva hard

00:56:06across the

00:56:07face.

00:56:08She shrieks,

00:56:10her scream

00:56:10piercing through

00:56:11the entire

00:56:12conference hall.

00:56:13The guests

00:56:14exchange

00:56:14stunning glances.

00:56:15Alex and

00:56:16Amy rushes

00:56:17to support

00:56:17Eva.

00:56:18How dare

00:56:19you slander

00:56:20our investor!

00:56:20Charles hurls

00:56:22the proposal

00:56:22at Eva.

00:56:23Papers scatter

00:56:24across the

00:56:25floor.

00:56:26I didn't!

00:56:27When did I

00:56:27slander the

00:56:28investor?

00:56:29I only talked

00:56:30about that

00:56:31worthless piece

00:56:31of trash!

00:56:32John!

00:56:33Charles follows

00:56:34her pointing

00:56:35finger and

00:56:35looks at me.

00:56:36I stand

00:56:37calmly,

00:56:37arms crossing,

00:56:38like I was

00:56:39watching a

00:56:39circus.

00:56:41Alex turned

00:56:42to me furiously,

00:56:43his eyes blazing

00:56:44with rage,

00:56:45but I don't

00:56:46even flinch.

00:56:47You old

00:56:47bastard!

00:56:48What trick

00:56:48are you pulling

00:56:49now?

00:56:49a trick

00:56:51against you?

00:56:52You're not

00:56:53even worth

00:56:53the effort.

00:56:57The

00:56:58investor has

00:56:58arrived.

00:56:59The doors

00:57:00swing open.

00:57:01Two bodyguards

00:57:02stand on

00:57:03either side.

00:57:04Annie strides

00:57:04in.

00:57:05Her gaze

00:57:05sweeps

00:57:06over Eva,

00:57:07then Alex,

00:57:08and finally

00:57:08lands on me.

00:57:10She smiles,

00:57:11just slightly.

00:57:13Throw this

00:57:14stupid woman

00:57:15out!

00:57:15Alex and

00:57:16Amy look

00:57:16around anxiously

00:57:17at a complete

00:57:18loss.

00:57:18they finally

00:57:19realize they

00:57:20are in

00:57:20trouble

00:57:21and panicked.

00:57:22Get out!

00:57:23Get out!

00:57:24All of you,

00:57:25shut up!

00:57:26I haven't

00:57:27slandered anyone!

00:57:29I haven't

00:57:30Eva stares at me

00:57:32and walks toward me.

00:57:33Every step

00:57:33was filled

00:57:34with hatred.

00:57:35John,

00:57:35are you telling me

00:57:36you and your COO

00:57:37don't have

00:57:37something going on?

00:57:38The doors

00:57:39swing open

00:57:40once again.

00:57:41Mia strides in

00:57:42with an imposing

00:57:43presence.

00:57:44of course I dare.

00:57:45John is my brother.

00:57:47There is absolutely

00:57:48no improper

00:57:49relationship between

00:57:49us and there never

00:57:50will be.

00:57:51Mia walks over

00:57:54and links her

00:57:55arm with mine.

00:58:00Everyone watches

00:58:01as Annie walks in.

00:58:07I smile.

00:58:09My eyes fix on her.

00:58:10Eva stands frozen.

00:58:11Her eyes wide open

00:58:12as if she'd

00:58:13something unbelievable.

00:58:15Isn't she

00:58:15the other woman

00:58:16from the photo?

00:58:17How did this guy

00:58:19manage to win

00:58:20up two

00:58:21beautiful women?

00:58:26There's nothing

00:58:27going on

00:58:27between John and me.

00:58:28Go ahead,

00:58:29say another word,

00:58:30see what happens.

00:58:31Nothing?

00:58:32You were holding

00:58:32each other so closely,

00:58:33that's nothing?

00:58:34Eva mimicked

00:58:35the embrace

00:58:36from the photo

00:58:36on the screen,

00:58:37her gestures

00:58:38growing more

00:58:39exaggerated,

00:58:40as if she were

00:58:40putting on

00:58:41a comedy show.

00:58:42I watch her,

00:58:43expressionless.

00:58:44She can't even

00:58:45throw a tantrum

00:58:46without looking cheap.

00:58:47I bet this old

00:58:47bastard has

00:58:48completely fooled

00:58:49you, hasn't he?

00:58:50Hmm?

00:58:55My name sounds

00:58:56filthy just

00:58:57coming out

00:58:57of your mouth.

00:58:59So what if

00:59:00John and I

00:59:00are together?

00:59:01It's none

00:59:02of your business.

00:59:03Slandering my

00:59:04relationship with

00:59:04John, is this

00:59:05how you treat

00:59:06guests?

00:59:06Hey, this whole

00:59:07mess is that

00:59:08stupid woman's

00:59:09fault.

00:59:09What does it

00:59:09have to do

00:59:10with us?

00:59:10John, you're

00:59:11tight with the

00:59:11investor.

00:59:12Put in a good

00:59:12word for us,

00:59:13buddy.

00:59:13I remain silent,

00:59:15listening.

00:59:16These people,

00:59:17just moments ago,

00:59:18they were laughing

00:59:19at me.

00:59:20Now they are

00:59:20begging.

00:59:21Let me introduce

00:59:22you.

00:59:23The CEO of

00:59:24Nexus Capital

00:59:25Group, my

00:59:26older brother,

00:59:28John Morgan.

00:59:29Eva was

00:59:29dumbfounded.

00:59:32Wait, the CEO

00:59:35of Nexus Capital

00:59:36Group?

00:59:37That legendary

00:59:38billionaire?

00:59:39Charles nods,

00:59:41smiling calmly.

00:59:42Alex and Amy

00:59:43look at the

00:59:43crowd, their

00:59:44faces turning

00:59:45pale.

00:59:45This can't be.

00:59:47Eva Collins,

00:59:48you have no

00:59:49idea what you've

00:59:50lost, and every

00:59:52bit of it is your

00:59:53own damn fault.

00:59:54Eva freezes for

00:59:55a second.

00:59:56Then, she

00:59:58suddenly bursts

00:59:59into laughter.

01:00:00It was hysterical,

01:00:01like she had lost

01:00:02her mind.

01:00:04I get it,

01:00:06Mia.

01:00:06You're just

01:00:06covering for the

01:00:07gigola you're

01:00:08keeping.

01:00:10Eva, still

01:00:11can't face reality?

01:00:13Go online and

01:00:14search for who the

01:00:14CEO of Nexus

01:00:15Capital is.

01:00:16I've warned you

01:00:17many times.

01:00:18Too lazy to

01:00:19check?

01:00:19No.

01:00:21No way.

01:00:22Alex pulls

01:00:23out his phone,

01:00:24his fingers

01:00:25trembling.

01:00:28He's just a

01:00:29loser who stayed

01:00:30at home for

01:00:31decades.

01:00:31But Eva kept

01:00:33running her

01:00:33mouth.

01:00:35CEO?

01:00:36Billionaire?

01:00:37You are

01:00:38kidding me!

01:00:40Mom, look.

01:00:43The CEO of

01:00:44Nexus Capital

01:00:45Group really

01:00:46is dad.

01:00:47Eva snatches

01:00:49the phone, her

01:00:49eyes wide, staring

01:00:51at the screen.

01:00:52Then, she

01:00:53shut a glance

01:00:53at me.

01:00:55It must be a

01:00:56coincidence.

01:00:57The same

01:00:58name?

01:01:00suddenly, she

01:01:01loses it and

01:01:02slams the phone

01:01:03hard to the

01:01:03ground.

01:01:04The screen

01:01:04shatters

01:01:05instantly, just

01:01:06like the broken

01:01:07promotion dream.

01:01:08Eva Collins, do

01:01:10you really think

01:01:10everything you have

01:01:11was earned by

01:01:11yourself?

01:01:12It was my

01:01:12brother who gave

01:01:13it to you.

01:01:13But now, you've

01:01:15destroyed it all

01:01:16with your own

01:01:16hands.

01:01:17I listen to it

01:01:18all in silence,

01:01:19watching Eva stand

01:01:20frozen in shock,

01:01:22her lips trembling.

01:01:23Not a single word

01:01:24comes out of her.

01:01:25She finally knows

01:01:27the truth.

01:01:28Suddenly, Alex

01:01:29and Amy rush

01:01:30forward and drop

01:01:31to their knees

01:01:31in front of me,

01:01:32desperately grabbing

01:01:33my hands.

01:01:36Dad, I was

01:01:37wrong!

01:01:38Please give me

01:01:39another chance,

01:01:40I beg you!

01:01:40I look down at

01:01:41them.

01:01:42These faces, the

01:01:43same ones that

01:01:44had called me a

01:01:45useless old man

01:01:46not long ago,

01:01:47are now plastering

01:01:48with fawning

01:01:49desperation and

01:01:50fear.

01:01:51I rip my hands

01:01:52away.

01:01:53They fall to the

01:01:54floor.

01:01:55Then they scramble

01:01:56right back up

01:01:57and crawl toward

01:01:58me again.

01:01:59They grab my

01:02:00hands once more,

01:02:01pleading pitifully.

01:02:03Guards, drag

01:02:04them out!

01:02:05Two bodyguards

01:02:06rush over, grab

01:02:07them and Eva, and

01:02:08haul them toward

01:02:09the door.

01:02:09They struggle

01:02:10furiously, shouting,

01:02:12their voices echoing

01:02:13through the hall.

01:02:14I stand where I

01:02:15was, my resolve

01:02:16unshaken.

01:02:18The moment they

01:02:18threw me out of

01:02:19that house, they

01:02:20were not my family

01:02:21anymore.

01:02:22A belated

01:02:23confession is

01:02:24nothing but a pale

01:02:25excuse.

01:02:29Mia keeps laying

01:02:30into Eva.

01:02:31Every word is

01:02:32like a knife,

01:02:33cutting straight

01:02:34into her heart.

01:02:35You never even

01:02:36finished high

01:02:36school.

01:02:37Someone who is

01:02:38incompetent at

01:02:39everything, what

01:02:40made you think you

01:02:40could hold your

01:02:41own at Nexus

01:02:41Capital?

01:02:42And yet you

01:02:43clawed your way

01:02:44up to manager,

01:02:44even COO.

01:02:45Eva shakes her

01:02:46head in despair,

01:02:47looking completely

01:02:48broken.

01:02:49Alex and Amy

01:02:51frown tidy,

01:02:52looking utterly

01:02:53confused, they

01:02:54had clearly never

01:02:55once thought about

01:02:56that question.

01:02:57Back in 2001, it

01:02:59was only because of

01:02:59your deal with

01:03:00Golden Fox Group

01:03:01that you became the

01:03:02company's top

01:03:03salesperson.

01:03:04When the company

01:03:05needed a sales

01:03:05director and a

01:03:06position happened to

01:03:07open up, you

01:03:08stepped in.

01:03:09Don't kid yourself,

01:03:10your success today

01:03:11isn't all down to

01:03:12you.

01:03:12Alex was stunned.

01:03:13He lowers his

01:03:14head in disbelief.

01:03:16He finally begins to

01:03:17understand where his

01:03:18so-called talent had

01:03:20really come from.

01:03:21I listened quietly

01:03:22to Mia's words.

01:03:24Every date, every

01:03:25event, every step

01:03:27of the way, I had

01:03:28paved the road for

01:03:29her.

01:03:29Without my brother's

01:03:31help, you are

01:03:32nothing.

01:03:33Eva shakes her

01:03:34head repeatedly,

01:03:35backing away.

01:03:36Her high heels

01:03:37clatter against the

01:03:38floor in a chaotic

01:03:39mess.

01:03:40No!

01:03:41That was my hard

01:03:42work!

01:03:42I did it myself!

01:03:43You're lying!

01:03:44You're all lying to

01:03:45me!

01:03:46Annie stunned

01:03:47for a moment.

01:03:48She covers her

01:03:48mouth with both

01:03:49hands.

01:03:50her eyes glistening

01:03:51with tears,

01:03:52filling with joy

01:03:53and emotion.

01:03:54Yes!

01:03:55With all my

01:03:56heart, I'll be

01:03:57with you forever!

01:03:59I stand up and

01:04:00gently slip the

01:04:01ring onto her

01:04:02finger.

01:04:02The ring sparkles

01:04:04brightly in the

01:04:04sunlight, casting

01:04:06tiny, warm

01:04:07glints.

01:04:14Do you know how

01:04:15long I've waited

01:04:16for this moment?

01:04:17I won't make you

01:04:18wait any longer.

01:04:19Annie holds me

01:04:20tight, tears in

01:04:21her eyes, and

01:04:22nods firmly.

01:04:23I gently pat her

01:04:24back.

01:04:25Then, a sharp

01:04:26voice shatters

01:04:27the peace.

01:04:27John!

01:04:28I turn around.

01:04:30Eva and Amy

01:04:31stand not far

01:04:32away, their eyes

01:04:33fixing on me.

01:04:34Instinctively, I

01:04:36step in front of

01:04:37Annie to protect

01:04:37her.

01:04:38What are you

01:04:39doing here?

01:04:40In the winter

01:04:41park, sunlight

01:04:43filters through the

01:04:44bare branches,

01:04:45casting dappling

01:04:46shadows on the

01:04:47ground.

01:04:48Annie and I walk

01:04:49side by side, just

01:04:51like twenty years

01:04:52ago.

01:04:52Annie points at a

01:04:54tree not far

01:04:55away.

01:04:55Look, that's where

01:04:56we first met.

01:04:57Do you remember?

01:04:59She looks at me,

01:05:00with light in her

01:05:01eyes.

01:05:02I smile and point

01:05:03to the same spot.

01:05:04of course.

01:05:05There was a tree.

01:05:07I was sitting under

01:05:08it, reading a book.

01:05:09Then you ran over and

01:05:10asked me what I was

01:05:11reading.

01:05:11You scared the hell

01:05:12out of me.

01:05:13We walk in silence,

01:05:14smiles on our faces.

01:05:16Those memories,

01:05:17buried by time,

01:05:18have come back to

01:05:19life, like spring

01:05:20grass pushing through

01:05:22the dirt.

01:05:23Annie, it's cold.

01:05:24You're not wearing

01:05:25enough.

01:05:25Be careful not to

01:05:26catch a cold.

01:05:27I take off my scarf

01:05:29and wrap it around

01:05:30Annie's neck.

01:05:31The scarf had warmth

01:05:32from my body heat.

01:05:34I smile and gently

01:05:35put my hand on her

01:05:36shoulder.

01:05:43Annie, do you

01:05:44remember I promised

01:05:45you an answer after

01:05:45the meeting?

01:05:47I remember.

01:05:51I stop walking

01:05:52and take a deep

01:05:53breath.

01:05:54Then, I go down

01:05:55on one knee.

01:05:56I take out a ring

01:05:57box from my pocket

01:05:58and open it.

01:05:59Eyes sincere.

01:06:01Annie, will you

01:06:01marry me?

01:06:02Will you stand

01:06:03by my side and

01:06:04spend the rest of

01:06:05our lives together?

01:06:06Eva and Amy walk

01:06:07toward me.

01:06:08I stand in front

01:06:09of Annie, refusing

01:06:10to let that woman

01:06:11disturb my life

01:06:12any further.

01:06:14We need to talk.

01:06:16Should I step

01:06:17aside?

01:06:17No.

01:06:18Just say what you

01:06:19have to say.

01:06:20We still have things

01:06:20to do.

01:06:21I stare at her

01:06:21coldly.

01:06:22Amy stands right

01:06:23beside her, with

01:06:25the same heartbroken

01:06:26look.

01:06:26Since when did

01:06:27people like them

01:06:28have hearts that

01:06:29would hurt?

01:06:36John, I'm sorry.

01:06:38I was wrong.

01:06:39Please, come home

01:06:42with me.

01:06:43She reaches for my

01:06:44hand, the same hand

01:06:46that slapped me, the

01:06:47same hand that threw

01:06:48away my mother's

01:06:49pocket watch.

01:06:50I yank my hand away

01:06:52from hers.

01:06:53Eva looks stunned, as

01:06:55if she were the one

01:06:56who had been wronged.

01:06:57Eva, we're already

01:06:58divorced.

01:06:59We're done.

01:07:03Please, please, I'm

01:07:05begging you.

01:07:06I regret it.

01:07:08I never wanted a

01:07:09divorce.

01:07:11Please, let's

01:07:12remarry now.

01:07:14Annie looks at me

01:07:15nervously.

01:07:16My heart was

01:07:17churning, but my face

01:07:18showed nothing.

01:07:19I don't care why you

01:07:20changed your mind.

01:07:21You chose the

01:07:22divorce.

01:07:23You broke your

01:07:24vows.

01:07:25There's nothing

01:07:26left between us.

01:07:27I turn my head

01:07:28slowly and look at

01:07:29Annie.

01:07:30In her eyes, I

01:07:31could see unease,

01:07:33hope, and

01:07:34trust.

01:07:35I call her softly

01:07:36and gently pull her

01:07:38into my arms,

01:07:39embracing her with

01:07:40all my tenderness.

01:07:41Now, I only care

01:07:43about Annie.

01:07:44As for you, I'm

01:07:45completely done.

01:07:47Don't ever come

01:07:48near us again.

01:07:51I walk straight past

01:07:53Eva with Annie in

01:07:54my arms, never

01:07:56looking back, not

01:07:57even once.

01:07:58Each step fills with

01:08:00unwavering resolve.

01:08:02Annie glances at her

01:08:03softly.

01:08:04There was no smugness

01:08:05in that look, only

01:08:06pity.

01:08:07From behind us,

01:08:09Eva's cries drift over,

01:08:11clear and heavy.

01:08:15The next day, I am

01:08:17working in my office

01:08:18when a noisy

01:08:19commotion drifts up

01:08:20from downstairs.

01:08:24I stand by the

01:08:25window and pull back

01:08:26the curtain.

01:08:27Eva is kneeling on

01:08:29the street, holding up

01:08:30a sign that reads,

01:08:31John, I was wrong.

01:08:33Beside her, stand

01:08:34another sign.

01:08:35I just want us to

01:08:36remarry.

01:08:37Please forgive me.

01:08:38Annie, I'll wait

01:08:38for you right here,

01:08:39for the sake of

01:08:40our children.

01:08:41A crowd of

01:08:42passersby had

01:08:43gathered around

01:08:44her, pointing,

01:08:45whispering, and

01:08:46taking photos.

01:08:47Some feeling sympathy

01:08:48for her, others

01:08:50mocking her.

01:08:51I stand by the

01:08:52window, expressionless,

01:08:54and pull the

01:08:55curtain shut.

01:08:59Moments later, the

01:09:00office door creaks

01:09:01open.

01:09:02Annie walks in,

01:09:03holding a warm

01:09:05lunchbox.

01:09:05I hurry over to

01:09:06greet her.

01:09:07We sit down

01:09:08together to enjoy

01:09:09our lunch.

01:09:11In this world, some

01:09:12people will throw

01:09:13you away like trash,

01:09:15while others will

01:09:16treasure you like

01:09:17gold.

01:09:18Don't waste your

01:09:19heart on the wrong

01:09:20person.

01:09:21I slam the evidence

01:09:22down in front of

01:09:23her.

01:09:23Eva freezes for a

01:09:25second.

01:09:25The panic passes,

01:09:26then turns into

01:09:27anger.

01:09:28Are you some kind

01:09:28of creep, going

01:09:29through my stuff?

01:09:30Phil and I were

01:09:31discussing photography,

01:09:32that's all.

01:09:33Photography?

01:09:34Did she thought

01:09:35I'm an idiot?

01:09:35That's how you

01:09:36dress to discuss

01:09:37photography?

01:09:38For 20 years, I

01:09:39backed your career,

01:09:41gave you everything,

01:09:42and this is how you

01:09:43repay me?

01:09:44Cheating on me?

01:09:45Who is he?

01:09:46Tell me!

01:09:47Who the hell is that

01:09:48bastard?

01:09:48I grip her wrist,

01:09:50then the door opens.

01:09:51Alex and Amy stand in

01:09:53the doorway.

01:09:54My son and my

01:09:55daughter.

01:09:56I don't want this

01:09:57exploding in front of

01:09:58them.

01:09:58I let go of Eva and

01:10:00step back, but she

01:10:02refuses to back down.

01:10:03Phil cares about me.

01:10:05He understands and

01:10:06supports me.

01:10:07He's my soulmate,

01:10:08my best friend.

01:10:09My finger pointed

01:10:10her, shaking.

01:10:12Soulmate?

01:10:13Best friend?

01:10:14Then what have I been

01:10:15for 20 years?

01:10:16Your unpaid servant?

01:10:18Amy and Alex rush

01:10:19over and grab my arms.

01:10:20What are you doing?

01:10:21I look at them,

01:10:22and for a moment,

01:10:23hope rises.

01:10:25They'll take my side.

01:10:26They have to.

01:10:27I'm their father.

01:10:28Eva, look at your

01:10:30children.

01:10:30Can you swear in front

01:10:31of them that you and

01:10:32Phil are just friends?

01:10:33Eva looks away,

01:10:34unable to meet my

01:10:35eyes.

01:10:36Amy and Alex look

01:10:38down at the love

01:10:38letter that scattered

01:10:39across the floor.

01:10:41There should have been

01:10:42shock, rage,

01:10:44something, but all I

01:10:45saw was guilt.

01:10:46Dad, you've got it

01:10:47wrong.

01:10:48Mom and Phil are

01:10:49friends.

01:10:50What, a woman can't

01:10:51have a guy best friend

01:10:52now?

01:10:52Yeah, Dad.

01:10:53Uncle Phil's just

01:10:54Mom's CFO.

01:10:55The truth is, he's

01:10:56the one who got me

01:10:57my job.

01:10:57I stare at their

01:10:58faces, like it was

01:11:00no big deal.

01:11:01They knew, they all

01:11:02knew, and they hid

01:11:04it from their father.

01:11:05I jabbed a finger

01:11:06into my chest.

01:11:07I'm your father!

01:11:08Why are you taking

01:11:09his side?

01:11:10No, Dad, that's

01:11:11not what I...

01:11:12Eva!

01:11:12Everyone turns.

01:11:14Phil stands in the

01:11:15entryway, holding

01:11:17three elegant gift

01:11:18bags, wearing that

01:11:19perfect smile, like he

01:11:21belongs here.

01:11:22You left your clothes

01:11:23at my place.

01:11:24He lifts the bags

01:11:25casually, like he was

01:11:26mentioning nothing at

01:11:27all.

01:11:28I do.

01:11:29I know.

01:11:29You're feeling

01:11:29did have

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